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A former coach for the Vancouver Whitecaps and Canada Soccer’s women’s teams has pleaded guilty in court to sexual offences involving four people.

Bob Steven Birarda, 54, pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to four charges, including three counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual touching while in a position of authority. The charges involve four different victims and span a period of almost 20 years, between January 1998 and 2008.

Birarda made his guilty pleas by video in North Vancouver provincial court.

After each of the charges was read out in court, the judge asked Birarda how he pleaded. “I plead guilty, your honour,” he said in response.

Birarda was originally charged with nine sexual offences, including six counts of sexual exploitation, two counts of sexual assault and luring of a young person, against the same four people. An additional count of sexual assault was later added.

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The North Shore’s three councils are putting the rest of the Metro Vancouver on notice – a rapid transit line over Burrard Inlet cannot wait until 2050.

Elected members from the three North Shore councils voted 21-0 on Monday night

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Naval cadets revive ‘ditty bag’ tradition CHARLIE CAREY

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North Vancouver naval cadets are reviving the “ditty bag” tradition of gifting to returning sailors, by sewing bags by hand and filling them with cards of thanks and small items.

A tradition steeped in wartime history, the Ditty Bags for Sailors program ran during the Second World War and the Korean War, and would often be filled with clothing, snacks, and sundries.

Navy League Lt.-Cmdr. Cliff Mah, B.C. Mainland division area officer, originally wanted to resurrect the tradition as a way to celebrate the Navy League of Canada’s 125th anniversary in 2020; however, the COVID-19 pandemic meant the project had to wait until the end of 2021.

Mah took the idea to local North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Susie Chant, who is also a former Coxswain of HMCS Discovery, and asked her if she still had contacts within the Royal Canadian Navy.

“Next thing I knew, she asked if we could have 255 ditty bags made for HMCS Winnipeg for Christmas. We said ‘yes,’ and we soon began the process of making the bags. It was a monumental task but we felt that we could complete the project in time,” Mah wrote.

Purchasing all the materials, draw strings and filler items for the ditty bags, a team of naval officers and friends, along with business partners in North Vancouver, got to making the bags in time for Christmas.

“We soon got the help of the cadets to fill the ditty bags with puzzle books, Christmas socks, Christmas stockings filled with treats and Christmas cards filled out by cadets from all over the division,” Mah said.

The next challenge was getting the bags to Esquimalt on Vancouver Island, where the HMCS Winnipeg would be arriving.

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Residents say pandemic hasn’t changed alcohol consumption JANE SEYD

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British Columbians drank more alcohol during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic than they have in the past 20 years, according to an analysis of B.C. alcohol sales data from the University of Victoria’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research.

Lt.-Cmdr. Cliff Mah and Lt. Ryan Moore stand beside the 12-pound naval surplus gun on Forbes Avenue to show off two of the 255 ditty bags North Vancouver naval cadets made for returning sailors on the HMCS Winnipeg. MIKE WAKEFIELD/NSN

Chant’s husband Rick offered to pick up the bags and deliver them to the Military Family Resource Centre.

Through other connections at MFRC Esquimalt from Chant, Mah and Lt. Ryan Moore went to the Island to hand out the ditty bags to the sailors.

“I had the pleasure of travelling over to Victoria to fulfill a dream that I did not think would happen,” Mah wrote.

On the morning of Dec. 16, Mah and Moore went to the dock to await the arrival of the sailors, with friends and family eagerly awaiting the loved ones, too.

Beginning to hand out the bags as the ship’s company disembarked, Mah said each person was grateful to receive one.

“One by one they disembarked, and we held out our ditty bags as they grabbed them and then headed into the arms of loved ones

to welcome them home.”

Mah said over 200 hours’ work went into making the bags, with the help of seven corps. The 225 bags were funded by Mah, the Richmond-Delta branch, and the NLCC Cormorant parents.

Mah said the tradition will continue on, with the next round of bags being distributed over Easter. Thanksgiving and Christmas will also be a time of celebration.

“This has been an awesome experience and to see the ditty bags laid out on the table gave me a very emotional feeling. I am committed to this project and with the assistance of officers, instructors and cadets of B.C. Mainland Division, we will see it through.”

Charlie Carey is the News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

But North Shore residents are apparently an unusually virtuous lot – judged by their own reporting.

Most North Shore residents who answered a recent poll said their boozing habits haven’t changed under COVID, with almost 41 per cent of locals who responded stating their drinking habits are the same. A further 22 per cent said they don’t drink alcohol.

Among those who did cop to a change, just under 21 per cent of locals responding to the poll admitted their alcohol consumption has been up in the stress-inducing last couple of years.

Approximately 16 per cent of locals said they’re drinking less.

North Shore News polled 2,196 North Shore News readers and asked the question: Have your alcohol drinking habits changed during the pandemic?

The poll ran from Dec. 15, 2021, to Jan. 27, 2022. Of the 2,196 votes, we can determine that 871 are from within the community. North Shore News uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes. The margin of error is +/- 2.08%, 19 times out of 20.

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North Van’s Kevin Falcon chosen as BC Liberal Party leader BRENT RICHTER AND GLEN KORSTROM

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BC Liberal Party members have chosen North Vancouver resident Kevin Falcon as their new leader.

After five rounds of balloting among party members using a ranked preference voting system, Falcon earned 52.1 per cent of the vote, held on Saturday, with Ellis Ross and Michael Lee trailing at 33.6 and 14.1 per cent respectively.

Although he’s North Shore “born and raised,” Falcon, 59, will be running for a Vancouver seat in the legislature. The party announced Monday that former

leader Andrew Wilkinson would resign from his Vancouver-Quilchena riding, giving Falcon an opportunity to join the caucus in a byelection, which Premier John Horgan must call within the next six months.

Until he can join his party in the legislature, Falcon said he would be focused on “getting the BC Liberal Party rebooted, re-energized, and rebuilt.”

“I’ll be spending a lot of time doing those things,” he said.

Falcon named his shadow cabinet on Monday with both North Shore Liberal MLAs joining. West Vancouver-Capilano

MLA Karin Kirkpatrick will serve as critic for education, children and family development, and child care, while West Vancouver–Sea-to-Sky MLA Jordan Sturdy will be critic for fisheries, aquaculture and BC Ferries.

Falcon held various posts in former premier Gordon Campbell’s government, including about five and a half years as the minister of transportation. Under former premier Christy Clark, Falcon served as the minister of finance and deputy premier.

Before returning to politics, Falcon was executive vice-president of Anthem Capital Corp. He also served on the board of the

Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

The provincial NDP have quickly adopted the critiques made against Falcon during the leadership campaign, specifically that he is “yesterday’s man” with a lot of baggage.

In response, Falcon highlighted major successes of the BC Liberals, like the carbon tax.

“We weren’t perfect in government,” he said. “We made mistakes and I think we have to have the humility to acknowledge when we made mistakes. But we did get the big things right. Nobody can say that the grass grew under our feet.”

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West Van council backtracks on pickleball court closure BRENT RICHTER

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West Vancouver will have dedicated outdoor pickleball courts this year, after district council backtracked on their decision to padlock the current ones at 29th Street at the end of April.

Council voted Jan. 24 to close the Dundarave courts and not provide a temporary replacement while plans go ahead to build permanent ones in Hugo Ray Park. Staff had prepared options for temporary courts to be installed McKechnie Park in West Bay and Normanby Park in the upper reaches of the British Properties, as well as Ambleside Park.

The sport is growing in popularity, particularly with seniors, but it quickly draws complaints from anyone in earshot of an outdoor court because of the loud “pop” made every time a ball is struck.

After getting their hands whacked with a pickleball paddle, five councillors returned on Monday, having had a change of heart.

Council voted unanimously to direct staff to install up to four temporary pickleball courts on the northern sports court at Normanby Park, as soon as possible, and convert them back to tennis as soon as permanent courts are ready.

“We feel fantastic that the West Vancouver council followed through with the commitment that they had made in writing a number of times,” said West Van Players spokesman Ed Pielak. “We’re very happy with that.”

At the council meeting, Coun. Nora Gambioli rebuked her fellow council members for flip-flopping on a motion that was virtually identical to her motion they voted down last month. Only she and Mayor MaryAnn Booth supported the Normanby Park option at the time.

“I’m glad to see, No. 1, that some councillors have finally done their homework.

That homework should have been done

before two weeks ago, not later, but at least it’s finally been done,” she said. “I would suggest, because of all the talk that some people have about being efficient with staff time and taxpayers money, this is really not an efficient process.”

Coun. Sharon Thompson said her vote to close the current dedicated courts was based on the hope that permanent courts could be established at Hugo Ray by this summer – something staff say is not possible taking into account the time needed for engineering studies as well as First Nations and public consultation.

“I’d be surprised if it is done even by 2023,” she said. “With weather and everything, I would actually almost bet it’d be 2024.”

But using an existing tennis court to solve the pickleball players’ problem only creates a new one with their racket wielding cousins.

Marcus Shapiro, vice-president of North Shore Tennis Society, warned the decision could “cause considerable community upset and friction,” not only with Normanby Park’s neighbours but also with the tennis players who regularly use the court. Beyond that, Shapiro chastised council for doing a 180 without warning tennis players, “flying contrary to a spirit of openness and community consultation.”

According to staff, there are 32 current public tennis courts in the district – more per capita than any other municipality in the Lower Mainland. Four of them are shared with pickleball lines painted on the courts.

Coun. Bill Soprovich said he decided to change his vote after visiting the Normanby Park site with some pickleball players. He suggested everyone adopt some kindergarten philosophy.

“I think this is a logical place based on what I saw and heard,” he said. “I tell you, they’re a fun-loving bunch of people. They really are. ... Happiness in sharing is the mode that I’m looking at.”

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NEWSBRIEFS IMPAIRED ‘N’ DRIVER CLOCKED GOING 225 KM/H IN NORTH VAN

An impaired driver clocked driving faster than 225 kilometres per hour in an 80 km/h zone on the Upper Levels highway in North Vancouver has been handed a 90-day driving ban and has had his ride impounded for 30 days.

The 19-year-old new driver was spotted around midnight Jan. 15, rocketing west at almost three times the posted speed limit in a four-door sedan on Highway 1 near the Westview exit, said Sgt. Peter DeVries, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP. The officer, who happened to be on patrol in the area doing speed enforcement, captured the mind-boggling reading on radar.

“It’s a shocking amount of speed,” said DeVries.

Even more shocking, when the police officer pulled the driver over, he immediately became suspicious that the driver was exhibiting signs of being impaired. The driver subsequently failed a roadside screening test.

“This was an extreme example of recklessness and disregard for the safety of other people,” said DeVries.

DeVries said in addition to having the vehicle impounded and his licence

VANDALS SMASH WINDOW AT COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINIC

A North Vancouver RCMP officer clocked a driver doing 225 kilometres per hour on Highway 1. NORTH VAN RCMP

suspended for three months, the driver was handed tickets for speeding and driving contrary to licence restrictions for new drivers. Those tickets and impound fees will result in costs “in excess of $1,000,” said DeVries.

The car that was impounded belonged to a family member of the driver, DeVries said.

“We want the community to know, and to be reassured by, the fact that we will enforce every provision in the Motor Vehicle Act available to us to stop dangerous drivers from putting the community at risk in this way.”

In cases where a driver has engaged in high-risk driving behaviour that meet a certain criteria, police can also request the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles issue an immediate ban to remove the driver from the road, said DeVries.

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Vandals smashed a window at the Lloyd Avenue COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinic site in North Vancouver last week, police have confirmed.

North Vancouver RCMP received a report of the damage the morning of Feb. 2, said Sgt. Peter DeVries, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP. Unconfirmed reports stated that a brick or rock was thrown through a window of the clinic.

DeVries said police don’t know if the vandalism was motivated by any anti-vaccination feelings or other political beliefs connected to the pandemic, but he added the vandalism was concerning.

“Although it might seem relatively minor, the context of the pandemic and the fact that it’s an important facility right now means that we take this investigation very seriously,” he said.

Police will be seeking out any surveillance video footage from nearby businesses that may have captured suspicious behaviour. Anyone who has information connected to the vandalism is also encouraged to contact the North Vancouver RCMP, said DeVries.

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ow are you doing, two years into the pandemic? While many people are hanging in there, grabbing onto hope that better days are just around the corner, it’s clear others are not doing particularly well.

Disruption of regular routines and stress-busting outlets, anxiety about the state of the world under the pandemic, and lack of normal social contact have left many feeling frayed. Up to half of us say the pandemic has worsened our mental state. For those with underlying mental health issues, the past two years may well have pushed them to become significantly less able to cope.

Recently two new programs on the North Shore have aimed to make a difference to those in crisis. One program – Car 22 – adds an embedded mental health worker to police responses to crisis calls.

That’s a positive step to help de-escalate situations. A second dedicated civilian team from the Canadian Mental Health Association has also been launched to respond to when a police presence – or emergency room assistance – isn’t desired or needed. In that case, peer assistance can play a valuable role.

We’re happy to see both services running on the North Shore.

What’s still needed, though, is a way to bolster support for those who are struggling – before a crisis point is reached. A number of supports do exist. But those can still be hard to access, and many have yet to make the switch from virtual sessions back to real-life help.

Even as the grip of the pandemic starts to loosen, we can expect to see its impacts felt into the future. Having appropriate mental health supports will be key to getting many of us back to our happy place.

Falcon faces monumental challenge as BC Liberal leader For newly elected BC Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon, now comes the heavy lifting.

Falcon was chosen party leader this past weekend, and as expected it was not even close. He received 47 per cent of the “points” on the first ballot, besting his nearest competitor (Skeena MLA Ellis Ross) by more than 20 percentage points.

He eventually won on the fifth View From ballot, under the The Ledge preferential ballot Keith Baldrey system (in which voters rank the candidates and make second, third, etc. choices).

In his victory speech, Falcon acknowledged his party faces a monumental challenge when it comes to offering a more diversified group of candidates to the voters come the next election. He said the party needs a “root-to-branch rebuild.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has not been kind to the party, or indeed to most non-government political parties

anywhere. Traditional politics and many bread-and-butter issues have been elbowed off the agenda as the public grapples with an ongoing public health crisis that has cost so many people their jobs, their health, or even their life.

But while the BC Liberals and their new leader are staring at a rough road ahead, they have every reason to think the next few years will be much better for them than the last two have been.

While we are still in a pandemic and may be for a while, various COVID-19 health restrictions are easing or are being lifted. Perhaps, as we try to return to “normal,” politics in their traditional form also return to their usual place in the public consciousness.

After almost two years of looking to government as almost a saviour, in terms of managing both economic responses and public health measures, I think the public is slowly shifting to a different mindset, one in which the government no longer automatically gets the benefit of the doubt on almost anything.

The B.C. legislature resumed sitting this week and it will be interesting to see if its proceedings – a new budget, daily question

period, and new legislation – will receive more media coverage than we have seen in any legislature session held during the pandemic.

The BC Liberals will certainly need the channel changed away from a near-constant focus on COVID-19 and the pandemic and onto more traditional issues. They need the voting public to once again pay attention to what they have to say about things.

Of course, Falcon will have to move fast to mend the messy internal divisions that were on public display during the lengthy leadership race. The three MLAs who were also candidates – Renee Merrifield, Michael Lee and Ellis Ross – were harshly critical of Falcon, labelling him as yesterday’s man who had accumulated too much political baggage from his previous stint in government.

Look for the BC NDP to exploit that “baggage” at every opportunity. In fact, no sooner had Falcon taken the stage to deliver his victory speech on Saturday night, than the NDP caucus merrily issued a news release talking about just that kind of thing.

But the baggage issue can work both

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ways. The longer the NDP stays in power, the more baggage it accumulates as well.

In any event, Falcon’s ascension to the leadership is the start of a new chapter in B.C. politics. Let the heavy lifting begin.

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In the meantime, if these truckers and their anti-vax confrères had any hope of winning over the hearts and minds of the mainstream public with their undertakings of the past week, while they may have done so among those who share their blatantly selfish and uninformed perspectives on these things, those of us who actually value civilized behaviour and legitimate free speech can only look on and shake our heads in disgust.

May COVID and the trucker convoys both meet the same fate – literally disappearing into thin air from whence they came. As quickly as possible.

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I am writing to express my utter frustration with, an contempt of, the trucker convoys that have been literally terrorizing private citizens in their places of residence and work in Ottawa and other major Canadian citizens over the past week.

I am appalled and disgusted on a nonstop basis by news of people affiliated with this rag-tag “movement” who feel it is justified to do things like vandalize our local COVID-19 vaccination centre by throwing rocks through its windows (which happened at the Lloyd Street centre this past week), or, with the most extreme depravity, physically assaulting people for wearing masks or specifically interfering with medical professionals who are doing their level best to provide care to those infected with the virus.

The list of boorish offences goes on and on.

Human civilization has been here before – historical examples of hyper-irrational interference with protection measures from some segments of society are well documented with regards to the Spanish Flu, polio and other outbreaks. Unfortunately, the saddest chapters of history really do seem to repeat. But who among these “fine folks” ever pays attention to history?

Never in my life have I ever felt such a sense of profound sorrow over the tendency of so many people to stubbornly insist on the right to wilful stupidity, all the while cloaking their position under the ridiculously false and inauthentic claims of being “true patriots” and defenders of “freedom.”

Message to truckers: You’re fed up with COVID and all its restrictions? Get in line – so are all the rest of us, but there are some of us who are trying to cope rationally and intelligently, which does not include carrying on like vandals of civilization.

I would argue that people who accost caregivers, and use extreme, excruciating noise pollution tactics (amongst many other forms of uncivil disturbance) to make their case against the simple mandate of a quick and painless vaccine that could prevent serious illness or even death, are absolutely not patriots at all, but the diametric opposite – lawless, out of control yahoos.

To be a “patriot” means more than wrapping yourself in a flag to justify whatever reckless actions you wish to take. To be a real patriot means, in part, to understand your civic responsibilities in support of your community. And that means doing the right thing in support of measures designed to protect health and safety, especially in times of crisis. The pandemic easily qualifies as an epidemiological crisis, with millions having died prematurely from it, and many millions more requiring hospitalization.

I hope for and look forward to the day when COVID has run its course sufficiently so that unusual health orders and mandates are deemed no longer necessary for our protection by our public health officers, who in my opinion have done a remarkable job in adapting to this once-in-a-century situation.

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Yes, there has been isolated incidents of behaviour that needs condemning, but only by a few, and not supported by the protesters. They are not the “alt right” and they don’t claim to represent the trucking industry. They claim to be concerned Canadian citizens worried about never-ending vaccine mandates and the economic mess left behind as restrictions continue on into the future.

With the onset of Omicron the pandemic [is becoming] endemic, something we will have to learn to live with well into the future. The mandates have served their purpose and it is time to let them go. Many countries are carefully loosening their restrictions now and Canada should be doing the same.

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It won’t be long now. The bears will be out of their dens, ambling about and looking for a bite to eat.

Inevitably, some of ours will wind up at the Critter Care Wildlife Society, the Langley non-profit that rehabilitates thousands of sick, injured and orphaned animals and gives them a second chance at a proper life in the wild.

Retired journalist and volunteer Nicholas Read spent a year at Critter Care, which he has meticulously documented in his new book, Caring for Critters.

“A lot can happen in a year – and the year I was there, they looked after more animals than they had ever looked after before,” he said.

Read’s book captures the extraordinary dedication of the volunteers who labour away aiding animals, large and small, because they cannot bear the thought of them suffering.

Among his favourites was a baby mole named Edna who had to be fed a single drop of milk every hour, 24 hours per day, for a week, which volunteers were all too happy to do.

“And they didn’t complain. Well, they didn’t complain to me,” Read says. “It was just amazing what people were prepared to do to save those animals.”

Those who were reading the North Shore News that year might already know some of the characters in the book – like Dame, the elderly river otter rescued from the mouth of the Capilano River in need of major dental work. She shocked volunteers when she gave birth to a litter of pups months after being brought in.

Critter Care takes in animals in need of help from all over the province but the North Shore provides a disproportionate number of their bears – about 20 per cent per year.

“No sooner did the last one go, then

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more came in, and then more and then more. And it never stopped,” Read said.

“They had to build a brand-new bear enclosure because they didn’t have room enough for all the bears coming in.”

There is no suppressing a smile when taking in stories and photos of “turn-yourself-inside-out cute” animals like Dame and Edna. But Read uses the book to highlight the lack of protection wildlife enjoys in B.C. And he doesn’t shy away from the tension between animal advocates like himself and the B.C. Conservation Officer Service, who are often called to dispatch bears once they’ve been deemed “habituated” to humans and non-natural food sources.

“Yes, they shoot their mothers but they also bring the cubs in,” he said.

But, by the time a CO pulls the trigger,

a bear has already been done wrong by the community, Read reasons. Common attractants like garbage, tree fruit and bird seed lure bears in with the promise of an easy meal. If we were more diligent at home, there wouldn’t be such a need for volunteers to quite literally clean up after our mess.

“We’re lucky in that we live in a place where there are still wild places, and that those places still have wild animals in them,” Read said. “My naive hope is that by making people more aware of the consequences of so many things, that they will be a little more careful and a little more aware and recognize that they’re not the only ones living in this world.”

That’s exactly the message Critter Care hopes to see land, said Nathan Wagstaffe, senior wildlife technician.

“We’ve got to learn how to coexist with native wildlife,” he said. “Especially becoming more tolerant of animals. They were here before us, so we need to respect that and allow them also somewhere to live.”

Beyond changing our practices at home, Critter Care is always in need of volunteers, interns and donations because the facility gets no government funding at all.

In that respect, Read is putting his money where is heart is, donating 100 per cent of his royalties from the book sales back to Critter Care.

Caring for Critters is published by Heritage House Publishing Co. It is available directly from Critter Care, and through most local bookstores and online retailers, and sells for about $20. A Kindle edition is also available.

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It may already be the new darling of the North Shore tourism scene but the City of North Vancouver’s Shipyards is about to get a $1.7-million glow-up.

The provincial Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport announced Friday $1 million in grant funding aimed at adding amenities and making the public destination more functional and appealing during otherwise quiet times of the year.

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Court rejects band’s request to ‘divorce’ Squamish Nation JANE SEYD

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A B.C. Supreme Court justice has rejected a request to quash a 100-year-old amalgamation of several Indigenous groups into the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation).

The decision follows a court petition filed in May by Don Mathias, a hereditary chief of the Capilano Indian Nation, asking the court to recognize The Nation the Capilano as a separate was fully nation merged from the back in Squamish 1923. Any and to cancel challenge to an agreement signed that is long on July 23, out of time.

1923, legally LAWYER joining the ROBERT JANES nations.

“Essentially, what the Capilano band seeks to do is reverse the 1923 amalgamation and reconstitute itself as a separate band,” wrote B.C. Supreme Court Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick in a decision on the case Jan. 10.

The Capilano want to ‘divorce’ the Squamish so the band can

“obtain some independent constitution of its own so that it may operate with its own assets and funds,” Fitzpatrick wrote.

But Fitzpatrick said the B.C. Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to decide the issue, as the legal agreement joining the bands was made by Ottawa. That means the issue would have to be heard in Federal Court, she wrote.

Issue dates back almost 100 years

The petition addresses an issue dating back almost a century, when a group of chiefs in Vancouver and the surrounding area petitioned the Department of Indian Affairs and the Crown to amalgamate into one band, which would be known as the Squamish Nation.

The Chief of Capilano at that time, Chief Mathias Joe, was one of the signatories to that petition, Fitzpatrick noted.

On July 31, 1923, Ottawa approved the request and consolidated the funds of the different Indigenous groups into one pot of money, to be administered by the Squamish Nation.

“It is my understanding that, in the almost 100 years since that time, the Capilano band has

advanced various grievances against Squamish Nation with respect to the administration of the Squamish Nation’s assets and funds. This appears to be the real substance of the dispute,” Fitzpatrick wrote.

‘Settler laws’ don’t apply, Capilano argues

In court, the Capilano band argued that the Federal Court has no authority or jurisdiction over Indigenous people, Fitzpatrick wrote “based on arguments that have been advanced in this court before, namely that Indigenous law applies and ‘settler’ laws do not apply.”

Fitzpatrick noted, however, “I am far from clear . . . just what ‘Indigenous laws’ are said to apply here.” She added that in any case, if Federal Court was described as a creation of “settler laws”, the same argument would apply to B.C. Supreme Court.

The lawyer for the Capilano Band, Andrew Rogerson, told the judge the band is simply looking for a remedy, “and they want some relief in respect of what they consider to have been injustices over the last almost 100 years.”

In the court petition, which was

filed against both the Crown and the Squamish Nation, Mathias and the Capilano Band allege that the Squamish Nation has misappropriated funds that should have been allocated to the Capilano, including revenue from significant business opportunities.

In an earlier court ruling last fall, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Jasmin Ahmad ruled that parts of the case involving those allegations can go ahead in B.C. Supreme Court. Rogerson said this week the Capilano plan to appeal the most recent decision.

Anyone seeking to question federal decisions must file a claim in Federal Court within 30 days, said Rogerson, adding “this problem commenced approximately 100 years ago. Capilano people cannot be denied justice by directing it to a court that was only created in 1971.”

The Capilano continue to take issue with the governance system of the amalgamated Squamish Nation, saying the government was supposed to be directed by hereditary chiefs under the original agreement but that was later changed to exclude hereditary chiefs in favour of an elected model.

‘No chance’ of claim succeeding, says lawyer

Robert Janes, a lawyer who represents the Squamish Nation, said there’s “no chance” of Mathias’s claim succeeding.

“The Nation was fully merged back in 1923. Any challenge to that is long out of time,” he said.

Janes said there was no understanding in 1923 that “there would be amounts just paid out to people” and said there’s no evidence to support allegations of misconduct by the Squamish Nation. The Nation passes annual budgets and posts financial statements online, he said. “The community has access to all of that.”

Janes said beginning in the 1980s the band shifted from a hereditary chief system to an elected band council system, but that was approved by the community, most recently by a referendum.

Janes said the Squamish Nation will deal with an appeal if and when one is filed.

He added the Court of Appeal has made it clear in a number of past cases that any challenge to federal decisions needs to be made in Federal Court.

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A rendering shows the proposed interior of Affinity Cannabis’s planned store at 18th Street and Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver. AFFINITY CANNABIS

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City of North Vancouver approves sixth cannabis shop BRENT RICHTER

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A sixth and possibly final pot shop is coming to the City of North Vancouver.

Council voted 6-1 on Jan. 31 to approve a rezoning for Affinity Cannabis to open a store at 1825 Lonsdale Ave. Prior to the vote, council held a public hearing in which seven residents called in to express their support for having a cannabis store easily accessible in the neighbourhood. Written submissions were more evenly split, with detractors raising concerns about children being influenced, Affinity’s Instagram content, and a perceived overabundance of cannabis stores already in North The company Vancouver. The has met all proposal was of the policy also the subject of a form requirements letter campaign that are in urging council place by the to reject the city and the rezoning because other levels of Affinity’s owners do not live in the government. neighbourhood.

COUN. JESSICA MCILROY Most of those grievances, though, are outside the scope of council, said Coun. Jessica McIlroy.

“This really is just a land use decision,” she said. “The company has met all of the policy requirements that are in place by the city and the other levels of government. …

I am happy to support the application as proposed.”

Although he said he has used CBD oil to treat back pain, Coun. Don Bell said he was also troubled by the complaints levelled against Affinity and suggested the city hold off on any further cannabis stores for the time being.

“I can tell you that I would feel more comfortable just putting a pause on our

applications and seeing how the five that we’ve approved so far worked out and whether there is a need for one or more in the future,” he said.

Bell’s was the only vote in opposition to the cannabis store.

For others on council, community angst about cannabis stores has proven to be unwarranted. According to city staff, only “minimal” complaints had come in about the stores already up and running (although one was found to be flouting COVID-19 public health orders).

“We’ve seen that they haven’t typically caused a huge impact to the surrounding area and they’ve really integrated well, so I think this is going to be a good addition and I do support it,” said Coun. Tony Valente.

When council first set some guidelines for cannabis applications in 2018, they put in a limit of six stores for the city – two each in Lower Lonsdale and Central Lonsdale, and one each in the eastern and western portions of the city.

1st Cannabis opened on the 200 block of West First Street in late 2019. At the same time, council approved a BC Cannabis Store for Park & Tilford Shops & Gardens.

Construction on the freestanding shop, near the mall’s northern entrance, is nearly complete. In 2020, council approved Quantum 1 Cannabis on the 800 block of Marine Drive and Blunt Cannabis Store at 14th and Lonsdale, both of which are open. And in February 2021, council approved an Eggs Canna location for the 100 block of East First Street.

When the number of would-be proprietors seeking to go through the application process has exceeded the number of permissible stores, the city has held draws to see which proponents could proceed.

With the final of the allotted six stores heading for approval, Mayor Linda Buchanan said the city can take some time to evaluate the 2018 policy and revisit it if needed.

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No major upgrades since Ironworkers bridge opened in 1958

Continued from page 1 number of people within a 60-minute transit commute of jobs.

Burrard Inlet Rapid Transit, or BIRT as it has become known, has been formally included in TransLink’s Transport 2050 plan, which was adopted last month. But before any such infrastructure can be delivered, it has to be made a priority through the mayors’ council and then secure funding, and there are hundreds of kilometres of rapid transit projects on the wish list elsewhere in Metro Vancouver.

City of North Vancouver Mayor Linda Buchanan said she experiences the same frustrations as everyone else when it comes to getting around.

“People need more and better options.

That’s why I am very proud to support tonight’s resolution. Congestion is one of the biggest threats to our economy and to our environment,” she said. “The reality is we need to see rapid transit over the Burrard

Inlet prioritized in the 10-year vision and investment plan. This is at the heart of improving livability right across the region.”

Later that evening at the District of North Vancouver council meeting, Mayor Mike Little noted the number of people coming to the North Shore for work or for recreation has been climbing sharply in recent years, and the status quo infrastructure is clearly not cutting it.

“This is a very critical point in this process for us, and the district has been advocating for a long time for transportation improvements to the North Shore,” he said, noting there’s been no increase in capacity since the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing opened in 1958. “Our population has doubled since that time. We’re noticing it every day, and our infrastructure is under incredible stress. And this is one of the most important pieces to giving us relief.”

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members were also enthusiastic in their support of the motion. Coun. Craig Cameron, who represents West Vancouver council at TransLink, stressed the only way to ease current congestion problems is to ensure local employees have a transportation option that is faster and more reliable than driving a car.

“These are people who are working in our businesses, they’re teaching our kids, they’re providing us dental care. They’re integral parts of our community and we need them,” he said. Cameron said local leaders have been working hard behind the scenes for a while to make that urgent need for transit improvements clear.

“The pressure has been going on for years and it will continue to go on until we’ve secured our place in the next investment plan. And the positive thing I will tell you is, we get a lot of support for this plan from the mayor of Vancouver, the mayor of Burnaby, and a lot of other mayors from around the region because it’s generally acknowledged

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“It will provide our community members with increased access to public transportation and support long-term sustainability and livability for our community members and people in the region for generations to come,” added Tsleil-Waututh Chief Jen Thomas.

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A West Vancouver waterfront property owner has failed in her bid to take permanent legal possession of a swimming pool that juts out onto the publicly owned foreshore and ocean.

The pool was built in 1949 by Ken and Louise Russell at their Sandy Cove home on the 3900 block of Marine Drive. At high tide, the pool is surrounded on three sides by Burrard Inlet. In 2015, current owner Heyan Wan bought the property from the Russell estate for $7.2 million while she was still living in China, according to a B.C. Supreme Court decision handed down last week.

The pool was part of the marketing of the home, Justice Heather MacNaughton noted in her decision, and a major factor in Wan’s decision to buy the property.

The foreshore the pool is built on belongs to the province and is leased by the District of West Vancouver. In late 2014, before the purchase went through, District of West Vancouver staff informed Wan via letter that the pool was an encroachment but that she could receive a temporary licence allowing her continued use, according to the court ruling.

The licence, though, forbade Wan from “replacing, expanding, altering, adding to, or substantially repairing the encroachments without the permission of the district’s risk manager,” the ruling states, and it also included a clause that the district would have the power to terminate the licence with 30 days’ notice with no need to provide a reason.

Soon after the purchase went through, Wan hired contractors to demolish the original home and build a new one, and do a renovation of the pool (though the building permit

A 1949 concrete pool juts into the public foreshore in West Vancouver’s Sandy Cove neighbourhood. CLARA HARTREE, RE/MAX did not include the pool renovations, the judge noted).

Contractors installed gravel material and rebar for the purposes of relining the pool in concrete to address leaks from cracks in the pool’s perimeter wall, the ruling states.

When the district’s plumbing inspector visited the site in 2018, he learned the pool’s chlorinated water was draining directly into the ocean, which he said was “unacceptable,” MacNaughton wrote.

Contractors told district staff the pool’s walls had cracks and that only minor work needed to be done to “make use of the pool safe and bring it to current code.” In October 2018, district staff wrote to Wan, denying permission to do renovations on the pool and issuing notice the licence would Continued on page 21

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Pool jutting into inlet built in 1949 Continued from page 20 be terminated in 30 days, the ruling states.

In their letter, staff explained the rationale: The district does not seek to penalize people who buy a property with an encroachment but, when that encroachment reaches the end of its useful life, it should be removed.

Wan filed a lawsuit seeking a judicial review of staff’s decision, and staff rescinded their notice to terminate the licence.

Wan filed a separate petition in B.C. Supreme Court naming the province and the district, asking for an order that the title for the foreshore area the pool is built on be turned over to her, with compensation paid to the province. If the courts would not agree to that, Wan’s request was for permission to repair the pool and a 30-year easement, along with an order barring the district from cancelling the licence or ordering her to demolish the pool.

In deciding whether Wan should be entitled to a vesting order or easement for the foreshore, MacNaughton had to evaluate whether Wan was under an honest but mistaken belief about the location of the property line, the scope of the work to remove the pool, and how its removal would change the value of the property.

In each respect, MacNaughton sided with the province and the district.

“She closed the purchase of the property knowing the terms of the licence she had signed. She cannot argue that she relied on any representations from the province, or for

that matter the district, about the nature of the interest she was entitled to with respect to the encroachments. It could not have been clearer,” MacNaughton wrote. “Given the size of that investment, Ms. Wan should have exercised due diligence signing the licence. A reasonable person making such an investment would have ascertained exactly what her rights were, with respect to the encroachments and the terms of the licence.

Having not done so, she cannot now say that she did not understand it or is not bound by its terms.”

The cost of removing the pool and an adjacent boat ramp would be “modest” McNaughton concluded, especially when compared with the price of the property.

And MacNaughton made clear, there are “good policy reasons” why the foreshore should not be vested in private hands – that the Crown has an obligation to consult with Indigenous peoples who may have title or rights claims, and that the intent of the legislation behind a public foreshore is to preserve it for public use and environmental protection.

MacNaughton concluded her ruling saying the district may issue a new notice to cancel Wan’s temporary licence for continued use of the pool and order its demolition, which she would be free to contest in court.

According to the district, Wan’s temporary foreshore licence is also now under review.

The property was last assessed at more than $12.6 million.

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36 COVID-19 patients in LGH as Omicron peaks JANE SEYD

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Of the approximately 1,000 people in hospital with COVID-19 in B.C. last week, 36 of those patients were on the North Shore in Lions Gate Hospital, seven of them in critical care, according to Vancouver Coastal Health.

Those numbers come at a time when COVID-19-related hospitalizations are peaking in the province. Jan. 31 marked the first day when the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 soared above 1,000. On Thursday the province listed 985 people with COVID in hospital, 145 of them in intensive care. The spike in hospital numbers comes about a month behind the peak in new COVID-19 infections, which happened at the beginning of January.

“Hospitalizations are what we call a lagging indicator, it takes time,” said Dr. Bonnie Henry, the province’s health officer, this week. “And we have had very high levels of transmission in the community for some time now. And we have seen this translate into hospitalizations most recently. This is what we are experiencing at the moment.”

According to information presented by Henry on Feb. 1, about 40 per cent of people in hospital with COVID-19 weren’t admitted because of COVID-19 symptoms. Instead, those people came to hospital with another medical issue and only discovered they had COVID-19 after they were tested.

In some cases, people admitted to hospital for other reasons contracted the virus in hospital.

Overall, people with the Omicron variant are half as likely to end up in hospital than they were with the Delta variant, said Henry. Those with Omicron also stay in hospital about half as long as those hospitalized with Delta and are far less likely to end up in ICU or to die in hospital.

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Continued from page 1 Among the charges Birarda pleaded guilty to on Tuesday are a charge of sexual exploitation between December 1988 and February 1990 in North Vancouver, a charge of sexual assault between January and August 1990 in Burnaby, a charge of sexual assault between January and July 1995 in North Vancouver, and a charge of sexual assault between June 2006 and March 2008 in West Vancouver and Burnaby.

Previously, a number of women who played for the Whitecaps and were also part of Canada’s under-20 talent pool around 2008, had come forward to allege Birarda, a former coach for both teams, acted inappropriately with members of the team.

Birarda was dismissed by both the Whitecaps and Canada Soccer in October 2008.

Birarda will be sentenced at a later date, after pre-sentence and psychiatric reports are completed.

Birarda, who grew up in North Vancouver and lives in Delta, remains free on bail conditions that include he not have any contact with any of the alleged victims or go to any place where they are likely to be. He must also stay away from public parks, community centres, theatres, pools, schools or soccer fields where people under 18 are likely to be, and must not have contact or be in the presence of anyone under 18 except with prior written permission of a bail supervisor.

Birarda must also not engage in coaching, volunteer work or employment that could bring him in contact with people under 18.

Identities of the victims are protected under a court-ordered publication ban.

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LIVING WITH COVID-19

B.C. moving to ‘endemic’ approach, says health officer JANE SEYD

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Health officials are moving towards a more “endemic” approach to managing COVID-19 that stresses minimizing societal disruption, says Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, deputy medical health officer with Vancouver Coastal Health.

The Omicron variant, a highly transmissible but milder form of the virus, has forced a change in approach, said Lysyshyn.

“It’s simply not feasible to handle it in the way we’ve handled previous variants,” said Lysyshyn.

Vaccines haven’t proven effective at preventing regular infections of Omicron but they are still very effective at preventing serious illness, he said. “Now we need to work on that third goal – minimizing societal disruption.”

That means beginning to manage Omicron in a similar It’s simply way to other seasonal respiranot feasible tory viruses, he said. to handle it Lysyshyn made his comin the way ments as part of a pre-recorded we’ve handled question-and-answer session with superintendents of previous the two North Shore school variants. districts.

DR. MARK LYSYSHYN Both superintendents and Lysyshyn emphasized the importance of getting kids back to living and going to school in as normal a way as possible. “That’s what the next phase of the pandemic is going to be about,” said Lysyshyn – taking steps to reduce risks while acknowledging they can’t be eliminated entirely without significant downsides.

Both school and extracurricular activities provide kids with a chance to connect with trusted adults and interact with friends, both key to their social and emotional development, said Lysyshyn.

Pandemic restrictions hard on kids

Both Chris Kennedy, superintendent of the West Vancouver School District, and Mark Pearmain, superintendent of the North Vancouver School District, said restrictions brought in with the pandemic over the last two years have been detrimental to the mental health of kids and teens.

Already with the resumption of sports and other children’s activities this school year, “we’re seeing a huge difference in kids,” said Kennedy.

Lysyshyn said B.C. had fewer school closures than most jurisdictions and in hindsight “we think we made the right decision to keep kids in school.”

So far, there haven’t been any school closures required because of lack of staff, said the superintendents – something that was feared a possibility with the reopening of schools after Christmas.

“We have not even come close to that scenario at all,” said Pearmain.

Absentee rates dropping in schools

Kennedy said absentee rates in West Vancouver have been “hovering below 10 per cent each day” and have recently improved, with attendance rates for both students and staff going up.

Mandatory vaccinations for teachers are unlikely in either school district given the already high rate of vaccination, said Lysyshyn.

Providing COVID vaccines with other regular childhood vaccines in schools is a move being considered in some schools where there are barriers to access, said Lysyshyn.

Parental consent would be required ahead of time before vaccinating any children of elementary-school age, he added.

Questions about masks and rapid tests

Lysyshyn also fielded questions on masks and rapid tests, saying parents have to decide for their own family which mask is best, but generally one that kids find comfortable and will consistently wear is more important than any specific type of mask. “Most people wearing masks most of the time is what reduces risk,” he said.

Availability of rapid antigen tests is limited by supply right now, he said, adding the province is rationing its supply for use in the most important settings like hospitals and long-term care homes.

Testing isn’t recommended for most people now, said Lysyshyn, so most people who get COVID-19 won’t

even be sure they had it. Health authorities now recommend people with symptoms to stay home until they feel well again.

Greater use of outdoor learning and integrating use of technology into classrooms are adaptations to the pandemic that will likely continue after COVID-19 has faded into the background, said Kennedy.

Pearmain said the pandemic has also underlined the “value of schools in terms of society in general” for providing families with stability and a crucial “sense of normalcy.”

Schools have also stepped up to support families in crisis during the pandemic, said Pearmain, “doing things that go way beyond our traditional scope.”

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Mental health police service now available on North Shore CHARLIE CAREY

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A new mental health support service is now active across the North Shore, as police departments have officially teamed up with health professionals to launch Car 22, an integrated mental health response team.

Staffed by officers from North Vancouver RCMP and West Vancouver Police Department, with some members also part of the Integrated First Nations Unit, Car 22 pairs officers with a mental health professional from Vancouver Coastal Health who will ride along with them during their shift.

“The pilot program is aimed at assisting marginalized and vulnerable populations in the community who face mental health challenges,” West Van police wrote in a statement.

Announced formally on Feb. 1, Car 22 will be active six days a week, from Monday through Saturday, noon to 8 p.m., and will respond to requests from officers and other medical professionals for mental health assistance.

The program will be piloted until summer this year, with the intention for it to be funded permanently afterwards.

“To have a mental health-care professional formally partnered with police officers on the North Shore for mental health calls, [it] will improve care for the most vulnerable in our community,” said Ira Roness, director of mental health and substance use North

Shore for Vancouver Coastal Health.

Speaking to the North Shore News, Roness said the official partnership is a natural progression after a strong working relationship with the RCMP and WVPD for a number of years.

“We’ve always done outreach work with them, and really have had a very good, strong collaborative partnership with them. What we haven’t had was dedicated response, the dedicated staff,” he said. “Now we have that more consistent approach to dealing with any type of mental health crisis we have in the community.”

The Car 22 program isn’t the first of its kind. Operating within the City of Vancouver and staffed with officers from Vancouver Police Department and mental health professionals at Vancouver Coastal Health, Car 87 was introduced in 1978. A second team, Car 88, was introduced in the region in July 2020.

According to VPD, Car 87/88 responds to about 10 calls for assistance per day.

Roness said the take-away from watching Car 87/88 operate in Vancouver is that there’s “overall benefit of [a] partnership” with police departments working in conjunction with mental health professionals.

“That’s well known for various different communities … to be able to respond with a mental health clinician and be able to learn from each other and share that experience, and provide that type of service to the person,” he said.

The Canadian Mental Health Association

executive director for North and West Vancouver, Julia Kaisla, said the addition of a response team on the North Shore is “always appreciated,” and the introduction of Car 22 will be a complementary service to the peerled outreach team the association runs, the North Shore Peer Assisted Care Team, which was launched in early November 2021.

With the PACT team unable to apprehend someone under the Mental Health Act, this is a key point of difference between the two teams, Kaisla noted. When there may be danger to civilians attending a crisis, PACT will also defer to 911 call takers.

“Where I really see Car 22 being valuable is when they need to respond to somebody who is at risk to themselves or others, and isn’t willing to accept help on their own,” she said.

PACT currently is operational from Thursday to Saturday, 6 p.m. to midnight, and Kaisla believes the additional hours of support from Car 22 will only help the community further.

“We’ve complemented each other ... in terms of hours of service. But I do think that there’s a place to have a continuum of response for people,” she explained.

Responding to about 40 calls per month since the launch of PACT, Kaisla said the call volume shows that the community needs support like these programs.

However, Kaisla noted that the CMHA has heard from some marginalized groups that a police response “is not a safe response for

them.”

“I think we always need to be considering how do we need to adapt our services to respond to the diversity of our community in Vancouver,” she said, adding that depending on the training of the team members and the first response, escalation may well happen.

In a statement to North Shore News, Sgt. Peter DeVries of the North Vancouver RCMP said the Mounties are concerned “first and foremost with the safety and well-being of the public.”

“We would advise anyone to contact the police if they need assistance, no matter what the circumstances and to be reassured that they can expect to be treated with compassion and respect,” he wrote.

DeVries made note that police officers have significant training to prepare them for crisis situations.

“Car 22 members are trained in Trauma Informed Practice and have extensive training in de-escalation techniques, culturally informed response, with particular sensitivity to the First Nations community,” he wrote.

The Car 22 team can be dispatched by calling 911, the West Vancouver non-emergency line at 604-925-7300, or the North Van RCMP non-emergency line at 604-985-1311.

Charlie Carey is the News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2022 NEWS | A25

TRACKING COVID-19

Sewage plant samples show Omicron infections dropping JANE SEYD

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Data tracking concentrations of COVID-19 in wastewater from sewage plants around the Lower Mainland confirm that the Omicron surge is declining.

Wastewater samples at four of the sewage plants, including the Lions Gate sewage treatment plant on the North Shore, show virus concentrations peaked on Jan. 5.

(One in Langley showed a peak on Jan. 17.)

Since then, COVID-19 concentrations have been gradually decreasing across the Lower Mainland.

While concentrations of the virus markers remain high compared to earlier waves of the pandemic, “it’s certainly on the downward trend,” said Natalie Prystajecky, a microbiologist who heads the wastewater testing program at B.C.’s Centre for Disease Control. “And each week, the load of virus is decreasing.”

That’s good news, because with only a small fraction of suspected COVID-19 cases being tested and reported in official case numbers, “It’s one of the only signals we have that’s what happening in the community,” said Ryan Ziels, an assistant professor in the University of British Columbia’s department of civil engineering, who has also been among the researchers studying the wastewater trends.

“I do think it’s one of the better indicators right now. We can essentially test one

and a half-million people in a big pooled sample.”

Prystajecky said research over the past two years of the pandemic has shown a high correlation between virus particles detected in wastewater and the number of COVID infections in the community.

At the Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant, concentrations of viral particles per litre of wastewater peaked in the first week of January, with 333,000 parts per litre. In mid-January, levels hovered around 200,000. On Jan. 24, the last time figures were available, concentrations were down to about 40,000 parts per litre, according to data made available by Metro Vancouver’s wastewater tracking site. The pattern was similar at other sewage treatment plants, although concentrations of the virus marker were higher elsewhere. The Lulu Island sewage plant, for instance, showed a high of 695,000 parts per litre on Jan. 5.

By Jan. 24, the concentration measured 340,000.

According to Metro Vancouver, samples are collected three times a week from untreated wastewater as it runs into the sewage treatment plants. Results are posted once a week, after testing and analysis by the BCCDC. An even better overall sense of community infection can be found in the daily load tallies, which multiply concentrations of virus particles by the total amount of wastewater flowing through each sewage

Xuan Lin, a PhD student in civil engineering, prepares wastewater RNA samples for sequencing. UBC plant, said Prystajecky.

Data is reported on the BCCDC’s surveillance report. So far, that data also indicates virus levels have peaked and are going down, said Prystajecky.

Ziels and his team of researchers have also used wastewater samples to extract information about which variants of COVID-19 are appearing in local populations.

Early mid-December, for instance, the Omicron variant first appeared in

wastewater samples from both the Lions Gate and Lulu Island wastewater plants, serving the North Shore and Richmond, at a time when infection rates on the North Shore were suddenly spiking and genomic sequencing was also picking up increasing cases of the variant. Soon, Omicron was picked up in all wastewater from the Lower Mainland.

So far, it’s not clear how well wastewater samples will be at picking up the new “sub-variant” of Omicron, dubbed BA.2.

“That’s something we are interested in exploring,” said Prystajecky.

One of the issues is BA.2 is much more similar to Omicron that Delta was, and therefore more difficult to detect, said Prystajecky. Small changes are also harder to see when there are large amounts of COVID-19 showing up in wastewater samples.

Data from wastewater samples has continued to reflect the limited information available from PCR testing. According to those official tallies, case counts on the North Shore recently included 252 new infections between Jan. 25 and Jan. 31, down from a high of more than 900 cases in the first week of January and more than 400 cases in mid-January. Because testing is only available to a very limited number of people, including those most at risk for complications of COVID-19, that number only includes a small subset of actual infections, but can be used to gauge general trends.

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North Vancouver-Lonsdale NDP MLA Bowinn Ma is warning the public about an attempt by scammers to fleece people seeking a government payment for getting vaccinated against COVID-19.

Photo: NVMA 5701 This photo from 1957 shows Stirrat's General Store at 386 Dollarton Highway. Before the era of major supermarkets and shopping malls, many people shopped in small, family-run neighbourhood stores.

In 1935, Robert Stirrat Jr. opened a grocery store called the Stirrat General Store across from the Dollar Mill. Robert Stirrat Jr., his wife Reta, and children Robert and Marion lived in the back of the store. In the 1940s, Robert Stirrat Sr. operated the grocery. Following the Second World War, on Jan. 1, 1949, Robert Jr. opened a new general store on the Dollarton Highway not far from the Cummins’ Store, another well-known local establishment. Stirrat’s General Store remained in business until 1968.

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Shelagh Derbyshire receives a dose of the Pfizer vaccine from her daughter, Karen Dunn, a public health nurse, in March 2021 at the West Vancouver Community Centre clinic. BRENT RICHTER/NSN “It is still very effective at preventing serious injury and illness due to COVID-19 and that’s really important to our communities right now because our health-care systems are just stretched so, so thin,” she said. “We need to be able to help them out by keeping ourselves out of hospital and also keeping others out of hospital by encouraging them to get vaccinated as well.”

As of Monday, 90.3 per cent of B.C. residents over the age of 12 had been double vaccinated while 49.7 per cent had received a booster dose.

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“I very carefully tested it out. It is very convincing. It starts with a check to see if you’re a robot and then it asks you to sign into your online banking system and it all looks very realistic, but it is 100 per cent a scam,” Ma said. “The B.C. government would never ask you for your banking information through text or email like this.”

The Ministry of Health became aware of the scam last week, Ma said, and she has reported it to the North Vancouver RCMP. “Anybody could fall prey to it if they didn’t know that there was no such incentive,” she said.

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This illustration shows a proposed Urban Roots garden store that could occupy what was once TransLink’s North Vancouver bus depot. CITYSTATE CONSULTING GROUP

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What was once a depot for idling buses could soon be a depot for hostas and hydrangeas.

City of North Vancouver council voted unanimously on Jan. 31 to advance a proposal from Urban Roots Garden Market to temporarily repurpose part of the mothballed transit depot on Third Street into a new seasonal pop-up store.

Eventually, the city’s official community plan foresees the property being used as a mixed-use/commercial hub to serve the burgeoning Moodyville neighbourhood, but the OCP does allow for temporary use permits that can be in place for up to six years.

If approved by council, Urban Roots would lease 2,462 square metres on the eastern side of the property from TransLink

for the next three years.

In 2016, TransLink closed its Third Street bus depot in North Vancouver and moved the buses to the Burnaby Transit Centre, against the protestation of local governments, who warned the change could leave North Vancouver without bus service.

The temporary use of the space as a garden centre largely fits within the city’s goals in the meantime, according to staff, and council members raised few objections.

“It’s a good use of the land. They don’t have to do any anything environmental because they’re not digging into the ground, and I think provides a service that’s wanted in the community so I’m happy to support it,” said Coun. Don Bell.

Council will make its decision about the proposal following a public meeting on Feb. 28.

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VanOpen pro tennis tournament plans big return this summer ANDY PREST

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The organizers of the Odlum Brown VanOpen, a pro tennis tournament held at West Vancouver’s Hollyburn Country Club, announced last week that the event will be back and bigger than ever this summer following a twoyear hiatus due to COVID-19 concerns.

The tournament, last held in 2019, is back on the schedule for Aug. 14-21, and it will be an upgraded event, assuming it does go forward as planned this summer. The last time the VanOpen was held it was as an ATP Challenger 100 event on the men’s side and an ITF Pro Circuit event on the women’s side, with a total prize pool of US$208,320.

This year it’ll be an ATP Challenger 125, two rungs up the Challenger tournament ladder, and WTA 125 event, with a total prize pool of US$274,360. The 125 level is the highest tournament designation on the ATP Challenger Tour, which is one level below the ATP Tour.

With more money and world ranking points up for grabs, the VanOpen – already known as a tournament that punches above its weight class in attracting talent – has the potential to boast a strong field this year.

“The upgraded status of our event confirms the tournament’s commitment to grow and offer a world-class experience for the players,” stated tournament director Rik de Voest, a former tennis pro himself who

won the VanOpen in 2006. “It also further enhances the opportunities for our local Canadians to compete and display their talents on home soil.”

Most of the top Canadian players of the past 20 years have hit the court at Hollyburn, including Leylah Fernandez, Félix AugerAliassime, Milos Raonic, Bianca Andreescu, and Eugenie Bouchard. Other world greats, often on their way up the rankings, have played the VanOpen as well, including Andy Murray, and Maria Sharapova.

“Having the Odlum Brown VanOpen promoted to an ATP Challenger 125 and WTA 125 event is an even greater opportunity for fans to see some of the world’s top tennis players in Vancouver,” said de Voest. “We are excited to once again present a first-class experience for men on the ATP Challenger Tour and women on the WTA 125 tournament circuit.”

The VanOpen was named the ATP Challenger Tournament of the Year in both 2017 and 2018, its popularity amongst players boosted by Hollyburn’s eye-popping mountainside location, as well as the billet service the tournament offers to players, allowing them to stay with local families rather than in hotels.

More than 13,000 spectators watched the action at the 2019 tournament, which was won by Lithuania’s Ricardas Berankis on the men’s side and Heather Watson of Great Britain on the women’s side.

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Date of Hearing: 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Location of Hearing: Online via Zoom from Council Chambers, 400 Centre Road, Lions Bay, BC https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88122775730 Pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act, a public hearing will be held to consider the following bylaw of the Village of Lions Bay (the “Municipality”): Village of Lions Bay Official Community Plan Designation Bylaw No. 408, 2008, Amendment Bylaw No. 612, 2022 (the “Bylaw”) The purpose of the Bylaw is to update the existing Village of Lions Bay Official Community Plan and the Regional Context Statement (RCS) contained within it to reflect the distinct rural character of the Village. This change is required to support a request from the Municipality to the Metro Vancouver Regional District to effect an amendment of Lions Bay’s Land Use Designation for all lands within the Village boundaries in Metro’s Regional Growth Strategy (RGS) from “General Urban” to “Rural”.

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The late great humanist, biologist, environmental theorist, author and philosopher E.O. Wilson wrote: “If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.”

Why we don’t embrace and act on that truism is a question for the ages, one that I have been considering to the point of preoccupation. Every food and habitat gardening, cooking and preserving thought that comes into my head these days makes a troubling and hugely inconvenient trip back to the bug baseline of the web of life that exists (or doesn’t) in our urban landscapes.

The deeper I dig into all things permaculture, bio-mimicry and self-regulating natural systems, the more truth I learn about the interconnected, interdependent nature of things, and the fragility of our future as a species.

That thing that differentiates us from all other species in all other kingdoms — that thing that makes us “superior” supposedly, is the very thing that not only drove us to the brink, but also prevents us from racing back without hesitation.

Call it ego perhaps, or greed, or perpetual dissatisfaction with any and all things. I’d call it selfish but that wouldn’t be an accurate judgment of the well-meaning legions who are merely misinformed and misled — who lack the information and opportunity to course-correct.

I find myself in a situation of discomfort currently, after taking a decision to get my bug baseline in order, or start to, at least.

After reading Nature’s Best Hope by American entomologist, ecologist, conservationist and author Douglas W. Tallamy, I was reminded painfully and repeatedly that, over the course of an evolutionary blink of an eye, non-Indigenous cultures have all but decimated natural ecosystems the world Continued on page 33

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2022 NEIGHBOURHOODS | A33

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North Shore lacrosse giant Tewanee Joseph named Nanaimo Timbermen’s head coach CHARLIE CAREY

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The Nanaimo Timbermen Senior A lacrosse team have secured their next head coach – one of the “best lacrosse people around,” Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) member and lacrosse giant, Tewanee Joseph.

Announced by the Western Lacrosse Association club on Feb. 1, Joseph’s appointment also includes taking on the vice-presidency of lacrosse operations for the Vancouver Island team.

“It feels amazing. To bring the Creator’s game to Nanaimo, and with the strong community from Snuneymuxw [First Nation] and the surrounding communities, it’s gonna be an exciting summer,” Joseph said when speaking to the North Shore News.

Featured in the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame ‘Legends of Lacrosse’ series, Joseph is currently a co-founder and coach at the North Vancouver School District’s lacrosse academy, the offensive co-ordinator for the Serbian national team, and a co-coach with Rob Williams and Yul Baker for the Arena Lacrosse League’s Grizzlies LC, which is based in Langley. A champion player himself, Joseph won two national box lacrosse titles with the North Shore Indians and two national field lacrosse championships with Vancouver.

Joseph is excited to bring a fast pace to the game, and “turn back the clock, but in a modern way.”

“We’re taught as young people when we’re growing up, from our Elders and

Tewanee Joseph has been appointed as head coach and vice-president of lacrosse operations for the Nanaimo Timbermen, a Senior A lacrosse team.

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our ancestors, to let the ball do the work for you,” Joseph said. “And you should have a free-flowing game, moving up and down the floor, and playing offense and playing defense. So it’s that connection to that style of play, but also bringing it into modern context. I think that’s the exciting part about what we’re gonna do this year.”

While he’s always looking for success on the scoreboard, Joseph’s goals and ambitions for the team extend well beyond the box.

“The theme that we’re going to work for is holding each other up, lifting each other up … having the community, and this team of people standing together, to lift these players up and lift the team up, that’s going to be the theme of what we’re gonna be doing this year,” he said.

With games across the Lower

Mainland and on the Island, Joseph will commute to Nanaimo for the summer, but is especially looking forward to Saturday nights when he and his family can be at the home games together.

Citing his uncle Dennis Joseph (who is now the Grizzlies cultural ambassador) and lacrosse great Barry Powless as formidable influencers in his life, Joseph said the game of lacrosse has taught him many values and teachings.

“Part of it was to play for a greater purpose and a higher purpose,” he said. “And growing up on the reserve, I never knew where I would go. But I know that opening up my eyes to what the possibilities were was through the game, to be a coach, it’s really beyond my wildest dreams.”

Growing up admiring Joseph himself, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw councillor and North Shore Indians president Sxwíxwtn Wilson Williams said it’s a great time in British Columbia for lacrosse.

“It’s very exciting for Tewanee personally, and I think it’s a great place in time for lacrosse,” he said. “[The game is] in a time of transformation.

We’re in the spirit of reconciliation here in Canada, so doors are slowly opening or opening faster than in the past, in regards to opportunities for Indigenous peoples.” The Timbermen’s first game of the season is on May 21 at the Frank Crane Arena in Nanaimo..

Charlie Carey is the News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

Gardeners commit to creating native habitats at home Continued from page 32 over, and that mankind is but another blink away from extinction.

While it is tempting to let other people far more knowledgeable, capable and influential than me encourage topdown environmental policy to save us all, I know that election cycles, human nature, and capitalist constructs will conspire to perpetuate the magical thinking that got us here in the first place.

On that note, I am joining Tallamy’s “Homegrown National Park” network of citizen gardeners committed to protecting and creating native insect and bird habitat at home. By converting more lawn to low-growing evergreen native plants, redesigning our irrigation and rainwater management plan, planting small food forest and hedgerow corridors of native species specifically to provide sustenance, shelter, and reproductive security for insects, I can contribute demonstrably to planetary healing while supporting a population of beneficial native insects for our food gardens and food trees.

In an ideal world, builders, landscapers, home gardeners and community planners would defer to non-exotic but ultimately gorgeous native species always, and avoid great swaths of non-native traditional lawn in spaces not designated for recreation.

We are where we are, however, many of us – living in homes with established and manicured lawns, with non-native hedges and feature trees, inefficient irrigation, and neighbours with legitimate concerns about maintaining property values.

I know this because, admittedly, I am this. Also, however, I am committed to intentional, beautiful change. Making change is a choice, and definitely it is inconvenient. Standing in the muddy cold this week, sodden, dodging pulsating sprinkler heads being flagged in advance of (beautiful) sod removal, in advance of irrigation redesign, was most definitely inconvenient.

Redirecting this year’s food garden enhancement funds to underwrite infrastructure maintenance isn’t convenient or picturesque, but it

is fundamental to my classically inspired re-wilding. Therein lies the key, I believe – intention. Incrementally swapping beautiful “non-native” and ornamental shrubs, perennials, trees and ground covers that are not sources of food and habitat for the native insects and birds that are key to our survival, for equally or more beautiful “native” ornamental shrubs, perennials, trees and ground covers that are.

By demonstrating that it can be done beautifully, I hope to challenge conventional thinking about how much lawn one requires for recreation.

More importantly, perhaps, I hope to demonstrate that intentional native landscaping can elevate property value in direct proportion to habitat. There is so much more to the story, at homegrownnationalpark.org.

Laura Marie Neubert is a West Vancouver-based urban permaculture designer. Learn more about permaculture by visiting her website upfrontandbeautiful.com, follow her on Instagram @upfrontandbeautiful or email hello@upfrontandbeautiful.com.

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It is with great sadness that the family of Edward Balon announces his passing on January 8th, 2022 at the age of 75 following a courageous battle with ALS. Edward was born on August 14th, 1946 on the family farm near Basin Lake, Sk. where he spent his early years. He worked for a few years on various jobs throughout Saskatchewan and British Columbia. While working in B.C. he developed a keen interest in geology and found it to be his true calling. He graduated with a diploma in Mining Engineering Technology from the Haileybury School of Mines. Following graduation, he embarked on a lengthy and rewarding career in mineral exploration. Edward worked far and wide as a prospector in B.C. and the Yukon, and on projects in the USA, Mexico and Chile. He was a key player in several important mineral discoveries in B.C and the Yukon and was widely respected in the mining community, receiving many prestigious awards from his peers. He was inducted into the Yukon Prospectors Association Hall of Fame.

In his later years, Edward continued to be involved in the mining industry by acting as a technical consultant to exploration companies. He volunteered extensively and acted as a mentor/supporter of geology students, sharing the industry knowledge that he gained over the years.

A memorial service is to be planned later.

Inurnment will take place in Boal Memorial Gardens in North Vancouver. Donations to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of British Columbia can be made on Edward’s behalf if so desired. https://www.alsbc.ca/

WILSON, Ed September 27, 1923 - February 9, 2007 It’s hard to believe that 15 years have passed since Ed flew to his last post. He is greatly missed by Claire, Heather, James, Robert, and Ronald.

A devoted husband and father.

Sadly, Dieter passed away just before Christmas after a brief illness. He was born in Germany and led an adventurous life that took him to several countries. From being a waiter in Bermuda in the 1960s to re−establishing himself back to Canada in 1966, he finally found his niche in fabrics when working for Saba’s, and after 15 years or so, he started his own fabric import business, which kept him running for the next several years, where he made many life−long friends. Dieter enjoyed Scottish country dancing, and ballroom and for many years was an active member of the Arthur Murray Dance Studio. He became an enthusiastic gardener after his retirement and loved his place on Folkestone Way, where he enjoyed the spectacular view of Stanley Park and English Bay from his balcony. Dieter was also an avid theatre− goer, a supporter of the arts, and enjoyed outings at the Silk Purse Arts Centre and Kay Meek Centre in West Vancouver. He expressed his love of Vancouver, having lived here for over 50 years and would not want it any other way. He made many friends in many parts of the world and was devoted to his family in Germany. He will be sorely missed by his family and friends, but most especially by those who have been close to him in his final years.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Although Edward’s true calling was the love of the great outdoors and the mining industry, he deeply loved spending time with his family and friends sharing stories and laughter. He had a profound curiosity for other cultures and traveled extensively to all seven continents, bringing home unique treasures and stories to share with family and friends.

Edward leaves to mourn his passing and cherish his memory brothers; William (Barb) Balon, Courtenay, B.C; Victor Balon, North Vancouver, B.C.; sister Elizabeth Cunningham, St. Brieux, Sk; numerous nieces, nephews, friends and associates. He was predeceased by his parents, three brothers and three sisters.

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CAMERON, Nancy Elizabeth December 8, 1921 - January 21, 2022 Nancy was born to Ann and Peter Docharty on December 8th, 1921 in Vancouver, BC. Nancy lived a full life with her husband Jack Cameron, on the North Shore of Vancouver. Nancy and Jack met at a dancehall in Horseshoe Bay, right before WW2.

They spent their early days on Bowen Island and hiking up to Hollyburn to ski. Nancy worked as the secretary to the Mayor of Vancouver, Jack Volrich.

Nancy was predeceased by her daughter Holly Scoble and husband Jack Cameron. Nancy is survived by her children, Sandra, John, her grandchildren Warren, Graeme, Georgia, Payton and Jason and her great grandchild Louise. Nancy passed away just after passing 100 years with us.

She will be remembered with love and fondness.

No service, by request. Donations to the North Shore Hospice would be appreciated.

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BRADWELL, AHO KELLY 1927 − 2021 But we knew her as Sylvia, or Nana, or Mum, or Auntie −−−a final celebratory announcement−−− Born in Nanaimo to parents Joseph & Isobel Bradwell, the youngest of three, she attended Harewood & John Shaw High schools before taking a teacher’s degree from the Normal School in Craigdarroch Castle’s Victoria College. In 1946, at the age of 19, she began teaching grades 1−4 in the one−room North Gabriola Island country school for a year before moving across the water to Lonsdale School as their music specialist.

Sylvia married Aaro Aho in 1949 and with him attended the University of California at Berkeley for a BA in Geology and selections into the honour societies Phi Beta Kappa & Sigma Xi (of which she was quite proud). She completed post−grad work at Oregon State University in Corvallis, followed by employment for the White Pass & Yukon Railway doing geological work with Aaro in the 1950s. She then returned to teaching her own−devised remedial reading classes for Westview Special Education School in North Vancouver. During the 1960s & 1970s, Sylvia stayed home to raise children Mark and Hilary, instilling a love of music, the arts, and the great outdoors. After a divorce from Aaro, Sylvia married Pat Kelly and with him managed a tennis retail outlet, followed by retirement in the 80s, where she and Pat enjoyed the North Shore Ballroom Dance Club and world travel into the 90s.

Sylvia was a supportive mother and faithful wife, outliving two great loves: a first husband of almost 24 years, and a second one of more than 44 years.

She is also predeceased by her dear brother Grainge, and sister and best friend, Joyce. While very much a sentimental family person, she endured much during the latter half of life, and her motivations were sometimes mysterious. Sylvia was warm, caring and trusting, had a childlike optimism and innocence, which made her uplifting to be around and a positive morale booster, and was steadfast in her faith and values. She was an insightful conversationalist, always enjoying a joke, and her corny poems were a surprise highlight of many special celebrations.

Her heart was weakened over the stress of her later years and gradually ceased to function properly, consciousness eventually diminishing over the final weeks. Yet she left us with a smile on her face as she awaited her rejoining with her two great loves. Sylvia leaves her memories in care of all who knew her. She will be sorely missed by her son Mark and daughter Hilary Wallis, plus grandchildren Alec, Thomas, Shayla, Genean, and Maria, and beloved nieces and nephews. Heartfelt thanks for continued living assistance and friendship from Azam & Sara.

A private Celebration of Life will be held at a later date when all can attend without restrictions or concerns, just like Sylvia would prefer. For all who knew her, let us experience together how deeply she will be missed.

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BRINTON, Donald Charles C.M. October 3, 1927 - February 1, 2022 Don Brinton passed away February 1st at the venerable age of 94. Although Don’s last few years were complicated by dementia, he succumbed after a relatively short decline surrounded by loved ones.

Don was predeceased by his first wife Lois Mary (nee Hancock) in 2011. He is survived and mourned by his second wife Paula Cline; his daughter Holly Brinton (sons Evan and Graham); his son Chris Brinton (son Zachary and daughter Allison); his daughter Susan Brinton (daughter Patrice); and his five great-grandchildren (Patrice’s children), Emilia, Abigale, Penelope, Freyja and one-year old Uzziah Donald Brinton who was named in honour of his great-grandfather.

From humble beginnings on a farm in Vegreville, Alberta, Don embarked on a long career in broadcasting across Western Canada. Don was a true pioneer: his was the first voice heard on television in Alberta in the 1950s. Don received many accolades over the years for his contributions to Canadian television and his commitment to local production. Don’s proudest moment was his appointment to the Order of Canada in recognition of his key role in building Canada’s broadcasting industry.

Although family and friends will deeply miss Don’s charm and joie de vivre, we are grateful for his long and fulfilled life. To see more please visit: www.brintonfamily.info

CURRAN, Sabia M. February 5, 1967 − January 19, 2022 It is with sadness we announce Sabia’s death after a difficult year of illness. A celebration of life will be planned for the Spring. Memories and photos may be shared and viewed at firstmemorialnorthvancouver.com.

REID, Michael Alexander Michael Alexander Reid died December 8 2021 after a short, heroic, fight with cancer. He was the last of his immediate family.

Michael had taught for many years on the North Shore (at Balmoral and Carson Graham) and developed a successful drama and media programme. In his retirement he became absorbed by urban design, garden design and Instagram.

He was very kind, funny, brave, intuitive, intelligent and adventuresome.

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MACINTOSH, Gail E. June 22, 1942 − January 23, 2022 With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Gail Macintosh on January 23, 2022. Forever in our hearts.

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EGERTON, James (Jim) Arthur Allan November 16, 1938 − January 6, 2022 Jim was predeceased by his first wife, Marlene.

Beloved husband, father, and friend. He is survived by his wife, Linda, and sons, Richard and Rod. Jim was born in Vancouver, BC, and made his mark in the hospitality industry. He will be remembered for his laughter, countless stories, stubbornness, wit and larger−than−life personality, whose gruff exterior bellied his loving, loyal and generous heart.

He lived life on his own terms.

As per Jim’s request, there will be no services.

GEHMAN, Rebecca December 15, 1938 − January 17, 2022 Rebecca Margaret Donald was born in Edmonton on December 15, 1938, the second of three children born to Peggy and Dr. Edward Donald.

She spent most of her youth living across the street from the University of Alberta from which she graduated in 1959. An early marriage to Ken Gehman began an almost constant series of moves with her young boys, living in Banff (twice), Jasper, Hay River, Edmonton, Calgary, and finally, Deep Cove. Fortunately, she was a woman of great curiosity and wit and made friends easily during these moves, many of whom remained her lifelong friends.

She was introduced to camping and sailing, allowing her family to spend lengthy holiday times together and gave her time to share her curiosity of the natural world with her children Kenneth and Michael, of whom she was immensely proud.

Sailing also led to the publication of two delightful articles in Pacific Yachting Magazine.

A divorce led to a pressing need to go back to school at age 50 and find work which she did at the Lynn Valley branch of the North Vancouver District Library. With the help of her friends and her sister Jean, she reinvented her life. A new job, new friends, her own home, her own car and travels for her own pleasure.

In time, she met a new partner, Michael Leslie, who slyly introduced her to the eternity of building a wooden boat. Their relationship was a full and happy one for thirty years until dementia crept in and ended this gentle woman’s life as she remembered it. Such a wonderful life. Not forgotten.

Rebecca was predeceased by her father and mother and her elder sister, Ann Dea (2021). She is survived by her sister, Jeanne Holt (Lionel, Patrick, Rebecca), her two sons, Dr. Kenneth Gehman (Chris, Catherine, Mathew) and Michael Gehman (Patrick, Danielle), and her partner, Michael Leslie, and his children and grandchildren.

A celebration of Rebecca’s life will be held at a later date.

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GRITZNER, Siegfried Siegfried Gritzner, age 82, died at Evergreen house in North Vancouver from COPD and Covid-19. At the end, he was brave and well cared-for by all the nurses and staff.

He was born to Max and Maria, and while he was well loved, he did not have an easy childhood in post-war Germany. He moved to Canada in his early twenties after studying electrical engineering, and worked for many years at a nuclear power plant, eventually as a supervisor. He built a life and the house on hill in Bowmanville, where he enjoyed planting fruit trees that were nurtured by the warm Ontario summers.

He was a complicated human, with a big caring heart, and firm beliefs about hard work and getting the job done right.

Throughout his life, he maintained his relationship with his homeland and when he retired early, he explored life and made friends all over the world.

He is survived by his daughter Susan and her son Mesa, and his family in Germany, his brother and his wife Klaus and Rosie, their children, Michael and Katja, and their children Sarah, Jonas and lovely Lara.

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MONAGHAN, Robert Louis (Bob) LLB November 3, 1928 - January 29, 2022 Father to Paul, Marcia, Christine, Christopher.

Predeceased by Mum of his four children, Kathryn Monaghan (Holmes), December 22, 2021. Survived by loving partner Jeannie MacDonald; extended family; the Monahan’s; his West Van pals.

Born in Victoria, BC, Bob was youngest of five children. He graduated from UBC Law School, practiced law in Victoria and Vancouver, completed his career as a citizenship Judge. He taught his children to always do the right thing. His practical insights were wise, yet compassionate.

Good to the core, he was kind and patient. He was a member of Victoria Golf, Union, and Terminal City Clubs. Bob first learned to play lacrosse in Beacon Hill Park; a founding player of the legendary Victoria Shamrocks, filling the Memorial Arena to capacity; one of the highest scoring defencemen. The Shamrocks won the 1955 national Mann Cup. Everyone loved Bob. He would give you the shirt off his back if needed; lived by ‘if you have nothing good to say, say nothing’; a voracious reader and terrific conversationalist; and, his Irish jokes were legendary. Recent travels took Dad to the NYC St. Patty’s Day parade and County Monaghan, Ireland. At 93, he lived independently, was still driving and, a social butterfly up until the end.

Dad, you always said ‘what’s more fun than fun?!’, so we celebrate you by living our best lives, daily.

Claire was blessed with a life full of her loves and adventure. In her words “I’ve had a good run!”

With sadness we advise of the passing of Ferdinand Nahanee. He was fondly known as David. David passed away surrounded by love on January 27, 2022 at North Shore Hospice. He was born to his late parents William and Matilda (nee: Moody) Nahanee on April 18, 1937, in Vancouver, BC. David grew up on Mission IR no. 1. and on the Downtown East Side. He attended St. Paul’s Indian Residential School, Kamloops Indian Residential School; NEC - Native Education College where he took a blacksmith course and learned how to make his own knives for carving. He was an Alter boy at St. Paul’s Indian Catholic Church and worked in the canneries and logging camps in Kitimat, BC. David was a master carver, he travelled to Germany and Japan with his totems.

He was a good boxer and competed successfully for the Golden Gloves. David was an avid sports fisherman and enjoyed Salmon Derbies. He was the caretaker for the Squamish Nation Capilano Nursery School from 1965 - 1984. David loved his culture and went to events at the Vancouver Friendship Centre, and many Squamish Nation events.

David is survived by, and will be deeply missed by his siblings Kathy, Glen; nephews and nieces Richard (Michelle), Peter (Natasha), Jody (Anne), Sharon, Dawn (Tom), Suzanne, Lisa, Ashley (Orlando), Darcy, Carol, Lei Loni, Diane, Peggie, Sean; and Dr. Laka (North Shore Hospice), Jennifer Honey (Vancouver Costal Health) and Dr. Emma Preston (Kilala Lelum Health Centre), and many loving relatives and dear friends.

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MOSS, May M. K. December 5, 1947 − January 13, 2022

She fulfilled her dream of living in a cottage in the forest when she moved with her daughter, husband and grandson to Gabriola Island in 2017 and as she wished passed there.

After a short battle with cancer, May died on January 13, aged 74. She is deeply missed by her husband Mike Smalley, son Jayson Moss, brother Kan Chew, and by her many Edgemont Village neighbours, fitness class students, and work colleagues.

Claire is lovingly remembered by her daughter, Lynn (Lance), grandson Brendan, sister Adele, sister-in-law Luella, nephews Jeffrey (Laura) and Brian, extended family in Ontario and Quebec and best friends everywhere.

May was a tiny, fearless bundle of energy. For thirty years, she taught fitness classes for North Van Rec and was a well−respected figure in the mortgage servicing industry for 40 years, working almost to the end.

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NAHANEE, Ferdinand ‘David’ Sunrise: April 18, 1937 Sunset: January 27, 2022

A Prayer service was held on February 3rd, at St. Paul’s Church. A funeral service was held February 4, 2022 at Chief Joe Mathias Centre, and can be viewed at www.funeraweb.tv. Online condolences can be found at www.dignitymemorial.com

MELDRUM, Claire Edna It is with deep sadness Claire’s family announce her passing on December 29, 2021. Claire was born August 12, 1939 in Rouyn Noranda, Que. and at 12 years old moved with her family to North Vancouver. She retired from City of North Vancouver, payroll supervisor, 1998.

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Mike and Jayson are grateful to May’s friends who helped them care for her at her bedside at Lions Gate Hospital and North Shore Hospice in her final days.

In gratitude for the care May received from the staff and volunteers at LGH and NS Hospice, donations to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation may be designated for Hospice and Palliative Care.

Fond memories linger every day, Remembrance keeps them near.

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PATTERSON, Jeffrey Paul (Jeff) April 6, 1980 − January 23, 2022

RUTISHAUSER, Werner August 11, 1919 − February 1, 2022

Jeffrey (Jeff) Paul Patterson, 41, of North Vancouver, British Columbia, passed away on January 23, 2022, at Lions Gate Hospital, succumbing to liver failure after fighting a long and valiant battle with concurrent disorders.

Werner passed away peacefully at the age of 102, on Feb 1, 2022, with his loving wife at his side.

Werner will be greatly missed by his wife of over 70 years, Blanche; his three daughters, Esther, Dorothea and Kathrin; seven grandchildren and five great−grandchildren; and all his extended family and friends in Canada, Mexico and Switzerland.

Werner was born in Riehen, Switzerland, worked and raised his family in Mexico City, and eventually retired in North Vancouver in 1984, where he dedicated his time to his family, friends, and also the Swiss Society of Vancouver, of which he was a member for nearly 40 years.

Werner was a determined and resilient man, who was an inspiration to many that knew him. He will forever be remembered as a proud Swiss, devoted husband and father, and a loving "Grosspapi" to all his grandchildren.

The family would also like to thank all the caregivers and staff at Sunrise of Lynn Valley for all their kindness, patience, and compassion.

Jeff’s memory will carry on through his loving and steadfast wife of 11 years, Aemelia, daughter Audrey, his parents Gary and Jean, brother Mike (Yoony), mother−in−law Maria, brothers−in−law Peter (Joy) and Nathan (Marie−Eve), twelve nieces and nephews, extended family and friends. He is predeceased and welcomed into heaven by his son Mathew and father−in−law Rafael.

Growing up, Jeff enjoyed annual family traditions such as vacations to Penticton and Port Townsend. His youth was punctuated with trips to Florida to visit his Papa and Nana, who brought him to watch MLB spring training. He made and nurtured lifelong friendships, many of them beginning in preschool. He enjoyed playing hockey, golf, and baseball. Jeff attended Carisbrooke Elementary, Balmoral Junior High, and Carson Graham Secondary School before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography at UBC. Jeff twice backpacked and adventured through Europe before he started a job at Future Shop. It was here that he met the love of his life, Aemelia (Emily). As he progressed through his career, he became well respected in the electronics industry and specialized in home automation. He was an avid sports fan and followed the NHL, NFL, and tennis. Memorably, every year Jeff’s world stopped for March Madness. He was an active participant in several sports pools with friends and delighted in going to sports games with them as well. He has been on countless family vacations and always enjoyed spending quality time with his daughter and his twelve nieces and nephews. An ongoing text thread between Jeff, his father and brother helped the trio stay connected as they regularly shared opinions and ideas about stocks, sports, politics, and day−to−day life.

A memorial fund has been created in Jeff’s honour through the British Columbia Mental Health Foundation. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: www.gofundme.com/f/jeff−patterson− memorial−fund Photo Mementos and Sentiments may be uploaded and viewed at: www.mykeeper.com/ profile/jeffpatterson Viewing and Funeral Service will be held Saturday, February 5, 2022, at 10 am at Holy Trinity Parish, 2725 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver.

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WALKER, Hannah “Anne” Mary Anne Walker died peacefully on January 12, 2022, aged 89 at Evergreen Long Term Care. Born July 1, 1932, our Anne had come a long way from the little working class girl born and raised in industrial Manchester, England.

Anne attended commercial college and then worked as a secretary in Manchester for Imperial Chemical Industries. It was with this work experience that Anne made the decision to emigrate from Manchester to Windsor, Ontario in 1957.

While in Windsor, Anne met Len, the mechanical engineer son of a CPR station master from Manitoba and the love of her life. They moved to Montreal in 1959 where they had a baby girl out of wedlock. The times being what they were, the couple gave the child up for adoption. Anne married Len in September of 1959 and in 1960 had their second child, a son they named Edward. They then moved to London, Ontario for work with Northern Electric where, in July 1962, the couple completed their family of four with a second girl they named Patricia.

In 1965, the family moved to Portland, Oregon, where Len worked with Rader Pneumatics in the forest industry. The family loved the outdoors and joined the Mazamas Mountaineering Club. Anne gained the summits of Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens (before the top blew off), Mt. Adams, and other West Coast Mountains.

It was during this time that Anne learned to ski, rock climb, and swim.

The family returned to Canada in 1971, settling in North Vancouver, BC. Anne became a proud Canadian Citizen shortly after. As the family grew, Anne returned to the workforce via Park and Tilford Distillery as secretary for the labour relations manager and then for the plant manager. She subsequently worked as head secretary in the Vancouver City engineering and planning departments.

Anne was equally at home in a tent trailer in the woods as gliding across a dance floor in heels. Anne was always a champion for the disadvantaged, volunteering to teach adults in an adult literacy program, for example. She was a strong feminist and embraced the free spiritedness of the hippy culture. She regretted not having the opportunity to attend university but made up for it with the avid reading of both fiction and non-fiction works, and taking university night courses. Anne was an avid wordsmith and crossword expert until the end. She always kept fit and will always be our role model on how to live life to the fullest.

In the late 1990s, Anne was overjoyed when her adopted daughter, Susan, made contact. Although Sue was back east they enjoyed a great easygoing relationship and visited as much as possible.

SLADE, Gloria Jean March 1943 - December 2021 We announce, with a profound sense of loss, Gloria’s relatively sudden passing into the presence of her Lord, on Saturday, December 18th, 2021, at the age of 78, following a few months of illness, and a few weeks in hospital. No, it wasn’t CoVID, it was cascading complications from multiple sites of cancer. Gloria is survived by her devoted husband Rob; her daughters Karen (Michael) Hoff and Linda Hutchinson, her grandsons Ryan (Alexx) Hoff, Trevor Hoff, Devon Hutchinson, granddaughter Hannah Hutchinson; and great grandson Bennett Hoff (whom she never met face to face, but delighted in pictures of). Gloria raised her family on the salary of a secretary, or personal or executive assistant, but generally to the President, CEO, or Board, and contributed to the existence of two major buildings in Vancouver and the structure of the Pacific Coast fishing fleet. Occasionally she could be prevailed upon to bring her secretarial and management skills to improve the situation of a guild or charity.

She was a dearly loved soloist, a skilled seamstress and designer, and avidly followed quilting and embroidery. Gloria had a great sense of fun, a limitless curiosity, a passion for words and the English language, a determination to be of service to her church, and a deep and abiding love for her family (as well as no small connection to her friends).

A memorial service will be held February 26th, 2 PM (PST) at West Vancouver Baptist Church, with online streaming via https://www.westvanbaptist.com/ for those who would prefer to attend remotely or participate at their convenience. To meet CoVID restrictions, the family asks all those attending in person to RSVP to gsladememorial@gmail.com, and advises that proof of full vaccination and the wearing of masks will be required for entry to the service. (For specific instructions for the online stream contact gsladememorial@gmail.com.) Flowers are gratefully declined; in lieu, donations may be made in Gloria’s name to The Sharing Way or to Regent College.

Anne will be forever remembered by her devoted husband Len, her sister Patricia (Mike Oates), her son Edward, her daughters Patricia (Patrick Conrad) and Susan (Paul Goostrey), her grandchildren Katherine, Janet, Christina, Lauren, and Taylor, her nephews Tony Oates (Marlen), Mark Oates (Aisha Hussain), Paul Oates, and nephew David Lindsay, niece Katherine Nicole Lindsay, and grand nieces Cassandra Oates and Nicole Oates, and grand nephew Peter Oates. She was predeceased by sister-in-law Mary Ellen Lindsay and husband William. We hope to arrange a ‘celebration of life’ in the spring or whenever Covid allows.

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North Shore’s Only Family Owned Funeral Provider WRIGHT, Peter Leckie April 4, 1927 - January 11, 2022 The Aptly named Mr. Wright Peter Leckie Wright died quietly on January 11, 2022 at Hollyburn House in West Vancouver. Peter will be remembered for his positive outlook, his presence, wit, integrity and gentlemanly bearing - he was an impeccable character.

Peter was a true Vancouverite. His great-grandparents moved to Vancouver from Scotland. He was born to Dorothy Grace and Leroy Charles Wright at VGH on April 4, 1927, and raised in West Point Grey. He was a graduate of Lord Byng School and, growing up, a boy-scout and member of Jericho Tennis Club and Royal Vancouver Yacht Club.

He married Joan Harstone in 1951. Residing in West Vancouver, they had three children - son David (Jeannette) and grandchildren Brett (Carly), Sean (Morgan) and great grandchildren Lila, Lui, Quin and Lennon, daughter Pamela (Barclay) with Lollipop and Queen Bee and youngest son Philip.

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Peter was predeceased by his sister Gloria Maw (John), nephews Christopher “Kit” and Ian and cousin Nancy Chisholm. He is survived by niece Elizabeth “Buff” (Nigel), nephew Peter “Beau” (Gerry) and Nancy’s daughter Tia (Gary).

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Peter and Joan were thrilled to be with the entire family for their 70th wedding anniversary in August of last year.

Peter specialized in ocean marine insurance with Dale and Company at the revered Marine Building. He retired at 52 and embarked on a new career as a chartered arbitrator and mediator - making the most of his ability to navigate conflict with grace. He became an international marine insurance consultant, expert witness and lecturer. His work assignments took him to Japan, Malaysia, Russia, Norway and China. He made significant contributions to the field of conflict resolution in Canada and internationally.

The list of Peter’s professional achievements and volunteer roles is long. Special to him were his time as President of the Vancouver Arbitrators Association, Director of the British Columbia Mediation Society and Past President and Honorary Life Member of the Association of Marine Underwriters British Columbia. He was a long-time member of the Terminal City Club and a supporter the arts - in particular the Vancouver Playhouse, the Vancouver Symphony and the Arts Club Theatre.

What most of us will remember about Peter was his enthusiasm - enthusiasm for other people, for travel with Joan, his family, your family, meticulous ironing of his Bengal-striped shirts, shining his shoes to perfection, swimming lengths at the Hollyburn Country Club (Pamela in a nearby lane), twisting to Trini Lopez, St. Christopher’s Church, entertaining, avid listening, communicating and civility. As well he was a mentor to many and had a keen ability to treat everyone kindly and equally. He was the quintessential modern gentleman.

Peter’s family thank Dr. Paul Sugar, Victoriya and her staff of caregivers from Vital Life Nursing (especially Tatiana and Caroline) who took such good care of Peter in recent years. We also thank the caring staff at Hollyburn House.

In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Peter can be made to The Paul Sugar Palliative Support Foundation.

As we cannot gather at this time, we hope to have a service in the Spring.

Peter always said he was fortunate and blessed to spend time with his family and friends and we feel the same way about him. Peter, we miss you.

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Wilf is a decorated WWII war vet. He spent the war years serving his country with the British Columbia Dragoons tanks division, on the front line liberating North Africa, Italy, Holland and other areas in Europe. “Sinews of steel”. Wilf even met the Pope!

After the war, Wilf set out to be a lumberman, running and owning a sawmill in North Vancouver. Wilf and Gwen were married in 1951. They built their home themselves and settled down to have a family in North Vancouver. He sold his sawmill and put his mechanical skills to work at Pioneer Grain elevators on the waterfront, where he became Head Millwright and kept the grain shipments running 24/7.

Wilf retired in 1985, but continued to work night watching for several years, and became a full time Grampa to his two grandchildren, Alexander and Connor.

Wilf has always been a kind quiet man, skilled with his hands, willing to help out and never saying no to a cup of tea or dessert. We know he will enjoy his welldeserved birthday cake on February 15th.

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