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Until We Meet Again employees Kelsey Speck and Jacklyn Simington say it’s an honour to help people memorialize their pets. Many pet owners look for meaningful ways to remember their beloved animals, as evidenced by this make-shift shrine of collars, toys, urns, photos and more on the banks of Lynn Creek near Bridgman Park in North Vancouver. PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD

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A final resting place for pets MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

It was as if Lynn Donaldson’s feet were encased in concrete as she carried Crystal in her arms for the few steps from her office to the pet crematorium across the parking lot.

Crystal, a white fluffy bichon-shih tzu cross, was both a literal and figurative gift given to Donaldson’s daughter for her birthday.

“I divorced when my daughter was seven so it was just me and my girl and Crystal – just the three of us. Our little gang. We did everything together,” says Donaldson, clutching a framed photo of her beloved Crystal.

Princess Park near the Donaldson home in Upper Lonsdale was their favourite place for a walk. Crystal would always be carrying a stuffed purple dinosaur in her mouth.

The prehistoric toy was given to Donaldson’s daughter by Maurice “Rocket” Richard many years ago at a special party for sick children, and Crystal somehow got her paws on it.

Crystal was the congenial office dog at Donaldson Ropes located in a business park on West First Street near Fell Avenue. Across the way, the employees at Until We Meet Again pet memorial centre had come to know Crystal from her daily walks in the complex.

One Friday afternoon last September Crystal passed away in her sleep at the office.

“She was behind me at work, on her back,” recalls Donaldson softly.

The staff all sat on the floor with Crystal and comforted her human best friend. After a while, Donaldson, in a disoriented state, scooped up Crystal in her arms and instinctively knew where to go.

Meanwhile, Kelsey Speck happened to be looking out the window at that exact moment from her desk at the pet memorial centre. She saw Donaldson with Crystal and immediately went running outside and met them halfway.

“I could tell by her face she was crying and really sad,” recalls Speck.

Donaldson gently placed the deceased dog in the open

arms of Speck, who reassured: “I’ll treat her as if she’s my own.”

It’s been six months since Crystal passed, but the grief is still fresh for Donaldson.

Looking back, Speck was her saving grace in the parking lot on that day.

“I came across Kelsey.

I’ve never had such a feeling.

Like I swear she is an angel or something. She’s the most comforting person I’ve ever met in my whole life,” says Donaldson.

That kind of compassion could have helped Kevin Woronchak, founder of Until We Meet Again, which was borne out of a tragedy 10 years ago. Three of his pets passed away – in one week.

Patches was a part of the package deal when the Woronchak family moved to a farm in Surrey. Woronchak concedes he wasn’t a cat person then, but he soon warmed up to them.

“Patches followed me around and everything I did on the farm Patches was there,” recalls Woronchak.

“Then the owner said: ‘Oh, by the way I think she’s pregnant.’”

So there were kittens, named Adidas, Fila and Umbro for the sport-obsessed family.

On a sunny June day Patches was killed.

Woronchak suspects she got excited by the sound of a truck passing by on a quiet road. In the midst of getting ready to go to Washington state for a vacation, the family had to plan to give Patches the memorial she deserved.

Woronchak bundled up his farm buddy and took her to the local vet. When asking about cremation, what Woronchak heard from the vet was heart wrenching.

“He said you probably don’t get your (pet’s) ashes back anyways. It really bothered me.”

Woronchak turned around and walked out the door with Patches.

He thought of the incinerator at the poultry farm the family was living at. It was the only way.

Woronchak and his wife Joanna, and their boys, ages five, seven and nine at the time, said their goodbyes to Patches. The five-year-old put his hand on his furry friend

and said: “Patches, I’m going to miss you.”

With a heavy heart Woronchak went to clean out the incinerator. He placed Patches inside.

“That was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my whole life.”

Woronchak’s wife was wondering where he was. She hadn’t seen him in a while.

“It took me forever because turning that dial I knew the (incinerator) would turn on, and it shook me – it shook me hard. I was bawling.”

Still fresh in their grief, the family continued on with their vacation plans. A couple days in, Woronchak got a call from his nephew who was watching over the family’s remaining pets. Their bichon poodle cross Libby had been attacked by another dog and the vet was unable to save her.

The family packed up and left at 6 a.m. the next morning to return home. One hour into the trip Woronchak got another call from his nephew.

The unimaginable had happened.

“He said, ‘Kevin, more bad news.’ And I said: ‘no,

no, no, no, no.’ And he said, ‘Kayla just passed away in the hallway.’”

The family’s German shepherd, Kayla, who was like a sister to Libby, died of a broken heart – Woronchak is sure of that.

He had to come face to face with the incinerator one more time that week – for both of his beloved dogs.

They were cremated together.

“We were absolutely devastated. We had Kayla and Libby since they were pups; our boys didn’t know life without them.”

Shortly after his spate of pet tragedies, Woronchak and his family wanted to create a special place where people could properly say goodbye to their canine companion or feline friend.

But it’s not just conventional house pets Until We Meet Again cremates. A beta fish, a boa constrictor, a black bear, and even a sea lion family have been cremated at the facility.

The next closest crematorium of its kind is in Abbotsford, which is why

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“Our plan has made British Columbia’s economy the strongest in Canada - which means we have the ability to build a better B.C. for our children and grandchildren” - Premier Christy Clark

Today’s BC Liberals are: - Working to ensure the dream of home ownership remains within reach in North Vancouver Lonsdale including: • First Time Home Buyers’ Program exemption increased to $500,000.

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• Introduced Foreign Buyer‘s Tax to control speculation.

• Ended self-regulation of the real estate industry.

Until We Meet Again founder Kevin Woronchak shows a unique blown-glass globe that incorporates a pet’s ashes. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Different cultures say goodbye in different ways From page 4 Woronchak saw an opportunity on the canine centric North Shore. City of North Vancouver council more than just gave their blessing for the crematorium.

“They were saying we are a total pet community and we really see you fitting in well here,” says Woronchak.

WWW Woronchak has just come off a night shift – he’s been a North Vancouver District firefighter for two decades – and now he’s at his other job, doing what he does best: helping people in their time of need.

He bends down to pet Daisy, a black cat sitting in a stream of sunlight by the front door of Until We Meet Again.

Daisy has taken over the blond tabby Stretch’s post as official greeter.

Stretch is a gentle soul who can sense sadness, says Woronchak. He’ll slowly approach a grieving person in the midst of making arrangements or saying goodbye and give them a comforting nudge.

A photo of Kayla, the family’s late shepherd, frolicking in Tofino when she was young is emblazoned on an oversized woven blanket hanging on the centre wall in the quiet room. It’s a private sanctuary for people to spend some final peaceful moments with their pet.

Next door is the reflection room, a tranquil, calming setting furnished with a fountain,

stones and flowers. Here the bereaved meet with an Until We Meet Again staff member to make final arrangements.

These days there’s a burgeoning market for pet memorial products. A plethora of pet urns (some simple, others more ornate) sit on the shelves and range in price from $10 to $200, depending on the size of the pet and the urn’s material.

There’s even the option to incorporate a pet’s ashes into art or jewelry. Woronchak’s family had a bit of Kayla’s ashes entwined in a blownglass art globe.

A standard choice is a cedar box. With a West Coast esthetic, it’s a fitting resting spot for a pet that liked to go on adventures in the outdoors here.

Along with their pet’s ashes, the owner can receive a “luv print.” One of the last steps before a pet is cremated here sees a staff member taking an impression of the paws in clay.

Until We Meet Again works with a local artist who carefully kiln-fires the print so as not to alter the actual impression, and then inscribes the pet’s name on the back. For a cat, they will put two paw prints side by side.

In the reflection room is where Woronchak and his staff have witnessed multicultural and multi-faith memorial ceremonies.

“It’s a very important time,” says Woronchak.

“Depending on different

religions, different family traditions, we want to honour those things.”

Before a viewing, a staff member will brush and clean the pet before placing it on a rolling stretcher with blankets and a pillow. A paw will be sticking out, or maybe just the head so the family has something to stroke.

Every culture has its own set of rituals for remembrance.

An East Indian family asked to have their oldest son press the crematorium button.

“That’s important to them,” says Woronchak.

In the Japanese tradition, remains are not fully processed down. The custom is for family members to pick bones from the ashes and transfer them to an urn, using large chopsticks.

Buddhists believe that prayer must be a part of the entire cremation process.

Once the owner turns and walks away, a prayer recording continuously plays outside the crematorium chamber door.

Families will leave behind letters, kids’ drawings, toys, pictures or a favourite outfit they want their pet to be cremated with. Or sometimes a treat.

The option is given for a family member to place their beloved pet into the crematorium and rest them on the cement floor. The door closes and an ignition button

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Metro mayors call for school tax reform JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Urban areas of the province – especially those with high property assessments like the North Shore – are paying an unfair share of school taxes, Metro leaders say.

North Shore mayors are among the Metro politicians calling for changes to the way provincial property taxes are collected, after a study by consultants showed households in the Lower Mainland pay three times as much school property tax as owners in other parts of B.C. Fewer homeowners in the Lower Mainland are eligible to receive the provincial homeowners grant – which helps offset school taxes paid – than in rural areas.

The province has also collected a disproportionate share of property transfer taxes from property sales in Greater Vancouver – contributing about 75 per cent of the more than $2 billion total last year, according to the report by Cascadia Partners.

All that adds up to an unfair system in which urban property owners subsidize those in more rural areas, say the Metro mayors.

“West Vancouver is the worst treated,” said West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith.

About 80 per cent of education spending in West Vancouver is funded by West Vancouver property taxes compared to roughly 46 per cent for the province as a whole. North Vancouver school taxes pay for about 70 per cent of school funding. That compares to many rural areas of the province where local taxes pay for under 25 per cent of educational spending, according to the Cascadia report.

“Some places pay less than 20 per cent of the budget,” said Smith. “What they need to do is come up with a formula that’s fair for everyone in the province.”

Local mayors say the fact that fewer homeowners in the Lower Mainland qualify for the provincial homeowners grant because of high property assessments makes the situation worse.

According to the report, only 20 per cent of homeowners in West Vancouver now qualify for the grant while 80 per cent don’t.

In the District of North Vancouver, 62 per cent of homeowners qualify for the grant while 28 per cent don’t. In the City of North Vancouver 88 per cent of homeowners qualify.

The mayors say the way the grant is assessed should be changed so that roughly the same percentage of

owners qualify throughout the province.

“Maybe (the threshold where the grant is cut off) should be higher in West Vancouver and lower in Langley,” said District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton. “There’s a lot of people in West Vancouver who are home rich and cash poor. They’re not wealthy.”

That’s a sentiment Smith shares. While many affluent people do live in West Vancouver and the municipality has some of the highest assessed property in the country, it doesn’t mean everyone’s living the high life, he said. People living in rental apartments, for instance “pay these higher assessed taxes through their rent,” he said. “The level of taxation is making it difficult.”

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he District of North Vancouver is set to vote Monday night on whether residents can keep backyard chickens. The bylaw, should it pass, comes with a fair bit of red tape on coop size and what you can and can’t do with a dead chicken.

But critics have been quick to point out the obvious. Chicken coops could attract predators and scavengers, especially the large and furry kind likely to view a coop as more of a pic-a-nic basket.

But what came first? The chicken bylaw or the bear problem? If we really want to get serious about keeping bears out of residential neighbourhoods, we should start throwing the book at the many North Vancouverites who refuse to comply with the existing bylaws about garbage disposal and picking ripe fruit

meant to keep bear attractants out of yards.

There are no bans in place on beekeeping, birdfeeders, barbecues, citronella candles or backyard hot tub covers – all of which are apparently delicious-smelling to black bears.

The cost of running a chicken coop is surely going to be more than a trip to even the ritziest organic grocery store.

But there is an intrinsic value to having your own source of food, growing next to your home.

And the beauty of our system is that a bylaw, if it turns out to be a rotten egg, can be repealed.

So we say stop balking and take a crack at it. You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

If there is trouble at the henhouse and the chickens come home to roost, we’ll cross that road when we come to it.

B.C. Liberals matching NDP’s big-ticket promises

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ou have probably heard the expression “there’s nothing like a hanging in a fortnight to focus the mind.”

That saying came to mind when I heard the Liberals suddenly found the money to match a federal promise of $2.2 billion for transit in Metro Vancouver.

The Liberals managed to skate through an election four years ago promising a referendum on transit spending. People were reluctant to reward TransLink and increase their taxes, so voters said no. Fast forward to today as congestion gets more and more frustrating, and the NDP promises to finance the Broadway SkyTrain and Surrey Light Rail. The May election must have begun to feel like an impending hanging for the Liberals.

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has promised to cut the cost in half before eliminating it altogether, probably before the election after this one.

My sense is the Liberals still feel vulnerable after 16 years in power, and with the feds coming in with a $2.2-billion commitment to transit, the Liberals felt the need to move, and move now.

It will be interesting to see if the NDP promise to fund transit as well will negate the Liberal claim that the NDP is in the practice of turning down all big projects that create jobs. Building transit will provide a lot of union work.

Transit may provide something else. With transit will come much more density with a lot of condo-style housing. It will be interesting to see if the three levels of government can find a way to make a sizable portion of that new housing more affordable than

what’s available today.

So within just a few weeks before the election on May 9, we have the two main parties in agreement on education funding, MSP premiums and transit. No fair-minded person could suggest the Liberals were first on any of these files. They’ve been dragging, kicking and screaming on them. So will voters reward or punish them?

I think the degree to which

they’ve matched the NDP on these issues indicates they are worried.

We don’t see the polling the government does. News organizations no longer spend the money on really expensive polling, but the government does, and its sudden moves on the above tell me they are worried. A wild card may be the Green Party. The polling we have seen shows the Greens growing support,

especially on Vancouver Island, usually fertile ground for the NDP. Can John Horgan convince longtime NDP voters on the Island to stick with him for one more election? All this will be answered in a little more than two fortnights.

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Fresh eggs, yes, but bears may like your chickens too Dear Editor: The District of North Vancouver is being lobbied to create a bylaw allowing chicken coops in residential backyards. And while a special interest group is vigorously promoting their virtues, they are contrary to logical, social considerations.

Therefore, I would like to address the very obvious, but seemingly ignored ramifications of allowing chickens in the bear-sensitive neighbourhoods that encompass much of the North Shore.

Unlike our own varied lives, a bear’s sole purpose each day is to simply forage for food, travelling great distances if necessary in this survival-driven pursuit. And, at seven times greater than a bloodhound’s, a black bear’s sense of smell can easily be measured in miles. Couple this with the universal recognition that chickens (and their interesting scent), represent a major bear attractant, and it is a realistic expectation you will attract a bear to your backyard – and your neighbourhood.

Indeed, Frank Ritcey, B.C.’s Bear Aware program co-ordinator, says, “ Chicken coops now rival garbage as the top bear attractant in urban areas.”

Realistically, the most efficient method of protecting chickens and their associated feed is an electric fence, and yet this precaution has been soundly rejected as any part of a bylaw requirement.

However, irrespective of protecting a chicken coop, the scent has now attracted a bear to the area, a bear that will also investigate neighbouring properties for food.

The North Shore Black Bear Society and its volunteers have laboured tirelessly for many years to create a safer North Shore for humans and bears alike. With education programs stressing that bear attractants are the primary cause for bears in our neighbourhoods, their message has been admirably embraced by the North Shore community, whom, by taking suitable garbage precautions, strive conscientiously to control the situation. This has resulted in a drop in bear deaths on the Shore from 39 in 1999 to just seven (two by motor vehicles) in 2016. This is something our community can be proud of. We are finally co-existing with our local bears.

However, by introducing backyard chickens we will potentially reverse this trend.

Irrespective of any arguments

from the pro-chicken lobby, we are still taking a gamble on whether bears will come visiting. A gamble that, unlike the chicken enthusiasts, a bear may pay for with his life.

There is an uneven balance of risk here, and given the ramifications, unjustified in its taking.

Regarding this potential bylaw, I would urge concerned citizens to e-mail the mayor and council members at the relevant facility on the District of North Vancouver’s website.

It is only by hearing from the public that they may be better informed of their community’s feelings, and make a responsible decision for all the community, and not a biased few.

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A Public Hearing for Bylaws 8219 and 8220, proposed amendments to the Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw, to permit the development of a twenty-three unit townhouse.

When:

7 pm, Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Where: Council Chambers, District of North Vancouver Municipal Hall, 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, BC

Proposed*

Editor’s note: The North Shore Black Bear Society endorses the district’s plan if it includes mandatory on-site inspection prior to the issuance of a permit, as is the case in West Vancouver.

DNV’s draft bylaw does not include this requirement but will be back before mayor and council for discussion April 10. Hens are permitted in the City of North Vancouver (since September 2012) and District of West Vancouver (since March 2016).

Handsworth has nothing on NVHS hijinks Dear Editor: Re: Handsworth Teen May Face Charge, March 8 news story.

I guess this is not as permissive a society after all.

Back in 1948, the Sixth Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, had recruited a

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school and set them up to explode when doors were opened or with trip wires, etc.

Great fun, and nobody to my knowledge was disciplined.

Sadly, NVHS is now long gone.

Anybody else remember this?

Bob Norminton Niagara Falls, Ont.

QUOTES OF THE WEEK: I don’t think we’re anywhere near to a bubble burst on the craft beer scene.”

— Hearthstone Brewery manager Darren Hollett discusses B.C.’s flourishing beer market (from an April 2 Sunday Focus story).

One in 230 quadrillion.”

— A DNA expert calculates the odds of someone else’s genetic material matching the arsonist who did approximately $200,000 worth of damage to Capilano University (from an April 5 news story).

Is council loading the gun and saying, ‘We’re going to do this and we’ll talk to you afterwards?’”

— City of North Vancouver Coun. Rod Clark blasts some of his council colleagues for approving funding on a cycling trail before finding neighbourhood consensus (from an April 7 news story).

*Provided by applicant for illustrative purposes only.

The actual development, if approved, may differ.

What changes?

Bylaw 8219 proposes to amend the OCP land use designation for 19461998 Glenaire Drive from Residential Level 2: Detached Residential to Residential Level 4: Transition Multifamily and to designate this property as Development Permit Areas for Form and Character, Energy and Water Conservation and GHG Emission Reduction. Bylaw 8220 proposes to amend the District’s Zoning Bylaw by creating a new Comprehensive Development Zone 100 (CD100) and rezone the subject site from Single Family Residential 7200 Zone (RS3) to CD100 to allow the development of a twenty-three unit townhouse. The CD100 Zone addresses use, density, amenities, setbacks, site coverage, building height, landscaping and parking.

When can I speak?

We welcome your input Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at 7 pm. You can speak in person by signing up at the hearing, or you can provide a written submission to the Municipal Clerk at input@dnv.org or by mail to Municipal Clerk, District of North Vancouver, 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, BC, V7N 4N5, before the conclusion of the hearing.

Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public concerning this application after the conclusion of the public hearing.

Need more info?

Relevant background material and copies of the bylaws are available for review at the Municipal Clerk’s Office or online at dnv.org/public_hearing from March 28 to April 18. Office hours are Monday to Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm, except statutory holidays.

Who can I speak to?

Erik Wilhelm, Development Planner, at 604-990-2360 or wilhelme@dnv.org

Seventy years of accumulation and it’s all just toast.”

— Mountain Court tenant Terry Dial readies for eviction following the District of North Vancouver council’s approval of plans to redevelopment the rental complex (from an April 7 news story).

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An electrical short circuit caused by water getting into a control room at BC Hydro’s Capilano substation resulted in a massive swath of North Vancouver losing power Thursday.

Power went out for about 12,000 customers at about 11:15 a.m. Thursday morning.

Brian Hutchinson, assistant fire chief with District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, said fire crews were called to the substation at 2699 Pemberton Ave. by BC Hydro staff who reported “a large amount of smoke” coming from the building.

Moira Scott, spokeswoman for BC Hydro, said crews were doing routine maintenance on the roof of the substation and were clearing some drains when something went wrong, causing water to get in to the electrical control room, resulting in the smoky

short circuit.

Large areas west of Lonsdale Avenue right over to Capilano Road, including Edgemont, Capilano, Westview and Pemberton Heights were affected by the power outage.

Traffic lights were not working.

Even the District of North Vancouver municipal hall was running off generators, said spokeswoman Stephanie Smiley.

A number of North Vancouver schools also lost power for a few hours following the short circuit.

Two high schools closed early and some elementary as well as high school parent-teacher interviews were cancelled.

Scott said crews worked throughout Thursday afternoon to re-route electrical feeder lines to two other North Shore hydro substations to get power on.

Power was restored to all customers by 5 p.m.

Scott said the substation has since been repaired and is back up and running.

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ALL-CANDIDATES DEBATE The Civic Association of Iranian Canadians will host an all-candidates’ debate featuring the North Vancouver-Lonsdale, North Vancouver-Seymour and West Vancouver-Capilano MLA candidates Saturday, April 15, 3-5 p.m. at Harry Jerome Community Centre, 123 East 23rd St., North Vancouver.

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3400 Block Mt. Seymour Parkway In accordance with Section 26 of the Community Charter, the District of North Vancouver gives notice of its intention to sell to Allaire Properties Inc. the property located in the 3400 Block Mt. Seymour Parkway described as Lot 16 of Lot 6, Blocks 1 to 4, District Lot 622, Plan 2866. The purchase price to be paid by Allaire Properties Inc. for the property is $1,400,000.

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is activated. The room falls silent except for the whirring noise of the active furnace, which reaches a temperature of 1,500 °C. It takes 1½ to three hours on average for a cremation, depending on the size of the animal. A cat might take half an hour, if the crematorium, which runs on natural gas, has been warmed up. Until We Meet Again does 700 private cremations a month, which costs on average $175, compared to $60 for a communal cremation.

A communal cremation – 30 animals inside together – was underway when the North Shore News toured the facility. Woronchak will spread the ashes on a friend’s expansive property in the Fraser Valley.

“I was told (by the regional district at the time) to put it in the dumpster and I refused,” he says. Woronchak shakes his head when he hears of places that allow pets to be disposed of like trash.

According to the official website of the City of New York: “You can also put a dead animal out for pickup by the Department of Sanitation on your garbage day. The remains must be placed in a heavy-duty black plastic bag

or double plastic bag and a note should be taped to the bag stating its contents (for example, ‘dead dog’ or ‘dead cat’).”

In some Metro Vancouver municipalities, you are not allowed to bury your pet because of the potential for the euthanizing drug to harm the environment or nearby creatures. North Vancouver and West Vancouver district don’t have any regulations around pet burial on private property.

In an arena with some unscrupulous players – a 2012 undercover investigation of several B.C. crematoriums found pet owners often weren’t getting their proper remains back – Woronchak says he takes extra steps to be transparent. He attends conferences every year tied to the human funeral industry. Until We Meet Again is the only facility in Western Canada to be accredited by the International Association of Pet Cemeteries and Crematoriums.

“I can tell you it’s extremely tough doing what we do,” Woronchak says. “We all have an emotional toll here.

All the staff members love animals more than most. The cards and letters here keep us going and encourage us.”

Above all, the staff wants

to make sure they are looking after a bereaved pet owners’ emotional well-being.

“This is something we don’t take lightly,” says Woronchak.

Until We Meet Again hosts a free pet loss support group on the first Thursday of every month. A circle of chairs is put out and coffee and water are provided. Attendees will clutch a photo or pet toy as they talk about what they are feeling.

One of the facilitators is registered professional counsellor Mandy Cunnington who says the pain, sorrow, anger, and guilt that accompany the pet grieving process can be quite debilitating.

Many pet owners tend to minimize their feelings of grief and may be encouraged by others to mask their sorrow or move on prematurely, she adds, which can increase the risk for developing clinical depression, especially in single people and the elderly.

Breaking a set routine when a pet dies – daily walks, greetings at the door, meeting other pet owners at the park – can trigger that grief.

Previous generations of kids may have been told that “Fido went to go live on a farm,” when their dog died.

Cunnington says while it can be a parent’s natural

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instinct to take away the suffering and unintentionally dismiss their child’s sadness, an honest, age-appropriate conversation about death is appropriate. Group therapy is helpful to make the bereaved feel less alone, explains Cunnington.

“Recognizing their story in someone else’s is very powerful,” she says. “When people feel less alone with their suffering it makes it more bearable.”

Most people feel lighter after leaving the pet support group, having found laughter, joy, love and friendship amidst their grief. !!!

Lynn Donaldson cremated her beloved dog Crystal in a pink hoodie and with her favourite toy.

At Donaldson’s home, there’s a cedar box adorned with a heart and Crystal’s name.

Asked what looking at the special box reminds her of, Donaldson’s answer is simple: “Just the love,” she says.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath Wine and Appetizer Event Hollyburn Family Services Society held its fourth annual Corporate Wine and Appetizer Event at Scotiabank’s Lonsdale branch Thursday, March 30, with dozens of guests representing the North Shore’s corporate community in attendance. Hosted by MC Kevin Evans, the event featured guest speakers whose lives have been impacted in a positive way by the staff and resources available to them through Hollyburn Family Services.

The end of the evening featured presentations of donations to the society made by many of the corporate representatives in attendance.

Darwin Construction president Oliver Webbe with wife Aimee alongside Anne-Marie and Richard White.

Guest speakers Akayla Burley and Ellie Willock with Joy Hayden of Hollyburn Family Services Society.

North Shore Scotiabank managers Kirk McLardie, Mary Wysota, Maureen Park and Tristan Park.

Hugh Forster of Terra Special Projects and wife Frances Marr.

North Shore News publisher Peter Kvarnstrom, Hollyburn Family Services executive director Nanette Taylor and event MC Kevin Evans.

North Van MP Jonathan Wilkinson and HFSS board director Lynn Green.

John Stoffer and Louise Aronsson of Hollyburn Family Services alongside the Better Business Bureau’s Simone Lis.

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There’s been a lot of water under that bridge.

So much so, in fact, it’s time for the bridge to be replaced.

The District of North Vancouver is preparing to disassemble Montroyal Boulevard bridge over Mosquito Creek and replace it with a new one.

“The existing structure is 60 years old and made out of wood,” said Steve Ono, the district’s manager of engineering services. “It’s getting older, getting on and getting towards the end of its useful life, so because of that we have to now renew it.”

The new bridge, which should be complete by summer 2018, will be wider, although with the same number of lanes, plus 1.5metre painted bike lanes on both sides. And, unlike the existing bridge, it will also feature sidewalks on both sides, much wider and more comfortable for walking, Ono said. Also absent in the replacement bridge will be the support columns that affect creek flow below.

Starting next week, crews will begin building a temporary span just to the north of the existing bridge.

“We want to keep the traffic moving so the first step in this one is for a detour to be built alongside the bridge to

be replaced,” Ono said. “We haven’t got a whole lot of alternative east-west routes nearby.”

Also, during the 18 months of construction, trail runners, hikers and dog walkers who use the Mosquito Creek Trail will have to find a

new route.

“We’ll close it off a fair ways further down so people don’t wind up walking all the way up there and then coming to a dead end,” Ono said.

“We’ll minimize it as much as we can but we’ll have to get the contractor’s exact

schedule to see how often or how long it will be closed for.”

The district has a bridge maintenance program that involves annual inspections and outside bridge expert consultants being brought in every five years. The Montroyal Bridge was next on

the list following completion of the new Keith Road Bridge over Lynn Creek.

The $8.5-million cost is covered through the district’s asset management program, meaning the money has already been set aside in previous budgets.

District of North Vancouver project engineer in training Shane Devine inspects the decaying underside of the Montroyal Boulevard Bridge. Work on its replacement is due to begin next week. An artist’s rendering above left shows the final design of the new bridge. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN / ILLUSTRATION DISTRICT OF NORTH VANCOUVER WEBSITE

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What: A Public Hearing for Bylaw 8217, a proposed amendment to the Zoning Bylaw to designate the entire area of the District as an area where Temporary Use Permits may be allowed (except for lands which are located outside of the District’s four growth centres and zoned one of the Single Family Residential (RS) zones).

When: 7 pm, Tuesday, April 18, 2017 Where: Council Chambers, District of North Vancouver Municipal Hall, 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, BC

What changes?

There are currently two Temporary Commercial and Industrial Use Permit areas designated in the Zoning Bylaw: a portion of Lynn Creek (north of Main Street) and 1015-1037 Marine Drive. Bylaw 8217 proposes to amend the District’s Zoning Bylaw by designating the entire area of the District as an area where Temporary Use Permits may be allowed except for lands which are located outside of the District’s four growth centres and zoned one of the Single Family Residential (RS) zones. Bylaw 8217 also proposes to set general conditions for temporary uses and deletes the Development Permit Regulations of the Zoning Bylaw which are addressed in Schedule B of the Official Community Plan (OCP).

How can I provide input?

We welcome your input Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at 7 pm. You can speak in person by signing up at the hearing, or you can provide a written submission to the Municipal Clerk at input@dnv.org or by mail to Municipal Clerk, District of North Vancouver, 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, BC, V7N 4N5, before the conclusion of the hearing.

Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public concerning this application after the conclusion of the public hearing.

Need more info?

Relevant background material and copies of the bylaw are available for review at the Municipal Clerk’s Office or online at dnv.org/public_hearing from March 6 to April 18. Office hours are Monday to Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm, except statutory holidays.

Who can I speak to?

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than they are, bring home the reality of war in a compelling way. But there is never gratuitous violence, and discretion is exercised in choosing what content to include and what to leave out.

Author Hugh Brewster’s book At Vimy Ridge told the story of the First World War from its beginning to the battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917.

Brewster was at the Capilano library Wednesday to talk to school kids about Vimy Ridge and his recent book From Vimy to Victory: Canada’s Fight to the Finish in World War I. “I wanted to tell the rest of the story,” he says in an email to the North Shore News about his book.

“Canada’s great contribution and great sacrifice during the war earned it recognition as a nation in its own right, not just as a part of the British Empire.”

The books are designed for readers ages eight and older and feature text, photos, paintings, maps, and drawings. Brewster answered some more questions after the library talk.

Why did you want to write this book for kids?

The two great wars of the 20th century really jump-started the modern world. It’s a very important period in the history of our world and the history of Canada. Kids today are very interested in Canada’s military past in a way that my own generation wasn’t.

Remembrance Day has once again become an important commemorative day in schools. Battlefield tours are something many high school students take part in and are a great

Author High Brewster talks to a group of school kids about Vimy Ridge at Capilano library on Wednesday. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH learning experience. Often students tell me that going to Vimy Ridge and visiting the graves of soldiers from their town, or even their family, was the most moving experience they’ve ever had as a Canadian.

How do you talk to kids about war?

By the age of eight or nine most young people have seen more horror on the evening news or in movies, video games and TV shows than they will find in my books. Personal stories of men and women in war, many of whom were only a few years older

Why do you think it’s important for kids and youth to learn about Vimy Ridge?

The story of both the battle and the monument is a window into an important chapter in our history.

To call Vimy Ridge “the hill where Canada was born” is an exaggeration.

But to dismiss it as a myth is also an exaggeration. Over 10,000 Canadians were killed or wounded there. That is very real. It took 14 years to build the amazing monument on its crest.

This is a story that resonates with Canadians and that young Canadians should come to know.

What are some common questions you hear from school kids when you do presentations about your book?

“Were you in the war?” is one that always makes me smile. I have to explain that my parents both served in the Second World War but that I was not yet born. “How did Hitler die?” is a remarkably common question, even when the subject is the First World War. (Hitler always fascinates.) They are also fascinated by trench warfare, and want to know where soldiers slept in trenches and what they ate and how they stayed warm.

What would you like students to

take away from your talks?

Some sense of the terrible cost of war. Of the sacrifices made by previous generations for the freedoms we enjoy today.

WWW Brewster says he knew he wanted to be a writer from an early age and calls himself a “book -loving child” who “haunted his local library.” He became a writer after first working in publishing.

What do you like best about being a writer?

When it’s going well it’s highly pleasurable and a whole day can fly by in what seems like minutes. I also really enjoy preparing and giving talks and dramatic presentations about my books, What are the biggest challenges of being a writer?

For the vast majority of writers, the money is terrible and getting worse.

What message or advice would you share with someone who may want to be a writer?

Don’t give up your day job until you can support yourself with your writing, Anything you want to add?

Reading is the most important skill any child can have. And reading actual books not screens is crucial for brain development. Read to your kids. Buy books for them. It’s the best investment you can make.

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Treating patients is a way of life for Dr. Jordan Millar of North Shore Orthodontics For Dr. Jordan Millar, opening North Shore Orthodontics has been a dream realized. For her, this isn’t just a job – it’s a way of life.

As a female entrepreneur with two young children, Jordan sees her family and her practice as intertwined. That’s what makes her such an excellent orthodontist – her ability to care for people the same way she cares about her family.

“There have been times when I have shown up to a meeting with my 2 kids in tow – and everyone has been very accommodating because they understand how important family is to me.”

As the only female orthodontist on the North Shore, Jordan has a unique perspective that gives her amazing insight into how she can best care for and support her patients.

“Parents often think their child is too young to see an orthodontist, but we recommend that all children come in for an orthodontic exam around age 7. This allows me to follow their growth and development and decide if any treatment is needed, now or down the road. It also helps us build a relationship early on.”

Jordan was born and raised on the North Shore – this is her community.

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In the directory, you can easily access information about services provided by the government and NSCRS. In the Seniors Directory there are also listings for groups that advocate on behalf of seniors, including Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society, which acts as a strong voice for seniors on an array of issues such as health and social concerns, housing, and dementiafriendly communities. They also link organizations together through their Seniors Coalition, which meets several times a year.

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Syrian brothers take refuge on two wheels Refugee brothers take first bike ride after fleeing Iraq

to get that opportunity,” says Lea Borlick a parishioner with sponsor West Vancouver United Church. “But you know, you also leave everything behind.”

The trip to Obsession Bikes in Lower Lonsdale was meant to let Hamsa, 8, and Mirvan, 5, forget what they’d left – at least for a while.

Before arriving in Canada the brothers were asked what might make them happy.

Their response: bicycles and a piano. (“Piano’s on the back burner,” Borlick notes.)

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The brothers sat side-byside on their bicycles.

Three days earlier, Syrian refugees Hamsa and Mirvan Fandi touched down in Canada after leaving the Darashakran refugee camp in Iraq where they’d lived for four years.

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in a refugee camp. But he does understand the childhood yearning to ride. The first bike he owned was donated. It opened a “world of goodness,” he remarks.

“If a child gets the opportunity to experience the freedom that a bicycle can provide then it’s going to show them just how big the world can be.”

The goal for Wilson and his employees was simple: “Let’s do what we can to see that their landing here is as special as possible.”

Once inside the shop the brothers were stoic, Wilson reports. It’s a trait Borlick attributes to living in a camp where a big grin may mean “there’s something wrong with the person.”

Mirvan was one year old when his family made it to the camp near Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. The trip to Obsession Bikes was the first time he’d sat on his own bike.

Wilson swapped out the too-large bike he’d set aside for Mirvan, quickly finding a better fit. After helmets were snug and training wheels attached, the brothers left the store, pushing their bikes up the block alongside Borlick.

Borlick says she’s been largely preoccupied with the brothers’ dental appointments and immunizations, all while

Mirvan Fandi, 5, looks on as big brother Hamsa, 8, gets his helmet adjusted by Obsession Bikes proprietor James Wilson. Wilson gave the young refugees free bikes. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD trying to bridge a language barrier and find the Fandi family permanent housing. The brothers are also grieving a recent death in the family.

“This week has not been the greatest week,” Borlick reflects.

While she’s aware there are preservationist voices against allowing passage to refugees, Borlick says she envisions

“a new Canada” with greater cultural diversity.

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For Wilson, giving the bikes away creates a special culture at the shop. “Everybody’s having a tough time these days, economics being what it is,”

Wilson reflects. “To create that kind of charity … it’s pretty warming.”

As the brothers left Wilson’s shop pushing their bikes, Borlick noticed the Lower Lonsdale sidewalk was deserted. She nodded.

Mirvan and Hamsa started to pedal. Borlick quickened her pace and watched them: “smiling and riding away.”

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80 years old and still soaring

West Van super senior chasing more world records ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

An 80th birthday can mean many different things for different people.

For some whippersnappers it is another day to go for a hike or get out into the garden, while for others it can be a more subdued affair inside a care centre. For West Vancouver’s Christa Bortignon, however, age 80 arrived with a very specific set of challenges: a whole new list of world records to break.

The super senior took up track and field at age 72, inspired by an article in the North Shore News about another North Shore track star, Olga Kotelko. Bortignon, a former competitive tennis player, hit the ground running and hasn’t looked back since, setting numerous age-group world records along the way. World Masters Athletics updated their records on March 7, 2017, and Bortignon’s name is on the list eight times, including outdoor records in the 400 m, triple jump, pentathlon and heptathlon as well as the 80-m and 400-m hurdles, and indoor records in the pentathlon and 60-m hurdles. The records are all for the W75 age group, however, and with Bortignon turning 80 on Jan. 29, she’s got a new set of standards to chase down. And she’s going after them at full speed.

“I like a challenge,” says Bortignon, still razor sharp. “I think it’s nice to have goals and challenges in life. When you turn 80 you think, is this it?”

When the records list is updated next, they’ll have to add Bortignon’s name at least a couple more times.

Bortignon’s assault on the W80 age group began March 11-12 in Toronto at the Canadian Masters Track and Field Championships where she set a new world record in the long jump, her leap of 3.02 m topping the old mark by 10 centimetres, and in the triple jump where her 6.91 m effort blew away the old record of 6.33 m.

For good measure she also set new Canadian records in the 50 m, 60 m and 200 m sprints.

“That went well,” she said of her first shot at the W80 group.

Three days after returning home from Toronto she was on a plane for an 11-hour flight to compete in the World Masters Indoor Championships running from March 19-25 in Daegu, South Korea.

There, competing alongside 4,200 athletes from around the world, Bortignon pushed her own new records farther, scoring 3.17 m in the long jump and 7.09 m in the triple jump.

“It was really well organized,” she says about the Korean event. “What impressed me most was the cleanliness. You don’t find a piece of paper, a cigarette butt, anything, anywhere.

Nowhere. And the transportation system is just absolutely fantastic.”

There was a bit of a problem with the track, which hindered her attempts at new sprinting records.

“They had a banked track, it was pretty steep,” she says. “In one of my sprints I was in lane six, the outside lane, and I actually had to hold on to the railing before falling over. … So my times weren’t great. I mean, they were still Canadian records, but it wasn’t my best.”

While Bortignon loved Korea, Korea loved her right back. Out of all of the athletes at the event, Bortignon was selected for a special tour of an ancient village that was filmed by a Korean television station. The tour came with a special surprise.

“They asked us at the end if we would like to pose in the costume,” she says. “These are the actual costumes the king and queen used to wear, so it was quite an honour.

The headpiece for me was really heavy – 12 pounds. I don’t know how the queen could have walked in that all day.”

It was an honour to put it on, but also a relief when she got to take it off – Bortignon is not planning on adding the costume to her everyday wardrobe.

“I’m glad we don’t have to wear them,” she says with a laugh.

“There’s some stuff they put on underneath and then put this over it and you have to put your hands under the cover there and take your shoes off. … For our times, we’re not used to this. We’re much more liberal.”

Less than a week after returning from Korea, Bortignon was back on the track in Kamloops for the B.C. Masters Indoor Championships.

There she pushed her jumps even farther, 3.28 m in the long and 7.42 m in the triple, and just for fun set a new W80 Canadian record of 6.76 m in the shot put.

“I’m not a thrower, but I have to do it for multi-events so whenever I’m not busy that day I try to do a throwing record,” she says.

With that – her third meet in two provinces and two continents within the span of three weeks – Bortignon says she is ready for a break. Not too long though, as more records beckon, including outdoor marks and some pretty fast times in the sprints.

She’ll have to push hard for those, however, as American Irene Obera has laid down some fast times in

West Vancouver’s Christa Bortignon leaps to a new agegroup world record in triple jump at the Canadian Masters Indoor Championships. PHOTO ROB JEROME In the photo at right, the super senior poses with her husband in traditional costume during a trip to the World Masters in Daegu, Korea.

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the 80+ group, including 16.81 in the outdoor 100 m.

“It’s not going to be a walk in the

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Bortignon hopes to inspire other seniors to be active From page 21 park,” Bortignon says. “I have to really hustle.”

Bortignon is hoping to nab records in the 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m races, a rare trio that she held concurrently for a while in the W75 group.

“I think I want to go and

work on my 400 maybe,” she says. “I was the only athlete, male or female, to have the records in 100, 200 and 400 at the same time. Very few people do that – either you’re a sprinter or you’re a middledistance runner.”

There are, however, limitations to how much she can

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push her body.

“I think I have to give up the hurdles,” she says. “I had a problem with my hip last year.”

Bortignon has a sponsorship agreement with North Shore Kia that helps with some of her expenses, but mostly her exploits are paid for out-of-pocket. It’s well worth it, she says, for what it does for her and others around her, including her two great-grandchildren, ages two and four.

“My little guy, the oldest one of the great-grandchildren, he wants to be a runner but his dad wants him to be a hockey player, of course,” she says, laughing again, adding that her biggest hope is to inspire seniors to be more active, just as Olga Kotelko once inspired her. Kotelko died in 2014 at the age of 95, but her name lives on, plastered all over the world record listings, mostly in the W90 and W95 age groups. Bortignon may one day be going after those marks too. “(I’ll compete) as long as I can. I really enjoy doing it,” she says. “I’d really like to get more masters into it because it’s a cheap sport – all you need is a pair of runners and some pants. There are so many options: you can jump, you can run, you can throw.

You can be a spectator, you can be an official, a volunteer.

The greatest thing is you meet so many nice people.”

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SPLASH FROM THE PAST Fifty-year-old Daniel Schoeler delights the crowd with his skiing skills and retro style during the Slush Cup held at Grouse Mountain Resort April 1.

The annual event features competitors skiing and boarding across an icy pond at the bottom of a slope, with prizes awarded for best costume and best wipeout. This year’s Slush Cup was held in conjunction with a 90th anniversary celebration for the resort. Visit nsnews.com to see more photos. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

Blues win big at North Shore Sport Awards The Capilano Blues were golden as the best and brightest local athletes came together for the North Shore Sport Awards held March 28 at the West Vancouver Community Centre.

The Capilano University men’s soccer team, provincial champs for the second year in a row and 2016 national bronze medal winners, were named the North Shore’s Team of the Year while bench boss Paul Dailly claimed Coach of the Year status at the annual award show.

Other marquee winners included rock star Sean McColl, a world champion climber, and skiing/cycling sensation Georgia Simmerling who took home the awards for top male and female athletes. Soccer star Caitlin Shaw, a fixture on the national U17 team, was named top youth female while the top youth male award went to Brendan Artley who claimed high school provincial gold medals in basketball, tennis and javelin last year.

Four-time Olympian Nikola Girke earned the Spirit of Sport award in recognition of a career that saw her compete in three different sailing disciplines at the Summer Games, as well as her volunteer work with numerous humanitarian campaigns such as KidSport, Fast and Female, and Athletes Against Bullying.

The Quinn Keast Foundation was honoured for

Capilano men’s soccer scored at the North Shore Sport Awards. FILE PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH its exemplary work in the provincial basketball community while ultra-marathoner Gary Robbins was given an Outstanding Athletic Acheivement Award for his incredible effort in The Barkley Marathons.

Longtime North Shore stalwarts Joe Iacobellis, Al Rose and Frank Kurucz were also recognized for their lifetime contributions to sport.

For a complete list of winners check out the display on page 15 of this newspaper.

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REDDINGTON, Graham Ashley August 2, 1947 - March 18, 2017

Mary Kalbach, born in Snohomish, WA, passed away peacefully with her daughters Krista, Kathy and Laurie by her side. She will be missed and lovingly remembered by her extended family. She is predeceased by brother Kenneth and sister Nancy and survived by brother Jon (Ruth).

Born in England August 2, 1947. Died peacefully March 18, 2017 due to a brief aggressive cancer.

Graham is survived by his wife, Charity, and his daughters Claire and Jane and their families.

Graham and Charity had a loving relationship full of laughter and shared a love of travel. His work took him to projects all around the world, finally settling in Vancouver where he followed his passions of family, bonsais, Church, golf and squash.

His last work was with AMEC in Vancouver. There, he was a constant source of levity and for many was the highlight of the day. We will all miss his wit and his radiant, infectious smile.

Thanks to Dr.Conly, Dr.Walker, Dr.Mainra, Dr.Sear, and Canon LLoyd. Special thanks to the N.S. Hospice who looked after Graham with such kindness.

A Memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 6 at 11 am @ St Stephens Church at 855 22nd Street, West Vancouver. Donations to the N.S. Hospice.

Favorite activities were hiking, beachcombing, travelling, photography, gardening, baking, hosting dinner parties, reading and spending time at her cabin. She worked at the Lynn Valley Library as the tape book assistant.

During her lifetime she volunteered for many different organizations including the North Shore Palliative Care and Bereavement programs at LGH. The family wishes to thank the staff of 1 South at Evergreen House for their tender, thoughtful and compassionate care especially during the final weeks of her life. In lieu of flowers, we suggest you plant something in your garden or donate to a charity of your choice.

A service and reception to celebrate her life will be held at the North Vancouver Holiday Inn, Sunday April 23 at 1:30 PM

STUART, Lianne Keir April 16, 1960 - April 5, 2017

ORLICK, Douglas Milton April 17, 1937 − March 29, 2017

Born in Millet, Alberta, Doug moved to BC and started his family, living on the North Shore for nearly 50 years. After thirty years with Agriculture Canada, Doug retired to enjoy traveling, taking many trips to Mexico with the boys from work.

When dementia set in five years ago, Dad moved to Evergreen House in North Vancouver. The amazing staff attended to Dad’s every need, keeping him peaceful and comfortable until aggressive cancer took Dad only weeks after diagnosis. He remained aware of his family until the end and often spoke in "Papa−isms" keeping us smiling. "Oh, Doug!"

Doug will be lovingly remembered by his son Graham (Tracey), daughter Jennifer, grandchildren Sam and Jillian, and nieces and nephews in BC and Alberta.

No service by request; donations to the Lion’s Gate Hospital Foundation would be greatly appreciated.

Lianne passed away peacefully after a nearly 5 year battle with melanoma. She will be forever missed by, Steven, her loving husband, best friend and father of their 3 beautiful children, Jordan (Pier-Maude), Alanna & Graham. She will also be missed by her 3 adoring sisters, Lorna Koivula (Matti), Linda Golden (Neil), Lorraine Chan-Kent (Randy), sister-in-law Cheryl Bradstock (Garth), her lifelong friend Stuart Childerstone (Candice), 6 nieces and nephews, 6 great nieces and nephews and many wonderful friends.

A lifelong resident of West Vancouver, Lianne was predeceased by her parents, Albert and Mhari Garlick and her mother-in-law, Andrea Stuart, all of West Vancouver.

Lianne attended Hollyburn Elementary School and West Vancouver Secondary School and was a long time employee of Canada Safeway. She was a gifted gardener, home decorator and floral arranger.

A loving wife, mother, sister, auntie and friend.

She loved golfing and travelling to many destinations especiallly Hawaii and Palm Springs.

She also loved to entertain and was blessed with a beautiful singing voice.

The family would like to thank all the doctors and nurses who cared for her throughout her journey with special thanks to Dr. Sasha Smiljanic, Dr. Jennifer Walker, Dr. Mohammad Shokravi, Dr. Omid Hamid (Angeles Clinic, CA.) and the exceptional team at the North Shore Hospice.

Heartfelt thanks to Patti Griffiths for all her help, love and support A Celebration of Life to be held at the West Vancouver Yacht Club, 5854 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC. Tuesday, April 18, 2017 , 2 pm to 5 pm.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the North Shore Hospice or BC Cancer Agency would be greatly appreciated.

WILLIAMS, Marlene R. (nee McGie) October 25, 1953 − March 5, 2017

With great sadness we announce the passing of Marlene Williams after her courageous battle with cancer. She will be missed by her two daughters Karen Hamfeldt and Darci Williams, son in law Adrian and grandchildren, Connor, Alexis and Amanda. A Celebration of Life will be held at Karen and Adrian’s home, 791 Sylvan Avenue, North Vancouver on Saturday April 29th at 1:00 PM. Celebrate the lives of loved ones with your stories, photographs and tributes on

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604.630.3300 EMPLOYMENT

accounting/ financial Squamish Insurance Personal Lines Sales Rep Level II License required.

David_Johnston@ squamishinsurance.com www.vancity.com

food/beverage help Cobs Bread Baker No Experience Necessary We will teach you the tools to become an amazing baker.

All training will be provided and we will pay you a competitive rate even through training. Your own transport is needed.

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Take Your Pick from the

HOTTEST JOBS To advertise in Employment Classifieds call

604-630-3300

BUSINESS SERVICES

franchises new mowing business

FOR SALE

ime is The T W! NO

Includes an existing client base on the North Shore

Call 310-JIMS (5467)

Ask for Dennis www.jimsmowing.ca

personals

Lily’s Relaxation Centre Amazing Massage!

FUNERAL SERVICES taking care of each other

is what community is all about.

Hollyburn Funeral Home

1807 Marine Drive, West Vancouver Thank you for continuing to place your trust in us now and always.

Proudly serving the north Shore for over 80 years West Van: 604-922-1221 or North Van 604-985-3454 HollyburnFunerals.com

Dignity Memorial is a division of Service Corporation International (Canada) ULC.

FOOD/BEVERAGE HELP

REAL ESTATE

property for sale

Life-Changing Opportunity Rural tract of land available for co-ownership or sale near Salmo, BC. Live a peaceful and simple lifestyle with freedom and security. Call 250.357.9568 for more information.

Anton’s Pasta Bar NOW Hiring Experienced

• COOKS F/T

• Bussers and Dishwashers (F/T & P/T) Excellent working environment. Join our TEAM! Competitive wage.

MUST apply in person with RESUME

4260 East Hastings, Burnaby

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT a

FULL TIME COUNTER STAFF a

Position available at busy N0orth Shore equipment company - no experience necessary but would be an asset.

Great work environment start at $15/hour with benefits after 3 months.

Please send resume to: seanlehmann@ dynamic-rentals.com or fax 604-987-8176.

classifieds. nsnews.com

Is Hiring

FLAG PERSONS & LANE CLOSURE TECHS

• Must have reliable vehicle • Must be Certified • $19.98 per hour for TCP $25.58 per hour for LCT • Full union benefits, including Medical.

DINAMAC HOLDINGS LTD Apply in Person 9770 - 199A St, Langley or Email resume: resumes@ dinamacholdings.ca

RENTALS

apartments/ condos for rent 2BR/1.5BA $2,700 West Vancouver Quiet waterfront building, heat, gated parking, storage locker and gym included in rent.

604−913−1849 pawjamas@shaw.ca 2180 Argyle Avenue Dundarave Two Bedroom Lower half duplex near Shopping and seawalk. Avail May 1st. $1,600/month.

604.926.1162 Lower Lonsdale 2 Bedroom, 1.5 bath, 1 storey walk up. Bright suite in a quiet, small building.

No smoking No pets. 2 Balconies, a gas fireplace, 5 appliances and a car port.

Suitable for 2 quiet people. $1,700/month plus utilities.

604.462.0444 please leave message One Bedroom Central Lonsdale Half block from Lonsdale Avenue, second floor suite, hardwood floors, heat and hot water included, no pets $1300. April 15th 604-8385020 or 604-699-5264 Peterson Residential

apartments/ condos for rent OCEAN DT view, 1 br, concrete, nr Seabus. $1495 incl heat, h/w, gym, sauna, locker, guest suite. May 1 604-318-9474

suites for rent Atrium at the Pier - 172 Victory Ship Way. SW. 2 BR with view, air con. 9 ft ceiling. hotel gym + pool. $3200.

Matthew 778.388.8370

furnished rentals LONSDALE 500 - Furn Accom, Bach, 1, 2, 3 BR. Start at $1300. 604-723-7820 or visit www.homawayinns.com

office/retail Ocean View Office Space for rent in Ambleside, Bellevue Ave & 15th St. West Vancouver 604.724.4234

Call 604-630-3300 to place your ad

vacation rentals Home Exchange: retired couple in Vernon live 200’ from Lake. New home, 2 bdrms, amazing terrace views, avail/July. We lived on the NS 25 yrs, want to return for 1-2 wks in winter. Call 778.475.2255

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“I want to spend time with my baby”

TIMEOUT!

Solutions can be found in next Sunday's issue.

CROSSWORD

“not doing household chores.”

Shylo Can Help Care For Your Home.

A new baby comes with lots of family challenges. No matter whether this is your first baby or your third, the issue is the same. You need to spend time with your precious child not with chores.

That’s why Shylo’s Home Support brings the care to you.

• Recovery from C-section • Meal Preparation • Laundry & Housekeeping • Shopping for the family • Child care Let us help you deal with all the issues that arise with a growing family.

You don’t have to do it alone.

CLUES ACROSS 1. Winter melon 7. Solar energy particles (abbr.)

10. Requiring fewer resources 12. Nest 13. Name 14. Actress Vergara 15. Very near in space or time 16. Authorized program analysis report 17. Spoken in Vietnam

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It’s okay to ask for help!

38. Goddess of spring

18. Brews 19. Drops

39. Large hole

21. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series

40. Vegetarians won’t touch it

22. Congo capital

41. Actress Neal

27. Soldier

44. Finger millet

28. Bronx Bomber

45. Small waterfalls

33. Argon

48. Israeli city

34. Open

49. Most gummy

36. Popular sandwich

50. NFL owner Snyder

37. Protect from danger

51. Spindles

CLUES DOWN 1. Italian Lake 2. Cuckoos 3. Sound unit 4. Doctors’ group 5. The cutting part of a drill 6. A team’s best hurler 7. Couches 8. Muslim ruler 9. Round globular seed 10. A way to confine 11. Men wear it 12. Chinese province 14. Soup cracker 17. Expression of disappointment 18. West Chadic languages 20. Midway between south and southwest 23. An opal 24. Main artery 25. Junior’s father 26. Sierra Leone dialect 29. Cyrillic letter 30. Native American tribe 31. Passes 32. Most unnatural 35. Insecticide 36. Blatted 38. Actress Fox 40. Actresses Kate and Rooney 41. Outside 42. The habitat of wild animals 43. Days falling in the middle of the month 44. Radioactivity unit 45. Certified publicaccountant 46. Swiss river 47. Sino-Soviet block (abbr.)

Crossword puzzle answers use American spelling

WORD SCRAMBLE Rearrange the letters to spell something pertaining to horses.

DEBLIR

Call today for a FREE In-Home Needs Assessment.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 2017

LAST SUNDAY’S ANSWER: HORNS

CRYPTO FUN

LAST SUNDAY'S CROSSWORD SOLUTION:

DETERMINE THE CODE TO REVEAL THE ANSWER Solve the code to discover words related to horse racing. Each number corresponds to a letter. (Hint: 8 = e)

A.

16 10

17 23

B.

17 20

7

C.

16 20 23 23

D.

12 10

Clue: Steed

Clue: Competition

8

8

Clue: Head coverings Clue: Rider

7

6

8

14

LAST SUNDAY’S ANSWERS: A. genre B. notes C. melody D. instrument

SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 2017

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IT’S SAVE UP TO $12,000 2017 SILVERADO DOUBLE CAB 4X4 CUSTOM EDITION 5.3L V8 WITH ACTIVE FUEL MGMT, TRAILERING PACKAGE, CUSTOM CONVENIENCE PKG

MSRP $ 47,165

Carter Price

34,995

$

or

187 Bi-weekly

$

stk#N7-78160

2017 GMC SIERRA CREW CAB 4X4 KODIAK EDITION 5.3L V8 WITH ACTIVE FUEL MGMT, 6 SPD AUTOMATIC, TRAILERING PACKAGE, KODIAK VALUE PACKAGE

MSRP $ 53,675

Stk#7SR53030

Carter Price

42,495

$

252 Bi-weekly Ø Down

$

or

2017 COLORADO LT CREW CAB 4X4 3.6L V6 ENGINE, 8 SPEED AUTOMATIC, TRAILERING PACKAGE, REMOTE START, BLUETOOTH AUDIO

MSRP $ 40,535

Carter Price

38,995

$

or

199 Bi-weekly

$

Stk#7CL28130

2017 GMC ACADIA ALL TERRAIN EDITION 3.6L DOHC V6, 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC, TRAILERING PACKAGE, HEATED SEATS, SKYSCOPE DUAL PANEL SUNROOF

Stk#7A70390

MSRP $ 51,540

Carter Price

49,995

$

or

258 Bi-weekly Ø Down

$

All payments plus applicable taxes, 20,000 km per year 48 months lease, 2017 Silverado Double Cab 4x4 $2500 Down Payment, Res $20,280, TP 19,448, APR 1.9%; 2017 Crew Cab Kodiak Ø Down, Res $23,080, TP 26,208, 1.9% APR; 2017 Colorado $2500 down, Res $19,051, TP 20,696, 1.9% APR; 2017 Acadia Res $21,131, TP 26832, 0.5% APR. All prices & payments are net of all incentives and are plus taxes, levies and $598 documentation fee, including tire and rim warranty. See dealer for details. Financing on approved credit. Vehicles may not be exactly as displayed.

604-987-5231

DL# 10743

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Northshore

Northshore Auto Mall, 800 Automall Dr. North Van www.carternorthshore.com

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THE 2017 CRUZE SEDAN AND HATCH. WHERE STYLE, COMFORT AND TECHNOLOGY MEET.

CHEVROLET.CA

VISIT YOUR CHEVROLET DEALER. OFFER ENDS MAY 1.ST THE NEXT-GEN 2017 CRUZE SEDAN LT AIR & AUTO LEASE $98 BI-WEEKLY, THAT’S LIKE:

$49*

WEEKLY

@

0.5%

APR

FOR 60 MONTHS $0 DOWN PAYMENT BASED ON A LEASE PURCHASE PRICE OF $20,446 (INCLUDES FREIGHT, PDI, $1,000 LEASE CASH, $1,000 LEASE BONUS AND $500 GM CARD APPLICATION BONUS) CRUZE SEDAN PREMIER RS MODEL SHOWN

THE ALL-NEW 2017 CRUZE HATCH LT AIR & AUTO LEASE $98 BI-WEEKLY, THAT’S LIKE:

$49*

WEEKLY

@

0.5%

APR

FOR 60 MONTHS $550 DOWN PAYMENT BASED ON A LEASE PURCHASE PRICE OF $21,236 (INCLUDES FREIGHT, PDI, $1,000 LEASE CASH, $1,000 LEASE BONUS AND $500 GM CARD APPLICATION BONUS)

CRUZE HATCH PREMIER RS MODEL SHOWN

AVAILABLE HEATED SEATS FOR EXTRA COMFORT ON CHILLY DAYS. ALL NEW ELIGIBLE VEHICLES COME WITH

CHEVROLET

SEAMLESS CONNECTIVITY WITH STANDARD APPLE CARPLAY™ 1 AND ANDROID AUTO™ 1 CAPABILITY.

PLENTY OF SPACE FOR YOUR GEAR WITH 47.2 CUBIC FEET OF CARGO SPACE IN THE HATCH.2

COMPLETE CARE

2

YEARS/48,000 KM COMPLIMENTARY OIL CHANGES **

5

YEARS/160,000 KM POWERTRAIN WARRANTY ▲

5

YEARS/160,000 KM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ▲

ON NOW AT YOUR BC CHEVROLET DEALERS. Chevrolet.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the lease of a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze LT Air & Auto (1SD)/Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback LT Air & Auto (1SD), equipped as described. License, insurance, registration, administration fees, dealer fees, PPSA and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. *Offer valid at participating dealers to eligible retail lessees in Canada who enter into a lease agreement with GM Financial and who accept delivery between April 1 and May 1, 2017. Lease based on a purchase price of $20,446/$21,236 for a 2017 Cruze LT Air & Auto/ Cruze LT Hatchback Air & Auto and includes $1,000 manufacturer-to-consumer lease bonus (tax-inclusive), $1,000 lease cash (tax-exclusive) and $500 GM Card Application Bonus (tax-inclusive). Offer applies to individuals who apply for a Scotiabank GM Visa Card (GM Card) or current GM Card cardholders. Bi-weekly payment is $98 for 60 months at 0.5% lease rate on approved credit to qualified retail customers by GM Financial. The $49 weekly payments are calculated by dividing the bi-weekly payments of $98. Annual kilometer limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometer. $0/$550 down payment required. Payment may vary depending on down payment or trade. Total obligation is $12,720/$13,270 plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $8,083/$8,346. Price and total obligation exclude license, insurance, PPSA, registration, taxes, dealer fees and optional equipment. Other lease options are available. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offer which may not be combined with other offers. See your dealer for conditions and details. General Motors of Canada Company reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. 1 Vehicle user interfaces are products of Apple and Google and their terms and privacy statements apply. Requires compatible smartphone and data plan rates apply. 2 With rear seats folded. Cargo and load capacity limited by weight and distribution. **The 2-Year Scheduled Lube-Oil-Filter Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada, who have purchased or leased a new eligible 2016 or 2017 MY Chevrolet (excluding Spark EV), with an ACDelco® oil and filter change, in accordance with the oil life monitoring system and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 48,000 km, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four (4) Lube-Oil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM dealers. Fluid top offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc. are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Company reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ▲Whichever comes first. See dealer for details.