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Man arrested after breakins at vacant homes BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

One man is facing charges after police recovered several hundred thousand dollars’ worth of goods stolen from vacant West Vancouver homes in recent months.

West Vancouver police had been investigating breakand-enters in the British Properties including one on Feb. 23 on the 1000 block of Eyremount Drive and another on March 26 on the 1000 block of King George Way. When they executed a search warrant for a storage locker in North Vancouver, they found a cache of furniture, art, appliances that hadn’t been installed yet, and luxury personal items.

“There are large amounts of clothing, shoes, and personal accessories like high-value designer handbags,” said Const. Jeff Palmer, West Vancouver police

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SHIP SHAPE The Coppersmith Shop, a refurbished former shipyard building that houses Tap & Barrel restaurant, is reflected in the polished stainless steel cladding installed by workers on the Polygon Gallery, Presentation House Gallery’s new space at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue set to open next fall. Construction at nearby The Shipyards broke ground Tuesday. See our story page 4. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

SD44 to see enrolment rise in central NV

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Long-range planners for the North Vancouver school district anticipate the number of kids enrolled at North Vancouver schools will grow by about 1,000 students over the next decade.

If enrolment trends play out as expected, that will mean just around 16,700 students will attend North Vancouver public schools by 2027, compared to just more than 15,700 students today, pushing the current schools close to capacity.

New school in Lower Lonsdale still a priority, fewer students east of Seymour projected

But that growth likely won’t happen evenly throughout the district, authors of a 2017 long-range facilities plan warn.

Families who move to North Vancouver are more likely to move into the central areas of community, making the need for a new elementary school in Lower Lonsdale more acute.

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That project is at the top of the school district’s capital project priority list – after rebuilds of Argyle secondary, currently in the design phase, and Handsworth, which has been submitted to the ministry of education for approval.

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Catchment areas could be redrawn From page 1 point,” said Deneka Michaud, spokeswoman for the school district.

“We would like to have it done in five years. I would say that’s optimistic.”

The ministry of education would have to pay for both land and building costs of a new school.

In 10 years’ time, it’s also likely Carson Graham secondary – rebuilt in 2012 at a cost of $38 million – will be again over-capacity and have to be expanded.

That’s because when the ministry of education funds new schools, they do so based on current enrolment, said Michaud.

The long-range facilities plan also points to a possible need in the future to change some elementary school catchment areas in the central and western areas, such as the boundary between Capilano and Norgate schools, which currently runs along Marine Drive, a major thoroughfare.

Capilano, which runs an International Baccalaureate program at its Pemberton Heights location, currently operates at 89 per cent capacity, with all but a few of its students coming from within the catchment area.

Norgate school, which operates as a community

school and includes the Squamish Nation’s Capilano reserve lands, currently operates at 45 per cent capacity (or 64 per cent capacity if classrooms being used for other programs are factored in).

It will be the opposite scenario at the eastern side of the school district, however, where the student population is smaller.

It’s likely the status quo won’t change in the next decade, but farther out, potential plans could include closing Blueridge elementary and combining the student population into one expanded new Seymour Heights school.

Closing unused parts of Sherwood Park, Cove Cliff and Dorothy Lynas elementary could also be considered in the future, according to the long-range report. The plan also points to a possible closure of Seycove secondary (currently operating at 70 per cent capacity) in the longterm with a consolidation of the secondary school population at an expanded Windsor school (operating now at 82 percent capacity) in the eastern part of North Vancouver.

Michaud said more study, review and public consultation would have to happen before any

Windsor secondary principal Adam Baumann, standing inside the seismically upgraded school’s new classroom space March 31, shows North Vancouver School District board chair Christie Sacré and North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Jane Thornthwaite a detachable wipe board, which integrates with flexible furnishing in the classroom. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD significant changes are considered for either the medium or long term. Many of the possible plans in the long-range report by Matrix Planning Associates are still theoretical at this point, she added.

More immediately, it’s possible the school district will have to come up with more classrooms in September in response to a deal reached between teachers and the province as a result of the Supreme Court of Canada ruling on class size and composition.

“We’re still working

through that in terms of what it’ll look like,” said Michaud. “It will vary by school. There will certainly be new classrooms that will be needed.”

In some cases the need for classroom space may involve ousting other programs or “reclaiming” space like a second classroom, said Michaud. In cases of larger classrooms, “we could actually just put up walls,” said Michaud, turning two large classrooms into three smaller ones, for instance.

“There’s also the possibility of portables,” she said.

Squamish man found guilty of CapU arson JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A DNA match on a Sprite bottle combined with video surveillance of an intruder setting fire to a cabinet in a Capilano University library has resulted in an arson conviction for a Squamish man.

Judge William Rodgers found Shane Nendick, 35,

guilty of the charge in North Vancouver provincial court March 31.

Rodgers found Nendick guilty of breaking into the North Vancouver university campus library on Jan. 1, 2015, while it was closed for Christmas break, and deliberately setting a fire in a library office that resulted in about $200,000 of smoke and water

See Arson page 7

Owner of Marathassa charged for spill that hit WV beaches JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

The federal government’s public prosecution service has filed environmental charges in connection with a 2015 oil spill in English Bay that resulted in oil washing up on the beaches of West Vancouver.

Ten charges under the Canada Shipping Act, federal Fisheries Act and Canadian Migratory Birds Act were filed in Vancouver provincial court last month against the MV Marathassa and Alassia

Newships Management Inc., the Greece-based ship’s owners.

Charges include unauthorized discharge of a pollutant, failure to implement an oil pollution emergency plan and failure to report pollution.

Charges stem from an incident on April 8, 2015, when about 2,700 litres of bunker fuel oil flowed from the MV Marathassa, a grain ship, into the waters of English Bay and Burrard Inlet.

In the wake of the spill, marble-sized blobs of tar began washing up on North Shore beaches.

Sandy Cove, Dundarave, Ambleside and some shoreline near the Lions Gate Bridge were the local areas hardest hit by the oil spill, and resulted in beaches being closed and crab fishing in Burrard Inlet being temporarily banned.

“We were affected by the spill rather directly,” said Jeff McDonald, spokesman for the District of West Vancouver.

McDonald said the municipality is “pleased that the federal government is pursuing charges where they seem appropriate.”

The municipality spent

about $60,000 dealing with the fallout from the spill – mostly in staff time to patrol shore areas and inform the public of beach closures. McDonald said West Vancouver was able to recover about $50,000 of that through the province’s disaster assistance fund.

Despite initial gaps in the spill reporting by both the ship’s crew and federal authorities, McDonald said later oil cleanup efforts in West Vancouver were good and the district has not experienced any obvious long-term impacts.

Miscommunication and

uncertainty about roles and responsibilities between the Coast Guard, Port Metro Vancouver and Western Canada Marine Response Corp. stymied the start of the cleanup effort in Burrard Inlet for nearly two hours after the spill started, according to a review of the spill conducted by former Coast Guard assistant commissioner John Butler.

In addition, 13 hours went by between the time a West Vancouver resident first reported an oil slick on the water to the Canadian Coast Guard and the time District of

West Vancouver staff eventually learned the next morning of the fuel spill that hit local shores.

On Tuesday morning, a Federal Court judge in Vancouver dismissed an application by the ship’s owners asking for a judicial review of the case on technical grounds that Environment Canada did not properly serve senior company officials with notice of the charges.

The first court appearance on the environmental charges was scheduled for today in Vancouver provincial court.

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City breaks ground on The Shipyards project

Water feature, ice rink, hotel planned for 2018 opening BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Work has officially begun on The Shipyards, the hub in the City of North Vancouver’s longheld plans to revitalize the waterfront in Lower Lonsdale.

Dignitaries gathered Tuesday for a groundbreaking at the 1.6-acre site that, by the end of 2018, will host a seasonal outdoor covered ice rink and water play area, community amenity space, and 60,000 square feet of commercial space, including a 70-room, four-star boutique hotel and two-storey restaurant.

The ceremony was timed almost a year to the day Quay Property Management, the parent company of Lonsdale Quay, was named the city’s partner to develop the lands, where ships were once built.

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Museum planned for nearby Carrie Cates Court, the Polygon Gallery, which is now having its reflective metal cladding installed at the foot of Lonsdale, the “megabench,” the Pipe Shop’s reuse as an events venue, the Tap & Barrel in the Coppersmith Shop and the Spirit Trail, the vision for Lower Lonsdale is nearly complete, said Mayor Darrell Mussatto.

“It’s really exciting. It’s the first step of the last phase of the redevelopment of the waterfront,” he said, noting it had been a passion project of his since he first ran for council in 1993.

“I snuck into the shipyard with a photographer and had a picture taken of me and the shipyards, saying, ‘Very soon, this is going to be a vibrant place for people to access the water and to live and shop and recreate.’ I’m a little bit off on my timing. That was almost 25 years ago. But I’m very happy to see this coming together now.”

Under the agreement, Quay Property Management will pay the $35-million cost to develop amenities and commercial space and lease them from the city.

“We’re excited to be

that final piece that’s going to make the waterfront in North Vancouver definitely a destination in the Lower Mainland, we think – a destination internationally as well. We are sitting on a jewel of a piece of property and we’re proud to think that, with the city, we’re going to bring this to fruition and make it a real icon for the North Shore,” said Gary Mathiesen, president of Quay Property Management.

The city will be responsible for building the 144 new parking spots as well as paying for the operations and the $5 million in costs to remediate the soil left contaminated from its time as a shipyard.

Taylor Mathiesen, director of operations for QPM, said the quay and city are working closely and bringing outside experts to make sure the rink works for the local climate.

“The last thing we want is to build this beautiful ice rink that’s slush,” he said.

Operators for the hotel and restaurant will be announced later this month, Taylor added.

“It’s really exciting. It’s going to be a major attraction for the area,” he said.

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Thieves targeting luxury homes, police say From page 1

spokesman. “Anything that may have some kind of value at some point.”

Police arrested Ali Reza Serri, 39, of no fixed address, on March 30. He appeared in court the next day to face one count of possession of stolen property but police will be asking Crown to lay more charges when he returns for his next appearance on April 19.

“There’s a lot of property involved. That’s one of the reasons the investigations are all still very active.

“Obviously one of the focuses for the investigators is to determine who else may have been involved and who else could be potentially be

held criminally accountable,” he said.

There isn’t an exact total value for all the ill-gotten gains, but one victim alone reported $800,000 in losses, Palmer said.

The rightful owners were able to come claim stolen property from West Vancouver police on Tuesday morning. Had police not discovered the storage locker, it’s likely the goods would have been fenced cheaply down the road through second-hand websites or flea markets, Palmer said.

“Unfortunately, people who are looking for bargains may not be as inquisitive as to the source of the great bargain,” he said.

Break-and-enters have

been on the rise in West Vancouver over the last two years, with 37 so far in 2017, compared to 15 year-to-date in 2015, and thieves are increasingly targeted luxury homes where the residents are rarely, if ever, home, Palmer said.

“It definitely highlights the need of anyone who is thinking of being away for an extended period to harden their residential target,” he said, suggesting the installation of a security system and having someone check in on your home while you’re away. “Know your neighbours so your neighbours know you and so your neighbours know what would be, in any way, unusual on your property.”

Stolen furniture, art, appliances still in the box, and luxury personal items fill a North Vancouver storage locker raided by police. PHOTO SUPPLIED WEST VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENT

Arson sentencing awaiting psych report From page 4

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Fire alarms went off in the library that day just before midnight. Firefighters who responded to the call discovered a fire in a wooden cabinet had activated overhead sprinklers. Police found furniture had been overturned and a safe containing $1,200 had also been smashed open.

Video surveillance footage showed a man using a crowbar to pry open the safe before going into a small office containing the cabinet, carrying papers. An orange glow was seen on the wall shortly after. The suspect was caught on video drinking from a plastic Sprite bottle as he

left the room.

A bottle matching that description was later found next to a door that had been smashed to gain entry to the library, with Nendick’s DNA on it.

In finding Nendick guilty of arson, Rodgers wrote, “I find there is no other rational conclusion but that the fire was deliberately set.”

Rodgers said the DNA match proves the person who broke open the safe and was seen on video setting the fire was Nendick.

Chances of anyone else’s DNA being a random match are “one in 230 quadrillion,” according to a DNA expert who testified at the trial, said Rodgers.

That proves guilt beyond

a reasonable doubt, wrote the judge. “It is a statistical impossibility to conclude otherwise.”

DNA evidence in blood samples also proved Nendick was responsible for puncturing the tires of multiple vehicles overnight in a neighbourhood near to CapU on Dec. 4, 2014 and for breaking into Henry’s Grocery on Capilano Road on Aug. 12, 2015, the judge concluded.

DNA contained in a pair of shorts from a backpack ditched by someone running away from a break-and-enter scene at an Esso Station at 2747 Mountain Hwy. on Jan. 10, 2015 also proved Nendick was guilty of that crime, Rodgers wrote.

During the trial, Nendick’s

defence lawyer Michael Fox argued there were no witnesses who had seen Nendick puncturing tires, urging Rodgers not to speculate on why his client’s blood was found at the crime scene.

But the judge ruled that wasn’t reasonable.

While criminal law requires a high degree of proof, the duty of the trial judge is to consider a “rational conclusion,” Rodgers wrote.

Rodgers found Nendick guilty of all 28 charges, including arson, multiple counts of mischief and three counts of break-and-enter.

Rodgers ordered a psychiatric report be prepared prior to sentencing for Nendick. A date for that has not yet been set.

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t’s spring – that time of year when confetti falls from above, is swept up by the wind and tossed back towards us. Sadly we aren’t talking about the annual cherry blossom festival.

We’re referring to the flurry of announcements from the province, which began as a gentle breeze sometime in the fall, gathered force over winter and has now assumed the stature of a cyclone, with announcements about the many ways B.C. is benefiting its citizens blanketing the news cycle 24/7. If you missed it the first time, you’ll surely get it again soon. The province’s email blast system has been set to semi-automatic stun.

There are so many competing announcements to be made, some are even being relegated to inopportune time slots like Saturday morning.

Who knew there were so many amazing public programs that citizens had to

be made aware of with their own money at a time so agonizingly close to an election?

If you didn’t, you do now.

None of this is new, or unique to the BC Liberals. Many of the announcements aren’t new either – like the completed seismic upgrades for Windsor, announced this week with a photo opportunity, which was also announced as a government priority just prior to the 2013 election.

Mercifully, after the election officially gets underway next week, we can all stop pretending that the government is governing and acknowledge that our MLAs are actually doing something they’ve been at for much of the past year – campaigning.

Until then, expect the tsunami of needto-know up-to-the-minute good news to continue unabated.

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he election writ won’t even be issued until next week, but already the two major parties appear to have revealed – via TV advertising – the main thrust of their key campaign message to voters.

The B.C. Liberals have clearly adopted the old political phrase that “it’s the economy, stupid” as the underpinning of its appeal to voters. Everything boils down to creating jobs for as many people as possible, and to keeping taxes low.

The NDP, on the other hand, are starting off in an aggressive attack mode.

Three short television ads debut this week, and all zero in on Premier Christy Clark in very personal terms (her party is only mentioned once, and even then is called “Christy Clark’s Liberals.”)

The contrast to the NDP’s 2013 election campaign could not be clearer. Back

View from The Ledge Keith Baldrey then, the party barely mentioned their opponents and ran a campaign that lacked focus or emotion.

But now it appears the New Democrats will relentlessly go after Clark on issues that frame her as a protector of the interests of the wealthy (all three ads feature a photograph headshot of her being showered with cash).

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part of the 28-day campaign, and the week leading up to it. Don’t be surprised to see NDP leader John Horgan spending the first 10 days or so “prosecuting” Clark by name and over issues such as political fundraising, tax cuts for wealthy people, and various scandals and controversies.

I’ll be surprised if the B.C. Liberals respond in kind with harsh attacks on Horgan, at least not directly. There are thirdparty advertisers who are already launching those attacks, including one ad that suggests the NDP leader wants to embrace the far-left and far-green “Leap Manifesto.”

The B.C. Liberals will undoubtedly try to argue, after having made the case that the province’s economy is chugging along because of their stewardship, that an NDP government would

wreck economic growth and kill jobs.

And just as the NDP ads focus on her, the B.C. Liberals’ theme will be very much wrapped around Clark’s personality.

Clark is clearly a polarizing figure. She elicits a visceral, negative reaction from core NDP supporters, but at the same time galvanizes B.C. Liberal supporters or those who can’t bring themselves to ever vote for the NDP. Both sides are betting their view of her matches the view the majority of voters have of her.

But attacks can only take the NDP so far. One of the problems that comes from being in Opposition so long is being associated with relentless negativity, which doesn’t woo voters.

The NDP strategy in this campaign appears to mirror the one it used in the 1996

election, when it demonized B.C. Liberal leader Gordon Campbell. Their television ads featured a grey, glowering and menacing picture of him as a voiceof-doom narrator talked of all the dire things Campbell would do if he became premier.

And back then the NDP ran a campaign based on a kind of class warfare approach, linking “Howe Street millionaires” and the banks to Campbell and his party. The party’s television ads running this week certainly try to tie Clark to the moneyed class.

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At some point the NDP will have to present a more positive message to voters, one that clearly outlines specifically what it will do help people and doesn’t just attack Clark.

And while Clark can cause sparks to fly in either direction, Horgan is still an unknown figure to most people. He’ll have to put on his political salesman’s hat at some point, and depart from the attack mode.

But until then, expect the next couple of weeks to be a rough and bruising time in B.C. politics. Things are about to get very loud, and very personal.

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Mayor Mike’s chamber chat falls short on solutions Dear Editor: Re: Mayor Calls for Reinvigoration of WV, March 12 news story.

In what may have been an early and soft kickoff to the 2018 mayoral campaign, West Vancouver Mayor Mike Smith let loose with some calculated “free thinking” at his Mayor Mike Unplugged presentation to the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce (March 8). Mayor Mike managed to savage pretty much everybody from the current council members to the provincial government without actually offering any solutions to the wrongs he identified.

Let’s be clear, the mayor understands this municipality and has a clear vision for what ails it. He detailed two classes of problems and came close to identifying those holding back solutions – but pulled his punches in every case, never naming names or offering alternatives.

And he is correct in identifying the big issues.

First is a toxic mix of an aging demographic of residents in combination with rapidly rising property values. The result is the people needed to keep the district running and energetic for the future – the teachers, firefighters, police, municipal staff, shopkeepers, trades people and young families that keep any society safe and functional and vibrant – can no longer afford to live here; the rest of us, too old or disinterested to pick up the slack. That leads to a host of issues affecting everything from the viability of our schools, the selection of shopping, restaurants and nightlife, to growing traffic issues and our safety in the event of a major earthquake.

The mayor’s solution is more development, particularly more affordable housing options, including rentals,

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which ultimately means more density. He clubbed the rest of the council members for holding the required development back (not necessarily true) as well as calling out a variety of unidentified NIMBY groups who rail against anything being built that changes the current landscape.

However, it must be noted that the major developments the mayor has recently supported, such as the Grosvenor and Sewell’s Horseshoe Bay projects, are not what anyone could call “affordable,” quite the opposite. With the notable exception of the Hollyburn rental expansion, it is hard to identify anything council under this mayor has done that has worked to encourage development of higher density, low-rise, lower cost housing.

Admittedly council cannot be held responsible for the types of projects developers bring forward, but surely they are responsible for creating the environment to encourage development of the kind we need. And as he pointedly illustrated, major developers laugh out loud at the concept of West Vancouver being open for business.

The mayor’s second target of the evening was the provincial and metro governments, who for political reasons have been obstructive in many respects to initiatives that might help the district.

In this category Mayor Smith includes things such as transit inequality, the decades-old lack of action on the low road connector to North Vancouver, and the lack of action on the sewage plant. (Also included in this category would be the mayor’s laundry list of unfair taxation, but these seemed mostly to be small thorns in the side, nothing that would change life in the district.)

On the larger issues, the mayor was pretty clear he felt

we were ignored by the provincial Liberals because our votes are already secure for these ridings, meaning there was no pressure for the governing party to spend any money or political capital in this corner.

You don’t have to buy votes when you already own them.

True as that may be, Mayor Mike did not unplug himself enough to offer alternatives.

Does he think we should vote NDP to send a message to Victoria that we too have needs? Does he think that would actually help?

By the end of the evening, including softball questions from the floor, the mayor was completely successful in identifying some very real issues for West Vancouver and equally successful in sidestepping personal responsibility or hard recommendations for solutions. Local politics at its best.

Tom Dodd West Vancouver

Good Samaritan covers seniors’ restaurant tab Dear Editor: We are four women who celebrate each others’ birthdays with a lunch, every year.

This year was very special because we celebrated our most senior member’s 90+ birthday at a North Vancouver restaurant. Much to our surprise when we waited for our bill the server told us that a young woman had paid. This wonderful act of kindness only added to our thanks that there are still such nice people in our world.

Whoever you are, please accept a huge thank-you for making a special day even more special. Now it’s up to us to pay it forward.

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Delivering for North Vancouver Residents As we approach the official start of the 2017 Provincial election, I wanted to reflect on some of the key accomplishments over the last number of years, specifically to North Vancouver and the North Shore. Our community has benefited from having four BC Liberal Government MLAs in office, working hard every single day to deliver the programs, services, and the infrastructure North Shore residents deserve. We’ve also forged a strong working relationship with our local municipalities and our Members of Parliament, meeting regularly and coming up with solutions for important issues like transportation, public transit, housing, and major infrastructure projects. Here are some items I am most proud of: •

$198-million Lower Lynn Interchanges Highway Project.

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$700-million Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant.

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$67.2-million HOpe Centre at Lions Gate Hospital, including a floor dedicated to children and youth.

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$2.5-million for Foundry North Shore, one-stop shop youth mental wellness centre.

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Over $150-million for new schools and seismic upgrades, including:

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15% foreign-buyers tax, $855-million for affordable rental housing, and $703-million for the B.C. HOME Program – helping first-time buyers get into the market.

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$150,000 to the Seymour Salmonid Society for the Seymour Rockslide Mitigation Project plus $22,000 annual grant.

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$188,000 to North Shore Rescue to buy new long-line equipment, $10,000 for the construction of a helipad on Tim Jones Peak, $100,000 annual grant, and $15-million to BC Search and Rescue Association.

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Extended D.A.V.E tax credit to post-production & continuing competitive film tax rate.

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Creating a framework to allow ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft to operate in BC.

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Shutting down puppy & kitty mills and providing $10-million to the BC SPCA to upgrade their facilities.

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$500-million for seniors care across B.C. including $275 million for home and community care.

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Lowering small business tax rate from 2.5% to 2%.

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Cutting MSP premiums in half for B.C. households with an annual family net income of up to $120,000.

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Don’t fall victim to income tax scam, RCMP warn Beware of fraudsters posing as CRA agents BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Nothing is for sure but death and taxes, and now apparently, tax scammers.

North Vancouver RCMP are again warning the public as tax time draws out fraudsters looking to make a dishonest buck.

A frequent tactic used by con artists is to pose as a Canada Revenue Agency employee either claiming the victim owes a great deal of money or is due for a refund that can be claimed only if they hand over sensitive personal information.

The CRA does not make any cold calls to demand payment or offer money.

“It is an entirely criminal operation and one that can easily be avoided by using some discernment and common sense,” read an RCMP press release issued on Tuesday.

Less than 48 hours later, a North Vancouver man fell victim.

Police say the resident received a call from a man with an Indian accent identifying himself as a CRA staff member.

Intimidatingly, he warned the victim he owed $2,000 in back taxes.

“He was instructed to immediately pay with iTunes cards or face seven years’ imprisonment,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman.

The victim complied and

purchased the cards and handed over the passwords over the phone.

It wasn’t until they called back again that same day asking for more money that the victim realized it was a scam.

But by then it was too late. The money had already been transferred and was unrecoverable.

“CRA and iTunes have never (been) and will never (be in) a working relationship,” De Jong said.

If you want to confirm that a CRA representative has contacted you, call the CRA at 1-800-959-8281 for individual concerns or 1-800-959-5525 for businessrelated calls.

Anyone who suspects they have been targeted by an attempted fraud should report the incident to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Lisa King North Shore Sport Awards The North Shore Sport Awards, honouring outstanding achievement of our local athletes, coaches, volunteers and officials, were held March 28 at West Vancouver Community Centre. Don Rutherford acted as MC for the evening, as the North Shore sports community mingled and enjoyed appetizers and refreshments.

The winners, recognized during the awards presentation, included Joe Iacobellis (Lifetime Contribution to Sport), Al Rose (Lifetime Coaching Achievement), Quinn Keast Foundation (Legacy), Gary Robbins (Outstanding Athletic Achievement), Nikola Girke (Spirit of Sport) and Capilano University’s men’s soccer team (Team of the Year), among many others.

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Writing project investigates mom before motherhood JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

Who’s your mother?

It should be a simple question, but often the identity of the woman known as mom is a mystery shrouded in polite quiet.

For 13 years, Marilyn Norry has been speaking against that quiet.

“The silence around mother’s lives is in every single culture,” Norry says. “It’s all over the world and it seems like it’s been there throughout history.”

My Mother’s Story is an effort to compile history by encouraging all sons and daughters – no matter what their relationship with their mother – to chronicle their mom’s life in 2,000 words.

“Being your mother was just one thing that she did,” Norry explains.

In 2004, Norry was in “the deep end of the mom pool,” when she noticed something startling. She was talking like her mother, “saying things I vowed I’d never repeat.”

While pondering that generational echo, Norry found herself at a wedding, “standing around, waiting for the food,” when a friend uttered

a consequential phrase: “To know what I mean, you have to know my mother’s story.”

It was what she’d been waiting for.

In the book My Mother’s Story: The Originals, Norry describes her own mindset in that time of flux.

“I talked to God often, asking to be of use somewhere …

I thought this would be film work, but I was open to other possibilities.”

Before her project had a name, Norry asked her Vancouver actor friends to take down their mother’s history.

She quickly noted many mothers are reduced to a “one-word descriptor, often coined in adolescence: she was kind, a saint, nasty, a drunk, tragic, crazy, lost, beautiful.”

But her friends emerged with a tale of a ballerina and knife-throwing, a chronicle of a “shocking flirt” who became the “belle of the barrage” in the Sindh desert. There were wonderful women who were terrible mothers, and wonderful mothers who were terrible women.

But while some women were writing “there were so many more just talking about

writing,” Norry recounts.

She invited a group of daughters to her living room.

Those who had already written read aloud to those who “hadn’t yet found the courage.”

That night led to scores of amateur historians eventually putting pen to paper.

The key is simplicity, according to Norry.

“Get the story of your mother’s life,” she says.

“People can do this any time, all they need is the assignment and the deadline.”

Mother’s Day, she adds, is a “really good deadline.”

When it comes to the content of the stories, Norry is a proponent of the Joe Friday school of writing: “just the facts.”

Write in chronological order and “as fast as you can,” she advises.

Family stories can often unearth emotions and memories, but Norry reminds the writers that it’s not about them, it’s about their mother.

“The writer is just a footnote,” she says.

Taking down those family stories is essential for preserving the past, according to Norry.

“I remember television shows better than I remembered my family history,” she

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Home Ideas Barb Lunter Easter just wouldn’t be the same without Easter eggs.

This year why not dye your eggs naturally? There are many ways to do this and the results are beautiful. Here is an easy way to dye your eggs using everyday items from your kitchen and garden.

Boiling onion skins will produce a deep brown dye that is stunning when used on Easter eggs. Begin by hardboiling your eggs and letting them cool.

Once the eggs have cooled down it’s a good idea to wash them with a little warm, soapy water to remove any oily residue that may impede the dye

adhering to the egg.

At this point you will require an old pair of naturalcoloured nylon stockings. Cut the stockings into small tubes and set aside.

Select a few flowers, herbs or leaves of your choice and wash them of any dirt or debris. Let them dry. Apply the flowers and herbs inverted onto the egg and carefully insert the egg into the small piece of nylon. Tie off the end.

Fill a saucepan to the top with regular onion skins. Add tap water to the point where the skins are barely covered.

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Place the saucepan on the stove and bring to a boil.

Once the water has boiled remove from the heat and let the water cool for 10 to 15 minutes. Carefully insert the eggs into the saucepan making sure to bury them within the skins.

Place the saucepan into the refrigerator for four to 12 hours. Check on the eggs periodically to see how the dye is darkening and use your discretion as to how dark you would like the eggs to be.

Once you are satisfied with the colour of the egg remove them from the skins with a slotted spoon and set aside.

Carefully remove the nylon covering and the flowers by slowly peeling them off the egg. Pat the egg dry with a paper towel and let them completely dry. Rubber bands may also be used to make interesting patterns on a dyed egg.

Choose a nice selection of different sized rubber bands and wrap each egg individually with the bands. Be sure to leave enough of the eggshell exposed in order to achieve a dyed pattern.

To give your egg a nice glossy glow, rub them with a little vegetable oil. This method may also be done using purple cabbage. Simply add large pieces of purple cabbage to a saucepan filled with water and bring to a boil.

Follow the same directions as using onion skins for similar results.

Barb Lunter is a freelance writer with a passion for home decor, entertaining and floral design. She also runs Blu Dog Staging & Redesign. bludogstagingandredesign.com

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After almost being derailed by an illegal travel ban, Capilano University students outpitched, out-sold and outdid all but one of their competitors in a North American marketing competition.

CapU’s case competition team earned second place out of approximately 150 universities and colleges

at the American Marketing Association competition in New Orleans, La. “Beyond ecstatic,” said instructor Andrea Eby shortly after her plane landed at YVR. First prize went to Texas State University, which boasts a student population of 38,808 – making it approximately five times the size of CapU. “You just assume that they’re going to be better than you because they’re

well-known schools, but I guess all the hard work really shows at the end,” stated team leader Pauntehah Poursaba in a press release.

Competing against storied institutions including Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Nevada, the CapU squad made their case for attracting consumers between the ages of 18 and 35 to eBay. The students “totally dialed it up,” according to Eby. The silver finish was all the more impressive given that it was only CapU’s

second year competing in the 39th annual marketing bonanza, according to Eby. The team’s entrance was initially jeopardized when U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning immigrants from seven nations, effectively barring Iraqi-Canadian citizen Hamzah Elhassani.

Elhassani, described by CapU marketing instructor as “my rock star sales presenter,” was initially uncertain about making the trip.

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After the ban was struck down as unconstitutional, Elhassani ended up breezing through the border, according to Eby. Once in New Orleans he picked up 10th place in the AMA’s TEKSystems Outbound Sales Competition, which tests a student’s ability to secure a face-to-face meeting with a client in three phone calls.

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The showing puts CapU’s marketing department “on the map,” according to Eby. The AMA function should help students climb the ladder to industry, according to Eby. CapU’s case competition team includes: Poursaba, Chris Critchley, Tom Kramer, Adam Wong, Robert Dromey, Phoebe Chung and Vermie Pacson.

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Table 153 eatery impresses with esthetic Standing in the spacious and bright, decidedly minimalist room that is now called Table 153, I cannot for the life of me remember what occupied the space before.

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For instance, their Veggie Benny comes with your choice of toast served on the side rather than with the eggs and other ingredients served atop an English muffin. Why? Because the Veggie Benny includes roasted tomato, sautéed spinach, asparagus and hollandaise sauce and if you put that lineup of ingredients on top of bread of any kind, the latter will get soggy and won’t be as enjoyable.

Another thing: while there are no menu items specifically targeted to kids, if you ask for a kid-sized meal the staff will work with you to develop something age appropriate, as they did for my two-year-old daughter, who was served a single, fluffy pancake with fruit and syrup, an ample meal for a little appetite and very reasonably priced at $5.

I love brunch as a meal service but, to be honest, as I get older my patience for queues seems to be waning rapidly. I don’t wish to wait for 45 minutes or put my name on a list for the privilege of spending $50 on a late breakfast. Enter Table 153, a stylish and centrally located venue that serves brunch

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Chef and owner Michael Ro puts the finishing touches on a dish of Pulled Pork Eggs Benny, one of the stars of the brunch menu at Table 153 in Lower Lonsdale. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. six days a week (they’re closed Mondays).

I’m all for beating the rush and heading out for a weekday brunch to break up the workday. With the thriving businesses, new office spaces and ubiquitous condos that populate the area, I suspect this will become a popular spot.

It was my wife DJ that ordered the Veggie Benny on a recent

visit. The dish was good value for $14, a generously portioned plate with the aforementioned mix of vegetables and eggs as well as hashbrowned potatoes. Our friend C.W. joined us for the meal and ordered the 3 Decker Pancakes, a trio of large and

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Almost every wine region or wine producing country has its own signature wine or style, blend or variety.

The Germans remain Riesling champions of the world. Italy’s Veneto lays claim to the uniqueness of apassimento and Amarone.

The Chileans still care about Carmenere (though less so, perhaps, these days). And the French have a lockdown on Champagne, no matter how many imitations pop up.

It’s hard to argue with Argentina’s unqualified success with its own Malbec.

The country has almost 40,000 hectares of the variety planted, about 86 per cent in Mendoza.

Malbec is everything people say they want in a red grape. When made well, it’s soft, supple, approachable, layered, quite complex and reflects its terroir well. In blends – in concert with others – it can truly shine.

Malbec World Day rolls around this year on April 17.

In anticipation, I’ve spent the last few days exploring more Malbec than I probably taste in a year to get a good snapshot of what’s out there.

In Malbec, Argentina truly does has something for everyone. If you’re someone who shops on a budget you’ll know there are abundant choices and styles plus varying degrees of oak, from subtle to sledgehammer, often well under the $20 sweet spot.

However, dig just a little deeper and you’ll be well rewarded. Malbec is no longer the homogenous entity it was once perceived to be.

Argentina has been working hard on new plantings, especially at higher elevations. So much so that many producers now indicate on the label the height of the vineyards in metres. These are my top scoring and best value wines of the week.

! Bodega Argento Organic Reserva 2015 (Uco Valley, 1,090 metres): The purest expression of the variety, with aromas of black and blue fruit on the palate; cassis, blackberry, hints of spice, a little minerality, seamless tannins and measured French oak through a lengthy end (92 points, $25-$27 at private wine stores). Also worth noting, the “classic” Argento Malbec ($17-$18) also offers excellent value, 89 points). ! Finca Decero Remelinos Single Vineyard 2014 (Mendoza): Consistently one of the best Malbecs in the local market, this wine comes from a stunning site at 1,050 metres in the Andean foothills. Luscious black fruit and violet, underpinned by juicy acidity with great length and well integrated tannins from carefully managed oak, through a plush, lingering finish. (92 points, $24). ! Pascual Toso Limited Edition Malbec 2014: From a long established producer (since 1890) known for value wines, blackberry and coconut on the nose from mainly American oak, with a plush and plummy palate of black fruit and vanilla wrapped in approachable, well-integrated

tannins. Good value (91 points, BCLS $18). ! Kaiken Malbec Reserva 2014: From a warmer site at 950 metres. Forward cherry and spice notes with a fruitdriven palate of red and blue fruit, good mouthfeel and approachable tannins.

Excellent value ($15-$18 private stores). ! Zuccardi Q Malbec 2013 (Uco Valley): From select old vine parcels, violets and black fruit up front followed by blackberry and mulberry on a juicy, well-balanced palate with firm tannins and a spicy close (91 points, $22 BCLS). ! Cuma Organic Malbec 2016: Not complex but well made and certified organic, with lifted red fruit and plummy aromas followed by a fresh, red berry palate of damson and vanilla, mediumbodied with a hint of spice in the finish (89 points, BCLS $13).

Check with your local store for details of free tastings on Saturday, April 8, 16 and at other times.

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

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fluffy pancakes topped with fresh fruit, fresh fruit compote, whipped cream and a drizzle of maple syrup. The pancakes were proper diner style, fluffy rather than cakey, and were clearly cooked with butter, as evidenced by their deep golden colour and richness of flavour.

On the recommendation of our server, I chose the Pulled Pork Benny for my main. House-prepared, slow-cooked pork butt was fork-shredded and piled high atop a toasted English muffin then topped with two soft poached eggs; you get to choose the temperature of your poached eggs at Table 153, but I remain hard pressed to fathom the darkness of the pathology that would make someone opt for well done eggs in a Benny.

The hollandaise sauce on the benedicts was nicely realized, light and slightly tart. The dish also came with a nice little pile of steamed spinach, an unadvertised but welcome plate component.

My older daughter, Blondie, the final member of our brunch party, went for the straightforward but generously portioned Farm House Breakfast, a hearty meal of two eggs prepared in the style of your choosing with a large English breakfast sausage split in two, three strips of crispy bacon, Texas style toast, hash browns and, just to torment our seven-year-old diner, the same mound of spinach that featured on my plate. The Farm House is also a good deal at $12.50.

A final dish, superfluous to our needs but irresistible, was a dessert of Panna Cotta, a delicious example of the traditional thickened cream dessert, here exhibiting a luscious creamy texture and vanilla notes, complemented by fresh berries and a berry nage.

Coffee is served as either drip or French press, the latter presented at the table still in the press with instructions to wait three minutes before depressing the plunger. Paper sachets of sugar and plastic creamers were incongruous with the

Table 153 features dramatically high ceilings and a large wooden communal table. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD otherwise well appointed esthetic of the venue.

Table 153 has a lovely airiness to it, replete with hanging plants and dramatically high ceilings. The main floor is home to a large, heavy wooden communal table and a few deuces along the wall, while the second floor (accessed via 20 steep stairs that must surely provide an intense workout for service staff every single shift) has tall and spacious booth tables with around 30 or so seats.

Our meal was $74 before gratuity. Table 153 is located at 228 Lonsdale Ave., 604-971-2153. facebook.com/Table153 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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Don’t expect to save on wine at the Save-On-Foods on Brooksbank Avenue, following the City of North Vancouver’s recent decision to deny the grocer’s request to sell B.C. reds and whites.

Council rebuffed Overwaitea’s application March 27 over concerns local businesses like the Gull Liquor Store were: “struggling against an absolutely irrational approach on the part of the provincial government,” according to Coun. Pam Bookham.

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Heartbreak for Gary Robbins

One wrong turn after 60 hours of racing at Barkley Marathons ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

North Vancouver’s Gary Robbins came agonizingly close to completing The Barkley Marathons Monday, a competition regarded by many as the toughest foot race in the world.

Robbins missed the cutoff for the 60-hour extreme endurance race by six seconds and arrived at the finish line from the wrong direction following a navigation error.

John Kelly from Washington, D.C., became the 15th finisher in the race’s history, completing the course in 59 hours and 30 minutes.

The diabolical ultra-marathon involves completing five loops of a course set through thick brush in Frozen Head State Park in eastern Tennessee, a distance that equals at least 100 miles.

The full course contains an elevation gain that is approximately equivalent to climbing Mount Everest twice. Most racers are happy to finish one loop, while a handful each year complete three loops which, at 60-plus miles, is known as the “fun run.” Many years there are no racers who complete all five loops.

Video posted on Canadian Running Magazine’s website Monday shows Robbins sprinting to touch the famous

Gary Robbins (right) shares a moment with eccentric race organizer Gary Cantrell following the completion of the 2017 Barkley Marathons Monday. Robbins came agonizingly close to finishing the 60-hour event, regarded by many as the toughest race in the world. PHOTO SUPPLIED MICHAEL DOYLE/CANADIAN RUNNING “yellow gate” that marks the end of the course and collapsing to the ground.

Robbins had collected all of the book pages that are used to mark progress on the course but got disoriented in fog and snow near the end of the final loop.

“I took the wrong side of the mountain in the fog,” Robbins can be heard explaining. “I went the wrong way.” Race director Gary Cantrell, a.k.a. Lazarus Lake, clarified that even if Robbins

had touched the gate before the 60-hour cut-off he would not have been an official finisher because he did not complete the full course.

On Tuesday Robbins wrote a blog post on garyrobbinsrun.com that described his foggy finish.

“After collecting my 13th and final book page, having not stopped moving for even a second on my fifth and final lap, the fog had once again set in,” he wrote. “As I went over the final bump on the

course I knew I would hit a trail, go left, and run down into camp with maybe five minutes to spare, but the math added up, I was going to make it.”

But something went wrong on that final turn, and Robbins soon realized he was going in the wrong direction.

Panic set in as he frantically fought through sleep deprivation to get back on course.

“I ripped open my map and the gravity of things hit me,” he wrote. “I did not have

enough time left to correct my mistake by going up and over the mountain again. If I did this I would have finished in maybe 60:05 and I would not be an official Barkley Marathons finisher. Here’s the thing though, that’s exactly what I should have done, and the one regret I have after now sleeping is not doing just that.”

He did not turn back, however, and instead he “bushwhacked down the mountain at breakneck

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Though he was agonizingly close to completing one of the most difficult tasks a human can attempt, Robbins was fully accepting of his fate.

“The Barkley Marathons is not an orienteering style race,” he wrote. “You do not get to select the route that best favours you between books. You need to navigate between books, off trail, but in a very specific direction of travel. My finish, even if it were six seconds faster, would not have counted. I put Laz and the race in a precarious situation and in hindsight I’m glad I was six seconds over so that we didn’t have to discuss the validity of my finish.”

Robbins, a highly decorated ultra-marathoner, first attempted the race last year and finished 4½ laps before hallucinations and a navigation error made it impossible for him to complete the course in the allotted time. It was the best ever finish for a Canadian racer and third best for a rookie. Following last year’s race he vowed to go back again and again until he finished.

At the conclusion of this year’s race Robbins was once again serenaded by a bugler playing “Taps,” a tradition carried out for all who fail to finish.

“I did not finish The Barkley Marathons, and that is no one’s fault but my own,” he wrote. “That one fatal error with just over two miles to go haunts me.”

Barb Adams was on a family holiday in March when she decided to lace up her sneakers for the Big Island International Marathon. To her surprise she won the race, her time of 3:31:52 marking her as the top female finisher and eighth overall.

“I’m used to running bigger city marathons, where I wouldn’t stand a chance of making the podium,” Adams told the North Shore News. “Nonetheless, it was a wonderful experience, and a highlight of my holiday for sure. The course was beautiful, and very well-organized with lots of super friendly and encouraging volunteers.

It was pretty hilly, but for a born and raised North Van girl, the hills were no big deal.”

– Andy Prest

Barb Adams crosses the line as the winner of the 2017 Big Island International Marathon. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Alan passed away peacefully on March 13, 2017.

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Brenda Britton April 22, 1941 − December 28, 2016 Please join us to remember Brenda Saturday April 8, 2017 at 2:00 PM Boal Chapel 1505 Lillooet ROAd North Vancouver, BC Since Brenda would want us to remember her with laughter, we look forward to sharing fun memories.

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MAVRAKIS, Aimilia May 26, 1936 - March 29, 2017 If we could have one lifetime wish, one dream that would come true.

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it is with great sadness we announce the passing of our loving mother, wife and grandmother. She slipped away peacefully with her family by her side on March 29, 2017. Aimilia is predeceased by her parents Vasiliki and Demetrios and her sister Yioryia. She is survived by her husband Antonios, son Ioannis, daughter Anastasia (Brent), grandson Jordan and brother Manolis.

Aimilia was born in Tsivaras, Chania, Crete on May 26, 1936. She came to Canada from Greece in 1962 to join Antonios. They were married and settled in North Vancouver where they enjoyed their new life together. Aimilia truly lived for her family, always putting them before herself. She was selfless in ensuring the needs of her husband and family were met before hers. She took pride and joy attending to her garden and cooking for her family. Her selflessness continued during her illness and right up to her last days. Aimilia’s courage, love and strength were truly remarkable and will never be forgotten. Aimilia is our inspiration and has left us with an admiration of her determination which will always be remembered.

Our family expresses our heartfelt gratitude to all the nurses and doctors who took exceptional care of her. This includes Dr. Montemuro, Dr. Bains, and Dr. Paul Sugar, whose compassion and care is greatly appreciated by our family. Even though our hearts break with the loss of our beloved Aimilia, her memory will forever be eternal.

Prayer services will be held on Wednesday, April 5th, at 8:00 PM at St. George’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver. A funeral service will also be held there on Thursday, A p r i l 6 t h a t 1 0 : 0 0 A M , w i t h R e v. F a t h e r Constantinos Economos officiating. Interment to f o l l o w a t C a p i l a n o V i e w C e m e t e r y, W e s t Vancouver.

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Bill Brymer, along with daughters Molly and Jenny; son−in−laws Marc and John; and grandchildren Maggie, Ryan, Anna, and Will, announce the passing of Lois Brymer. Lois was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Nancy and Gerald Hare. She attended Dalhousie (BSC ’67) and Carlton (Journalism ’68) Universities. After travelling through Europe with her girlfriends, she married Bill on December 13, 1969. They drove west, sailboat and houseplants in tow, to Vancouver in 1973. Lois was an avid runner, skier, biker, and most of all, a swimmer who loved Kits Outdoor Pool (137 metres in length). Lois shared her love of fitness and fun with her wonderful group of friends, The Thunderlegs. In addition, Lois had a passion for music, performing and singing as a member of Pandora’s Vox Vocal Ensemble for the past 28 years. In 2005, Lois earned her MA in Children’s Literature from UBC. Above all else, Lois loved her family and was happiest spending time together at their family cabin on Bowyer Island, or during warm winter trips to Hawaii. All who knew her will miss her thoughtfulness, kindness, loving spirit and beautiful smile.

Memorial Service April 11, 2017 at 1:30 PM at West Vancouver Baptist Church. The family encourages friends to visit the following website. loisbrymer.vistaprintdigital.com

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GRIMWOOD, Joyce Rosa January 4, 1921 − March 9, 2017

Joyce Rosa Grimwood (nee Trythall) passed away in the Shorncliffe Care Home, Sechelt, BC at the age of 96. Joyce was predeceased by her beloved husband, Henry Russell Grimwood (Harry) January 20, 1979. The youngest of five children, Joyce was born in North Vancouver and spent much happy time on the Sunshine Coast at Pender Harbour and Buccaneer Bay. Joyce graduated as an RN from Vancouver General Hospital and worked hard to raise her family in North Vancouver. She is survived by her five children: Russell (Vicki), Mark (Susan), Ann (Dan), Terry, and Marie (Jerry), her nine grandchildren and eight great−grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made to the Animal Advocates Society, North Vancouver, BC.

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MCKINNEY (nee Mackay), Jessie Finlayson Scott August 27, 1921 − March 30, 2017 Born in Forestdale, BC to Jessie and Alex Mackay, young Jessie moved to Vancouver in the mid− 1940’s, where she met her future husband, Franklin Scott McKinney. They married in 1946 and moved to North Vancouver to raise their family. She was a long−time supporter of St. Andrews United Church, and was well known as "the candy lady" at Eaton’s candy department in Park Royal. Jessie loved her garden, long walks, and her grand kids. She passed peacefully on March 30 with family and friends at her side. Predeceased by her husband, Frank and brothers Robert and Donald. She will be missed by sons Barry (Heather) and Bruce (Karen), grandchildren Laura, Keri, Kim (Mike), Chad and Shea (Melissa), great granddaughter Lily, her long time friend Shirley Nugent, and many nieces and nephews.

There will be no service at this time. A family Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

UHL, Barbara August 10, 1952 - March 25, 2017 In loving memory: Barbara Uhl passed away peacefully Saturday, March 25, 2017 surrounded by her husband Lorne and family. A Celebration of Life will take place at the Crossroads Community Church at 11 AM, April 15, 2017 in Merritt, BC.

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