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Gala by the C
Capilano elementary hosts spring fundraiser at Pinnacle Hotel LIVING 25
Gerry’s Garden
Gerry MacPherson transforms space in Loutet Park TASTE 23
Maru Korean Bistro
Lower Lonsdale restaurant features popular favourites NORTHSHORENEWS
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Early morning blaze leaves eight people homeless JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com
Firefighters saved eight North Vancouver residents after a blaze swept through a Lower Lonsdale duplex shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday morning. “In two minutes, your life has changed,” said one of the duplex’s residents, professional photographer Peter Langer. Langer was fast asleep when he heard a neighbour yelling: “Fire! Fire! Get out!” The fire continued to spread as the artist grabbed his cellphone, laptop and camera gear. In a series of 9-1-1 calls, neighbours reported flames and smoke billowing from the second storey of an East Third Street duplex, according to District of North Vancouver assistant fire chief
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SAILOR’S DELIGHT West Vancouver’s Nikola Girke is gearing up for her fourth trip to the Olympic Games this summer in Rio. The experienced sailor is taking part in the thrilling new Nacra 17 class, her third different event since her Olympic debut. See story page 29. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
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Museum supporters rally for Site 8
JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com
After 30 years of looking for a new place to hang the past, North Vancouver’s Museum and Archives may have found a new home – but they’ll have to make a compelling business case before they can move in.
Council is considering a 12-storey, 117-unit residential tower perched on a commercial podium at West Esplanade and Carrie Cates Court. The site includes 16,155 square feet which could be given to the city, potentially for the museum. Council sent the project to public hearing Monday despite several councillors expressing reservations over the
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City considers OCP exemption for Polygon’s 12-storey tower proposal lack of a business plan. There should be no further costs to the city or any requests for funds, according to Coun. Craig Keating. The city provided $100,000 for the museum to undertake several studies, including a business plan. That business plan was not complete in time for Monday’s council meeting, much to the chagrin of Coun. Rod Clark. “The taxpayer should have the right to know that they’re
not giving away millions to a developer who’s going to walk away,” Clark said. Council voted against putting the museum in the Pipe Shop earlier this year, which Clark called a much more suitable location. “(Site 8) won’t be nearly as attractive, it’ll be much more difficult to find. And I have to see those business numbers, that business case, before I can support it.” A few rows of the council chamber were occupied by museum supporters clad in blue T-shirts who were there to advocate for a new home for the museum. Serving as city council’s representative to the museum
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