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West Van’s population shrank in 2016 BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

While most municipalities in the region are showing moderate population growth, West Vancouver is the fastest shrinking city in the Lower Mainland.

The province has released its annual population estimates, showing West Vancouver’s population fell 2.1 per cent in 2016.

The City of North Vancouver and District of North Vancouver grew by 0.6 per cent and 0.3 per cent respectively, well below the average growth rate in Greater Vancouver, which was 1.6 per cent. All told, the North Shore experienced a small net loss in total population from 180,529 in 2015 to 180,319 in 2016.

West Vancouver’s population has fallen by 2,000 residents since 2011, a drop of 4.6 per cent. In that time, the District of North Vancouver has only added about 539 new residents, a growth of 0.6 per cent overall. Since 2011, the city has grown by 6.8 per cent. BC Stats calculates its estimates using the 2011 census as a baseline and factors in changes in vital statistics as well as BC Hydro and MSP registrations. New 2016 census data will be available in February.

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Seymour’s ‘Second Pump’ renamed Tim Jones Peak BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Though it’s already well used in the lexicon of backcountry rescuers and adventurers, the second pump of Mount Seymour will soon be officially renamed Tim Jones Peak.

Premier Christy Clark announced the tribute to the late North Shore Rescue leader at the team’s rescue base on Friday evening, just one day after the third anniversary of Jones’s death.

“Tim participated in more than 1,400 missions and he helped more than 1,600 people. He risked his neck every time to make sure those 1,600 people got home safe. ... When we lost Tim, we lost a real British Columbian hero,” Clark said, comparing Jones to Terry Fox. “Today, I’m proud to say the wilderness Tim Jones loved so much will bear his name forever. Part of Mount Seymour, Tim Jones Peak, will stand long after all of us are gone.”

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Left: Student Nicholas Zurkovic works with his drone during class. Right: Robotics students Alistair Noble and Ariel Wang problem-solve on one of the VEX robots while Kyle Alexander works on some coding. PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD

West Van’s robotics academy students are wired for future challenges

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In a downstairs classroom at West Vancouver Secondary, Grade 12 student Caroline Wallace stands over part of a ’bot, tightening the tension on a chain.

It’s a detail that’s important in getting the robot to do what it’s supposed to.

A chain with the right tension means the encoder built into the ’bot will take an accurate measurement of the wheel rotation – and know how far the robot has moved, said Wallace.

Pliers, wires, plastic gears and sets of special “omni wheels” – which can also move sideways – lie on the desk in front of her.

Around Wallace, the room is buzzing with activity. Groups of three and four students huddle over their robots, puzzling through their next steps, or type into laptop computers. Some perch on the edge of the 12-foot-square robotics “field” – which resembles a large table tennis surface – in the middle of the classroom.

This is where the robots must perform specific tasks

during robotics competitions and score points against opposing teams by tossing plastic yellow “stars,” resembling oversized plastic jacks.

The process of thinking through how to achieve that, then coming up with solutions through trial and error, is at the core of what students at West Vancouver’s new mechatronic robotics academy are learning.

“There are often many solutions, not one, but there are better solutions,” said teacher Todd Ablett, who runs the robotics academy.

“If you do it more, you get better solutions.”

The new academy, which started in September, is one of the ways West Vancouver students are learning about coding – a skill being emphasized as a key to future opportunities.

In the first year, there are about 50 students – who range from grades 9 through 12 – in the academy. Of those, 10 are girls.

I got one of the last spots in the academy,” said Wallace.

“I thought academies were for sports. I was never a sports kid.”

“It’s super different to what I’ve seen in school,” she said.

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Tiger Hao and Kyle Alexander puzzle through a coding problem. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD and sciences, Wallace spends a lot of time with books. “I don’t get to work with my hands a lot.” Here, she does.

“I like to apply the physics and math I’ve learned to build something.”

Ablett says it’s important for all students to be exposed to the basics of coding, because areas where these skills are incubated first stand to become leaders in the technology industries of the future.

“Think Silicon Valley in the (United) States,” he said. “We don’t want to be lagging.”

He laughs as he remembers

telling students a few years ago that “one day” their children would see self-driving cars – now already a reality.

At its most basic, coding is “how you usually tell a machine to do something,” said Ablett. “We have all kinds of smart and semi-smart machines now in our world,” he said.

More people will code in the future because “there’s more things to code,” he said.

Everything from bicycle lights to refrigerators to 3-D printers use coding.

Even among students who

won’t go on to careers in engineering, “it’s good for teaching critical thinking,” he says.

Students in the academy learn how to take their mathematical theories and apply them to the real world which can involve random curve balls like surfaces which aren’t quite smooth or objects that have slightly different weights.

Learning to work in a team is key, and students with more knowledge and experience are expected to teach others. “There’s a fair bit of apprenticeship that goes on here,” said Ablett. “Teaching someone is the fastest way to learn it.”

Perched on the edge of the VEX robotics field, Grade 12 student Kyle Alexander is working through a problem on a laptop computer. “I’ve always been interested in coding,” he says.

Alexander says he likes to figure out how things work.

“There’s a fair bit to learn,” he says. “Actually getting it to work on a robot is a little different than getting something to appear on a screen.

“It’s a lot of time and error,” he said.

Some students in the robotics academy have worked on their own special side

projects, including building and flying drones – often built from modified kits, but sometimes constructed from the ground up. Drones are essentially “a flying robot,” said Ablett, who expects their use to expand exponentially in the not-too-distant future.

One student even added electric motors to his skateboard, so it can go up hills. “It has two motors underneath it, lithium batteries and a remote control. His top speed so far is 40 kilometres an hour.”

“This is the inventor stuff we want kids doing,” said Ablett. Today the project may be a skateboard but “who knows where that leads?” he said.

One other key quality that robotics teaches is resilience.

“It’s the most important thing a person can have,” said Ablett.

“If you are going to build robots, you are going to fail at times. It’s how you react to that failure that makes all the difference in the world.”

In a modern world where things are easy, students need problems that are tough to solve “so they can develop some resilience,” said Ablett.

“The only people who never face failure never try anything.”

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West Vancouver council has only approved one all-rental project in 40 years, Smith said, and downsizers are choosing places like Yaletown and North Vancouver where they have more options.

But every new development proposal is met by community resistance and, sometimes, roadblocks at his own council.

“There’s a small but very vocal group that try to pretend that we’re rezoning properties all over the place, that development is out of control in West Van, and nothing could be further from the truth,” Smith said.

Andy Yan, director of SFU’s city program, said the numbers indicate which municipalities are doing the best at attracting working families, with cost likely being a major factor. “I think it’s a function of housing, housing

costs, employment and really where are the affordable and livable units versus where the jobs are?” he said.

By comparison, Langley, Surrey and Squamish grew by 3.3 per cent, 3.2 per cent and three per cent in the last year.

The types of new developments a council approves also makes a big difference, Yan said. “What are the design arrangements? Are they studios? Are they three bedrooms?”

The low numbers may contradict popular perceptions that blame traffic on local residential development, a common complaint on the North Shore. “That’s the funny thing about evidence,” Yan said.

But, Yan noted, population stats lack details on demographics like age, income and information on commuting habits. Those will be included in the next census data, which Yan is eagerly awaiting.

“Details matter. It isn’t just to blame things like development. It’s also understanding commuting patterns – how people are getting to work both on the North Shore and out of the North Shore. These numbers have both positive and negative implications.”

For all the headaches it causes, traffic is also an indicator of economic vibrancy, Yan added. “Look at the other side of it. Would you rather have no traffic but less

economic vibrancy?”

District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton said he was not surprised by the 0.3 per cent growth, even though much of his council’s time is spent debating whether the district is growing too fast.

“I know we’ve got some concerns in the community that growth is out of control.

What the number says to us is growth isn’t out of control.

Our growth continues to lag behind the rest of Metro Vancouver,” he said.

The district is currently doing an review of its OCP, which will benefit greatly from next month’s census results, Walton said, particularly as it relates to current traffic problems. It may be the challenge is a lack of residential development, not too much of it, he said.

“If the traffic continues to grow noticeably and our population shows really an immaterial increase, then obviously there are other things going on in our community that straight population statistics aren’t telling the whole story,” he said. “It could even be an increasing number of our firefighters and teachers and hospital workers who are not able to afford to live here and therefore, we have an increasing commuter population here. They’d love to live on the North Shore and can’t because there’s not adequate housing.”

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The peak was a special place for Jones. It’s where the North Shore Rescue team cabin is. It’s where he used to hike with his husky Abbi and it’s where he was hiking back from when he suffered a fatal heart attack in January 2014.

Clark said the province will pass legislation in March to legally change the name of the mountain and establish a memorial to rescue volunteers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Along with the renaming, the province has paid for a plaque to be placed on Tim Jones Peak as well as a new helipad to aid the team in their rescues.

The tribute was warmly received by the Jones family, who were on hand for the announcement.

“I don’t believe that my dad could ever have imagined that his simple obsession for helping people through his rescue work could lead to such a significant honour, but it has -- and our family is so thankful for this recognition of his service,” said his daughter Taylor. “Our family will hike and ski to Tim Jones Peak

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The formal request to rename the peak came from retired parks employee and North Vancouver resident Mel Turner.

Jones is the second North Shore Rescue member to have a mountain peak named after him. In 2015 the province named Mount Mathieson, 90 kilometres north of Powell River, in honour of Brent Mathieson who died in 2002.

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proposal from the B.C. Search and Rescue Association. And in 2016, the province put up an extra $10 million in funding for the 85 volunteer search and rescue teams in B.C. Current rescue team leader Mike Danks said the public can join in honouring Jones’s legacy by following the advice he was keen to hand out.

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t’s as common as a grey day in March.

At 3 p.m., the Cut begins backing up and by rush hour, east-west travel on the North Shore becomes a crawl, testing the tempers of even the most patient among us.

The most commonly blamed culprits are our growing population and residential redevelopment. But, it seems we may have made a wrongful conviction.

According to stats released by the province, the North Shore has barely budged in population in the last five years. In fact, West Vancouver is shrinking and there are fewer people living on the North Shore today than there were a year ago.

According to BC Stats, in a region where growth and densification are the norm, we’re the laggards despite how it may appear.

We understand how this information will rub people the wrong way. It goes

so strongly against what they can see with their own eyes and intuitively put together. The reality is probably far more complex.

Is this a result of downsizers selling to investors who leave their new homes empty? Maybe.

Is it an indication that we’re relying on our two bridges and one SeaBus to import more workers than we used to?

That’s much more likely.

It’s time we started having a more evidence-based debate about the problems of and solutions for the North Shore.

The latest census results are due out next month, which will bring a lot of valuable information on our population, employment trends, demographics and commuting.

We look forward to reading them in detail. We ignore the data or rely on “alternative facts” at our own peril.

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But we are fast approaching the day when many of us will know someone who has died of an illicit drug overdose. In fact, this may soon become the fifth leading cause of death in B.C., on par with diabetes and more prevalent than accidents, influenza, liver disease and Alzheimer’s.

The overdose crisis engulfing this province shows no sign of slowing.

Actually, despite all kinds of heroic efforts by front-line workers, things are becoming worse at an alarming rate.

And this is not a crisis confined to “the street” or places like the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver.

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Last year, about half of those who died from an illicit drug overdose in B.C. were between the ages of 30 and 49, about 80 per cent were male and 85 per cent died in a residence (and not the street or a treatment centre).

Recently, a 17-year-old girl attending Victoria High School, where my kids went to school, died of an illicit drug overdose. As in so many cases, it’s thought she came into contact with fentanyl, a scourge that has made its way into various street drugs.

B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe was brutally frank about the worsening situation at a news conference last week. She said despite more and more resources being used to address the crisis, the whole thing has simply become “unmanageable.”

“I think the introduction of fentanyl to our province is a game changer,” she told reporters, adding that this “contaminant” has turned a situation where there were always a number of drug overdose deaths into one where those deaths are exploding in number.

Nearly 150 people died of an illicit drug overdose in December, a higher number than in November. She gave no prospect of hope that the number will be lower this month or next month or the month after that.

Instead, she said what is needed is a long-term strategy that includes treatment, harm reduction, law enforcement, education and evidence-based strategies.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall, at that same news conference, called for an expansion of available drug dependency treatments similar to what is being tried, with good success, in Europe.

And Lapointe called for a “reset” when it came to public attitudes about drug dependency, saying there needs to be more education and compassion.

“A shift we’re seeing from drug dependency as a crime

to drug dependence as a medical condition is critical,” she said.

The number of overdose deaths was 914 in 2016, an increase of 80 per cent, and there is every reason to think that escalation rate won’t change much any time soon.

More resources (such as treatment beds, safe injection sites etc.) to fight this epidemic are no doubt needed, but Lapointe points out even with more resources it is next to impossible to get people instant treatment on a 24/7 basis.

“I don’t know of any jurisdiction that has the resources to be able to provide treatment on demand,” she said, noting that 18 U.S. states had higher drug overdose rates than did B.C. “If you look at New Hampshire, for instance, they saw a 1,100 per cent increase in organ donations mostly because of drug overdoses. This

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Dear Editor: Like many North Shore homeowners, we are digesting our recently received assessment that purports to represent our property’s actual value as of July 1, 2017.

Our modest 61-yearold house saw a one-year increase in assessment of 54 per cent.

In December we also received a letter informing us that as a result of impending changes to our assessment, we would also likely see a “change” to our 2017 property taxes. Much more modest assessment increases over the past two years caused our property taxes to increase nearly 40 per cent during that period – and this in a time of extremely low inflation.

This tax increase alone took most of the rise in my salary during the same period.

An examination of supporting sales evidence provided by B.C.

Assessment indicates that it has been extremely aggressive in setting 2017 assessments. This may result in property tax increases in no way justified by increases in the cost of providing municipal services.

As well, this is all the more unsettling given the province’s intervention in the real estate market a mere three weeks after the valuation date, with the foreign buyer tax of 15 per cent in addition to a new “luxury tax” rate on property transfer amounts over $2 million imposed earlier in the year.

Following the implementation of the foreign buyer’s tax, sales of homes in West Van plummeted over 90 per cent. This is not surprising, as prominent local Realtors have gone on record saying that 60 per cent or more of the buyers in the early 2016 market (widely described as a buying frenzy) were offshore investors.

Reviewing current

real-estate listings in our area shows houses on the market priced at up to 28 per cent less than the 2017 property assessments, and they are still not selling.

There also seems to be little value differentiation between extensively renovated older houses and those that are likely teardowns. All seem to be considered fodder for the bulldozer, on the assumption that most buyers have unlimited funds and will build new.

After a prolonged period of denial – while filling its coffers with the tax proceeds of rapidly inflating real estate values – the province finally took action to cool the runaway market.

Now, to add insult to injury, it expects many homeowners to bear large property tax increases based on property valuations in a market that no longer exists.

David Sheffield West Vancouver

FSAs provide parents with a snapshot of student learning Dear Editor: Predictably, just as we start looking for the first daffodils to peek out, we are also used to seeing the start of the annual teacher union campaign to thwart standardized testing of students.

Even as we’ve been assured that relations on the provincial public school front are mellowing we again see the repetition of the union tactic of undermining confidence in the education system.

The Friday, Jan. 13 issue of the North Shore News had a prominent advertisement

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from local teacher unions urging parents to exempt their children from the annual Foundation Skills Assessment for grades 4 and 7.

Let’s be clear what the FSAs are about.

They are designed to show if students are performing at their expected grade-level. This information alerts the schools to see where they can do more, if needed, to help those students who are not meeting expectations.

But, even more importantly, the FSAs enable

parents to do their crucial role in the picture. Each tested child has a report sent to the parent. The parent can then determine if they should press for more attention at the school level or buy private services through tutoring to bring their child up to speed.

Parents are shortchanging their children if they deprive themselves of this tool in helping their children acquire at least the expected basics in reading, writing and math.

Tunya Audain West Vancouver

Helping First Time Home Buyers Next to traffic and transportation, housing affordability is the top issue that constituents have been talking to me about at the doors and in my office. Residents are concerned that their children won’t be able to live in the community that they have grown up in. This is a reality that I face with three grown children as well. That’s why the B.C. government has launched a new program that helps first-time homebuyers create secure and stable futures for their families through home ownership.

The B.C. Home Owner Mortgage and Equity Partnership program is designed to help British Columbians establish a nest egg and ensure the dream of home ownership remains in reach for families. The Province is investing about $703 million over the next three years to help an estimated 42,000 B.C. households enter the market for the first time.

The program contributes to the amount first-time homebuyers have already saved for their down payment, providing up to $37,500, or 5% of the purchase price, with a 25-year loan that is interest-free and payment-free for the first five years. After the first five years, homebuyers begin making monthly payments at current interest rates.

The program will run from Jan. 16, 2017 until March 31, 2020.

The program will also help the rental stock in B.C. As Ajay Soni, national president, Canadian Mortgage Brokers Association said, “The B.C. HOME Partnership program is a fantastic opportunity for first-time homebuyers in British Columbia. The program will help those who are renters leave the rental pool and create more vacancies for those who can’t afford to buy a home at this time.”

Ensuring the dream of home ownership remains within reach for families is a key part of our governments six point approach to housing affordability, along with increasing housing supply; smart transit expansion; supporting first-time home buyers; ensuring consumer protection; and increasing rental supply.

In 2016, we committed to investing $855 million to support the creation of 4,900 units of affordable rental housing. These units are specifically designated for low- to moderate-income renters, adults with developmental disabilities, youth aging out of care, seniors, students, women and children fleeing abuse, and First Nations. As mentioned in a previous edition, B.C. also introduced a 15% tax on foreign home buyers.

The Province has a number of programs aimed at making housing more affordable, but not every program is right for every person. Other programs helping home buyers and homeowners include the First Time Home Buyers program, the Newly Built Homes exemption, the home owner grant, and property tax deferment.

To learn more about the Province’s actions on housing affordability, visit: http://housingaction.gov.bc.ca/

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NEWSBRIEFS SLEEPY SUSPECT NABBED NAPPING IN WEST VAN West Vancouver police arrested a man wanted for several thefts Monday after finding him asleep in a nearby park.

An officer was investigating a series of thefts including a break-and-enter along Lawson Avenue when police were called to check on the wellbeing of a man sleeping in Chatwin Park. As they interviewed him, they noticed the bag he was using as a makeshift pillow was full of clothing that matched the description of items reported stolen.

Police arrested the man and recovered property allegedly stolen from one home and three vehicles parked in the neighbourhood. All the ill-gotten goods were returned to their rightful owners.

The suspect was held in custody for his first court appearance on Tuesday. Police are recommending charges of break-and-enter, possession of property obtained by crime, breach of recognizance and breach of probation.

– Brent Richter WEST VAN MAN FACES EXPLOSIVES CHARGE A West Vancouver man is expected to have a bail hearing Wednesday in Vancouver provincial court after being

charged with possession of an explosive substance following discovery of a homemade pipe bomb in his car last week.

Daniel Dustin Seabolt, 33, faces one count of possessing an explosive substance in Vancouver and West Vancouver between Jan. 16 and 19. He also faces charges of possessing an imitation firearm and “spray” for purposes dangerous to the public peace and one count of possessing a prohibited weapon, device or “spray” on Jan. 19 in Vancouver.

Seabolt was arrested last Thursday evening after he told Vancouver Police Department officers who stopped his car in the Downtown Eastside he had a homemade pipe bomb in his vehicle.

The Vancouver Police Department’s explosive disposal unit was called to the scene. They used a robot to examine the pipe bomb, then set off a series of water charges to neutralize the device.

– Jane Seyd PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR PRIEST CHARGED IN HISTORICAL SEX CASE A preliminary hearing for a former North Vancouver Anglican priest accused of sexually abusing boys in a youth detention centre in the

1980s gets underway this week in Edmonton.

Gordon William Dominey, 65, was the interim priest at St. Catherine’s Anglican Church in Edgemont for about six months between September 2015 and February 2016.

He now faces more than 30 charges of sexual assault and gross indecency. The charges stem from incidents alleged to have taken place when Dominey worked at the Edmonton Youth Detention Centre between 1985 and 1989.

The alleged victims were aged 14 to 17 at the time.

Dominey transferred from the Diocese of Edmonton to the Diocese of New Westminster in July of 1990 and has worked in at least nine parishes in the Vancouver area since then. The Diocese of New Westminster put him on administrative leave – meaning he can’t work as a priest for the Anglican Church anywhere in Canada – after he was arrested at his Coquitlam home on Feb. 4, 2016.

A preliminary hearing, held to determine if there is enough evidence for a trial, was scheduled to start Tuesday in Edmonton and continue over several dates between now and the end of June.

Dominey remains out on bail.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath North Shore Business Expo The West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce held its fourth Annual North Shore Business Expo at Park Royal South on Jan. 14, with more than 28 local business and service organizations from West Vancouver and Bowen Island on hand to showcase their products and services to the public. Presenting sponsor Loblaws City Market at Park Royal donated more than 300 cupcakes and muffins to attendees of the event as presenters fielded questions from the public and connected and networked with other business owners. westvanchamber.com

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Duo creates system for self-watering gardens ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

Success is addictive.

“You get success that first time and boom! Then you’re hooked,” notes Wesley Hooper.

He’s talking about growing food specifically, but admits it’s not always an easy task.

The co-founder of LifeSpace Gardens in North Vancouver explains that although conditions on the North Shore are conducive to growing food year-round, the vast majority of vegetables and produce residents eat are imported from other countries.

“It’s absurd,” says Hooper. Especially so in an area that prides itself on moving toward more green and sustainable systems.

Having to rely on imported food may not be sustainable in the long-term. “It’s scary is what it is,” Hooper adds.

Although he recognizes the need for more homegrown greens, Hooper also knows growing food is not something everyone can do easily.

That’s why he and his business partner Cooper

Pantages designed a series of urban gardening solutions to try to make it a little easier.

The idea to start a company was partly based on the pair being young and ambitious and wanting to do something “cool” that had an impact on their community.

“Helping people to grow food is one of the best ways to do that,” explains Hooper.

Asking around, they discovered one of the hurdles to regular home gardening and growing was watering.

“It’s something you have to do a lot of particularly in the summer,” says Hooper, who calls himself a natural problem-solver. He started thinking about a possible solution and wondered if he could create an environment that would address watering concerns so that more people might be more willing to give gardening at try.

After a multi-year process of designing, building, and eventually going through a patent application, the company’s self-watering system was born.

It started with a more rudimentary technique and

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Pantone has released its colour of the year for 2017. The winner is “Greenery.”

You will see this shade in many different forms this year. Urban planning, architecture, lifestyle and design choices will all somehow incorporate this colour, which Pantone describes as a “fresh and zesty yellow-green shade that evokes the first days of spring.”

There are other colours included in the Greenery palette that co-ordinate beautifully. The reason this colour was chosen was because Pantone believes that Greenery symbolizes the reconnection we seek with nature and one another.

Greenery will serve to satisfy and rejuvenate us during this expected tumultuous political and social year.

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GREEN GUIDE STORMWATER IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITIES AND CREEKS — WHAT CAN WE DO? North Shore Streamkeepers will host a free public workshop with speakers and a breakout session Saturday, March 18, 1:30-4 p.m. at Lynn Valley Community Room, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Registration is now open and recommended due to limited seating: stormwater-impacts.eventbrite.ca.

IVY PULL Lighthouse Park Preservation Society will host an ivy pull Saturday, Jan. 28 from 9 a.m. to noon at Lighthouse Park, West Vancouver. Meet at the Water Lane entrance. Volunteers are asked to wear old clothes, study shoes and work gloves. 604-922-1485 lighthouseparkps@gmail.com lpps.ca THE PERFECT STATE A filming screening about the lives and livelihoods of the people connected to the natural world of the Salish

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CALL FOR GARDENS The Art in the Garden Tour 2017 takes place May 27 and 28, noon-5 p.m. and submissions are welcome before Saturday, Feb. 18 at 4 p.m. If you are interested in having your garden featured contact Tessa Cernik — event coordinator: 604-988-6844 or events@nvartscouncil.ca.

BEEKEEPER WORKSHOP Local beekeeper Lianne Shyry teaches the habits and habitat of local pollinators Sunday, Feb. 26, 1-2:30 p.m. at the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, 3663 Park Rd., North Vancouver. Participants will have an opportunity to purchase 20 mason bee cocoons for $33.60 from Two Bees Apiary, cash only. lynncanyonecologycentre.ca

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A Public Hearing for Bylaw 8197, a proposed amendment to the Zoning Bylaw to permit the development of a three storey, twenty-three unit townhouse at 854, 858 & Lot 5 Orwell Street and 855 Premier Street.

When:

7 pm, Tuesday, January 31, 2017

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

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Harvesting part of experience From page 13 than traditional top watering because it provides a consistent moisture level to the soil and creates a good environment for veggies to grow.

“It’s a fairly ancient technique,” explains Hooper, noting the Egyptians were using the same basic principles in gardening about 3,000 years ago.

“What we did is just take that principle and adapt it for a modern, urban environment,” he says, adding they simplified it, making it easier to use with higher functionality. “Now it’s off and rockin’” says Hooper.

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Bylaw 8197 proposes to amend the District’s Zoning Bylaw by creating a new Comprehensive Development Zone 98 (CD98) and rezone the subject site from Residential Single Family 7200 Zone (RS3) to CD98 to allow the development of a three storey, twenty-three unit townhouse. The CD98 Zone addresses use, density, amenities, setbacks, site coverage, building height, landscaping and parking.

together as a family project). The company also does custom installations and have built rooftop and backyard gardens. They also work with the Edible Garden Project and North Shore Neighbourhood House, have created gardens in schools and daycares across the North Shore, and built the new community garden in Ambleside. Last year, the company received the Young Entrepreneur Award from the North Vancouver Chamber. “That’s the sign of the times. People are really starting to pay attention to the importance of growing food because it’s a problem that’s not going away,” says Hooper of winning the award. Both Hooper and Pantages have a background in custom carpentry and Hooper says the company tailors garden plans to the space their clients have to work with.

“It’s important to grow what you can with the space that you have,” he says, adding for him a key element of the process is providing clients with the experience of watching their food grow, which he calls a “fantastic experience.”

“It’s a great feeling. So many people miss out on that connection with their food,” he adds.

LifeSpace Gardens will be one of the exhibitors at the BC Home + Garden Show Feb. 22-26 at BC Place Stadium. Hooper says the company will officially launch a new free educational platform called projectgarden.ca at the show.

The site features “small, easily digestible videos that take the viewer from planting through to harvest.”

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Married owners of Troll’s die two days apart JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Veteran staff and regular customers of a West Vancouver institution are remembering Gary and Carol Troll as pillars of the Horseshoe Bay community after the couple, longtime owners of Troll’s Restaurant, died within days of each other over the weekend, after 52 years of marriage.

The couple leaves behind a legacy, said Troll’s manager Holly Kemp, who counted Gary Troll as both her boss and a personal friend over the past decade. Since the news broke, former employees and customers have been sharing memories of

Gary Troll the establishment on social media.

“Gary Troll was the host at the first dinner when my family emigrated to Canada in the late ’70s…” wrote Nigel Malkin on the restaurant’s Facebook page. “Gary

gave my sister her first job, he remembered everyone and must have bought more coffees than I can count for his customers who were all his friends. He was a customer of my family business for years and always had time to talk and share a laugh.”

“Gary hired me as a 14-year-old in 1976,” wrote Jeremy Greene. “I’ll never forget the Troll’s and Horseshoe Bay influences on my life.”

Gary Troll’s parents Joe and Dorothy started Troll’s in Horseshoe Bay in 1946 as a fish and chip shop on the waterfront.

The restaurant became a fixture in the community, and grew significantly with

the arrival of ferry service in the 1950s and ’60s. Gary and Carol Troll took over the restaurant in the ’70s and continued the family tradition.

“Horseshoe Bay grew around it,” said Kemp.

“We’ve had thousands of staff members come through. It’s always been a go-to place.”

Kemp said Gary Troll was well-liked in the community.

“He was a jovial, wise-cracking, engaged old guy,” she said, adding, “He had a bit of

a smart ass attitude.”

In 1996, the couple made headlines when they won $14 million in the lottery after Gary Troll bought a ticket at the nearby Dayal’s Variety store. Troll, however, returned to work at the restaurant the next day, and didn’t substantially alter his life after the windfall.

Kemp said both Carol and Gary had been suffering from longtime illnesses – Carol from diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis and Gary from lung cancer. “We saw it

coming. They both held on for Christmas.”

Kemp, who helped care for Gary Troll in his final months, said Troll still came into the restaurant every day, up until December. Carol died late Friday and Gary died on Monday – both surrounded by family and close friends, she said.

Kemp added the restaurant continues to be owned by the family and is expected to continue running as it was before.That was what Gary wanted, she said.

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order for me to live, that’s something I struggle with all the time.”

Almost two decades later, Benson is healthy, grateful, and busy. Now retired from teaching, she stays active as a Zumba instructor and is the B.C. representative for the Canadian Transplant Association, as well as a volunteer advocate for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

In 2012, Benson was the recipient of a Courage to Come Back Award, for which she was nominated by her husband.

“I think I was kind of in shock but also very honoured, extremely honoured because I knew I’d be representing an incredible group of people that also had unbelievable stories,” she says of winning the award. “I was very touched too that they thought my story was worthy of covering.”

The 19th annual Coast Mental Health’s Courage To Come Back Awards nomination process kicked off earlier this month and is now accepting nominations in a variety of categories, including medical, addiction, mental health, physical rehabilitation, social adversity, and youth. Nominations are open to all B.C. residents and are being accepted until Feb. 8.

Darrell Burnham, Coast Mental Health CEO, noted in an email that the event has raised more than $10 million over the years for Coast Mental Health’s programs.

The event’s purpose is to honour the journey of recovery for all of the recipients and to have them stand as examples for others who may be just starting their journey, he added. “The awards honour those nominated, helps shine a light on their

At the age of 40, North Vancouver teacher Margaret Benson was running out of time.

She was on the waiting list for a double lung transplant but knew the wait time could be up to two years. It was time she didn’t have.

The year was 1999, and Benson, who was born with the genetic disorder Cystic Fibrosis, had struggled with breathing difficulties and infections her whole life. At age 14, doctors told her she had just one year to live. They were wrong.

Treatment and medication helped manage the disorder but the condition worsened to the point that she needed a transplant to survive by the time she was in her late 30s. In early December 1999, Benson got the call she had been desperately waiting for: there was a set of lungs available. Benson and her husband made their way to Vancouver General Hospital for the life-or-death procedure. The operation took more than seven hours, but after some complications, setbacks, and more surgery, Benson recovered and was able to take her first full breaths with her new lungs. Although the transplant process in B.C. allows for anonymity for both donors and recipients, Benson knows the lungs came from a small town in B.C., and from a child. In a previous North Shore News story about her experience, Benson noted: “Knowing someone had to lose their life in

story, and creates better understanding of the challenges that are faced and overcome by the recipients.”

Burnham also stated the process to nominate someone is easy, and just the fact that someone is nominated and their struggle is recognized (they get a lovely certificate) is appreciated by the nominee.

“There are many unsung heroes in British Columbia. I think the awards help us identify them and truly honour their achievements,” stated Burnham in the email. “The Courage Gala itself is one of the most inspiring events you could imagine, we have tissues on all the tables as tears flow throughout the evening. At the end of the night, any problems you might have are put in a proper perspective and you feel truly inspired.”

For Benson, winning the award was not about receiving accolades. The awards provide an opportunity to share important messages of courage, resilience, and strength, and let people know that if you “cherish life and cherish everything that you’ve been given there may be things that will come out of it.”

“I’ve always been a fighter. I’ve always been one to live every day like it’s your last day, and I don’t ever like to say live each day to the fullest but just live life,” she says. “For me I was able to show the world that I made it. I showed the doctors I made it.”

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Quake simulator stimulates emergency prep Whole lotta shakin’ at Montroyal JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

The tectonic plates didn’t shift, but some of Montroyal elementary’s most daring students still got to experience an earthquake with an 8.0 magnitude in the Cottage Quake simulator.

“I needed to shock people

into awareness,” explained Carol Sartor, Montroyal Parent Advisory Council chairwoman.

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They sit inside, clutch the handles, and endure 30 seconds of hydraulic havoc.

However, the PAC had an ulterior motive, Sartor said.

“This was the perfect opportunity to use the kids as the education vehicle to

the parents to make sure they’ve got the things they need,” she said.

The notion was for the kids to head home after taking the ride and ask their parents about how much water they have stored, whether or not they have purification tablets handy and if they’ve thought to stock their emergency kit with a flashlight, toilet paper, dust masks, and ponchos.

“Ask them: ‘What kind of plan do you have?’”

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of their “personal responsibility” in an emergency, according to Dorit Mason, director of the North Shore Emergency Management Office.

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In preparing for an emergency, people should ensure their food doesn’t expire and that they have attire for different seasons: parkas for

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Anyone on the North Shore should consider the people depending on them in a crisis, according to Mason.

“Do they have pets, do they have children? Do they have elderly parents that need to be taken care of?”

If cellphone service is disrupted, families should establish a meeting place and a way to connect through social media.

“If we do have a significant earthquake it is going

to impact the whole Lower Mainland,” said Mason.

One of those impacts may be that emergency response resources could be stretched thin, which is why having a plan and a kit is so important, she explained.

While the risk of an earthquake is a primary concern, Mason also encourages North Shore residents to prepare for power outages and severe storms that can cause the region’s many creeks and rivers to run high and fast.

Following last week’s earthquake simulator, a few families have purchased

emergency kits for their home and car, according to Sartor.

“The fact that they got to feel it, helped them shake people into awareness,” she said.

Sartor reminded residents to keep their supplies accessible and to be mindful that a quake could come at any time.

“What a great time to double check the water in your emergency supply,” she said.

To learn more about emergency preparedness visit nsemo.org.

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The Corner Stone Bistro chef Christophe Morvan prepares grilled salmon with chorizo rice pilaf in the kitchen of the North Vancouver restaurant. The final product is seen in the photo above right with white wine sauce and a dish of French onion soup. PHOTOS PAUL MCGRATH

REVIEW: CORNER STONE BISTRO

Pulled pork flavour profile pleasing

Thank you to Corner Stone Bistro for preserving the integrity of pulled pork and recognizing that it ought not to be encumbered by the insidious, pervasive reek of artificial smoke product.

The shameless violation of slow-cooked meats by simulated smokiness, a culinary misfire presumably meant to impart the idea of what barbecued foods taste and smell like, has become an offense of epidemic magnitude and the source

The Dish Chris Dagenais of no little irritation for this reviewer. Please, if you are

not going to invest the time to cook your ingredients over a carefully curated assortment of smoke-producing woods to achieve a natural flavour profile, don’t patronize my palate by squeezing a glob of concentrated hickory essence into my dish and hoping I’ll feel transported to the Deep South. Just ... enough, OK? Corner Stone offers a pulled pork sandwich at lunchtime that nicely symbolizes the venue’s approach to cooking: simple, authentic, and lovingly

rendered without cutting corners. The fact that the sandwich didn’t taste like it had been used to douse a campfire was a welcome surprise and will ensure that I return for lunch again, despite my historic preference for Corner Stone as a dinner destination.

I was glad to see the Pemberton Heights mainstay reopen after a nearly two-month hiatus following a major water leak. Two months is an awfully long time for a small business to be closed involuntarily and

I know a number of people, me included, wondered as the weeks wore on if the place was going to make it.

Happily, Corner Stone not only weathered the storm but appears to have emerged stronger for it.

On my recent lunchtime visit with my wife DJ I was pleased to witness a steady stream of regulars walk through the door and proclaim their relief to find the venue open and then quickly turn their attention to the interior redesign, which is significant and

well-executed.

Corner Stone is another example of a hybrid food service venue/specialty retailer, a North Shore signature combination that continues to work for many businesses, including Buddha-Full, End of the Line General Store, Bluhouse Market & Café, Caffe Al Mercato, Cilantro and Jalapeno, Ethical Kitchen, InGrain Pastificio, Bowen Island Pizza Co., Puccini’s Deli, and several others.

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Canadian wines showing well at festival of relative neophyte Canada as the festival theme might not prove to be a potent draw have proven to be unfounded. Out of the gate, sales for this year’s dinners and special event tastings have produced more sellouts earlier than ever.

The spotlight on Canada comes at an opportune time but also at a critical moment in the development of the country’s wine industry.

There’s been resistance to come to the festival by a few, born more out of sheer frustration.

There’s no question that the blame for the considerable challenges of what it takes to get wines from different regions into the glasses of all Canadians, regardless of where they live, lies firmly at the feet of provincial politicians.

No doubt there’ll be plenty of platitudes spouted in the coming few weeks about the “coming of age” of Canadian wines, and the considerable spin-off benefits of wine tourism. But the fact remains that, despite efforts of campaigns such as #FreeMyGrapes, many of us

Notable Potables Tim Pawsey Last week brought a sneak preview of the extensive range and variety of tastes on offer at this year’s wine festival at Blue Water Café.

Behind the scenes, a tremendous effort has taken place to corral a solid representation of Canadian wines for this year’s event.

On offer will be tastes from almost every grape-wine producing region in the country. The only omission being Quebec, whose production, while unquestionably heroic, is minimal.

Early fears – in some quarters – that the choice

don’t get to taste Canadian wines from outside our own regions. And wineries are still not permitted to ship their wares to most corners of the country.

That in part is surely the reason why the Ontario presence will be less than we might have hoped for.

There’s been no shortage of B.C. wines at the wine fest for a few years now. But this will be the first opportunity on any significant scale to compare the quality of Canadian wines from across the country with their global counterparts.

In addition to the Canadian offerings from coast to coast you’ll find plenty more to keep your palate occupied, including a few tastes from some regions you’ve likely not encountered previously.

If you do plan to attend any of the international tastings, given the pace of sales to date, my advice would be to get on it.

Here’s a few worthy wines from coast to coast that can certainly hold their own, and from elsewhere.

! Jost Tidal Bay 2015

Canadian wines are holding their own against international offerings at this year’s wine festival. PHOTOS TIM PAWSEY (Nova Scotia): Made from

mainly L’Acadie Pinot Grigio with Ortega and Muscat.

Up-front citrus with a zesty, acid-driven palate and a touch of minerality (90 points).

! Chateau des Charmes Gamay 2015 (Niagara): Red berry notes precede a fresh and vibrant medium-bodied palate with approachable tannins and a clean, lingering end (91 points, $15).

! Unsworth Pinot Noir

2014 (Vancouver Island): Lifted red berries with some earthy notes, light to medium-bodied with good varietal character and strawberry tones with a pleasing savoury edge (91 points).

! Garzon Tannat Reserva 2015 (Uruguay):

Forward red berries, spicy notes, cherry, red current and blueberry on the palate, mocha tones with firm tannins, with earthy and tobacco notes through the

lingering finish (91 points).

! Saint Urbans Hof Old Vines Riesling 2014 (Mosel): Already developing appealing petrol notes on top, followed by juicy lemon-lime citrus, layered, with a broad mouthfeel through the finish. A real star (91 BCLS $26).

Tim Pawsey writes about wine for numerous publications and online as the Hired Belly at hiredbelly.com. info@ hiredbelly.com

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In addition to pulled pork, the bistro’s display cases were home to a variety of ready-to-heat breakfast sandwiches (none of which included a veggie option, which I found odd), baked goods, salads, and enormous, house-made meal bowls (which feature on “Bowl Me Over Tuesdays,” a regular early dining engagement that features hearty dishes like Kung Pao, Butter Chicken, Spaghetti Bolognese, Thai Curry and other rib-sticking fare, well-priced for the portion at $13).

My conversation with the barista informed me that Corner Stone will begin casual, family share-plate service on Thursday nights (beginning tomorrow), creating an all-are-welcome local pub environment with tapas style snacks and libation from North Shore beers to cocktails. On Wednesdays, the bistro offers a pizza menu for early dine-in or takeout, brunch is offered on weekends, and full dinner service, with a weekly rotating menu, is offered on Friday and Saturday evenings.

As I gleefully tucked into my Pulled Pork Panino, DJ enjoyed a straightforward breakfast sandwich, made to order to accommodate her no-meat request, and we shared a well-portioned cold orzo salad made with cherry tomatoes, cucumber and feta tossed in an olive-oil heavy vinaigrette and dried herbs. With two lush and creamy cappuccinos we enjoyed a dense and weighty Healthy Choice Muffin, tasty and enjoyable despite its righteous moniker.

Our lunch, which in addition to the items described above included a second coffee to quell my caffeine thirst, was $31. Corner Stone Bistro is located at 1096 West 22nd St. in North Vancouver. cornerstone-bistro.com 604-990-3602 Jan. 25 is Robbie Burns Day (Rabbie Burns, to those versed in his brogue). Purists will insist on haggis for supper on this day commemorating the life, words and legacy of Scotland’s greatest poet.

For them, The British Butcher (West and North Vancouver) is the best bet to find the traditional bladderbound mixture of offal and oats, which is so much better than it sounds, please trust me on this. You can score a hearty specimen for about $20.

If a wee dram is your preferred mode of acknowledgment, there is no better selection than the gawk-worthy whisky wall at Edgemont Fine Wines, Spirits and Ales, home to both rare and best-in-show single malts that will get your “heart’s bluid rising hot” in no time.

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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 and all meals are paid for by the newspaper.

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by Emma Chichester Clark, New York, Nancy Paulsen Books, $24 When an older sibling grimly requests that the new baby be returned to sender this fresh take on sibling rivalry might do the trick. At least it will give beleaguered parents a delightful picture book story to share. Clark is the author of the beloved Blue Kangaroo books and she has clearly not lost her touch.

Plum is a happy dog who is the only pet in his household until the fateful day that his best human friends next door tell him they have a surprise for him. Plum is appalled cats are NOT his favourite thing and this cat rolls where he rolls, pees when he pees and generally makes a nuisance of herself. Plum’s doggy pals suggest making overtures of friendship but he rejects the idea and shuts the cat outside when the opportunity presents itself. His humans gently explain that there’s plenty of love to go around and Plum has a sudden happy change of heart.

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For more funny picture books featuring animal sibling rivalry try Mr. Pusskins and Little Whiskers by Sam Lloyd and Ginger by Charlotte Voake.

Adventure on Whalebone Island (A Maple Harbour Mystery) by M. A. Wilson, Gibsons, B.C., Rainy Bay Press, $8 Wilson has written a story for the middle grades in the spirit of Enid Blyton and Arthur Ransom novels. Here the adults play a peripheral role and provide support for the children who are the main characters. Kendra and Ryan are sent to stay with Aunt Jennie and Uncle William for two weeks while their parents attend a conference. They join their cousins Claire and Nathan and begin a relaxing holiday swimming sailing and eating their aunt’s fantastic meals. The cousins then explore the local shoreline searching for a sunken boat that had been stolen a few years before in hopes of finding sunken treasure.

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Brisk action set on the Sunshine Coast with children who all get along and aren’t glued to computers or cell phones. Included is a good deal of sailing info and a nicely-described outdoor setting. It all makes for an enjoyable read for adventure fans. According to the author information more adventures are coming soon.

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To authorize the City of North Vancouver to adopt Bylaw Nos. 8533 and 8535 for the purpose of exchanging lands controlled by QualexLandmark Northern GP Ltd. on the 800 block of East 3rd Street with the City for an equal amount of City-owned land to the east and south of the 700 block. This exchange would result in a significant gain in parkland at no cost to the City (25,000 square feet), as it would allow for the closure of the lane to the south of the 700 block and the closure of the road at the foot of Queensbury.

NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with Sections 94 and 86 of the Community Charter that the Council of The Corporation of the City of North Vancouver intends to consider the adoption of: “Parks Dedication Bylaw, 1972, No. 4392, Amendment Bylaw, 2017, No. 8533” (Moodyville Parklands Adjustment) “Parks Reservation Bylaw, 1964, No. 3474, Amendment Bylaw, 2017, No. 8535” (Moodyville Parklands Adjustment) Bylaw Nos. 8533 and 8535 and the records relating to them are available for public inspection between the hours of 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays, from January 20, 2017 to February 27, 2017.

If you are opposed to the adoption of Bylaw Nos. 8533 and 8535, you must complete an Alternative Approval Process Elector Response Form. If you are in favour of the proposed bylaw, no further action is required. Forms are available at the Reception Desk of City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC, and on the City’s website at cnv.org commencing on January 20, 2017. Alternative Approval Process Elector Response Forms will only be accepted if they are in the form established by the City of North Vancouver and contain original signatures. Accurate copies of the form may be made and used for signing.

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City Council may adopt Bylaw Nos. 8533 and 8535 only if it does not receive elector responses against the proposal signed by at least 10% of the 36,205 eligible electors of the City of North Vancouver (3,620). City Council may consider the option of proceeding to Assent Voting if the Alternative Approval Process fails.

For additional information on Bylaw Nos. 8533 and 8535, please contact Michael Epp, City Planner, Community Development, at 604-982-3936 or mepp@cnv.org. For information on the Alternative Approval Process, please contact Jennifer Ficocelli, Deputy City Clerk, at 604-990-4233 or jficocelli@cnv.org. To view the Moodyville Park Plan, please visit cnv.org/MoodyvilleParkPlan.

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The BC SPCA is seeking recruits for a campaign of culinary kindness culminating in National Cupcake Day on Feb. 27.

The recruits are tasked with seeking out sweettoothed animal lovers for a fundraising party in January or February with proceeds going to the SPCA. Participants are asked to register at nationalcupcakeday.ca, create an online fundraising centre, and then to sift, mix and bake.

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been lucrative, raising a total of $1.85 million – including $615,000 in 2016, according to a release from the SPCA. That money – the fruits of more than 80,000 cupcakes – has helped approximately 3,250 animals, according to the SPCA. “Who can say no to a delicious cupcake, especially when it’s for such a great cause?” asked National Cupcake Day spokeswoman Kristina Matisic in a release.

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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD From page 20 Vancouver Municipal Hall, 355 West Queens Rd. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with displays and information from ICBC, RCMP, HASTe BC and more. From 7 to 9 p.m. there will be presentations followed by a panel discussion and questions. Registration: slowdownnorthshore. eventbrite.com.

ENGLISH CORNER Enjoy English conversation while making new friends Friday, Jan. 27, 10-11:30 a.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. westvanlibrary. ca LUNAR NEW YEAR Celebrate the Year of the Rooster Saturday, Jan. 28, 1-4 p.m. at Lonsdale Quay Market, 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver. The event will include a cooking demonstration (registration required), eye-dotting ceremony, lion dance and more.

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604-985-5512 WRITE A FORTUNE: CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOP Mark the Lunar New Year with a calligraphy writing workshop and learn the history of this ancient practice with instructor Yong Yu Saturday, Jan. 28 from noon to 2 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. All ages welcome. westvanlibrary.ca CLIMATE CHANGE Learn about municipal leadership on climate change on the North Shore Monday, Jan. 30, 6:308:30 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver.

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URBAN HOMESTEADING SERIES — HOMEMADE LOOMS AND BASIC WEAVING Learn how to build a homemade loom using recycled materials, and how to create a string-art piece Wednesday, Feb. 1, 7-8:30 p.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. Registration: nvcl. ca.

HISTORY OF MOUNT SEYMOUR AND HOW IT RELATES TO OLD BUCK TRAIL Join Deep Cove Heritage Society at its annual general meeting and listen to guest speaker Alex Douglas of the Mount Seymour History Project Thursday, Feb. 2 from 10 a.m. to noon at Deep Cove Cultural Centre, 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. deepcoveheritage.com -Compiled by Debbie Caldwell

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Seyhawks soaring to a big finish

Talented team looking for a return trip to provincial AA final ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

The golden age of Seycove girls basketball is nearing its peak, and the Seyhawks are hoping the story ends on top of the provincial podium.

Club and high school coaches in and around the Seymour area have been grooming an ultra-talented group of players for the past five years, a journey that included a stop in the provincial AA final last year. That team claimed a bittersweet silver, and now seven of those players are back and the Grade 12-loaded Seyhawks are flying high with a return trip to the final in their sights.

Seycove, the smallest public high school on the North Shore, made a claim to top-dog status in the district with a 65-40 win over Argyle Jan. 17, their second win this season over one of the North Shore’s top-ranked AAA teams. The Seyhawks are currently No. 2 in the provincial AA rankings and have scored several strong results around the province, including a third place finish at the prestigious Centennial Top 10 Shoot-Out in Coquitlam earlier this month.

“We’re all in,” said head coach Darcy Grant, who added that the players have been focused on gold ever since their loss in last year’s final. “Their goal is to try to get back to the provincial final and to win a provincial championship.

They’re motivated and they’re working for it.”

The team is loaded with talent, led by 6-2 forward Sage Stobbart who has attended numerous ID camps with the junior national team program and recently signed a scholarship to play NCAA Div. 1 ball at UC Davis.

“She’s an incredible talent,” said Grant. “That just doesn’t come around too often.”

The Seyhawks, however, are far from a solo effort.

Shooting guard Lindsey Bott has already inked a scholarship with UBC Okanagan in the U Sports Canada West conference, while forward Ashley Bradshaw has also drawn interest from Canadian university programs.

Kayla Krug and Stephanie Laube round out Seycove’s talented all-Grade 12 starting lineup, a unit that has been balling together at the school since Grade 8.

“We have a very, very strong core group of girls,” said Grant, adding that having an all Grade 12 lineup is quite an advantage. “Things run smoothly. Things run really well. …

We have far more maturity, we have far more leadership, we have more experience. We’re just kind of hoping that all of that can come together for a nice provincial run.”

The Seyhawks also have the motivation of last year’s playoffs, which ended with an 80-71 loss against Prince George’s Duchess Park Condors in the provincial final. The team now tries to strike a balance between gaining motivation from last year’s loss while not dwelling on the past.

“We talk about it as a team – we were nine points short of winning a provincial championship last year,” said Grant.

“We’re not fixated on last year, we’re trying to create a new identity this year and we’re trying to carve our own path. … We reference it, because we try to use that experience to learn from our mistakes. But we also try to be very present, and we try to enjoy each game as we go.”

The loss did, however, help provide motivation for the off-season. Most of the returning players spent the summer honing their skills on provincial or club teams “We saw some incredible growth when we came back to our formal practices at Seycove,” said Grant. “Overall it’s been a good season, but obviously in saying that we realize how much more work we have left to do to hit our stride in preparation for the playoffs.”

That Seycove is in this position is quite a change for a program that had never been a basketball powerhouse

Seycove’s Sage Stobbart grabs a rebound during a recent win over Windsor in North Shore premier league play. Stobbart leads a talented team that is trying to get back to the provincial AA final following a silver showing last year. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH before this renaissance. The team won their first North Shore title in 2012, and last year marked their first trip to a provincial podium.

“I think it’s a reflection not only of the talent and ability that these girls possess, but also the hard work that they’ve put in for five years and making basketball their priority,” said Grant. “They’re a great group of girls. For me personally it’s going to be bittersweet no matter what happens.”

They’re all hoping, however, the golden era ends with a golden finish.

“They got a taste of what it’s like to make it to the finals,” said Grant. “Hopefully they still know that, they understand that and I think for us we need to find our stride so once the playoffs come we are 100 per cent dialed in and 100 per cent committed to winning one game at a time and taking the next step and then the next step. And if we’re lucky enough to get back to the provincial final, hopefully they play their hearts out and they play with no regrets.”

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VanOpen coming back to West Van ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

It turns out it wasn’t game, set and match for the Odlum Brown VanOpen pro tennis tournament, it was just a relatively quick timeout before a triumphant return to the court.

Belgium’s Ruben Bemelmans fires a forehand during the 2015 VanOpen tournament at Hollyburn Country Club. The pro tennis event is coming back to West Van following a one-year hiatus. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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The Seyhawks will finish off regular season play in the North Shore premier league with a pair of home games. Sentinel will travel to Seycove tonight while Carson Graham will make the trip Monday, Jan. 30.

Both games start at 7:30 p.m.

The event, hosted annually at West Vancouver’s Hollyburn Country Club, was a headliner on the North Shore sports calendar for more than a decade before being abruptly cancelled one year ago. Today organizers announced that in 2017 the tournament – the second largest pro tennis event in Canada – will be back with the same prize money drawing the same calibre of players to the North Shore.

West Vancouver’s Carlota Lee, longtime housing co-ordinator for the tournament, will step up to the role of tournament chairwoman, while former player Rik de Voest, who won the tournament in 2006, is the new tournament director.

“I’m thrilled to join the Odlum Brown VanOpen as tournament director and look forward to working with one of the finest sporting events in Canada,” stated de Voest, a native of South Africa, in a media release. “As a competitor, I know how the tournament and venue provided a world-class experience for players, fans and sponsors, and I look forward to helping bring that back.”

The tournament was cancelled as a result of the decision of longtime chairman and underwriter Floyd Hill to step away from the event. Other key organizers interested in keeping the VanOpen going weren’t able to host the event in 2016, but there were early discussions about getting it back on court in 2017.

Those plans were cemented with Monday’s announcement.

“We’re beyond thrilled,” said tournament media co-ordinator Brian Wiebe about the organizing team’s mood following the announcement. “Until you get sponsors in place and you get the financial side of things taken care of, it was always a ‘what-if.’ It was always like, well, it might not happen. But I know that the team that was working on all that stuff behind the scenes was really dedicated. They’re all doing it because they’re passionate about the tournament, they’re passionate about what it does for Vancouver and the North Shore. That’s why they do it. … Now we can have the public as excited as everyone else is.”

The tournament will run Aug. 12-20, 2017 at Hollyburn with nearly 150 male and female players competing for a share of the US$200,000 prize purse.

“Tennis B.C. enthusiastically supports this high-quality professional tournament,” Mark Roberts, CEO of Tennis B.C., stated in the release. “Adding an event of this magnitude gives fans and players the opportunity to experience world-class play in our own backyard.”

Past winners include Vasek Pospisil in 2013, current world No. 9 Johana Konta in 2013 and 2015, former world No. 8 Marcos Baghdatis in 2009 and 2014, and superstar Maria Sharapova in 2002.

“This will help plant the seeds of a culture of excellence and sports entertainment for so many sport lovers, families, tennis fans, next generation junior players and younger children in the community,” stated Oded Jacob, head coach of Tennis Canada’s National Junior Training Program in B.C. “This type of event places the city of Vancouver on the world map of the professional tennis tour and the world’s leading sporting events.”

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FIELDNOTES JONES, ZARUBA PICKED FOR RUGBY SEVENS DUTY North Shore rugby stars Harry Jones and Adam Zaruba have been named to Team Canada’s 13-man squad for the third and fourth legs of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in New Zealand and Australia.

West Vancouver’s Jones has the added honour of wearing the captain’s armband for New Zealand event, running Jan. 28-29 in Wellington (which will be Jan. 27-28 due to the time change). Fellow British Columbia native Nathan Hirayama will act as captain for the Feb. 4-5 event in Sydney, Australia. Jones is five points away from becoming the fifth Canadian to score 500 points in World Rugby Sevens Series play.

In Wellington, Canada will face Wales, Scotland and Russia in pool play. The Canadians are coming off of a 13th place finish in Cape Town and currently sit 13th in the 2016-17 season standings. The series will come to Vancouver March 11-12 at BC Place.

LOOKING UP Carson Graham’s Brooke Marklund loads up a shot during a 73-25 win over the Bodwell Bruins Monday night at Carson Graham. The Eagles will host Mulgrave in another North Shore premier league matchup tonight starting at 7:30 p.m. PHOTO CINDY

FIELD HOCKEY CANADA CALLS ON NORTH SHORE North Shore players will be all over the pitch for Team Canada in international field hockey play this year.

Field Hockey Canada recently named their 2017 squads with three North Vancouver residents – Hannah Haughn, Holly Stewart and Karli Johansen – earning spots on the senior national team. Last season Haughn ended her career at UBC with a fifth consecutive national title while also becoming the youngest Canadian player ever to earn 100 caps with the national team.

The 2017 senior women’s development squad will include a pair of North Vancouver players in Alex Thicke and Rachel Donohoe.

The North Shore is also well represented in the junior ranks with West Vancouver’s Madison Connell earning a spot on the Tier 1 junior development squad and West Vancouver’s Alissa Wong and North Vancouver’s Anna Gosney suiting up for the Tier 2 junior development team.

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SPRING SEASON STARTS SATURDAY FOR CAP RUGBY Capilano Rugby Club will spring back into action following the holiday break with a pair of matches at Klahanie Park this Saturday.

The premier men and Div. 1 men will open spring season with matchups against the University of Victoria. The Div. 1 squad will get things started with a 1 p.m. kickoff followed by the premier men at 2:30 p.m.

The premier men went 3-4 in Lower Mainland fall league play to earn their spot in the 2017 provincial championship spring league.

– compiled by Andy Prest. Email: aprest@nsnews.com

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OXENHAM, Gerta Louise July 31, 1926 - January 7, 2017 (Died in Vancouver) It is with great sadness our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother has passed away.

Gerta was born in Seattle, Washington and after the passing of her father, the family moved back to Vancouver.

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She and Eric were married June 4, 1948 and as time went by they had two daughters, Chris (Ken) and Jan (Geoff); two sons, Ken (Candy) and John; one grandson Jamie (Karen); four granddaughters, Haley (Mike), Erica (Aaron), Ashley, and Elana (Jay); and four great-grandchildren, Kaelyn, Brooklyn, Hudson, and Hunter. Mom loved her family and many gatherings were held.

She was an ardent gardener and enjoyed the o p e r a , s y m p h o n y, t h e b i g b a n d s o u n d , a n d dancing. After she retired, Gerta volunteered at the West Van Senior Centre, took up line dancing, worked out in the gym and weekly long walks were a must. As the family grew up, winter holidays were a highlight, travelling to Europe, Asia and England.

The last trip was a first class cruise on the QEII sailing in the Mediterranean.

There will be no service. A family gathering will be held at a later date.

MITCHELL, Sadie Doreen It is with a great sense of love and loss that we acknowledge the passing on January 17, 2017 of a wonderful mum and nana, Sadie Doreen Mitchell (née Toghill).

Born and raised in Exeter, England, Sadie later moved to Montreal with her husband, James Ronald Mitchell, where only daughter Cheryl was born. After a family move to Toronto, she liked working as a fashion consultant.

Sadie enjoyed her family, especially during fun-filled vacations such as those in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey. She liked to relax via knitting and colouring, as well as having a chat and laugh with people.

Sadie loved watching her favorite movies - The Sound of Music and An Affair to Remember - and listening to favorite songs such as Puccini’s La Bohème and her wedding song, Schubert’s Ave Maria. She was beyond thrilled to become a nana, devoting countless hours to nurturing her grandchildren. Being a nana gave her joy and an even deeper sense of being needed and valued.

KEMP, Jim January 16, 1950 - January 2017

THOMAS, Robert Edward August 28, 1929 - January 15, 2017

Sadly, Jim passed away recently, following a short battle with cancer.

He will be sadly missed by his son, Shane and stepdaughter Nadine.

No service upon request. Donations in his memory can be made to the BC Cancer Agency.

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Fran, daughter of Ernest Alexander McEwen and Margaret MacLaurin, passed on to be with her husband, Charles Donald (Don) Nelson. She is survived by her children Nancy (Jim), Barb (Paul), Beth (Gary) and Don (Mandy). Fran was proud of her grandchildren, Sara (Wyatt), Laura (Michael), Rachel (Kevin) and Emmett. She is also survived by her sisters, Elizabeth Stewart (Dunvegan,ON), Marjorie Stewart (Airdrie, AB) and sister−in−law Jane Partanen (Pittsburgh, PA). Fran touched countless lives with her intelligence, humour and love. This impressive, elegant woman will be sorely missed by all who knew her. Private family interment at Capilano View Cemetery, West Vancouver, BC. Donations in remembrance can be made to Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, Sage Transition House, North Vancouver or a charity of your choice.

A Celebration of Life gathering will be held on January 26th at the home of her son, Douglas in Parksville.

Sadie is survived by daughter Cheryl, son-in-law David, and grandchildren Mitchell, Dylan and Nicole.

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STEWART, Madeline Mary Madeline Mary Stewart passed away peacefully at Stanford Village in Parksville, B.C. on January 18, 2017. She is survived by her 3 sons and their wives: Ronald (Anne), Paul (Lynda) and Douglas (Sonya); her 3 step-children: David, Cairine and Howard; her grandchildren and partners: Robyn (Steven), Kenneth (Marcy), Joseph (Karen) and Brian; and her great-grandchildren Nathan, Victoria and Liam.

Madeline was born in Vancouver in 1921 and grew up in Burnaby. In 1949 she married Earl Crouser who passed away in 1956. She remarried in 1960 to Ronald Stewart until their divorce in 1968. Madeline worked as a secretary/executive assistant most of her life. She was also an accomplished violinist, playing with various orchestras and chamber groups. She also enjoyed gardening, bridge, and dabbled a little in Real Estate and scratch cards.

With great sadness we announce the sudden passing of Melvin Raymond Siah. Melvin was born to his father Cedric Sam and late mom Phyllis Elaine Guerrero (nee Siah). He descends from the Siah/Peters and Nahanee/ Gonzales families.

Melvin is also survived by his dad Percy Guerrero; daughter Sarah; sisters Barbara and Jessica; nieces and nephews Lindsey, Lucis, May, Mackenzie, Ciara Rose Guerrero, Justin Robert, and Baby Boy Guerrero (to be named); special sister Leanne Williams; and many loving relatives and dear friends.

Melvin will be remembered fondly for his generosity, he was always willing to lend a helping hand. Along his travels through our communities he’d stop to offer his skills in landscaping and garden work. He could always be found at the river fishing or at a friend’s home helping out with sanding their carvings. He attended all community events and supported families during their times of loss. His ability to make people laugh will be dearly missed. A funeral service was held January 23 at Chief Joe Mathias Centre in North Vancouver.

May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of despair

Survived by his loving wife Ruby of 67 years, his children; daughter Candace (Andrew), son Michael (Lynda), grandchildren; Nicholas, Matthew, Derek, Justine, Ethan and sister Lorraine. A loving and devoted husband and father. He is irreplaceable.

He will forever be remembered for his dry wit and sense of humour. Never too busy to help and always ready to give support and guidance. We will all miss him dearly and are grateful he is now at peace. A private gathering will be held at a later date.

in memoriam

In Loving Memory of John F. Pearson February 27, 1922 - January 20, 2016 From Shirley & Family We who loved you, sadly miss you as it dawns another year

Ken Block 1923 - 2005 Our Beloved “Renaissance Gentleman” Still greatly missed and always in our hearts...

Treasuring our memories.

Your loving family.

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**MSRP is $28,415/$34,715/$37,015/$39,815 including freight and PDI of $1,725. License, insurance, registration and taxes are extra and may be required at the time of purchase. */#/**Prices and/or payments shown do not include a PPSA lien registration fee of $30.31 and lien registering agent's fee of $5.25, tire/battery tax of $25, or air conditioning fee (where applicable) of $100, all of which are due at time of delivery. Additional charges for waste disposal fees, environmental fees and handling charges (all of which may vary by dealer and/or vehicle) may apply. Offers valid from January 4th through 31st, 2017 at participating Honda retailers. Dealer may sell/lease for less. Dealer trade may be necessary on certain vehicles. Offers valid only for British Columbia residents at BC Honda Dealers locations. Offers subject to change or cancellation without notice. Terms and conditions apply. Visit www.bchonda.com or see your Honda retailer for full details.