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Creosote on government dock a threat, activists say BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

A West Vancouver environmentalist is taking Fisheries and Oceans Canada to task for using toxic creosote on the department’s own docks.

The DFO Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research on Marine Drive was recently updated with new pilings coated in creosote, a tarbased preservative that is a known environmental hazard, according to Mary-Sue Atikinson, a West Vancouver Streamkeepers volunteer.

“I was quite shocked and disgusted to be honest, considering that all of the problems regarding creosote are well known. To be actually installing that at this point in time is really bad,” she said. “They’re carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic Mary-Sue Atkinson, a local aquaculture advocate, says the federal government’s pilings at the West Vancouver research station are a threat to spawning herring. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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City cautiously approves museum in LoLo BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The North Vancouver Museum and Archives has found a new home in Lower Lonsdale – with about 12 storeys of condos on top.

City of North Vancouver council voted unanimously Monday night to approve Polygon Homes’ proposal for a 14-storey mixed-use tower containing 117 one-, two- and three-bedroom units and 14,700 square feet of commercial space at Site 8, the plot of land that is mostly a surface parking lot between West Esplanade and Carrie Cates Court.

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Beleaguered NVMA finds conditional home at Polygon’s Site 8 after failed Pipe Shop bid city owned parking lot, Polygon will give the city the 16,000-square-foot first-floor space (estimated to be valued at $11 million) to be turned into a new home for the museum as well as $3.6 million in cash, a 40-foot wide public mews linking Esplanade with Carrie Cates Court and public art and lighting to beautify the ICBC underpass linking the

site with the bus loop.

But, while every council member supported the museum moving into the space on a 10 year-lease, it came with a lengthy list of conditions. In order to move in, the museum must apply for and receive a federal grant of at least $2.5 million, organizers can’t come back to the city or the District of North Vancouver asking for any more operating funds above annual inflationary increases, and the museum must consolidate its off-site storage space and confirm that it will operate under its business plan.

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Six stories proposed for East Third St. JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

A neighbourhood’s distaste for density may be pitted against the city’s desire for affordability regarding a proposed Lower Lonsdale development.

The City of North Vancouver held a public meeting June 20 on Magnolia House Holding’s application to replace the six-unit and five-unit rental buildings on 362 and 368 East Third St. with a six-storey, 40-unit apartment building on one consolidated lot.

The development’s 16 parking spots and one car-share vehicle is paltry, according to neighbour Tanya Oliva, who implored council to reject the proposal. “How are these families … going to get their groceries home on a bike or by walking? It’s not going to happen,” she said.

Getting to a grocery store in the neighbourhood requires more than a brisk walk, according to Oliva. “There is not the transportation infrastructure to support this amount of development,” she said. “It’s not as family friendly as you would like it to be.” The “eyesore” will also clog her view corridor, Oliva added.

While the development may not be pleasing to the eye it will be welcome to the wallet, according to Don Peters, chairman of the Community Housing Action Committee, who called the proposal: “exactly the kind of thinking we need.”

The development includes five units that will be rent-controlled for at least five years; forbidding the landlord from charging more than average rental rates as determined by the Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corp.

“We like the five low-end rental units. We would like

more of course, but it’s a good start,” Peters said.

Coun. Rod Clark suggested the five units could be rentcontrolled in perpetuity.

Noting that the rules of the public hearing prevented him from making statements, Clark asked: “Did you know that this is one councillor who believes that we should be getting a lot longer than five years?”

The project received opposition from longtime resident Lawrence Pinfield, who urged council not to give a “gift” to the developer. “It dots all the I’s, it crosses all the T’s, but it’s wrong.”

Neighbour Christine Rigby expressed concerns about a disappearing view and a worsening traffic problem on Fourth Street.

Coun. Craig Keating noted the site was rated slightly more walkable than the district average.

While fielding questions, city planner Michael Epp informed council that a portion of the city’s rental stock is “at risk” due to age. The rental buildings on 362 and 368 East Third St. were built in 1977 and 1966. “In the absence of some incentives to develop rental housing, the city’s rental housing stock will gradually convert to a greater proportion of strata units,” Epp said.

At a height of 59.5 feet, the apartment would be the tallest building on either the 200 or 300 block of East Third Street. However, the building complies with the city’s official community plan.

The building would include 31,606 square feet of residential floor area. The proposed floor space ratio, which measures total floor area against the size of the lot, is 2.6. The development incorporates shared space on each floor, including a study space, television room, fitness centre, and laundry room.

If the project is approved, the city will collect more property tax than from the two existing rental buildings, according to staff.

Mayor Darrell Mussatto did not attend the meeting.

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Herring-friendly plastic wrap urged for DFO dock’s pilings From page 1

to both humans and aquatic organisms.”

Of particular concern are herring, which latch on to smooth surfaces like pier pilings while they spawn. The keystone species has been making a historic comeback in recent years, something that could be jeopardized by more creosote, Atkinson said.

Atikinson sought answers from Environment Canada, DFO and the Canadian Coast Guard, but only got the runaround, eventually learning that the federal government considers creosote acceptable and legal.

But Atkinson pointed out, she’s not the only one who would advise against creosote pilings. The European Union banned it for commercial use outright in 2003.

The state of California opted to stop using it on all of its structures in 1993, while the state of Washington has banned it in fresh water and has put in place a creosote removal plan. And DFO itself,

I think that DFO should be leaders in best practices and stewardship of the aquatic environment ... I think that when and if they do upgrades, they should not use creosote in the future.

– Streamkeeper Mary Sue Atkinson in the agency’s guidelines for dock and boathouse construction in freshwater systems, states: “Creosote treated wood should not be used in or near water.”

A 2015 UBC literature review done at the request of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority concluded creosote should be phased out and environmentally friendlier alternatives should be used, wherever possible. The higher upfront costs could be cheaper over the long-run, the study suggested.

At the very least, DFO should wrap the pilings in plastic, a method that’s been known to mitigate the impact on herring in Squamish, False Creek, and the Cowichan River, Atkinson said.

A video shot and posted

online by Squamish environmentalist John Buchanan depicts pilings that have been wrapped in plastic absolutely coated in herring spawn. When the camera lowers to the point of the piling without plastic, the piling is devoid of life.

“It’s really exciting to see. You can do something like that and cause such a good result. I think it’s really important to leave all those options open in case herring want to spawn there in the future,” Atkinson said.

In response to an interview request, DFO provided an emailed statement saying the use of creosote in this instance was acceptable.

“DFO has undertaken studies on the use of treated timber in the marine

environment, which indicate that it continues to have a place in certain harbour structures, along with alternative materials such as steel and concrete,” it read. “Based on these studies, DFO has implemented guidelines on the use of treated timber in the marine environment, and the use of creosote-treated piles is in full compliance with all current regulatory requirements regarding the use of wood preservatives in a marine environment.”

The project’s design and construction was also evaluated by outside consultants, the statement noted.

That’s not good enough, Atkinson said. “My main issue is that I think that DFO should be leaders in best practices and stewardship of the aquatic environment. …

I think that when and if they do upgrades, they should not use creosote in the future,” she said. “That should be a policy within all of the federal government, considering the negative impact on the aquatic ecosystem.”

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Squamish Nation votes to approve FortisBC pipeline Next step: negotiation of economic package

PUBLIC HEARING FOR 6695 NELSON AVENUE known as the Sewell’s Landing Development A public hearing will be held regarding the proposed bylaw amendments listed below, to allow for the redevelopment of 6695 Nelson Avenue with: six buildings of three to 12 storeys; 159 residential units; commercial space; underground parking; and public spaces and sidewalks. A public meeting will be held concurrently regarding proposed Development Permit No. 15-037.

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The council voted Saturday to approve the FortisBC Environmental Assessment Agreement, which paves the way for the Eagle Mountain to Woodfibre Pipeline Project.

“It is important to remind members that the Squamish Process was set in motion to ensure our aboriginal rights and title interests are protected,” Chief Ian Campbell said in a news release Saturday afternoon. “For us, the FortisBC component represents an exercise in Squamish Nation government. Our decision reflects the interests, the will, and the beliefs of our members. We won’t allow outsiders, whether they support the proposal or oppose it, to decide for us. It is our future – our decision to make.”

Nine of the Squamish Nation’s 25 conditions for support of the Woodfibre LNG export facility planned for Howe Sound that were set out in October were directed at FortisBC. Conditions included the change of the proposed location of the compressor station and re-routing the pipeline to outside of the Skwelwil’em Wildlife Management Area of the Squamish Estuary.

FortisBC subsequently changed the planned compressor station location from the Squamish business park, which was near a Squamish Nation reserve, to 1.8 kilometres outside of the Valleycliffe neighbourhood. The natural gas company also plotted an alternative pipeline route that avoided the Wildlife Management Area by tunneling under the estuary.

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Other conditions of support include no barges in the Wildlife Management Area, no expansion of the pipeline without Squamish Nation approval and the establishment of an economic benefits agreement with the Squamish Nation.

But the conditions do little to satisfy some dissenting members of the nation.

“There’s a big concern over the land, the water and the air. That’s basically it.

Natives are known for living off the resources of those three things and what we feel is that (council) is in putting them in danger,” said Jo-ann Nahanee, a frequent critic of the project.

Only 10 of the 12 council members voted in favour of the plan and there is a groundswell of opposition among members who regularly attend council meetings, according to Clarissa Antone. “They’re saying we the members agreed to this but they never came to us.

It’s only those 10 councillors who voted yes,” she said.

And the council hasn’t been forthcoming with information or consultation with the nation’s membership, Nahanee said. ”They aren’t coming and asking us what we really want. In our culture and tradition, it’s always been that they come to the people and

they’ve listened to the people and somewhere along the way, that’s been lost.”

The next step is for the benefits package to be negotiated, according to the release.

Once completed, it will be presented to the community and council for review.

FortisBC’s Trevor Boudreau said the company values working with First Nation communities impacted by the pipeline project, including the Squamish Nation. “We know that working together to incorporate aboriginal knowledge and values makes our projects better.”

Tracey Saxby of My Sea to Sky sent The Squamish Chief a statement on behalf of the anti-LNG lobby group. “We will continue to support Squamish Nation members pursuing progressive and sustainable development, improved governance, and cultural revitalization – even when we disagree with some decisions of the Squamish Nation leadership,” the emailed My Sea to Sky statement said. “My Sea to Sky will continue to support the residents of Valleycliffe and Squamish First Nation members that are standing up to stop the compressor station from being located on Mount Mulligan.”

– with files from Brent Richter

PROPOSED OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN BYLAW 4360, 2004, AMENDMENT BYLAW 4897, 2016 would enable the rezoning of the subject lands for the proposed residential and commercial buildings and place the lands within the Sewell’s Landing Development Permit Area.

PROPOSED ZONING BYLAW 4662, 2010, AMENDMENT BYLAW 4898, 2016 would rezone the subject lands to CD54: Sewell’s Landing, which will regulate the use of the land based on the proposed development.

PROPOSED PHASED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AUTHORIZATION BYLAW 4899, 2016 would secure the associated community benefit; the agreement would set out the framework between the District and the applicant in terms of receipt of the voluntary community amenity contribution payment.

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PERMIT would control the form and character of the development of the subject lands including the public spaces surrounding and within the site and sustainability initiatives.

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE covenants are proposed to secure the master development, public access and works and services for the project.

COUNCIL WELCOMES YOUR INPUT: All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw amendments and development permit will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public hearing. Prior to the hearing written submissions may be: emailed to mayorandcouncil@westvancouver.ca; mailed to Council at Municipal Hall, 750 17th Street, West Vancouver BC V7V 3T3; or delivered to Legislative Services at Municipal Hall; and must be received no later than 3 p.m. on July 4, 2016 to ensure their availability to Council for the hearing. Persons relying on electronic submissions do so at their own risk of technical issues affecting receipt. Written submissions will be included in the public hearing information package for Council’s consideration. After the public hearing has closed no further submissions can be considered by Council.

MORE INFORMATION: The proposed bylaw amendments, development permit and other documents Council may consider in deciding whether to adopt the proposed bylaw amendments may be inspected at westvancouver.ca and at Municipal Hall, from June 16 to July 4, 2016, Monday to Friday (except statutory holidays), 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Copies may also be inspected at the Memorial Library and at the public hearing and concurrent public meeting.

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museum into the Pipe Shop at the Shipyards because the museum commission fell short of its $5 million in fundraising, as required by the city.

During a three-and-a-half hour public hearing Monday night, a swath of museum supporters came out to urge council to approve the project.

“By helping residents understand our evolution, our strengths and our opportunities, it can help our community to excel. And by helping the residents understand what’s special about this community, it can help us discover our essence – our soul if you will,” said museum commission chairman Sanford Osler.

Osler said the commission is “very confident” it could meet the city’s conditions for the space.

Others praised the project for how it would transform the public realm

at street level. “It’s creating a people place – a people place where, for years, we saw a nothing place.

A parking lot. A concrete wall. A dark hole called a bus depot. This is all coming together now with this development in such a way that it’s truly going to be a people place,” said Gerry Brewer.

A smaller contingent of Lower Lonsdale residents turned out to lambaste the project for exceeding the official community plan’s 75-foot height limit for the site, thereby spoiling their views of the waterfront, downtown Vancouver and Stanley Park.

“When I bought my apartment, I did diligent research and went back and forth to city hall many times being reassured each time of the height restriction of a building no higher than seven to eight storeys. I bought because of this reassurance.” said Sharon White, a West First Street condo

owner. “To use the museum as a bargaining tool for extra height is a slap in the face to the citizens that already live here who will lose their views and equity. In my case, it’s about $150,000.”

Most of council, however, agreed it was the right place to put a high-density building, given that shopping, restaurants, the Shipyards district and Spirit Trail, entertainment options, the SeaBus and bus loop are all just metres away. And while not every Lower Lonsdale resident would keep their Burrard Inlet vistas, other iterations of the plan for a shorter, wider building were even worse view spoilers.

“I think it makes more urban planning sense,” Coun. Craig Keating said.

Coun. Linda Buchanan, called the project a “critical one” for Lower Lonsdale, but she also warned the museum’s supporters that moving into the site will now depend on their efforts.

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They need to meet the conditions. I implore you to please meet these conditions. I want the museum in this space. I think it absolutely will add to the vibrancy of what’s happening there. I want this to be successful.”

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chool’s out for the summer this week but recent debates on the educational front suggest we’re in need of a lesson ourselves.

As an eye-opening piece by the National Observers’ Sandy Garossino pointed out, those who can afford private school are apparently eligible to write off a portion of the fees that cover lunch and recess time as “child care” expenses on their taxes – even for teenagers up to 16.

And although they’re far from accessible to everyone, private schools continue to receive per-pupil operating grants at up to 50 per cent of the level handed out to public schools. That taxpayer-funded subsidy comes to about $350 million annually at a time when public schools are facing closure around the province.

It’s a policy that a recent poll suggested most British Columbians don’t support.

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defends the subsidy as providing choices for parents. He also made the point that in the public school system, the province pays for 100 per cent of capital costs.

Yet if that were the case, our local school board wouldn’t have to sell off school lands to fund replacement schools that make sense. Ironically, some shuttered public school properties are also rented back to private schools to bolster operating revenue.

If public funding were adequate, parents across the province wouldn’t have to fundraise for everything from computers to playground equipment, once considered essential parts of public education.

Before the next class graduates, we need to re-think the lesson plan on what’s considered fair funding for our schools because right now, we’re undermining public education while sheltering the private system.

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few days ago, the hallway outside my legislature office was overrun with a phalanx of fully armed police officers, busy training legislature staff in a nearby room on the finer points of security.

Things like dealing with an active shooter in the workplace, and how to outflank and disarm dangerous threats.

Most of those being trained were legislature security officers (many of them former police officers) while others were non-security staff.

As an official legislature earthquake warden (someone in every office has to be one), I’ve attended a course myself on how to deal with an armed intruder.

It’s worth noting that when I began working at the B.C. legislature in the 1980s, security was almost non-existent.

There were no locked doors

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Today, visitors must go through a screening device (i.e. a metal detector) and half the building is closed to the public. All office doors are locked at all times and legislature security staff now wear

full body armour and carry a holstered firearm.

This significant ramp-up in security measures didn’t happen overnight. Changes have been phased in over time but security has become significantly tighter in the past year.

Now, I’m not complaining.

As someone who works on the legislative grounds, I appreciate that well-trained security personnel have my safety in mind.

On several occasions over the years, legislature security have come to my aid while I was doing a live television report or conducting an interview on the grounds.

There are a number of people who have been identified as potential problems and who are banned from the grounds. People make all kinds of threats to public figures, though most of those threats are never made public.

But the advent of social media does cast a public spotlight on some of those threats. And the ascension to the top political leadership jobs in Alberta and B.C., by two women, seems to have heightened those threats.

In Alberta, NDP Premier Rachel Notley has been the target of numerous death threats and promises of violence (many more than her predecessors) all posted on Facebook and other social media outlets.

At a recent golf tournament put on by the Big Country Oilmen’s Association, a large reproduction of Notley’s face was used as a target in the middle of the fairway, as golfers were invited to hit it or run over it in their carts.

Judi Tyabji, the author of a new biography of B.C. Premier Christy Clark, says she was partly motivated to write the

book after witnessing the ugly attacks against Clark as a result of the premier’s ill-advised attempt to have an “Om the Bridge” yoga event on Vancouver’s Burrard Street Bridge in the summer of 2015.

She notes a Facebook page was created for a proposed “event” (with more than 900 attendees) which would feature the mock beheading of Clark and the skinning alive of one of the yoga event’s sponsors. Tyabji reported it to police as a hate crime.

The deterioration of rationale public discourse has been noted south of the border as we watch the rise of Trumpism, or the ugliness that characterized the recent Brexit referendum in Great Britain (which included the murder of a British MP).

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characterized by coarse, vitriolic attacks by many people, of all political persuasions. It wasn’t just a case of “dumbing down” by people, it was a case of “hating up.”

But don’t think we in Canada are immune to this alarming trend. We’re not: just check out various social media outlets, the blogosphere and the comments sections posted after articles on many media outlets’ websites.

Violent threats and violent forms of language are becoming more and more common in the political arena and we are all the poorer for it. Which is why I expect to see more training exercises outside my office in the months ahead, and a further tightening of security at “the peoples’ house.”

It’s the new reality.

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Dear Editor: Re: North Vancouver Mayors Push for Property Tax Reform, June 17 news story.

How are the property taxes calculated anyway?

Most importantly, is the calculation based on a fair system? Currently, it’s based on a complex formula that involves the property value.

Instead of charging taxes based on the property value, the taxes should be charged based on the number of occupants in the house. Each person living in the house contributes to: water usage, garbage disposal size, sewer usage, solid waste, recycling, road usage, school usage, TransLink use, etc.

How is it that owners of

houses that accommodate more people – thus disposing more garbage, consuming more water, flushing more toilets, driving more cars that pollute the environment and damage roads subsequently needing more maintenance and repairs, using more buses with TransLink – pay fewer taxes than a single living senior?

My two next-door neighbours own 11 cars between them and have rental suites.

The value of the house itself has nothing to do with what the municipality needs.

Your article states: “District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton agrees there is more the province could do to help asset-rich, cash-poor owners with their

tax bills.”

Cash-poor? A colleague of mine owns eight condos that he rents out. He is really cash-poor, it’s all tied up in the investments. Should we lower his taxes?

Your article states: “But Walton said he’s not sure charging a lower tax rate to single-family home owners is the right approach to take.”

Answer: yes, it is the right approach. It’s a fairer system.

Multiple family homeowners should pay more as they produce more garbage, more recycling, more solid waste, consume more water, pollute more air, drive on more roads, and use more schools and TransLink buses.

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New curriculum exposes students to thoughtful, challenging ideas Dear Editor: In response to Ronald Schulz’s op-ed entitled Curriculum Changes: ‘New’ Isn’t Always Better (June 19 Other Voices), I’m wondering if Mr. Schulz has looked at the new curriculum or if he thinks the main point is writing exams? As a science educator he should know that up until this year the Science 10 exam has been 80 multiple-choice questions

testing only fact-based knowledge, not higher cognitive understanding. Teachers of Science 10 have had to cover a large amount of information over a broad range of topics to prepare their students for this exam. The new curriculum allows teachers to spend more time focusing on central ideas affecting deeper understanding.

Mr. Schulz asks, “If it ain’t broke, why fix it?” In this era

of rapidly evolving technology and understanding we need to ensure that young people in British Columbia are being exposed to thoughtful, challenging and current ideas. I applaud the government’s new curriculum and believe it allows teachers time to focus on material that students will remember for years to come.

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Redevelopment invigorates Edgemont Dear Editor: Re: Minding Edgemont’s Growing Pains, June 12 Mailbox.

A recent letter mentions that Edgemont Village with a new seniors’ home will experience increased ambulance traffic “at all hours.”

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they grew up in is advantageous. We all get there one day and if development enables one to remain in a community that’s surely a good thing.

Things cannot stay the same forever.

In addition, the knocking down of a tired old grocery store and the provision of a multi-unit development is also

to be commended.

The vast majority of people cannot afford a “single family” home in North Vancouver anymore.

It also brings a renewed vibrancy to the area, with increased density bringing more customer traffic for the other local stores.

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Recognizing Local Champions We’re fortunate on the North Shore that we have an amazing community dedicated to volunteerism and service. There’s one North Shore organization that’s working hard to nurture and protect one of our province’s most valuable resources. Since 1987, the Seymour Salmonid Society has released thousands of coho, steelhead, pink and chum salmon into the Seymour River each year to enhance local fish stocks. In addition to running the Seymour hatchery, the society has been instrumental in providing educational programs to elementary schoolchildren across the Lower Mainland. I’m really proud that the provincial government supports them with an annual grant of $20,000.

Initiatives like the ‘Gently Down the Seymour’ program provide a unique hands-on learning experience for students, teaching them the importance of habitat, ecology and conservation. The Seymour Salmonid Society and its more than 300 members and volunteers make an invaluable contribution to our community and continue to promote education and conservation.

In December 2014, a massive rock slide caused 50,000 cubic metres of granite to block part of the Seymour canyon, cutting salmon off from an important spawning estuary. Over the past year, the society and its volunteers have been busy rescuing the salmon that have been cut off, capturing and ferrying them upstream, one by one, so they could make it to the estuary to spawn.

Despite these ongoing efforts, the lasting impact of the rock slide is threatening the Seymour’s ability to remain a salmonid-bearing body of water, which is why the society is partnering with the Squamish Nation to build an aluminum fence to trap and move fish upstream and developing a plan to use explosives to slowly chip away at the blockage.

The society’s president Shaun Hollingsworth, also a constituent of mine, asked for help.

So I arranged for the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Steve Thomson, to join MLA Naomi Yamamoto and I as we hiked to the site to see it firsthand.

Then came the “ask.” The society needs significant funds to help blast through the blockade, and there was no hesitation from the North Vancouver MLAs to fight for these dollars. We were excited to be able to hand the society a cheque for $50,000 this past April. While the society as a whole needs to be recognized for the work, Shaun’s dedication, hard-work and constant lobbying have led to direct action. It’s no surprise he was awarded the Tim Jones Community Achievement Award this past February, in recognition of his relentless support of community efforts on the North Shore.

The society’s dedication to responsible salmon stewardship is why it is a respected voice for conservation throughout the province. On behalf of the community, I want to thank the society and its volunteers for continuing to promote education and conservation, and for protecting a precious resource that belongs to all British Columbians.

Jane Thonthwaite MLA North Vancouver - Seymour Parliamentary Secretary for Child Mental Health and Anti-Bullying Chair, Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth

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The North Vancouver shipyard hosted an announcement Thursday morning, of $900,000 from the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation for three trades training programs in Canada.

The new donation will be shared by the B.C. Institute of Technology to support Aboriginals in trades, Camosun College to support women in trades and the Canadian Welding Association for new equipment and teacher training for high-school welding programs. Previously, Seaspan committed $2 million to the University of British Columbia’s faculty of applied science, something required under Seaspan’s contract with the federal government in the National Shipbuilding Strategy.

“Seaspan is thrilled to honour four community and industry partners that are helping us develop and grow a shipbuilding and ship repair centre of excellence in British Columbia,” said CEO Jonathan Whitworth in a news release. “Innovation, leadership and world-class trades training are critical components of our vision of driving Canada’s marine industrial base on the West Coast. Today’s announcement demonstrates an unwavering investment in attracting, training and retaining the labour force and expertise we need to deliver on our National Shipbuilding Strategy commitments.”

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath Kilby Memorial Teen Art Contest The North Vancouver City Library’s Kilby Memorial Teen Art Contest Awards Gala took place at the library on the afternoon of May 28 with the 20 shortlisted finalists in attendance and their works displayed.

Teens in grades six-12 submitted media in one of the categories of photography, video, animation, digital art or music based on the theme of Then/Now. Winners were announced by City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto. Contest prizes included a Polaroid ZIP mobile printer, GoPro cameras and $100 gift cards for Best Buy. The Kilby Memorial contest is named after Balmoral secondary English teacher Paul Kilby, who passed away in 2008. His estate has funded the contest and other youth programs at the library.

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Pressed to pick his favourite, Michael Jaworski chooses a 1966 Barry Downs design that is nestled through a mature stand of Douglas firs and features terraced gardens and cedar woodwork.

An architectural student, Jaworski is also a curatorial programs assistant at the West Vancouver Museum, and this will be his first year helping with the annual West Coast Modern Home Tour.

“It’s a special way of sharing architecture and especially the West Coast Modern movement, which is so important to our collective history,” says Jaworski of the tour. And why is the Barry Downs-designed home his favourite this year?

“It’s clearly an exercise in various architectural concepts,” he explains. “It’s a great home to learn about the West Coast Modern movement because it so clearly embodies those concepts.”

Now in its 11th year, the tour is a popular event that showcases five unique West Vancouver residences that

serve as examples of the West Coast Modern style of architecture. Homes on this year’s roster include a 1958 design by renowned architect Ron Thom with renovations

by Russell Hollingsworth and an entry garden designed by Barry Downs; a 1961 residence by Daniel White with a Japanese-influenced esthetic; a three-storey waterfront unit with wood framing designed

by Russell Hollingsworth in 1988; and a 1956 renovated residence originally built by Henry A. Switzer.

The West Coast Modern tradition was something that evolved regionally, explains Jaworski. Main features of the style included integrating homes into the surrounding landscape and working creatively around local elements such as steep sites, rocky outcroppings, and mature trees.

“Within the West Coast Modernist architecture tradition there is quite a diversity,” adds Kiriko Watanabe, assistant curator. Overall features of the style were very responsive to the existing landscape, incorporating

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nature and using local materials like cedar and hemlock, she explains, “but within those more broadly defined concepts there is quite a diversity in architectural styles.”

Watanabe is particularly interested in discussing the Switzer house, which he built for his family in 1956. The original design featured curved walls, star-shaped cut-outs in the ceilings, flat roofs with wide eaves, and a cantilevered deck. Some of those features still remain.

“The interior decoration of this house was quite eyecatching,” says Watanabe, noting that the overall shape of the house is rectangular and it is not immediately obvious from the outside that the inside features more round and curvy designs.

Switzer also designed another home located on Mathers Avenue and Taylor Way that had a painted pink exterior and was quite noticeable to passersby.

The home had four elevated wings cantilevered from a central support shaft containing the stairs and front door, and in many ways was a Googie style, explains Watanabe. Googie is a style from the 1950s and ’60s, originating in southern California, that was influenced by car culture and the “space age.”

Watanabe is interested in hearing from anyone with personal knowledge of Switzer’s pink house (which was demolished to make way for the Upper Levels highway) and/or has photos of the interior.

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The green-blue backdrop of Waterfront Park becomes peppered with red and white each July 1st in North Vancouver. Maple leaf flags wave proudly in the breeze, as the Canadian spirit thrums strongly among the thousands attending North Vancouver Canada Day. When imagining the Canadian identity, we often crack jokes about maple syrup, beavers, hockey and Tim Horton’s. Though we proudly embrace this image, we may also take pride in the rich history of our country.

North Vancouver’s Canada Day Celebration takes care to recognize our history each year.

The event has witnessed many historic moments over the 27 years it has been hosted by the Rotary Club of Lions Gate.

From celebrating British Columbia’s 150th birthday in 2008, Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012, and the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Flag in 2015, North Vancouver Canada Day pays tribute to the special moments that make up Canada’s history and culture. This year, Rotary’s Canada Day celebration adopts the theme of Canada History week, honouring 100th anniversary of women’s first right to vote in Canada.

In 1916, the push for the female vote was lead by the suffragettes. 100 years ago, the suffragettes fought for the inclusion of women in the House of Commons. Their legacy lives on today, as this past year we saw Canada’s first equal-gender Cabinet. Meanwhile, as the Bank of Canada

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Like many charitable organizations, the Harvest Project sees its financial support cool off when the weather heats up.

“The Harvest Project receives generous donations around the (winter) holiday time and around tax time, and then things typically fall off a little bit,” says volunteer board chairwoman Kathryn Seeley. “Meanwhile, we do continue operating as per normal and support our clients throughout the summer.”

The North Shore organization helps residents who are experiencing extreme challenges with family breakdowns, illnesses, job loss, and poverty through programs that provide coaching, food, clothing and assistance with workforce re-entry. It serves some 300 families and individuals per month.

To help the charity continue its work through the current season, would-be donors are invited to participate in the Summer Un-Gala, an online donation drive that runs until July 4.

For many people, now marks the end of the school year and the start of summer holidays – not an ideal time to attend a charity event. The Summer Un-Gala provides a virtual alternative.

“An un-gala is an opportunity for the community on the North Shore to contribute to the Harvest Project while not having to dress up and show up at an event at an extremely busy time,” Seeley says.

The board of directors of the Harvest Project invites the community to “attend” the organization’s Summer Un-Gala by making an online donation until July 4. PHOTO SUPPLIED The Harvest Project spends about $50,000 per month to operate, or $600,000 per year, the bulk of which comes from personal contributions.

There is a reserve for periods of low cash flow, but Seeley would love to see this virtual campaign raise enough money to last through to the fall when

donations typically pick up again.

“Ideally we would generate three month’s worth. That would be a tremendous success for us,” she says, noting that the organization provides ongoing support to vulnerable residents, not just one-time appointments. “We work with our clients over

multiple months. We sit down with them at the beginning, we have a client care coach that works with them and they collectively come up with a plan,” she explains. “So it can be a multi-month project.”

Visit harvestproject.org to contribute to the Summer Un-Gala campaign.

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Residential: Even-numbered addresses may sprinkle lawns 4-9 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Saturday; and odd-numbered addresses may sprinkle lawns 4-9 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday. Non-residential: Even-numbered addresses may sprinkle lawns 1-6 a.m.

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Kids Stuff KIDS ART AT THE FRIDAY NIGHT MARKET Free kids art activities will be presented every second Friday until Aug. 19 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Shipbuilders’ Square, foot of Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver. North Vancouver Community Arts Council’s summer camp instructors will lead the activities. northvanartscouncil.ca

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BABYSITTING IN A DAY The Canadian Red Cross offers this course that teaches youth ages 11 to 15 the business of babysitting. Learn all the basics and how to handle emergencies Friday, July 8, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. $50. Register: 604-988-8835 or susancowan@telus.net

Conrad Kotar (6) Carisbrooke elementary ART TEACHER: Cynthia Heaton FAVOURITE ART: painting FAVOURITE ARTIST: John Hartman HIS TEACHER WRITES: Conrad enjoys drawing detailed illustrations of ships, buildings and landscapes. He uses observation and memories to create his best work.

Young Artists of the Week are selected from North Shore schools by Artists for Kids for displaying exceptional ability in their classroom artwork. For details, visit the website artists4kids.com. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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by Matthew Cody (New York, Knopf) $21 Cody’s revisionist tale about the Pied Piper is an engrossing fantasy adventure. In the original legend, 130 children were led away from Hamelin by an evil ratcatcher as payment of a debt.

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he would be a spy in their midst. Jess is accepted into the training program and discovers that the library is not only powerful but also a terribly dangerous place.

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Hamelin’s lost children. In this nightmarish place, the arrival of Carter and Max just might be the key to allowing all of the children to be restored to their homes.

Powerful characterization, and lots of scary adventures set in an eerie and strange world. The story continues in The Magician’s Key. Aimed at readers in grades 4 to 7.

The Great Library: Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine (New York, New American Library) $24 Ink and Bone is a stunning debut and bibliophiles will appreciate the fact that it features the fabled Library of Alexandria, which was lost to scholars eons ago. However, in this story set in 2025, the

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FUN WITH SCRATCH! INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING Kids ages nine-13 learn programming language using the Raspberry Pi, then create animations using Scratch Tuesdays, July 12 and 26, 2-3:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Registration required. westvanlibrary.ca TREETOP TAILS Children ages two and older, drop in with your parent or caregiver

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Preview dinner showcases newly renovated Milestones I seem to remember that the spinach and artichoke dip contained juicy morsels of water chestnut back then.

You used the brightly coloured corn chips that accompanied the dip to fish them out. The texture was great, fresh and novel. Then you washed it down with a bright orange, slushy Bellini atop of which stood a solitary plastic animal figurine.

If the night went well, you Chris Dagenais could collect the whole set and pen them in a makeshift zoo on the table using straws and napkins; Prosecco-soaked pink monkeys and peach-scented red giraffes lived in harmony at last.

On Sundays the poached eggs on grilled focaccia were a brunch favourite, but sometimes a four-cheese burger (the goat’s cheese really elevated that dish) with curly fries was the way to go.

I consumed much of this fare on a glassed-in patio that faced south, looking out at the rapidly advancing development that would eventually become Park Royal Village. Milestones was there first, though, make no mistake. And all of those dishes I described above were new and exciting when Milestones first put them out. They represented the new wave of casual dining, something that North Vancouver seemed to have a knack for. My experience eating in this city in the late ’90s and early noughts cannot be divorced from Milestones any more than it can from Delilah’s, Star Anise, Section 3, or Rain City Grill. None of these places are around today, save Milestones. Looking around the dining landscape now, the influence of Milestones can be detected, but it is perhaps not as clear as it once was. I liken it to the digital music revolution. Remember Napster? That changed everything and we wouldn’t be where we are now without that site. But others built on it, fine-tuned the paradigm and now Soundcloud, iTunes, Pandora and Spotify dominate.

Similarly, irrespective of who actually “started it,” for every Milestones, there is also a Browns, Cactus Club, or Joey’s competing for finite belly space.

Some say the casual dining chain culture in this city is slowly sapping the life out of the independent businesses. Ubiquity of locations means they have an unmatched ability to shape dining tastes and take ownership of emerging trends.

Mass buying power means they can set lower prices than independent restaurants and have a much easier time “comping”

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Prime Rib Sliders with Buttermilk Onion Strings get ready to be served up at a recent preview dinner to celebrate the newly renovated Milestones restaurant at Park Royal. PHOTO SUPPLIED MATT LO a meal at the first sign of diner dissatisfaction, an approach the little guys have a hard time replicating. This buying power also means they get first dibs on a lot of specialty products that come through our market on a limited basis. I am not an independent restaurateur, so I cannot attest to how many of these concerns are real. But what I can say is that even the casual dining chain players must constantly fight to stay competitive and need to be on a program of frequent reinvention to hold the fickle attention of Vancouver’s selection-spoiled diners.

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Menu shines brightest with fun, unfussy food from page 19

weeknight and enjoyed a seven-course overview of the menu’s new signature dishes.

Each course was presented by national corporate culinary director and executive chef Jeff Dell, who came from the operation’s head office in Toronto to join us in West Vancouver for the night. Dell has that sort of infectious, brash charm and uninhibitedly loud style of oration that commands a room. Indeed, as the evening wore on and guests had enjoyed the first few wine pairings with their dishes, spontaneous cheers, whistles and applause emerged from the crowd. I was reminded of the early days of Emeril Lagasse, whose unpretentious and earnest enthusiasm mobilized hordes of vociferous followers, caterwauling and catcalling at every protein described by the chef.

The meal was largely a departure from the Milestones of old. The restaurant’s menu still included burgers, wings, and the famous slushy Bellini, but on offer this night was much more involved fare, including Gemelli Pasta with Wild Field Mushrooms and Baby Arugula in Truffle Parmesan Cream (my favourite dish of the evening, the potent truffle flavour lingering on my palate through several more courses), Wild Norwegian Cod glazed with Red Miso in Coconut Lemon Broth, and Sirloin topped with Crab and Shrimp in Lobster Butter Sauce. Other dishes presented in the meal included Roasted Beet Salad with Goat’s Cheese, and Prime Rib Sliders with Buttermilk Onion Strings.

As a general observation, I’d say the new Milestones menu shines brightest when it keeps closer to the restaurant’s original culinary concept: fun, unfussy, well-prepared food that doesn’t put on airs or aim to displace the city’s next Michelin-starred room. To that end, Warm Mini Ricotta Donuts served with Limoncello curd, rum salted caramel and coffee-liqueur spiked hazelnut chocolate dipping sauces were a resounding hit at the table, while Coconut Marinated Calamari Strips with mango chili dipping sauce felt like they were perhaps trying a bit too hard to be different.

I found myself at Park Royal Village the Sunday after my preview dinner and was struck by how packed the Milestones patio was. I wish them well in their newest iteration and hope that

While the new Milestones menu still includes burgers, wings, and its famous slushy Bellini, a recent preview dinner featured a bit of a departure from the familiar favourites and included more involved fare. PHOTOS SUPPLIED MATT LO their fare earns new legions of fans in the early days of mapping their own culinary journey.

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Your North Shore Guide to the games people play SPORTS NEWS? Contact sports editor Andy Prest at 604-998-3538 or email aprest@nsnews.com

Olympic tune-ups set for West Van

National team will play a pair at Rutledge ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

North Shore field hockey fans will get a chance to see Canada’s national men’s team in action for the final time on home soil before the team heads to Rio for the Olympic Games.

Team Canada will play four exhibition games against the United States in the Lower Mainland July 6-10, with matches on July 6 and 9 taking place at West Vancouver’s Rutledge Field.

It’s not often that the North Shore gets to host national team matches in any sport, let alone a team that’s just weeks away from taking part in the Olympic Games, said Geoff Matthews, technical director of the West Vancouver Field Hockey Club.

“They leave for the Olympics on the 20th of July – we’re basically getting the last opportunity to see them before they go,” said Matthews, adding that the club has hosted national team games at Rutledge before but none of them generated the kind of buzz that this series is getting. To quantify that buzz, Matthews said that in past events they’ve put out a call for young players to act

North Vancouver native Taylor Curran fires a shot while playing with the national field hockey team. The Canadian squad will host the United States in a pair of Olympic tune-up matches July 6 and 9 at West Vancouver’s Rutledge Field. PHOTO SUPPLIED as ball boys for national team games and usually they get around six volunteers. This year they got 60 volunteers.

“It’s tenfold what we’d get for a normal international match, which is mind-blowing

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See Curran page 22

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Dutch-born Floris van Son, a dual citizen who recently joined the Canadian national program, and national team backup goalkeeper Antoni Kindler also play their club hockey with WVFHC. Curran, an Argyle grad, is the only North Shore native in the lineup and the 24-yearold midfielder has become a fixture in the side over the past three years.

“He’s really composed,” Matthews said. “He’s a smart guy, he’s an intellectual guy.

Really quiet, but just goes about his own business.

Reliable. … He’s one of those guys who’s not going to let you down too often. He’s not going to be one of the world’s best players, but in terms of consistency and what he brings to the team, he’s someone they can trust.”

The exhibition games at Rutledge Field demonstrate the close working relationship between the national team at the WVFHC, the largest field hockey club in

North America. The club has allowed the national team free use of Rutledge as a training ground and, in exchange, national team players have been coming out to practices and clinics with the club’s youth teams. The sessions with national team players make a lasting impression on the club’s young players, said Matthews.

“They don’t know their junior coach’s name the whole season but they remember the national guy who came to one practice,” he said with a laugh. “It’s been really positive for the club. … It gives them something tangible, something that they can see is achievable.

It makes it real and it makes it something that the kids aspire to. They love having the role models on the field that they can play with and learn from.”

The national team conjured a few miracles just to make it to the Olympics.

There are only 12 Olympic spots available, and the Canadians, currently ranked

19th in the world, needed an epic shootout win over fourth-ranked New Zealand to secure their berth. The Kiwis went up 3-1 in the shootout but missed two chances to seal the deal. The two teams then traded punches through nine rounds of sudden-death penalty shots. Video of the dramatic shootout – which took close to 30 minutes to complete – can be found on the Field Hockey Canada website.

“It was pretty intense,” said Matthews, who has worked as a coach in the national team program. “Just to qualify for the Olympics was a massive achievement.”

The stakes won’t be nearly as high when the national team hits the pitch in West Vancouver but Canada will be looking to fine-tune their play before going hunting for Olympic hardware. Both Rutledge games, July 6 and 9, begin at 7 p.m. Parking at the site will be extremely limited so fans are encouraged to find alternative ways to get to the field.

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Notice of Public Hearing – Wednesday, July 6, 2016 Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act to consider Greater Vancouver Regional District Electoral Area A Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1231, 2016.

Written submissions are encouraged and may be submitted prior to the Public Hearing.

Written submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 or can be submitted in person at the Public Hearing.

The Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 7:00 pm in the Metro Vancouver 2nd Floor Boardroom, 4330 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC.

Please send submissions to the attention of Chris Plagnol, Corporate Officer:

Greater Vancouver Regional District Electoral Area A Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1231, 2016 proposes to address issues identified by staff through application of the Electoral Area A Zoning Bylaw, including amending certain definitions, correcting section references and updating certain zoning maps. These amendments would apply to all areas covered by the Electoral Area A Zoning Bylaw. Also, following consultation with Strachan Point residents, specific amendments are proposed to the Strachan Point Residential Zone - RS-3.

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All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be given an opportunity to speak at the Public Hearing.

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