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NV District scraps heritage proposal BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

After intense pushback from the surrounding neighbourhood, District of North Vancouver council has shot down a plan that would have preserved a Carisbrooke heritage home in exchange for subdividing the lot.

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The agreement would have resulted in the restoration and permanent protection of the 1913 Thomson House at 360 East Windsor Rd. and allowed the owner to split the 100-foot lot into two and build a 3,100-square foot home on the new lot.

Previously, the homeowner had been planning to build a 9,000-square foot home (including the basement) on the site, but held off when district staff suggested the heritage revitalization agreement.

During a public hearing held in June, neighbours

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WEST VANCOUVER: HORSESHOE BAY DEVELOPMENT ON HOLD

Sewell’s project withdrawn at 11th hour JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

The biggest item on West Vancouver’s agenda didn’t make it through council doors Monday.

The application for a six-building Horseshoe Bay megaproject was shelved just hours before a scheduled public hearing and council debate.

Council had voted unanimously to send the project to public

Developer’s rep cites concerns over housing affordability in need for project revisions hearing and were poised to vote on the development that evening. However, recent meetings between district staff and developer Westbank Projects Corp. as well as Sewell’s Marina

revealed the price of the project’s 159 apartments and townhouses may be too rich for locals, according to district planning director Jim Bailey.

“Over the last few days, it’s come to our attention that there are significant concerns being expressed regarding affordability,” he said, adding the “ability for local residents to purchase units” was also a concern.

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At left, approximately 800 hikers start off in the pre-dawn dark of July 1 in order to make it to the first peak of Mount Seymour for the sunrise. At right, an enthusiastic crowd greets Canada Day by singing “O Canada.” PHOTOS SUPPLIED IVAN CALVERONE AND TUNG NGO

Hundreds sing “O Canada” atop Mount Seymour

Patriotic hikers sing in July 1 BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

They have a love for their country and they don’t mind shouting, or more accurately, singing it from the mountaintops.

Close to 800 Canada Day revelers climbed Mount Seymour overnight July 1 to watch the sunrise and sing “O Canada.”

“It was pretty loud. It was something else. I wouldn’t be surprised if you could hear it down on the North Shore,” said Julian DeSchutter, spokesman for Chasing Sunrise, the group that organized the event.

The headlamp-sporting patriotic hikers marshalled at the Mount Seymour parking lot at 2:30 a.m. before starting the one-and-a-half-hour hike to the first peak. Now in its second year, Chasing Sunrise more than doubled the turnout it had in 2015, something DeSchutter attributed to word spreading quickly on social media.

The plan was for hikers to use the new “in all of us command” lyrics, although with almost 800 voices, it’s hard to discern how many preferred

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the anthem they grew up with.

“We ended up singing it, I think, five times that day and there was only one that we planned on doing but someone just starts singing it and someone else picks up and before you know it, you have the whole group breaking into it, which is really cool,” he said.

Watching the sun come up and clouds part with a chorus of 800 singing the national anthem behind you puts you in a “state of awe,” DeSchutter said. “It really kind of messes with your brain in the right way,” he said.

The event, and others like it put on by Chasing Sunrise, was meant to bridge the gap

between the idyllic images the typical person sees passed around on social media and what they actually do in their own lives.

“Simply, people want to live. I think that’s really what it comes down to. We live in this world where social media taunts us (and puts) life in front of us all day long

but rarely are we actually given opportunities to go out and get those experiences,” DeSchutter said. “It costs nothing. It’s really easy and accessible to get up to. The hike isn’t too crazy so you can get a lot people. It’s generally safe and at the end you’re sitting on top of what is a world class mountain, overlooking a

world class city, watching the sunrise, which is pretty high on everyone’s bucket list,” he said.

And, he added, people don’t need to wait for an organized event to invest the time and energy needed to watch a sunrise from a mountaintop.

“The sun rises on Mount Seymour seven days a week.

With the right planning and the right knowledge, people can go do this any time they want,” he said. “It’s just a Saturday morning but it can be a hell of a lot more than a Saturday morning when you look back on it – if you do the right things.”

Before participating, attendees, the majority of whom had never been to Mount Seymour, had to sign waivers and demonstrate they understood what was ahead of them during a hike in the dark.

The team’s leaders went up Tuesday and spent 12 hours doing trail maintenance, making sure it was “good to go” for so many people.

“As far as we know, we had no injury reports on our end.

We needed no first aid for anybody we had there and North Shore Rescue said nobody got lost on the mountain,” he said.

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Tsleil-Waututh hopeful after Federal Court ruling JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

Environmentalists hoping Kinder Morgan’s pipeline proposal will terminate under a judge’s gavel got a boost recently after a major pipeline project was quashed in a courtroom.

Northern Gateway’s twin pipeline proposal was struck down in the Federal Court of Appeal after two of three justices ruled a critical component of federal government consultation with First Nations “fell well short of the mark.”

Many impacts of the project were left “undisclosed, undiscussed and unconsidered,” according to the judgment penned by judges Eleanor R. Dawson and David Stratas.

As the Tsleil-Waututh awaits the Federal Court of Appeal’s verdict on their 2014 challenge to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the news is very promising, according to Rueben George, manager of the Tsleil-Waututh’s Sacred Trust Initiative.

“I’m really confident in the Canadian constitution protecting our indigenous rights,” he said.

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While the consultation process on the Northern Gateway pipeline wasn’t good, “the Kinder Morgan process was worse,” George said.

George pointed to the appointment of Steven Kelly to the National Energy Board.

Kelly had previously submitted an economic argument in favour of the Kinder Morgan expansion. His evidence has since been stricken and he is not reviewing the Kinder Morgan file.

Still, George said Kelly’s appointment was a conflict of interest.

“Their whole process from the very beginning, we see, was flawed,” he said.

While the Tsleil-Waututh were afforded the opportunity to make a presentation to the NEB detailing their concerns around the pipeline, George said that falls well short of the nation-to-nation consultation that should take place.

“Having a conversation with somebody isn’t a consultation,” he said.

George’s comments were echoed by Gavin Smith, staff counsel for West Coast Environmental Law, the firm representing the Tsleil-Waututh in their legal challenge.

The court’s decision on the Northern Gateway pipeline is “certainly applicable to the Kinder Morgan scenario,” Smith said.

Consultation on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has been: “still more abbreviated than was carried out for Northern Gateway,” he said.

While there is no “onesize-fits-all for adequate consultation,” Smith said the government has to take into account “risks and impacts” to the specific rights

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Indian Arm a hot spot for rescues both on mountains and in water BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Indian Arm has been a hot spot for rescues with three in the mountains and on the water in the last week.

On June 29, North Shore Rescue received a late night call to rescue a man who had gone off trail on Mount Seymour and wound up on the lower slopes above Coldwell Beach.

Because the call came in after dark, a helicopter search was out of the question. The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue unit from North Vancouver shuttled North Shore Rescue members in, who then hiked up and retrieved the lost man, according to Doug Pope, search manager.

The volunteer marine rescuers were back on the water for Canada Day patrols on Friday when they received word of a capsized boat near Brighton Beach.

A group of recreational boaters who saw the boat flip over pulled two adults and an infant from the water and helped them ashore.

They were critical for the family in distress, according to coxswain Dan Wright.

“The closest person there is very important,” he said On Sunday evening, North Shore Rescue was called back to the same area in a virtual carbon copy of the rescue from earlier in the week. In that case, a father and son from North Vancouver had gone off trail in nearly the same

spot and called for help In both cases, the subjects were lucky to have found cell reception, which is spotty to non-existent in the backcountry, Pope said.

“It’s lacking back there.

Most areas on the North Shore, although you’re close to town and the trailheads are very accessible, it turns to wilderness quite quickly. You’re in wilderness and pretty much on your own and you have to be prepared for that,” he said.

North Shore Rescue has had a “steady” summer of missions so far, Pope said.

The team recently launched a Twitter account focusing specifically on backcountry education. It can be found online at twitter.com/NSREducate.

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mostly spoke against the plan, largely on the grounds that the 100-foot lot size was critical to the area’s character and quality of life. Heritage advocates urged council to proceed.

But the revitalization plan was too controversial to get majority support from district council Monday night.

“The chamber was full. The vast majority of speakers at the public hearing were not in favour of subdividing the lot in order to maintain the Thomson house,” said Coun.

Lisa Muri. “I think the main thrust of it was the lots in that area are as important as the dwellings in the area. And there had to be other options going forward in regards to the preservation of our heritage.”

Muri warned if council agreed to the subdivision, it would trigger a rush of other requests from the 17 other heritage homeowners on 100-foot lots in that neighbourhood.

The heritage plan went down to defeat 4-3 with Couns.

Roger Bassam, Robin Hicks, Doug MacKay-Dunn and Muri voting to abandon the proposal.

Couns. Mathew Bond, Jim Hanson and Mayor Richard Walton voted against scrapping the agreement, citing the replacement of the Thomson House with a 9,000-square

The 1913 Thomson House on Windsor Road. The heritage home’s future is now uncertain after district council voted against a heritage revitalization agreement. PHOTO SUPPLIED foot home as a much worse alternative.

“The threat of demolition and loss of this heritage home is real,” Bond said, And while the neighbourhood’s concerns were not trivial, Bond said tragedy wouldn’t befall the area because of one heritage revitalization agreement.

“I do not agree that many of the wonderful things that people love so much about Queensdale are going to come to an end specifically because one lot is not a 100-foot lot.”

While the heritage revitalization agreement is history, the district will look into whether the house can be salvaged and moved to a district-owned plot of land, possibly to be sold off later.

The Plan B, however, has some big ifs attached to it.

The owner of the Thomson

House would have to agree before demolishing the house and council would have to determine the new location and cost before approving a budget, something a few council members bristled at.

“I paid my taxes today. I don’t know that that’s how North Vancouver district wants to spend its taxes,” Hanson said, suggesting the market value of the lot could be as much as $2 million.

“These are very significant allocations of resources and in a community that has so many competing needs for resources and in a community where tax dollars are very scarce. ... They’re precious and not to be squandered.”

District staff are expected to return to council next week with a report sussing out whether moving the house is a possibility.

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of First Nations.

“This case should be causing the federal government to take a good long hard look at how it’s listening to First Nations that are really being clear that this project is having a risk of serious impacts on their rights and title,” he said.

From page 1 A revised application for the swath of land between Howe Sound and a Horseshoe Bay cliff is set to come before council Sept. 19.

“The applicant is really taking these concerns very seriously and has agreed to work with the district to ensure that these concerns are addressed,” Bailey said.

The project’s 159 units ranged from 570 to 3,000 square feet, and were intended to add to West Vancouver’s housing diversity.

As West Vancouver council attempts to foster greater housing affordability, it’s important the Horseshoe Bay project is “totally in-step with the desires and the needs of the community,” according to Jill Killeen, spokeswoman for the development.

Initially, the project was proposed to provide housing options for Horseshoe Bay residents, according to Killeen.

Asked if there was a concern the units would be too expensive, Killeen replied: “We know that the bigger conversation around housing is out there at every turn.”

The two-month delay should allow for greater community consultation, according to Killeen.

The withdrawn application includes six highrise, midrise and low-rise buildings, housing 13,700 square feet

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The public turned out to a meeting about the project at the Boathouse Restaurant in Horseshoe Bay on June 14. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN of ground-floor commercial space.

The collection of towers would rise in the northwest corner of Horseshoe Bay village, with buildings as tall as 12 storeys terracing to threestorey structures.

The 113,000 square foot site – currently home to an office building and a parking lot – is bounded by Wolseley Street to the west.

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“The commercial core is really hurting,” he said.

If approved, the marina would be shifted to a separate waterfront parcel. All tenants would be retained.

Council would need to amend their official community plan before construction could begin.

A staff report credited the project bringing vibrancy to

Horseshoe Bay while lessening the community’s dependency on B.C. Ferries.

This is the second time a proposal for Sewell’s Marina has been withdrawn.

After sketching out a proposal in 2009, Sewell’s Marina withdrew their application after negotiations between B.C. and West Vancouver came to an impasse over the foreshore head lease. That matter was resolved in 2014.

Coun. Michael Lewis did not attend Monday’s meeting.

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But the times, they are a-changing, and not for the better.

Gone are the days when a regular person could make a spur-of-themoment decision based on practical considerations like the chances of good weather vs. a weekend of sodden misery with the kids.

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The chances are slim, though, as camp sites have gone the way of other real estate – with practices like scalping of reservations and online bulk buys by tour companies that resell the sites to tourists at a significant markup all throwing cold water on that soughtafter campfire glow.

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Megaprojects, housing among top six issues

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he next provincial election is just 10 months away, and a handful of issues seem to be emerging as the ones that may have the biggest impact on the vote’s outcome.

These are the ones getting more media coverage — and therefore are being put in front of the voters to a greater extent — than others. The list may change in the months ahead, of course, but for now these are the Top Six: Megaprojects Both the Site C dam and the Massey Bridge are highly controversial and neatly provide a contrast between the two major parties. The B.C. Liberals, of course, are enthusiastic backers of both projects while the NDP opposes the dam and is critical of the bridge to replace the aging Massey Tunnel.

The two projects are

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Adding some spice to the bridge debate is the fact that almost all Metro Vancouver mayors oppose the project, which may nudge the NDP into

outright opposition to it.

Housing affordability While not a province-wide issue, it is a big one in Metro Vancouver, where about seven B.C. Liberal-held ridings could tip the NDP’s way if enough voters think the B.C. government isn’t doing enough to address the lack of affordable housing in the region.

After taking her time, Premier Christy Clark seems to have hit upon a game plan on this front, and is rolling it out one step and one policy at a time. She has 10 months to earn credibility on this issue.

So far she’s been upstaged

by NDP housing critic David Eby, who seems to be crafting NDP policy in this area all by himself.

K-12 education There’s a lot of noise being made in the education arena (the latest fight being the annual dustup between the

Vancouver School Board and the government), but it’s not clear whether it will translate to having a big impact on the election. Most voters don’t have children in the school system and voter turnout during school board elections is notoriously low. Nevertheless, passions run high in this area so it’s one to keep an eye on.

Resource development Another wedge issue between the pro-development B.C. Liberals and the mostly anti-development NDP. It’s also an issue that plays differently outside of Metro Vancouver than within urban areas, and it should solidify the B.C. Liberals’ hold on its up-country seats (but may make some of their loosely-held urban ones more vulnerable).

The B.C. Liberals will emphasize this issue in the days ahead, while the NDP will try to avoid it altogether. Even

calling out the B.C. Liberals for not delivering on their lofty promises regarding an LNG industry holds some risk for New Democrats.

Crime It’s a big issue in a vital battleground area: Surrey, where there will now be nine ridings up for grabs (an addition of one). At least two of those ridings could swing to either party, so it will be interesting how the two sides address the issue of personal safety in the months ahead.

Leadership Premier Christy Clark is well known of course, and is a polarizing figure. Most people pretty much have their minds made up about where she stands with them. She’s seen as either a youthful, positive pro-jobs leader, or as a maddeningly shallow one beholden to special interests. There’s not much middle ground with her.

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On the other hand, her counterpart, NDP leader John Horgan, is not well known and needs to prove himself. Oddly, he eschews most media and prefers to seek coverage in the scatter-shot blogosphere, where there are fewer voters and which can become a giant echo-chamber.

This can be both an opportunity or a landmine for Horgan. The B.C. Liberals will be trying hard to define him along very negative lines (i.e. labeling him as old and mean and not in control of his own party), so Horgan has to work hard to define himself along terms he’s comfortable with (such as, he’s a new kind of leader).

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Dear Editor: I’ve been reading that Mayor Darrell Mussatto and Mayor Richard Walton believe “poor” asset-rich (there’s an oxymoron) single family homeowners are paying more than their fair share of municipal taxes and believe something should be done about it (North Van Mayors Push for Property Tax Reform June 17). Since neither mayor would risk his political career by imposing more taxes on local business, by inference, they are saying that condo owners, or more correctly, strata property owners, should be paying more. Mayor Mussatto and

his “slate” have for years allowed densification of the city well in excess of the Official Community Plan, the vast majority of which has been, yes, stratas. As a strata owner, it’s hard to sympathize with poor single family homeowners who, apart from selling, have several options to cash in on the ever-increasing value of their property, while the strata owner has none.

I would bet that the city generates more in taxes from strata units than from the single family homes that could be set on the same “footprint.” Going forward in the city, the strata owners will be the group that more

and more will be carrying the municipal tax burden.

Taxing strata owners a higher portion of taxes would be extremely unfair as it’s clear that this group pays relatively more than the single family homeowner, especially considering the number of people who could be included in a single family home.

It’s interesting to ponder the reason why Mayor Mussatto – who espouses affordable housing, a great many of which are strata units – would even consider increasing the tax share on this group.

K. S. Hawthorne North Vancouver

ONLINECOMMENT NSN STORY: City of North Vancouver to Consider Casino Again (June 30)

Pam: I cannot believe after all the public consultation shouting a resounding NO to casinos on the North Shore we are once again going to “study” this. Very seldom do I side with Bookham and Clark but they are correct in saying their constituents do not want a casino in North Vancouver. Listen to the public please. It might be great to have the tax dollars but what about the cost to our “green” city? And as for jobs . . . how many employees will that add to the congestion of motorists crossing our bridges because they have to commute from other more affordable areas? It’s not like casinos pay wages in line with life on the North Shore.

WaskesiuT: Taxation of the stupid, combined with ineffective oversight and money laundering. No wonder a significant majority is against locating a casino on the North Shore. Politicians beware.

North Van City Voices : Once again the majority slate on council voted AGAINST the staff recommendation (to advise BCLC that the City was not interested). How many studies have been done and how many times have residents stated that they don’t want a gaming facility? For a potential gain of maybe $2 million dollars?

Councillors Bell, Bookham and Clark (the independent councillors not beholden to campaign contributors) are to be commended for trying not to waste time and money on more studies. Once again, no indication that our council majority consulted with our neighbours about the implications.

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Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700, Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8487 (CD-673)

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365 East 14th Street

Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700, Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8422 (CD-661) Heritage Designation Bylaw, 2016, No. 8423

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Monday, July 11, 2016 at 6:30 pm Council Chamber, City Hall 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver

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214 West 6th Street

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Monday, July 11, 2016 at 6:30 pm Council Chamber, City Hall 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver

Zoning Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8487 to rezone the subject property from a One-Unit Residential (RS-1) Zone to a Comprehensive Development 673 (CD-673) Zone in order to permit the development of a new duplex at the rear of the site that will retain an existing Single Family Home. The proposed density for the property is 0.49 times the lot area (FSR). The application requires a variance to the location of an existing accessory building.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8422 Heritage Designation Bylaw, 2016, No. 8423 to rezone the property from a Two-Unit Residential (RT-1) Zone to a Comprehensive Development 661 (CD-661) Zone to legally protect the heritage building. The heritage building would move forward on the lot with a new secondary suite added. A new two-unit infill building will be developed in the rear yard with four parking stalls accessed from the rear lane. In exchange for the legal protection of the heritage home, the application includes a request for a 22.7 square metre density bonus.

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Notice is hereby given that Council will consider:

The proposed Zoning Amendment Bylaw and background material will be available for viewing at City Hall between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from June 30, 2016, and online at www.cnv.org/ publichearings.

Please direct any inquiries to David Johnson, Planner 2, at djohnson@cnv.org or 604-990-4219.

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Submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm, Monday, July 11, 2016, to ensure their availability to Council at the Public Hearing. Once the Public Hearing has concluded, no further information or submissions can be considered by Council.

The proposed Zoning Amendment Bylaw, Heritage Designation Bylaw and background material will be available for viewing at City Hall between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from June 30, 2016, and online at www.cnv.org/publichearings.

Please direct any inquiries to Chris Wilkinson, Planner, at cwilkinson@cnv.org or 604-990-4206.

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Not long after, the West Vancouver Police Department began receiving phone calls from residents reporting thefts from seven vehicles in the Bayridge area. Officers linked the recovered property to several of those thefts.

Some recovered property was also linked to a pickup truck that was reported stolen the night before from a home in the 4000 block of Ripple Road and recovered in the 4100 block of Ferndale Avenue.

Police are recommending eight charges including possession of stolen property and possession of break-in instruments against a 36 yearold Surrey man.

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As well as the lack of a bike helmet, the cyclist also appeared to have “an inordinate amount of property with him,” said Const.

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All persons who believe they may be affected by the proposal will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written or email submissions must include your name and address and should be forwarded to Jennifer Ficocelli, Deputy City Clerk, at jficocelli@cnv.org or by mail to City Hall. Submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm, Monday, July 11, 2016, to ensure their availability to Council at the Public Meeting.

The proposed Permit and background material will be available for viewing at City Hall between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from June 30, 2016, and online at www.cnv.org/publicmeetings.

Please direct any inquiries to Chris Wilkinson, Planner, at cwilkinson@cnv.org or 604-990-4206.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath St. Pius X 20th anniversary The St. Pius X elementary community celebrated the school’s 20th anniversary June 4 with staff, and students and their families (past and present) enjoying a beautiful sunny afternoon barbecue along with games and crafts. Photo displays in the school gymnasium allowed guests to reminisce on their time spent at the school. Those in attendance also enjoyed a visit with Rev. Monsignor Pedro Lopez-Gallo, who was instrumental in the planning and construction of the North Vancouver school.

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As we move into the hottest months of the year it is a great time to think about water.

Our fresh water is a limited resource in the summer months, and watering restrictions are important to follow.

Beyond saving a valuable resource, there are other reasons why you should not over-water your vegetables.

Too much water can increase diseases, root rot and blight.

There are tomato aficionados who claim that too much water decreases flavour significantly.

How much water do your vegetables really need? The answer is: it depends. You may have heard the rule, “an inch of water a week.” This works as a good guideline in the spring, but I find that in the heat of summer it is more like two inches (five centimetres) a week.

A rain gauge or plastic container set out in your garden will measure this for you if you can check it before the sun evaporates the

The Edible Gardener Emily Jubenvill water collected.

I find that the best way to tell if my garden needs water is to stick two fingers into the soil two knuckles deep.

If the soil is cool and damp, no watering is needed. If it is bone dry, it is time to water.

However, for newly seeded areas, try to keep them moist until they germinate (you can see green sprouts). I like this method because you don’t need to know your soil type or how much it has rained this

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Uncovering the secrets of the salt marsh

Area home to diversity of plant and animal life Secret? Actually, it really is no secret that salt marshes are some of the most productive habitats for wildlife of all species.

There was a time not so long ago that salt marshes were considered “wastelands” and filled with rubbish of all kinds – a sad affair. One account claims that the depth of trash at Maplewood’s salt marsh was some three metres deep! The good news is that not all of the North Shore’s salt marsh habitats were lost – the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats thrives – a place of beauty and wonder.

Note too, that the sanctuary has undergone a remarkable rejuvenation due to the work of the Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia.

This incudes the creation of freshwater ponds, planting of wildlife-friendly plants, and the placement of bird nesting boxes, like those for the beautiful purple martin. The story of the martin is wonderful. Visit the sanctuary for the annual Return of the Osprey Festival July 23 (8 a.m.-4 p.m.) and July 24 (10:30 a.m.-4 p.m.)

to learn more about martins, ospreys and other birds.

Walks, talks, displays and much more for people of all ages will be offered.

Maplewood’s salt marsh, like all such habitats, is home to a marvelous diversity of plant and animal life – indeed a rich diversity. Plants growing here are adapted to growing in “pickle juice” conditions: such plants are called halophytes. They include sea asparagus (salt water pickle), orach (sea spinach), goose tongue (a plantain) and arrow grass (actually not a grass, just sort of looks like one).

Orange-coloured strings that criss-cross the marsh are a parasitic plant called dodder.

Dodder here at Maplewood is parasitic on the sea asparagus (Salicornia).

Visitors are not allowed into the salt marsh except in July on a special guided field trip. This is due to the sensitive nature of the plant life and the creatures that live there. There are trailside viewing areas where one can get excellent views of the salt marsh – both up and down.

Wild About Birds Al Grass You can watch as ocean breezes cause plants like rushes and grasses to dance and sway, and marvel at the golden blooms of gumweed that populate the marsh. It is called gumweed (I wish they could come up with a better name for the beautiful plant!) because the flower heads are sticky. Tall celery-like plants with umbrella-like flower heads (umbels) are known as sea watch or angelica. This is a vital food for the locally rare anise swallowtail butterfly. Its caterpillars feed on plants of the celery family like angelica and cow parsnip (not to be confused with hogweed).

Work is being done at the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats by Richard Beard, co-founder of the Wild

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Bird Trust of B.C. and a lepidoptera (butterfly and moths) expert, to restore the butterfly habitat so it will once again grace the North Shore with its beauty – indeed magic. You will be able to find out more about this project at our July guided walk to the salt marsh.

Bird sightings at the salt marsh have been nothing short of remarkable. For example, we’ve had the joy of seeing Western and Eastern kingbirds and the mountain bluebird. In summer, swallows and purple martins swoop in to feed on abundant insects

– and maybe you will see a swift or two. Nearby woods (bordering the marsh) have produced a fine list of raptors including bald eagle, redtailed hawk, northern harrier, merlin and peregrine falcon, and turkey vulture – it is quite amazing.

The marine habitat is where waterfowl like the beautiful harlequin duck is sometimes seen. But there are also mergansers (maybe a mother with her brood (lovely) and depending on the season various dabbling and diving ducks like goldeneyes,

bufflehead, pintail, teal and wigeon. When the tide recedes exposing gravel bars, you might be lucky to see a beautiful black oystercatcher with its bright orange bill, like a carrot.

Shells on the sand include bivalves like the basket cockle, purple varnish clam, and little neck clam, which speak to the salt marsh’s biodiversity. And there are numerous smaller forms of life from snails to micro organisms. All have a role in the food chain and all are somehow connected.

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Time spent at the salt marsh will reward you with many wonderful sightings no matter what the weather or season. Think how wonderful it is to watch a mother deer and her fawn slowly wandering through the marsh, nibbling on a tender leaf here and there. These are moments to remember and treasure.

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marsh. And don’t forget to visit the bird feeding station provided by Wild Birds Unlimited – morning is best to see a better variety of birds).

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Al Grass is a naturalist with Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia, which offers free walks at The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats on the second Saturday of every month. The next walk will be Saturday, July 9, starting at 10 a.m. seeing participants learn about the secrets of the salt marsh at the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats.

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Help set the stage for an active lifestyle

For optimal health children and youth need to sweat, step, sleep and sit in the right amounts.

Only nine per cent of kids get enough heart-pumping physical activity and only 24 per cent are meeting screen time guidelines of no more than two hours per day. Plus, in recent decades, children’s nightly sleep duration has decreased by 30 to 60 minutes a night; 31 per cent of school-aged kids and 26 per cent of adolescents in Canada are sleep-deprived.

All of this comes from the ParticipACTION annual report card which they produce on the status of child and youth physical activity.

It is a comprehensive assessment of the physical activity of children in Canada.

Kids who sleep well have more energy for activity and the more active they are the better they will sleep. Kids aged five to 13 need nine to 11 hours of sleep a night and teens need eight to 10 hours.

They also need at least 60 minutes daily of vigorous physical activity and no more than two hours a day of recreational screen time.

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And it seems that every hour kids spend in sedentary activities is associated with a three-minute delay in bedtime.

So it shouldn’t surprise us that this year’s card gives a D-minus for overall physical activity. This is concerning and we need to take a serious look at the status of activity of our children.

If you want to see the full report you can go to participACTION.com/reportcard. But I think it’s more productive in this column to talk about what we can do to bring that worrisome

D-minus up to an A-plus.

We have to be careful not to get sucked into cute and trendy suggestions for activity. I recently received information about apps for kids which include technology. For example, what about a trampoline which is also an interactive gaming system?

The child places his smartphone or tablet into a pocket on the mesh wall and follows instructions. Seems like a win-win. But what it does is remove the most important components of healthy play and activity. Play should be spontaneous, child-directed and voluntary. Using an app makes the play screendirected, time-limited and rule-bound. The child is not getting a break from screens, cannot arbitrarily determine the rules and has no opportunity to develop a creative game. It may include activity but not all the wonderful components that make up the most positive aspects of play.

The trick is to get our kids outside and then let them determine what they want to do. As I have noted in previous columns, when I am outside with my preschool-aged grandchildren I am most often simply there.

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If you start to bring your kids outside when they are young, and encourage all range of physical activity, it’s easier to maintain the practice.

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City map designed for North Van kids

The City of North Vancouver has created a map for young children and families, just in time for the summer holidays.

Kid City is an animated map that highlights parks, places of interest, public art, bike routes, free and low-cost activities, recreation centres, and places to observe nature, all of which will appeal to children aged five to 12.

The map includes a scavenger hunt featuring public art pieces, unique sights and nature throughout the city. There’s also a section depicting native and invasive plants to help connect kids with the environment.

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 children through creative art activities. northvanartscouncil.ca BOOK BUDDIES Children ages six-12 play literacy games and practise reading skills with teen volunteers Fridays, July 8-29, 2:30-3:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca IMAGINE AND EXPLORECREEPY CRAWLY CRITTERS Love bugs? Learn more about the tiny recyclers, miniature hunters and little pollinators that call Lynn Canyon Park home Saturday, July 9 and Saturday, Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. to noon. For families with children ages three-eight. $8.25. lynncanyonecologycentre.ca JUST FOR KIDS AT LONSDALE QUAY Meet award-winning Canadian author Scot Ritchie at Perform Art Studios and enjoy Will Stroet, star of CBC’s Will Jams

The map was designed by city staff and the concept was developed by Coun. Linda Buchanan and the city’s CNV4ME task force as a family engagement tool to help children discover more about where they live.

Kid City was distributed last month to all elementary school children in the city. Copies can also be picked up at North Vancouver City Hall, North Vancouver City Library, Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre, North Shore Neighbourhood House, and several other city agencies.

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As well as considering the kids’ activity levels, take their sleep needs seriously.

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REVIEW: TERROIR KITCHEN

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Alright, I need to be totally up-front about something.

For the first time in three years of doing Dish columns, my anonymity was blown upon arrival at the restaurant. I got “made.”

I felt like Donnie Brasco, a deep undercover reviewer suddenly outed in front of the very people from whom my identity was supposed to remain unknown.

Chris Dagenais Fortunately, I was not taken to the back alley by a couple of thick-necked thugs and am still here now, fit and able to tell the tale.

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I didn’t even have a reservation, so they must have been on the lookout for me. Photos for these columns are booked separately. The restaurant principal is simply told by the North Shore News photographer that their business is on the Dish review schedule and that the reviewer may or may not have already visited. The system works well and I usually get in and out of the review meal without tipping anyone off.

Not this time.

I was visiting Terroir Kitchen, a fantastic and most welcome new addition to the North Shore’s restaurant scene. The restaurant has an open kitchen concept. It was Kyle Wainwright, Terroir’s sous chef and accomplished Vancouver culinary pro, who clocked me, greeting me by name and telling his colleagues who I am. On the kitchen line to Wainwright’s right was none other than Terroir owner and executive chef Faizal Kassam. This was going to be interesting.

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Now, you might suggest that with my identity revealed, my experience at Terroir is not representative of that of the average guest. I’d have to disagree. In my opinion, Terroir is poised for greatness for any visit.

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role in its dish, punching above its weight and making the whole much greater than the sum of its parts. Service has a fluid, organic quality to it, superlatively professional but naturally warm; there was nothing contrived about it at any point. Every member of staff I encountered was exceptionally knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the food and wine on offer and exhibited solid intuition on when to engage with me and when to allow me to just enjoy my meal, uninterrupted.

I am not typically one for hyperbole, but it must be said: my Terroir dining experience was flawless. From the pace of the meal to the quality of service, from the amazing flavours of every bite to the smart, thoughtful and undeniably interesting (albeit small) wine list, this meal raised the bar for the remainder of 2016’s reviews.

Chef Kassam began his career as a dishwasher in this very location more than a decade and a half ago. He has added some impressive chef creds to his resume since then, which include time at Bin 941, Bacchus, Hawksworth, and, most recently, an extended stretch with Cibo Trattoria & Uva Wine Bar at the Moda Hotel, where he ultimately became executive chef. Kassam has brought both downtown hipness and progressive cooking rooted in proven Mediterranean traditions to the North Shore, minus any pretence or walletbusting price tags.

The menu consists mostly of self-styled “small plates” designed to share between diners. These are still sizeable dishes, though, make no mistake, and in practice straddle the line between substantial appetizers and full-on mains.

As a foodie, there are certain things that I feel obligated to order when I see them appear on a menu. Bone marrow is one of these; it featured as an appetizer special on the evening of my visit. Two halves of a sizeable, roasted beef bone, smoothly split down the middle, lined a rectangular plate along with a mound of coarse salt, a salad of rare, in-season ramps (pickled), parsley, and capers, and a hefty stack of grilled focaccia bread. The soft, buttery marrow in the bones was simply delicious, with rich, round, roasted flavours.

A glass of medium-bodied, plummy, faintly fig-like Barbera paired nicely with this course.

Next I tried Stracci, a dish of local morel mushrooms served with garlic, thyme, and butter atop house-made pasta ribbons, all dressed with shaved Grana Padano cheese. The woodsy, earthy morels were lifted but not overwhelmed

Owner and chef Faizal Kassam works on steamed Pacific clams. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN by the garlicky accompaniments. I washed the mushrooms down with a glass of Albarino, one of the most food-friendly white wines around and another thing I try to order when I see it on menus, which is sadly rare.

My final dish was an enormous serving of Crispy Pork Belly, prepared as confit, seared, and then finished in a hot oven, resulting in a thin layer of ultra-crisp, delicious crackling around the fatty, succulent meat. The pork belly was served atop a bed of swollen, tender Du Puy lentils in cabernet vinegar, with a smudge of potent, heavily smoked cauliflower puree. Complex, well-integrated flavours and textures prevailed. I indulged in a glass of complex and noteworthy wine I’ve never seen on our market before: a Turkish rose from the Gallipoli Peninsula, made of Malbec, Merlot and indigenous varietal Karasakiz.

My meal (three plates, three glasses) was $96 before gratuity. Terroir Kitchen. 2232 Marine Dr., West Vancouver.

604-922-9266. terroirkitchen.com Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. A self-described wine fanatic, he earned his sommelier diploma in 2001. He can be reached via email at hungryontheshore@gmail.com. North Shore News dining reviews are conducted anonymously (although for this review Chris was identified by restaurant staff) and all meals are paid for by the newspaper.

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GOOD GRILLING Harvest Project board member Neil Van Seters and Harvest Project support program co-ordinator Philip Segur work the grill at a Picnic in the Park event on June 3, hosted by Harvest Project at Lower MacKay Creek Park. The barbecue lunch was held as a thank you to all the community members and groups who support Harvest Project. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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How much water do your vegetables really need? The answer is: it depends. Columnist Emily Jubenvill weighs in on the matter in this week’s column. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Mulch will do wonders From page 13 week, you just use your sense of touch. If you see wilting plants, you have definitely gone too long since watering.

Your soil is a huge determining factor in how much you will need to water your garden. If you have rich loamy soil that you’ve amended with compost for years and built up an amazing collection of organic matter in, you’ll need less water. The organic matter will act as a sponge, staying moister longer than sandy soils. If you haven’t started composting, now is a great time to build up this valuable resource.

Adding mulch to your garden beds (a nice thick layer, 10-15 cm, or four-six inches, of straw or dead leaves) will do wonders for keeping moisture in your soil. Add mulch when your seedlings are tall enough to keep their leaves above the mulch layer, and don’t try direct seeding into mulch – your seeds will just get lost.

When you first apply the layer of mulch give it a good soaking, which will help it stay in place and absorb more water in the future. Over time this layer of mulch will break down, and this is a fantastic way to add organic matter to your soil.

While watering your garden you are also “training” your plants’ roots. Do you want to train them to go deep or to spread out just under the soil? When you water every day for a few minutes, the top inch or less of your soil will get wet. This trains your plants to look only in that top layer for water, and send most of their roots into this area. On a hot day this top inch of soil can heat up and can cause stress or burning to the roots, and your plant has little to no ability to search out water if you forget to provide it.

On the other hand, if you water long enough for it to trickle down deeper than two inches below the soil surface, the roots are trained to go deep, and are less susceptible to water and heat stress. I also believe that this method of watering uses less water because more of it is soaked deep into the ground versus evaporating from the soil surface on a daily basis. This method of watering may take 30 minutes to complete, but depending on the weather you may only need to do it once a week.

How we irrigate also influences how much water our gardens require to thrive.

Reducing or eliminating

evaporation is the key factor here. Sprinklers and overhead watering has the most evaporation, then hand watering with a hose, and drip irrigation has the least.

Drip irrigation can save 40-50 per cent more water than a sprinkler! Drip irrigation is more expensive to install and is not very well suited for newly seeded areas; however, it is fantastic for long season crops, like tomatoes or squash, that like consistent watering and are typically planted as seedlings.

The North Shore Neighbourhood House’s Edible Garden Project will be installing water conserving irrigation and hosting handson educational opportunities for the community to get involved thanks to generous support from the RBC Foundation, and the City of North Vancouver’s Living City Grant. For more information on how you can get involved, visit ediblegardenproject.com.

Happy gardening!

Emily Jubenvill grew up on the North Shore and is passionate about growing fresh organic food. She’s starting an organic farm, and working for the North Shore Neighbourhood House’s Edible Garden Project. emily@ediblegardenproject.com

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FAMILY MOVIE NIGHTS IN THE PLAZA Watch familyfriendly movies under the stars on the big screen in the Civic Plaza at 14th Street and Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver. Seating is limited; bring your blanket or picnic chairs. Kids are invited to come early with bikes to practise riding skills. Schedule: July 8, 9:30 p.m., Shaun the Sheep; July, 22, 9:15 p.m., Inside Out; Aug. 5, 9 p.m., Zootopia; and Aug. 19, 8:30 p.m., The Princess Bride. cnv.org/ movienight SQUAMISH NATION YOUTH POW WOW 2016 The 28th annual Pow Wow will be presented July 8-10 at the Capilano Reserve Park, 100 Mathias Rd., North Vancouver.

This aboriginal dance competition showcases talent from across Canada and the U.S. and features a traditional salmon barbecue plus arts and crafts vendors. Admission is $5 and everyone is welcome.

WESTCOAST MODERN HOME TOUR 2016 The West Vancouver Museum invites the public to tour modern homes Saturday, July 9 from noon to 4 p.m. followed by a reception at Eagle Harbour Yacht Club from 4 to 6 p.m.

For ticket and registration information: 604-925-7270 westvancouvermuseum.ca AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING Former Horseshoe Bay resident Jo Macleod signs copies of her first novel Heaven Help Us Saturday, July 9, noon-4 p.m. at Indigo, Park Royal South, West Vancouver.

WALK AND TALK The North Vancouver City Library is offering an easy beginner walk along Lower Mosquito Creek Trail to connect longtime residents with newcomers to the community Saturday, July 9, 10 a.m.-noon. After the walk the group returns to the library for more conversation and refreshments. Meet at the library at 120 West 14th St. Participants must reside in the City of North Vancouver. Space is limited and registration is required. nvcl.ca HARBOURVIEW ANIMAL HOSPITAL OPEN HOUSE A one-year anniversary celebration Sunday, July 10, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at 140-700 Marine Dr., North Vancouver. Children are invited to bring their favourite stuffies for an exam and treatment. There will also be face painting, tours, a raffle and food.

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INDOOR PATIO SALE Friends of the Library will host a sale of CDs, DVDs and vinyl Monday, July 11, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (possibly July 12 if supplies last) at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca TECH FORUM An event that brings together local businesses, teachers, government and speakers Thursday, July 14, 6-9 p.m. at The Pipeshop at Shipbuilders’ Square, foot of Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver. Gain insight from 3D printing demos, drones, robots and leading high-tech exhibitors. Cost: $30, which includes a drink and snacks.

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Argyle teacher honoured A North Vancouver high school teacher has received a national award for her dedication to nurturing young leaders.

FESTIVAL FUN Above, Ester Conde and Agnes Gulmatico take in some live music at the 2016 Philippine Days Festival last month at North Vancouver’s Waterfront Park. Below, Dan Marcus plays trombone with Sweet Papa Lowdown at a free Vancouver International Jazz Festival concert July 2 at North Vancouver Civic Plaza. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN /PAUL MCGRATH

Argyle secondary’s Kathy Mulder is the recipient of the Loran Teachers Building Leaders Award, which was introduced in 2015. The award is sponsored by the Loran Scholars Foundation, which every year selects the top 30 of approximately 4,000 applicants across Canada as Loran Scholars. These students go on to university with a full, four-year scholarship, as well as mentorship and a summer internship program.

They are able to express their gratitude to a former teacher by presenting them with a Loran Teachers Building Leaders Award.

Argyle grad Laura Thorne was named a Loran Scholar in 2011 and nominated Mulder for one of this year’s teaching awards.

In a written statement, Thorne, who took Mulder’s Literature 12 class as a Grade 11 student, said Mulder is the

Argyle principal Elizabeth Bell presents Kathy Mulder with her Loran Teachers Building Leaders Award. PHOTO SUPPLIED “single best educator” she has encountered.

“She teaches with outstanding integrity, enthusiasm, and commitment, both towards her subject matter and her students,” Thorne wrote. “Her instruction inspires confidence, intelligent critical thinking, and engagement, which positively

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Mulder accepted her award at Argyle’s graduation ceremony in June.

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Sinnott and Jopson featured as boys battle for B.C. Cup in West Van ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

Many of the best boys soccer players in British Columbia will be battling it out for provincial titles in West Vancouver this weekend, all the while following a path paved by a pair of soccer pioneers.

The provincial championship tournament for gold-level boys teams in the U13-U18 age groups will take place Thursday through Sunday at Ambleside Park, West Vancouver secondary and Sentinel secondary. The tournament is now known as the Les Sinnott Boys Memorial Cup in honour of a longtime builder of soccer in British Columbia who got his start in West Vancouver.

Sinnott, who died in 2012, moved with his family from England to Canada in 1965 and immediately began playing for the West Vancouver Soccer Club. As an adult he helped grow the game across the North Shore, coaching and reffing with the North Shore Girls Soccer Club before becoming the club’s chairman as well as the chairman of the North Shore Youth Soccer Association. He then moved to Terrace where he took charge provincially as one of the driving forces of BC Soccer. Known as the “Governance Guru,” he helped the provincial association and many of the clubs and districts within the province craft and refine their rules and regulations.

“He knew everything backwards and forwards,” says Dan Turvill, manager of competitions and discipline for BC Soccer, adding that Sinnott was the man called upon whenever changes needed to be made to bring the association up-to-date.

“He was always the best at taking the intentions of the group or the members of BC Soccer and putting them into a rules and regulations policy format,” he said. “He was extremely important. He was really good at bringing all these ideas together and giving them clarity.”

Tournament organizers from the West Vancouver Soccer Club are also taking the opportunity to recognize 97-year-old Fred Jopson who helped establish the West Vancouver Youth Soccer Association more than 60 years ago. During his time as president, the West Van association grew from three teams to 50 teams. Jopson then took the formula he used to help get soccer up and running in West Van and spread it across British Columbia and the rest of Canada.

“It’s an amazing amount of work this guy did,” said Bill Sparling, the chairman of this year’s tournament. “He basically created the template for B.C. Soccer in the 1950s in West Van. … They went to B.C. Soccer and basically

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Fred Jopson helped get organized soccer rolling in West Van more than 60 years ago.

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set it up as an association. No one else was set up across the country. He took that template and he went across the country and got all of the other provinces organized.”

Both Jopson and Sinnott are worthy of praise for the work they put in growing the beautiful game on the North Shore and beyond, said Sparling.

“They brought so many good things to the North Shore for so many kids, developing them into team

players and providing a safe environment,” he said. “The kids were the most important thing, to make sure the kids had the best coaching and the best organization.”

Jopson will be on hand during the opening ceremonies Thursday starting at 7 p.m. at Ambleside Park. All 48 teams will take part in the ceremonies, including six squads – one for each age group – from North Van FC. Canadian soccer legend Bobby Lenarduzzi will also be there to help kick off the tournament.

Parking at Ambleside Park will be extremely limited so fans are encouraged to explore alternative modes of transportation. Some tournament parking will be available at Park Royal Shopping Centre in parkade levels 3, 4 and 5 at the east end of the shopping centre.

Championship finals are scheduled for 10 a.m. for U13 and U14 and 2 p.m. for U15-U18 at Ambleside Park. For more information and updated schedules and results visit lessinnottcup. bcsoccer.net.

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