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Iconic 110-year-old North Van church in need of a saviour BRENT RICHTER

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For more than a century, the stained glass icon of Saint Andrew has watched over the flock inside the equally iconic church named for him in North Vancouver.

The cornerstone of St. Andrew’s United Church at 10th Street and St. Georges Avenue was laid in 1912.

The church was completed for a cost about $35,000, including $2,200 for a second-hand pipe organ.

But if the 110-year-old structure is going to live on as a place of worship, community hub, and a landmark of Central Lonsdale, it’s going to need some help from above. The building’s mechanical and electrical systems and plumbing need to be upgraded, and the boiler is on its last legs. Even though they just spent $100,000 on new shingles to “flicker proof” their exterior walls, the little birds are already poking their heads out of new holes and nesting inside.

“Boy, oh boy, it’s not even all paid for yet,” said Rev. Judith Hardcastle.

But there’s no point in making many more Continued on page 26

St. Andrew’s United Church congregation chair John Eakin, Minister Judith Hardcastle, and volunteer Guy Heywood discuss the past and future of the iconic North Vancouver church, which badly needs to be restored. MIKE WAKEFIELD / NSN

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If the District of West Vancouver can’t hire some lifeguards in a hurry, local beaches will likely go unwatched this summer.

There is a shortage of lifeguards around B.C. right now, thanks to the pandemic

disrupting the usual pipeline of training for new lifeguards, but West Vancouver is being hit particularly hard. The municipality has still not been able to return to full operating hours at its pool.

“In May 2019, we had almost 100 staff going into the summer, and in May of 2022, we have 32,” said Jill Lawlor, senior manager

of community services for the district. “We are trying to strategize which beaches we can open and for how long. We will not be able to have our beaches open as fully as we did in 2019.”

People who go in the water when there is no one on duty will have to do so at their own risk. Lifeguards respond to nearly 200

incidents each summer on the beaches at Ambleside and Dundarave, Lawlor said, while lifeguards at West Vancouver Aquatic Centre respond to an average of 300 incidents annually.

The shortage is also impacting the ability to hire teachers for swimming lessons. When Continued on page 35

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Family fights suspension of teen with autism jseyd@nsnews.com

Parents of a North Vancouver teenage girl with Down syndrome and autism have filed a complaint with both B.C.’s Human Rights Tribunal and B.C.’s Ombudsperson’s Office saying their daughter has been denied an education after she wasn’t allowed to attend school for most of the past year.

Tiffany Paul and Ramses Romero say keeping their 16-year-old daughter Riley, who has complex needs, out of school for so long has been cruel and discriminatory, and has impacted her physical and mental health.

Paul says their daughter “just wants to be a regular kid” in a regular classroom with her peers. “It’s always been where she’s most successful,” said Paul.

But staff with the North Vancouver School District have been dragging their feet on allowing Riley back to class for most of the last year, she added.

Paul said if her daughter were more neuro-typical, she doubts she would have been suspended from school for so long.

“My daughter asks us daily when she is going to be allowed to return to school and we have no answer for her, and it breaks our hearts,” she said.

The family moved to North Vancouver two years ago, said Paul, and Riley settled

North Van teen Riley Romero and her parents Ramses Romero and Tiffany Paul are fighting a decision that has kept Riley out of inperson classes for most of the past year. MIKE WAKEFIELD / NSN

into Seycove Secondary with the help of a specially trained autism support worker. But when that staff member got reassigned and replaced with another support worker, Riley’s anxiety spiked, said Paul.

In response, she began acting out, culminating in two concerning incidents, including

one where Riley broke a window and another where she began hitting objects with a baseball bat.

Paul said the family understood as a result of that, Riley wouldn’t be able to attend school for a while.

She eventually returned to school part time several

months later, in October 2021, but the supports provided were not adequate, and did not include staff specifically trained in autism, said Paul.

Riley’s mental health had also been affected by being away from school, she said.

In November, during a time when Riley had been put on a new medication which led to side effects, the most serious incident occurred when Riley was stopped from jumping out of a second-floor window at the high school.

Riley’s parents were again told she couldn’t attend school.

Following that incident, Paul said Riley’s medication was changed and her mental health stabilized.

The family worked with a medical team that included a pediatrician, counsellor and a psychiatrist at B.C. Children’s Hospital, said Paul. In January, that medical team felt Riley was ready to attend school again.

But in the months since, Paul and Romero say they’ve received a bureaucratic runaround from the school district, and been asked to attend countless meetings.

Up until now, however, the best that Riley’s been offered has been either online learning or at-home learning with a school district staff member for a very limited amount of time, said Paul. “It’s been pretty hard,” she said. “We try to keep her busy.”

Riley still misses contact with her peers and regular Continued on page 38

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Between the double whammy of skyrocketing inflation and creeping interest rate hikes, North Shore residents are much more worried about inflation, a recent poll reveals.

Inflation rates for consumer goods in April were 6.7 per cent in B.C., with gas and food prices making up among the biggest increases. Economists are predicting things are only going to get worse.

In an effort to tamp down inflation, the Bank of Canada has been hiking interest rates. That is also a worry to many people, as consumers today are carrying record debt loads.

Of the two, however, inflation remains the biggest worry for North Shore readers, with almost 43 per cent of local residents who responded to a recent poll, saying they aren’t concerned about interest rates if higher rates keep a rein on inflation and the housing market. A slightly smaller number, 37 per cent, said they are somewhat concerned about rising interest rates, although they could handle a small increase. Just under 20 per cent of those polls said their debt loads had them significantly concerned about rising interest rates.

North Shore News polled 2,306 North Shore News readers and asked the question: How concerned are you about rising interest rates? Of the 2,306 votes, we can determine that 878 are from within the community. The poll ran from April 20, 2022 to May 18, 2022.

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Ex-BC Lion Josh Boden may face 15 years in jail for murder JEREMY HAINSWORTH

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A former BC Lions player who grew up playing football in North Vancouver could spend at least 15 years in prison after being found guilty of the 2009 second-degree murder of an ex-girlfriend.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barry Davies found Joshua Joseph Boden guilty Nov. 4 in the second-degree murder of Kimberly Lynn Hallgarth at her home on

Burnaby’s Colborne Avenue.

Sentencing submissions were due to be heard Tuesday but Davies was unavailable and has been replaced by Justice Arne Silverman at the direction of Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes.

As the sentencing hearing was set over to June 16, prosecutor Brendan McCabe told Silverman the Crown would be seeking 15 years’ prison time before parole eligibility.

Boden, who went from playing football

at North Vancouver’s Carson Graham Secondary to a brief career as a wide receiver for the BC Lions in 2007, was charged in 2018 in the killing of Hallgarth on March 15, 2009.

Davies said the Crown had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Boden killed Hallgarth by stomping on her head and neck and then strangling her to death.

Davies said Boden was motivated by continuing anger and resentment at Hallgarth, who he blamed for the loss of

his professional football career.

Afterwards, Boden tried to cover up the murder by staging the crime scene to try to make it look like Hallgarth had died accidentally after taking drugs, Davies said.

Davies said autopsy evidence established that Hallgarth was “brutally beaten before she was choked to death.”

Members of Hallgarth’s family are expected to give victim impact statements, Silverman heard.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2022 NEWS | A5

NOTICE OF DISPOSITION In accordance with section 26 of the Community Charter, the District of West Vancouver hereby gives notice of its intention to dispose of the following three unimproved single-family residential parcels located in West Vancouver, in fee simple: 2539 Rosebery Avenue (PID: 031-665-861, Lot 1 Block 3A East Part of District Lot 815 Group 1 New Westminster District Plan EPP117813), approx. 0.125 ha (1,250 m2) (“Lot 1”)

2523 Rosebery Avenue (PID: 031-665-870, Lot 2 Block 3A

A 74-unit rental building was passed unanimously by City of North Vancouver council May 16.

It includes eight mid-market rentals and 21 accessible units. CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER

East Part of District Lot 815 Group 1 New Westminster District Plan EPP117813), approx. 0.125 ha (1,250 m2) (“Lot 2”)

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City of North Van OKs 74-unit rental building CHARLIE CAREY

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter/ccarey@nsnews.com

Located at 115 East Keith Rd., the new rental building will replace the current three-storey rental building that was built in 1968 and has 24 units. Sitting right at Victoria Park and Sixth Street, the proposed six-storey building has a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, and includes eight mid-market units and 21 accessible units.

While the proposal comes out of the North Vancouver’s Balanced Housing Lab, in partnership with the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and District of West Vancouver – aimed at finding new ways of producing housing attainable for households earning between $50,000 and $100,000 per year – after hearing from one tenant who spoke during the public hearing, mayor and council were concerned about current tenants’ chance of finding affordable housing in the region.

However, since the original development application in June 2021, the developer updated its tenant relocation plan to include financial compensation for long-term tenants, which will see 16 current tenants receive just under $43,000 combined.

Almost all councillors spoke to the impact forced relocation would have on the existing tenants, expressing their desire to support them through the transition.

Couns. Tony Valente and Angela Girard noted that the early stage input and community consultations have been quite effective, and look forward to seeing how it affects other applications in the future.

“I do believe that the pilot has shown that there’s real benefits to be gained from an alternative development approval process, particularly from receiving the residents’ feedback, through that co- creation workshop or through the visual preference survey,” Girard said. “I do think that perhaps we could have done a better job in how

East Part of District Lot 815 Group 1 New Westminster District Plan EPP117813), approx. 0.170 ha (1,700 m2) (“Lot 3”)

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A proposed 74-unit rental building on East Keith Road is moving forward, as City of North Vancouver council voted unanimously May 16 in favour of the redevelopment.

we engage those residents because I think there was some concern that there was such a very small number of them having their voice at the table.”

“The early-stage input, I think that really did support a better process and certainly it’s not perfect and it’s really never going to be perfect, but I think it was a good step forward in terms of getting people engaged early, before we have drawings on the table per se,” Valente said. “I recognize the impact on existing tenants, and through this process to ensure as best we can protections for them, and I think this is built in 1968 and it’s very close to the end of its life and that’s certainly something that is a consideration for me.”

Saying the “good outweighs the bad” in the proposal, Coun. Holly Back noted the lack of cooling that is currently in the plans of the development, along with the building having no extra storage assigned to units, as concerning.

Coun. Jessica McIlroy said it’s always difficult when existing community members are forced to leave their homes, not because of choice, but from redevelopment.

Mayor Buchanan said it’s something that the city hears with every redevelopment.

“I hear it from my colleagues and every other city across Metro Vancouver, and the challenges that we have in terms of balancing what we need to have in our community to support our residents who live here now and helping them to relocate when the building is up for redevelopment, and then balance it with the fact that you do need new housing stock.”

“We are not a place that we draw up draw bridges and say people cannot come. So, we need to have that balance of how we are supporting our current residents and the needs that they have as well as [looking] to welcome new people into our community,” she said.

The proposal will come back to council at a yet-to-be-determined date for bylaw adoption.

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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The District will provide sanitary sewer, storm sewer and water connections at or near the property/road boundary of each parcel.

Two statutory rights of way (one for utilities/drainage and one for public trail) and two section 219 covenants (one for utilities/ drainage and one for tree protection) are registered against title to 2517 Rosebery Avenue in favour of the District. The tree protection covenant is also registered against the titles to 2523 and 2539 Rosebery Avenue.

These parcels are available for acquisition by the public. The information package for the parcels, which includes the required form of offer and all other submission requirements can be obtained online at westvancouver.ca/brissenden. Offers must be in the required form, must comply with all other requirements set out in the District’s information package, and must be received by email no later than 2 pm on June 6, 2022. The minimum consideration that will be considered for each lot is as follows: $2,850,000 for Lot 1, $2,850,000 for Lot 2, and $2,900,000 for Lot 3.

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2022 MUNICIPAL ELECTION

Buchanan begins re-election campaign CHARLIE CAREY

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter/ccarey@nsnews.com

North Vancouver Mayor Linda Buchanan has officially kicked off her campaign for the city’s top job.

Buchanan was first elected to council in 2011, and elected mayor in 2018. On May 17, she made her bid for re-election official at an event held at Lonsdale Avenue’s Chop and Chew restaurant.

Some current council members joined Buchanan at the announcement, as Buchanan shared how difficult the last two years have been for the North Vancouver community.

“But we’re stronger now because we’ve always put people first.

Undoubtedly there will be more challenges as we move forward. My focus

buyers.

“I’m proud of what we’ve done to support our residents and the business community, who have been stretched to the limit these last four years,” Buchanan said. “But I’m just getting started. There is more to do to advance the city as a dynamic, healthy and prosperous community for all.”

Buchanan’s announcement comes as election bids across the North Shore begin to filter through. West Vancouver incumbent Mayor MaryAnn Booth has begun her campaign as the municipality’s former mayor Mark Sager joins the race. District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little has also confirmed his plans to run again.

Municipal election day is Oct. 15.

The nomination period starts on Aug. 30 and is open until Sept. 9.

as mayor in the four years to come will continue to be putting people front and centre as we create a better community for everyone,” she said.

Buchanan was born and raised in the City of North Vancouver, and graduated from Carson Graham Secondary before pursuing a degree in nursing from LINDA BUCHANAN the University of British Columbia.

Buchanan noted the work she has done during her tenure, bringing rapid transit to the North Shore, increasing housing options for young people, families and seniors, and implementing rent-to-own housing for first-time

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Dog Mountain Trail closed for up to a month BRENT RICHTER

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If you’ve got plans to hike North Vancouver’s Dog Mountain Trail anytime soon, heel, sit, stay.

Metro Vancouver, which has jurisdiction over the popular trail on Mount Seymour, has closed the trailhead for

will reopen the trail once it is safe to do so. There was a hefty snowfall last week, with more on the way, so it could be a closed for about a month.”

At five kilometres long with minimal elevation gain, the Dog Mountain Trail is considered a short and easy mountain hike by North Shore standards.

the time being.

“Dog Mountain Trail is currently under its regular ‘shoulder season’ closure as the snow melts. Around this time of spring the trail gets very muddy, and creeks become hazardous,” said Metro spokesperson Greg Valou.

“Staff patrol the area regularly and

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DEADLINE TO SUBMIT AN OFFER: June 6, 2022 at 2 p.m. PST The District of West Vancouver has three single-family residential lots available for sale—2517, 2523, and 2539 Rosebery Avenue—located in the Dundarave community, adjacent to Brissenden Park.

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espite the gloomy weather, the start of summer is close at hand on the North Shore.

But local beaches are facing greater challenges than cloudy days. Popular locations like Ambleside and Dundarave are also facing a lifeguard shortage, which means there may be fewer eyes on the water.

The lifeguard shortage has already hit pools around Greater Vancouver.

That’s resulted in fierce competition for dwindling spots in children’s swimming lessons, among other things. Parents have reported all available lessons being booked within minutes of them opening. Ironically, fewer people are being taught how to swim and be safe on the water at a time when fewer lifeguards are available to provide proper oversight of public swimming areas.

This is not a formula for happy outcomes.

It’s been noted, for instance, that lifeguards respond to almost 200 incidents on West Vancouver beaches each summer.

There are many factors contributing to the shortage, including a lack of certification opportunities during earlier COVID-19 restrictions, plus the expense and time commitment involved. Young people who sign up for the job may also move on to different phases of their lives in a few years.

Those who have the necessary training may opt to work closer to their homes – which in many cases aren’t on the North Shore. We hope the moves on the part of West Vancouver to entice more people to sign on for lifeguarding are successful.

In the meantime, the public would do well to realize the tall red chair might be sitting empty some days at local beaches. Being vigilant around the water will be especially important. A life could depend on it.

The essential middle-aged man’s guide to breastfeeding You wouldn’t believe the weird and wild stuff that leads some women to cover their breasts in cabbage leaves.

There’s slobbering, biting, clawing, screaming, crying. And yes, all of that is done by babies. Well, the screaming and crying could also be the mothers.

We are, of course, talking about breastfeeding. It’s a hot topic these days, given that there has been a supply shortage for some types of baby formula in parts of the United States going on for a few weeks now. It’s apparently leaking into Canada as well.

This shortage has led to plenty of discussions and opinions on social media – likely no demographic in the world gets more unsolicited advice than new mothers – with a lot of commenters arguing that the formula shortage isn’t a real problem because mothers can simply breastfeed their babies.

The esteemed Bette Midler, a typically well regarded famous lady, drew some ire when she waded into the debate on Twitter.

“TRY BREASTFEEEDING! It’s free and available on demand,” she wrote. Yes, she used all caps. And yes, she spelled breastfeeding with three E’s.

Now let’s just stop for a moment before you all get really mad at me. Because I can

feel it coming. I get it – I’m about to get really mad at me too. Is this middle-aged dude about to mansplain breastfeeding?!

And the answer Laugh All You Want is … no? I mean … a Andy Prest little, maybe?

Because I suspect there are many people out there, particularly men but not solely men, who either never knew or have long since forgotten what breastfeeding is like. I had no idea until I had kids of my own.

And I want to be clear that I don’t actually know what it’s like to breastfeed a baby – I’m not equipped for the job – but I know what my wife went through, and what many other mothers we know went through. And my wife signed off on me writing this column after seeing some of the things being said in this debate. Because breastfeeding can be incredibly painful and difficult, and sometimes even impossible for some mothers and babies.

It’s Bette Midler’s “available on demand” statement in particular that is not sitting well

with my wife.

Both of my kids, when they were babies, had these cute/weird little recessed chins that made it hard for them to latch. Trouble latching can lead to trouble with milk supply.

So breastfeeding, for my kids, was not always “on demand.”

One of my kids had so much trouble feeding that he stopped growing and started losing weight. We have pictures of him looking like a little Skeletor baby, and it is still hard to look at those pictures. It’s also still painful to recall the words of the pediatrician who said he was “failing to thrive.”

After that there were consultants involved, industrial-strength pumps, supplements – and no, Bette, none of those things were free – and yes, there was formula as well, which supplied our baby with needed sustenance, and supplied my wife with unneeded guilt.

And there was biting, and scratching, and chafing, and cracking, and other things happening there that my wife won’t let me write about because it’s too gross.

One of the suggestions my wife got was to buy a head of cabbage, keep it in the fridge, and slap a big frosty leaf right onto the breast to provide some cool relief. That one

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This is all to say that for some, breastfeeding is a very sensitive subject, and we haven’t even gotten into the pure exhaustion of having to wake up multiple times a night for multiple straight months for feeding.

Anyway, I’d be very, very wary of trying to tell a new mother her business if you’re not a certified expert. And even then. …

We know the benefits of breastfeeding and encourage it. But we also know it’s not always that easy. And my little “failing to thrive” guy, whose feeding troubles years ago still give my wife guilt, is now a massive boy who towers over his classmates, throws a wicked fastball, and can chug a bottle of Gatorade in about 12 seconds. Impressive, I know.

There are so many reasons why breastfeeding is not an option for some mothers, and so it is not helpful to minimize any parent’s concerns about how they are going to feed their baby. We would all do well to remember that, and give everyone a chance to thrive.

And apologies again for adding my man voice to this issue. If I’ve really upset you, feel free to throw your old cabbage at me. aprest@nsnews.com

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MAILBOX CAN TAXPAYERS AFFORD GORDON AVE PROPOSAL? Dear Editor:

Re: Gordon Avenue Affordable Housing Moves Forward, May 11, front-page story.

District of West Vancouver council is proposing a 60-year lease of the municipal property at 22nd and Gordon. The history behind why the land was purchased needs to be understood in order to make meaningful comments about this proposal.

The property was acquired after I found out as mayor that a behind-the-scene deal had been made by the province to sell this Vancouver Coastal Health property to the three First Nations [Musqueam, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and TsleilWaututh] and the Aquilini Group. I met with their representative on the site and pointed out that it was zoned for community use and would remain so if privately owned. They then backed away and the district purchased the land based on the BC Assessment value.

There was a clear understanding that as the land was adjacent to our civic site, it would be available if some space was needed for municipal programs. If not, the site would be used for housing types that were needed by the community – specifically for housing units suitable for young families, seniors, and those wanting to downsize and move closer in.

The proposed model that would be

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followed was the former Wetmore site at 22nd and Marine. Here, the district bought the land and determined that it should be used for seniors housing. Requests for proposals were sent to interested parties, and council selected the proposal felt to be in the best interest of the community. The net result was a good return on the taxpayers’ original investment, and a community need was met. No subsidy was involved.

The current proposal will come at a huge cost to taxpayers. No financial return in the next 60 years will be received for the property worth well in excess of $20 million. It is true that some obviously needed housing will be created, but the district will have no direct involvement of who lives there.

“Affordable housing” in West Vancouver has become a popular phrase, but is an impossibility as there will always be many times more people wanting to live here than can be accommodated. The province has the responsibility for housing. BC Housing, a provincial agency, already subsidizes hundreds of housing units in West Van. Council does not have the expertise or staff to assume that role nor do municipalities have the revenue sources to meet the demand.

The future budget situation in West Vancouver is far from certain, with businesses and residents struggling to pay the high taxes our community requires.

In addition, both the provincial and federal governments are in large deficit

positions, and Metro Vancouver is requiring billions to meet the water and sewer needs of the region.

Funding for necessary programs and services in the future will be tight. For us to subsidize 150 housing units at such great cost without the ability to determine the eligibility of the applicants now or in the future is a bridge too far for West Vancouver taxpayers.

Michael Smith (mayor 2011-2018) West Vancouver

WV NEEDS MORE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING Dear Editor:

I am a “supporter in principle” of the proposed – now quashed before it got out of the gate, so to speak – “missing middle” eight-plex project at Marine Drive and 29th Street (story on page A16, May 18 edition).

I’m a neighbour times two; I live around the corner on Bellevue Avenue, and I’m an Elder at West Vancouver Presbyterian Church, 2893 Marine Dr., on the northeast corner across the street from this proposed project. In fact, a preliminary meeting was held in our church, and it was agreed that we, as a church, would be happy to rent space in our parking lot during construction, as well as being a good “across the street” neighbour.

It is time for more than just single-family dwellings in our “tony West Vancouver neighbourhood.” Coun. Craig Cameron is so correct. An added benefit to neighbours would have been a sidewalk, and a traffic

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I do feel, however, that a six-plex would have been a good compromise, and would be better suited for that property. Maybe a young family couldn’t afford to live there, as Coun. Bill Soprovich noted, but many baby boomers selling their homes could. They could walk or cycle to Dundarave, getting another few cars off our roads. But they wouldn’t be able walk across the street to play pickleball, sadly!

Marcus Wong states the official community plan is their bible. I wonder if that “bible” needs a new chapter: “It is OK to move from just single-family dwellings in Altamont!”

Jean Lawrence West Vancouver

NEW ISN’T ALWAYS BEST Dear Editor:

Re: Early Deep Cove Settler Recalls Growing Up ‘in the Bush,’ May 18 story.

Thank you, Brent Richter, for an amazing walk back in time to the pioneering days of Deep Cove. Thanks also to Mary Babcock and the Webbs for sharing their stories!

In the current climate of “new is better,” it is important for people to know that these heritage homes represent a unique place in time and once they are gone, their stories are not nearly as vibrant. We need more people like the Webbs who have expended so much effort into maintaining and enhancing this unique piece of history.

Jennifer Clay, North Shore Heritage Preservation Society

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Proposed Zoning Amendments for Land Use Contract Sites WHAT: A public hearing will be held regarding proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662 , 2010 , Amendment Bylaw No. 5201 , 2022 .

WHEN: 6 p.m. on May 31 , 2022

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COUNCIL WELCOMES YOUR INPUT: All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw will be given an opportunity to present written submissions and to be heard during the public hearing regarding the proposed bylaw. To participate in person, please attend the Municipal Hall Council Chamber at the date and time listed above. To participate by videoconferencing software, please call 604-925-7004 on May 31, 2022 to be added to the speakers list. Detailed instructions on how to participate in the public hearing are available at westvancouver.ca/publichearings.

PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING YOU MAY PROVIDE YOUR SUBMISSION: via email to correspondence@westvancouver.ca; via mail to Municipal Hall, 750 17th Street, West Vancouver BC V7V 3T3; or place your submission, addressed to Legislative Services, in the drop box located at the main entrance of Municipal Hall. Please provide written submissions by noon on May 31, 2022 to ensure their inclusion in the public information package for Council’s consideration. No further submissions can be considered by Council after the public hearing has closed.

MORE INFORMATION: The proposed bylaw and other relevant documents that Council may consider in deciding whether to adopt the proposed bylaw may be inspected online at westvancouver.ca/notices and at Municipal Hall from May 16 to 31, 2022 (Monday–Friday, except statutory holidays, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.).

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North Van’s Windfall opens B.C.’s first urban cidery NICK LABA

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Unlike the weather this spring, the drinks poured at Windfall Cider are dry.

This is the direction the beverage category is headed, with larger cider brands like Strongbow losing market share while innovative craft players rise through the ranks.

“If you were a cider drinker, maybe you got started with the big macro ciders,” said Windfall co-founder Nathaly Nairn. “And now, as you discover true craft cider, you are drinking more of it and leaving behind the big macro sugary ones.”

With its grand opening March 26, the business is one of the newest additions to North Vancouver’s booming brewery district, alongside Copperpenny Distillery and Shaketown Brewing, at 250 Esplanade East.

On tap is a lineup of dangerously light and refreshing hard ciders, which pair well with food and hot weather.

You could try the very sessionable Hail Mary, a rosé cider with notes of dry apple and berry – or you could cozy up with Sweater Weather, which has a bit more body and alcohol content (eight per cent) from aging in Woodinville rye barrels.

Either way, you’re sure to rethink any notions you had that craft cider will land you with a sugar-induced hangover. As a liquid, it’s not as complex as something like beer, so you’re less likely to feel bloated. And it’s naturally gluten free.

Nathaly Nairn is the co-founder of North Vancouver’s Windfall Cider, the fist urban cidery in B.C. NICK LABA / NSN

It’s been quite the journey for Nairn and her husband and business partner, Jeff, from fermenting in the living room of their East Van apartment to opening B.C.’s first urban cidery.

It was their plan from the start to have a fixed site, but

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“We looked for a place for about nine months, made five offers,” Nairn said. “None of them went through. We were getting quite discouraged.”

The advice they got was not to worry about getting a location at all. Jeff’s mentor at the time, at West Avenue Cider House in Ontario, told them to focus on getting a product out first.

At the time, popular East Van micro brewery Superflux was just

coming into the mix. “But they didn’t have a location and they were doing contract production,” Nairn said. “That’s when our bells went off.”

So they let go of the tasting room idea, rented a production space and focused on wholesale, growing relationships with private liquor stores and restaurants. “We did that successfully.”

As restaurants took a dive when the pandemic hit, so did 40 per cent of Windfall’s accounts.

They adjusted by getting their cider directly to consumers, and worked on partnerships with other alcohol producers. One of their longest-running customers is North Van’s Beere Brewing.

“So we were [in the area] for a bike ride, just visiting them. And there was a for-lease sign in the corner,” Nairn explained.

That property got snapped up, but the landlord had another space on the block.

They signed a lease in November 2020, started construction in January and opened the doors mid-December of last year.

The reception has been warm since opening, said Nairn, noting that the North Shore consumer is both sophisticated and supportive.

“Once you’re in, they kind of take ownership over you,” she said. “They want you to do well.”

“And if you’ve lived here for a long time, you’re really happy that all of a sudden you don’t have to cross the bridge. All of a sudden your playground just got very, very cool.”

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2022 NEWS | A15

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Former West Van parkland hits the market for $9 million BRENT RICHTER

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Two years after a B.C. Supreme Court approved the sale of donated West Vancouver parkland, the lots are hitting the market for just under $9 million.

The District of West Vancouver is now taking bids on the properties at 2517, 2523 and 2539 Rosebery Ave. Two of the three properties in upper Dundarave will have a minimum price of $2.85 million.

The easternmost and largest one, along 25th Street, has a minimum offer of $2.9 million.

Any money raised from the sale of the lots must be put towards the purchase of 1444 and 1448 Argyle Ave. – the last two privately held lots on the waterfront in Ambleside, which the district has been trying to acquire since the 1970s.

The Rosebery land has a complex legal history. In the late 1980s, the district agreed to Pearley and Norine Brissenden’s request to leave their large and mostly treed property to the municipality in their wills on the promise it would be “used and maintained for public park use.”

But the district never followed through on the terms of the bequest, and instead, the Brissendens’ home was rented out.

When the Attorney General of B.C. opposed the district’s request to vary the terms of the Brissendens’ trust to sell the land in 2018, the district modified their plans and developed the northern portion of the property into a new Brissenden Park, with a walking trail.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge found varying the trust would not be in keeping with the Brissendens’ specific wishes, but it could be allowed under the Community Charter as the new parkland in Ambleside would be more broadly in the interest of the community.

Under the court’s ruling, the waterfront lots must be renamed “Brissenden Waterfront Park” and kept as greenspace.

Under the zoning, each of the Rosebery lots will allow for a single-family home in keeping with the rest of the neighbourhood, although no trees can be removed from the northern 10 feet of each lot, to act as a buffer from the remaining Brissenden Park.

Because the land is municipally owned, any potential buyer with a relationship to any district employee or elected official must declare that, or any other conflict of interest, at the time they submit their bid.

The district will keep the properties on the market until June 6.

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North Van teacher suspended for doing ‘back breaker’ on students BRENT RICHTER

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A North Vancouver elementary school teacher has been suspended for five days for a series of incidents, including performing a wrestling move known as “the back breaker” on his students.

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Complaints against Sylvain JosephLeo Desbiens under review by the BC Commissioner for Teacher Regulation date back to 2018 and 2019 when he was a Grades 4 and 5 teacher, according to a consent resolution agreement published on May 17.

In September 2018, a student told their parent that Desbiens would do the back breaker on male classmates, which involved him placing his knee in students’ backs and pulling on their shoulders and arms (without using his full strength).

“The back breaker was perceived by some of the students as being punitive in nature,” the regulatory documents state.

Desbiens also made light of the students’ small size and physically lifted them up to move them when they were standing in the wrong spot, according to the agreement.

Other incidents from the spring of 2019 were the subject of complaints, including more back breakers.

“More than one student said that this caused pain,” the agreement notes. “On one occasion, a group of students nominated a classmate to ‘sacrifice’ themselves for punishment by receiving the back breaker as the

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other students did not want to have the back breaker performed on them.”

On other occasions, he would pinch a student’s trapezius muscle to the point where it hurt, the ruling states, and he’d also pretend to strike students by forcefully slapping a hand into his open palm above their heads.

Although on one occasion, he accidentally made contact with a student. And Desbiens told the class he would be bringing a whip to school, implying it would be used for punishment.

“At least one student reported being afraid of Desbiens,” the report states.

Desbiens has been certified to teach in B.C. since 1997. There were other disciplinary incidents on his record. In September of 2019, the school district suspended Desbiens without pay for three days and required him to attend counselling with a workplace psychologist with a focus on boundaries and expectations. And in 2011, the Vancouver School District issued a letter of expectation to Desbiens after he taped a student’s mouth shut.

As part of the agreement, Desbiens must also complete a course in creating a positive learning environment by March 31, 2023.

In order to be eligible for a consent resolution agreement, Desbiens had to admit that the allegations were true and that they constituted professional misconduct.

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Election spending limits set BRENT RICHTER

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Know your limit. Spend within it.

Elections BC has set the maximum allowable cash candidates may spend running for council, mayor and school board in the upcoming local government elections.

The spending limit for each community is based on a formula that factors in the population of the municipality.

In the City of North Vancouver, mayoral candidates must not spend more than $42,499, while council candidates are capped at a budget of $21,472. With a higher population, the District of North Vancouver’s mayoral and council campaign spending limits are $61,506 and $31,137 respectively.

West Vancouver’s candidates meanwhile may not spend more than $34,196 in a run for mayor or $17,250 in a bid for a seat on council. School board candidates in West Vancouver cannot spend more than $19,070 in their campaign. The North Vancouver school board reserves four seats for district representatives and three for the city. Their limits are $31,575 and $21,489, respectively.

Under a new set of rules brought in before the last elections in 2018, businesses

and unions are no longer allowed to donate directly to any candidates’ campaigns, and organizations cannot legally reimburse any of their staff or members who donate.

Donations from individuals, who must live in B.C. and be either Canadian citizens or permanent residents, are capped at $1,250.

Third-party sponsors that endorse candidates for council also face limits. In the City of North Vancouver, it is $2,124 for mayor or council candidates. In the DNV, that limit is $3,075. West Vancouver third-party sponsors are capped at $1,709.

One candidate up for re-election however, will largely be able to skip fundraising this time around. In 2018, Linda Buchanan raised almost $96,000 for her campaign, leaving her with almost $40,000 left in the war chest.

Under the law, Buchanan was eligible to take back $10,000 she donated to herself before the new rules came into place, but the remainder was to be held in trust by the City of North Vancouver, available to her again only for a re-election campaign.

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A member of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) who says he is a hereditary chief was in B.C. Supreme Court last week, requesting an injunction in a unusual case that seeks to reassert authority of the Capilano Indian Band – one of the historical Indigenous groups that now make up the Squamish Nation – over their ancestral land.

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In court documents filed in the case, Mathias suggested the work near the Lions Gate Bridge is being done to develop the Burrard Inlet Rapid Transit Project.

Lawyers for the Squamish Nation have argued there is nothing out of the ordinary going on at the site, where environmental remediation work has been underway for decades, noting there is no activity happening connected with any kind of transit plan. They also noted Mathias’s earlier court case against the Squamish Nation – requesting that the nation established in 1923 essentially be “de-amalgamated” – has already been tossed out by another judge.

The request for an injunction was filed after Mathias discovered over Christmas that a huge bulldozer had “flattened” an area of X̱wemelch’stn (Capilano 5 reserve) near the Lions Gate Bridge, containing trees culturally significant to the Capilano, said Mathias’s lawyer Andrew Rogerson.

Rogerson said Mathias is appealing the January decision of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick, which rejected his request to quash a 100-year-old amalgamation of several Indigenous groups into the Squamish Nation. Fitzpatrick ruled at that time the court had no jurisdiction to hear the case.

Rogerson asked this week that an injunction on work being done on the Capilano reserve land be granted until that appeal can be heard in the fall.

Squamish Nation lawyer Robert Janes told the judge there’s no basis to issue an injunction. The work going on at the site is on land that has been under long-term lease to the federal government, Janes said.

The federal government has been conducting environmental remediation work on the site since the 1990s (when authorities discovered the site was contaminated by heavy metals), Janes noted, without any complaints or requests for an injunction.

Janes added the Burrard Inlet Rapid Transit project for the North Shore is still in the discussion phase and hasn’t been approved or funded. Even if it was approved, the project does not pass through the Capilano reserve, Janes said. Instead, the plan calls for the possibility of a rapid transit route that goes north of Squamish Nation lands and crosses Burrard Inlet at the Second Narrows.

“You can’t get an injunction against work that’s not being done,” Janes said in court. “And you can’t get an injunction that you haven’t sought, against work that’s being done by someone else, somewhere else.”

Granting an injunction against any work being done on the Capilano reserve would interfere with both the ongoing environmental remediation, and with the development of housing for the Squamish Nation and infrastructure associated with the Park Royal shopping centre, said Janes.

“Some of the complaining that underpins this has been going on since the 1940s,” he added. “I think there’s barely a community in the world where people are not unhappy about decisions that are made by their government.”

In court documents filed in the case, Squamish Nation spokesperson Khelsilem wrote Mathias isn’t recognized as a hereditary chief by the Nation, and has no right to be consulted about what happens on the reserve lands.

Some of the arguments in the case this week closely resembled those previously made in Mathias’s original case against the Squamish Nation, described by Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick in January as a request by the Capilano to “divorce” the Squamish and operate with its own assets and funds.

Fitzpatrick ruled in January that as Ottawa made the legal agreement joining a number of bands into the Squamish Nation almost 100 years ago, the issue would have to be heard in Federal Court.

An appeal of that decision could take place in the B.C. Court of Appeal in September.

Justice Carla Forth reserved her decision on the injunction.

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B.C. using artificial intelligence to hunt for racist land titles BRENT RICHTER

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On the eve of West Vancouver presenting a proposal to seek and strike out discriminatory and racist land title covenants, there may be a high-tech solution for rooting out the historical relics.

The offensive clauses that forbade people from owning properties based on their race or religion came with some developments around Canada until as late as the 1960s. They’ve been null in B.C. since 1977, but they remain on land title documents until someone makes a request to the Land Title and Survey Authority to have them struck.

The District of West Vancouver launched an initiative in 2020 “to determine the process, resources and time required to achieve the cancellation and

striking of discriminating covenants.”

That report is due to come before council on May 30.

No one knows how many discriminatory covenants there are in B.C. But, even when you have the address of a home with one, there is still the highly time consuming and laborious task of sifting through the arcane storage system for B.C.’s land title documents – 48,000 microfilm reels containing more than 2.2 million active land titles and roughly 100 million pages of documents.

“It’s like finding a needle in a haystack.

It’s a very manual process and our historical data is not in a searchable database,” said Larry Blaschuk, LTSA registrar. “It’s an old system that was paper-based to begin with, and the one we have in B.C. is miles ahead of what they’ve done in other jurisdictions around the world.”

Now, the land title authority has engaged with some Simon Fraser University scientists to use machine learning technology to help find and flag discriminatory covenants.

Using some sample pages from the registry that have been digitized, the software scans the documents and uses an artificial intelligence algorithm to help identify instances where the language may be present.

“Proof of concept is what we’ve done so far,” Blaschuk said. “It finds quite a few of them. It finds most of them, in fact, especially if it’s typewritten.”

The plan now is to move from concept to a pilot project to validate and understand how effective the method will be on a wider scale.

Blaschuk said there has been a lot of interest in the project from the District of

West Vancouver and the City of Vancouver “because that’s where a lot of these things appear.”

“I have no idea what the magnitude of them left in the register is, and that’s something we’re hoping to find out,” he said. “They occur in West Van, they occur in Vancouver, but they also occur in Richmond, they occur in Prince George.

They’re there all over the province.”

Finding them is one thing. It may still be very labour intensive to have the clauses struck, Blaschuk warned. And the law doesn’t allow any land title clauses to be completely deleted or made illegible.

Under the legislation, the land title office will strike through any discriminatory covenant clause at no cost to a land owner. Blaschuk said they get about five calls or emails per year making that request.

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SPRING 2022

North Shore Gala Online Auction The North Shore Waterfront Gala will be virtual again this year.

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This year’s online auction is raising money to address two important issues: food insecurity and youth homelessness on the North Shore. This year the preliminary auction total is $110,000!

The first $100,000 raised will be shared equally between the beneficiaries, Hollyburn Family Services and Sharing Abundance, and the balance gets invested in the Waterfront Endowment Fund managed by the North Shore Community Foundation.

Sharing Abundance has operated a community meal program on the North Shore for over a decade, serving more than 7,000 meals a year. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, they have adapted their service model to take-out meals and are currently offering a weekly dinner-to-go at North Lonsdale United Church and bag lunches at the Lonsdale Legion. Their popular twicemonthly Seniors Moment lunch program is running again, as well as provide meals for programs offered through North Shore Neighbourhood House.

Hollyburn Family Services Society’s Youth Safe House has continued to operate throughout the pandemic, ensuring at-risk youth can always get the support they need. The challenges facing marginalized individuals continues to be exacerbated

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This vibrant, busy organization is entirely volunteer run and relies on sponsorship and donations from Neptune, as well as other community partners. A year-round service club, the Lions makes the most of its resources and the power of its volunteer network.

Their ability to respond when needed is well-known. Notably they were able to mobilize quickly just over a year ago, when the tragic attack occurred in Lynn Valley Centre, and organize a candlelight drive-thru vigil to support the impacted community. lvlions.com

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Craig joined Neptune in July 2021 and oversees Neptune operations, including integration with the safety and maintenance teams. He was previously with Neptune shareholder Teck Resources for 18 years, leading logistics for their steelmaking coal business.

“Knowing the people, and being invested in the work, made the decision to move to Neptune easier,” Craig says. “What really gets me excited though, is being able being able to execute solutions and strategy on an integrated, ongoing basis as part of a highly functional team at Neptune.” With a growing team, Craig’s experience and expertise will help make Neptune an even more efficient and productive terminal. Craig was awarded the Supply Chain Executive of the year in 2015 by the Freight Management Association of Canada.

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“Neptune’s approach and discipline to ensuring we do not load an unsafe tonne, whether coal or potash, is truly world class.

Our integrated commitment between operations, maintenance, safety, projects and the entire team on and off site is something I’m very proud to be part of.”

A lifelong learner, Craig will receive his MBA from SFU’s Beedie School of Business this June. He’s already applying his learning to the ongoing digital transformation happening at the terminal. The use of Artificial Intelligence and live data is informing trends and improving process decisions, something he is passionate about developing.

When not at the terminal, Craig can often be found at his summer home in the Okanagan with his wife and family, wine tasting or hitting the links.

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Eerie green pond water the result of harmless tracer dye NICK LABA

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If there’s something strange (like a pond filled with green goo) in your neighbourhood – who you gonna call?

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Area resident Glen Schaefer, who said he often jogs through the area, snapped a picture of an ooze-coloured pond north of Parkgate Park on May 13. He noted that an adjacent creek flowing east was the same colour.

“That looks like what they do to Chicago River on St. Patrick’s Day,” noted Keegan Casidy of North Shore Streamkeepers.

“It has to be dye,” he said. And according to staff at the District of North Vancouver, that’s exactly what it was.

Municipal workers conducted dye testing on the storm system at 3454 Anne MacDonald Way on May 13, DNV spokesperson Courtenay Rannard told North Shore News by email.

“This was completed in followup to a request for service, as the ground seemed overly saturated. Crews were investigating to ensure none of the DNV utilities were leaking,” she said. “Through the course of their investigation, they placed tracer dye into a storm manhole, which reacts with water, causing it to turn fluorescent green.”

The colour allows crews to follow the water’s path to determine if water is seeping

A nearby resident spotted the bright green pond north of Parkgate Park last Friday (May 13). DNV staff say it’s tracer dye to detect if utilities are leaking. GLEN SCHAEFER out of the storm system. Rannard said that the section in question flows into the creek network, as much of the district’s storm network does.

As for any impacts of using the dye, Rannard said it’s harmless to the environment and follows Environmental Protection Agency standards. It takes around two days to break down via exposure to ultraviolet light from the sun.

In this case, local residents shouldn’t expect high school students to turn into pizza-craving turtles. But if you do see what you think is a contaminated waterway, you can call the Report All Poachers and Polluters hotline at 1-877-952-7277.

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Strengthening community connections through affordable housing options Kiwanis North Shore Housing Society has helped seniors find affordable housing for over 70 years Housing stability and community connections are important for maintaining a high quality of life at any age. Yet disruptions to both can be especially detrimental to healthy aging.

Patrick McLaughlin, president of the Kiwanis North Shore Housing Society, believes high-quality housing should be available to everyone, including seniors with low or moderate incomes.

And that’s the mandate of Kiwanis: to provide affordable rental housing for individuals, families and seniors on the North Shore, an area where vulnerable residents are at risk of being displaced due to burgeoning development.

Over the 12 years McLaughlin has been on Kiwanis’s board of directors, he has witnessed an ever-accelerating pace of redevelopment.

“The result is a loss of old-stock rental accommodation,” he says. “When these buildings are torn down, tenants with lower incomes have to search for affordable alternatives.”

Kiwanis, which has been operating in North and West Vancouver for 70 years, has felt a surge in demand for affordable rental accommodation, explains McLaughlin.

“We’re working hard to address this challenge, but we can’t keep up with demand. That’s why we’re always looking for new opportunities.”

In the past decade, the society has added three new buildings to its portfolio. It now operates a total of 744 rental apartments across the North Shore, including Lynn Woods, which is scheduled for completion in June 2022.

All properties are designed and operated with the well-being of residents at the top of mind, and McLaughlin describes Lynn Woods as “a wonderful place to call home.”

The only catch is that prospective tenants must be 65 years or older to qualify.

“It’s an exceptional opportunity for low- to moderate-income seniors. The building is located one block away from the Lynn Valley shopping centre and library and the Karen Magnussen Recreation Centre,” he explains.

“Everything a senior needs is within easy walking distance, and public transit is also available nearby.”

Rental rates for the 106 generously sized onebedroom apartments come in three categories: The first offers rents as low as $375 per month for individuals on income assistance. Rents in the second group are set at 30% of tenant income (for annual incomes up to $57,500). The third category, for tenants with annual incomes up to $77,430, offers rents of $1,775 to $1,810 per month.

There are a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces, which are shared with the adjacent Lynn Manor tower. They include an 18th-floor roof-top patio with fabulous views, a lounge on the main floor for causal gatherings or dinners, and an arts room surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows, says McLaughlin.

“We also have a large courtyard with an undercover area, a bocce ball court and planters, where residents can grow vegetables or flowers.”

While the term “affordable housing” may conjure up an image of low-quality accommodation, Kiwanis takes a different approach. After all, high-quality buildings not only offer better living environments – they are typically more efficient to manage and maintain, emphasizes McLaughlin.

“If you were to tour any of our properties, you’d be surprised that they are no different than the condominium building next door,” he says.

To achieve this balance of quality and affordability, Kiwanis partners with North Shore municipalities, BC Housing, CMHC and local developers.

“The high cost of land is a key barrier for developing affordable housing, so we’re working with municipalities to identify options for leasing land or partner with developers whose projects include a non-market housing component,” McLaughlin notes.

“And through BC Housing and CMHC, we have access to low-interest financing options.”

“People tend to think of North Shore residents as relatively affluent, but a large percentage of the population has low or moderate incomes.”

When they have to seek cheaper housing options elsewhere, their community connections are lost – and neighbourhoods will be less diverse, a trend Kiwanis is working to curb.

“Many North Shore residents know friends or family members, and in some cases multiple generations of a family, who enjoyed living in a Kiwanis residence,” he says.

The goal for Kiwanis is to continue serving the North Shore for another 70 years, McLaughlin continues. “We’re proud of our tradition of providing homes that enhance the well-being of residents in a safe, secure and affordable environment.”

More information at kiwanisnorthshorehousing.org or 604-834-8988 Kiwanis North Shore Housing Society provides and operates non-profit, below market, residential accommodations. With a 70-year history of service on the North Shore, it is now the primary provider of below market independent seniors’ rental housing in both North and West Vancouver.

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Church needs to be rebuilt from ground up Continued from page 1 investments when the foundation of the structure crumbles to the touch.

“Our goal really is to start from the ground up and restore it,” said John Eakin, chair of the congregation.

The most recent estimate to lift the church up, build a new seismically sound foundation, and bring everything else up to modern standards was $10 million, and that estimate was from five years ago.

Because it rents the adjacent building out to two schools, financially, the church is self-sufficient to handle operational costs and basic maintenance, but there is no way the congregation or even the United Church of Canada can cover that expense of restoration.

“There’s just not millions sitting in the bank waiting to be put into a building. We wish we had the money, but we don’t,” Eakin said.

They’ve sought out heritage grant funding but not had any luck.

They believe a heritage revitalization agreement with the City of North Vancouver is the best option to save the building. That would most likely involve a developer being granted extra density on a new building site in exchange for money to restore and give protection to the Continued on page 27

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St. Andrew’s is a community hub should know where we came from, for better or for worse.”

Everyone on the North Shore, it seems, has a story about the church, imbuing it with tangible heritage value, Hardcastle said. One of the first marriages she performed there was for a man who used to throw paper airplanes from the church balcony during Sunday services as a boy, she noted.

Their community kitchen prepares about 175 meals per week for people in need. They offer up community gardens on the lawn. Musicians seek out the sanctuary because of its incredible acoustics.

They’ve shared the space for A.A. meetings, Shambhala Buddhists, Farsi language classes, and too many community service non-profits to name.

“St. Andrew’s is really interwoven into the needs of the community, not just the city, but the North Shore, all the way through over the years,” Eakin said.

Jesus probably wouldn’t be overly attached to the building itself, Hardcastle said, but the values he preached are practiced in every room, and that’s what makes it worth saving.

“Sunday worship is a very minor part of what happens here anymore,” she said.

“It’s a sense of community. That’s what it’s all about. If you want to get theological – Jesus was a theological guy – he would feed people and make them feel welcome, share the space, all of those things. That’s what we’re about.”

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Continued from page 26 church building.

They pursued an agreement with the city about five years ago, but it never went anywhere.

“That was disappointing,” Hardcastle said.

“We think it’s a viable option,” Eakin added. “But we would need a lot more support from the city in making it happen.”

The city already has the Gothic Revival church on its heritage registry’s A ranking list, but if such an agreement were possible, Hardcastle and the congregation would have to demonstrate that there is a desire from the broader community to see St. Andrew’s saved.

“I think the church looks iconic in this neighborhood. All around us, new condos are being built and we stand out because we’re this heritage building. Everybody that comes through the doors just loves the church,” Hardcastle said.

Although former city councillor Guy Heywood is not a member of the congregation, he does volunteer at the church and has been trying to help them find a path forward that would allow the structure to remain.

St. Andrew’s is probably second only to St. Paul’s Church in the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) community of Eslhá7an in terms of heritage value, he said.

“History is important,” he said. “We

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MUSIC AT THE SMITH - GENTLE PARTY TUE MAY 31, 7-9:30PM GORDON SMITH GALLERY OF CANADIAN ART Join us for intimate Tuesday evening music in the gallery series, featuring avant chamber pop trio, Gentle Party. Wine service available.

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GHOSTS OF THE MACHINE JUNE 3 - AUGUST 14 THE POLYGON GALLERY The Polygon Gallery’s Ghosts of the Machine dismantles binaries to unlock the true potential of the metaverse.

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Facebook is an incredibly powerful force for building community, especially right now during the pandemic.

But in the same way that Amazon doesn’t sponsor your “When you buy from a small business, kid’s ball team, Faceyou’re not helping a CEO buy a third book doesn’t employ holiday home. You’re helping a little local journalists girl get dance lessons, a little boy his and the dozens of team jersey, moms and dads related support put food on the table.” staff that your local media outlet does.

It doesn’t sponsor But there’s a certain sense of irony when community non-profit groups and events you consider where you’re reading those with hundreds of thousands of dollars in messages – on Facebook. You know, that free advertising every year. little local company out of Menlo Park, It’s going to take a conscious effort California, that brought in $117 billion in for local readers and local advertisers to revenue and $39 billion in profit last year. include their local media outlets in their Meanwhile, local media outlets – local marketing plans if they want them to still businesses who have been working, living be here to perform those essential commuin and supporting the communities they nity services. serve for decades or even centuries – find In short, please shop local – with local themselves still out in the cold when it media. It’ll do you and your community comes to local advertising. good.

Local media outlets have long had a conflicted relationship with Facebook.

The COVID-19 crisis from which we are still emerging has reinforced our awareness of the need to support our local communities, in a world that has become increasingly global and digital.

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100 years as pioneers in technology Compared to your smartphone, a printed newspaper may not seem like a high-tech device.

But the process of printing news on paper has been evolving and innovating for decades – with community newspapers right at the heart of that innovation.

Many community newspapers at the time of the founding of the BCYCNA would have been individual sheets cranked out – literally, cranked by hand – on roller presses with inked blocks, known as letterpress printing, the same technology that Johannes Gutenberg used when he created the first printing press in the 15th century.

With that simple but effective technology, the local newspaper was also often the town job printer, printing flyers, forms, business cards and stationery for local businesses and residents.

Offset printing (also known as offset lithography or litho) revolutionized the printing industry in the 20th century. Printing plates (originally made from lead, now usually made from aluminum) are used, with each plate holding an image of the content to be printed. The plate is mounted on a cylinder on the press, where the image on the plate picks up ink and transfers that image to a rubber blanket, which is then transferred to the printed page.

Offset printing allowed newspapers to use photographs for images instead of etchings or engraved illustrations, and print more

pages more quickly than ever.

Adding more units to a printing press also made it possible for newspapers to print in colour – at first just spot colour (one unit putting black ink on a page, the other putting a specific colour ink on), and then later in process colour, with four different units printing in different colours – cyan, magenta, yellow and black – combining to make full-colour images. This is the same process used to print colour pages today.

The process of preparing pages to be printed has also transformed radically over the years. From setting manual type in frames 100 years ago to linotype machines, which created whole lines of text from hot lead, to phototypesetting (projecting characters and images onto film) and finally to computer typesetting using programs like Adobe InDesign, the process has become extremely streamlined.

Hoe & Co.’s stereotype web printing and folding machine circa 1894

whole process can happen in seconds.

Even getting the files to the press has advanced. As late as the 1990s, newspapers had to print out and paste individual pieces Adding pictures to print has also become of copy, ads and photos together onto radically different as technology advanced. sheets (called flats) and drive the flats to a Newspapers used to have to have darkprinting press where they would be phorooms to develop their own film, then make tographed and turned into printing plates. prints and convert those prints to images Now, ads, stories and photos can be made made of dots (like pixels on a screen) that into press-ready pages entirely on a laptop could be reproduced on printing presses computer and sent directly to the press using halftone or photo-mechanical trans- using computer-to-plate technology, all of fer machines. That entire process, which which speeds up the news-gathering pace. took hours to create a single image for the Now a community newspaper can cover a press, advanced through computer techfire or a council meeting at 6 p.m. with the nology, first scanning images into desktop story and pictures in print just hours later publishing software, then film negatives, – a process that used to take a full day or and now, with digital photography, the even two.

And as we move beyond print and into an increasingly digital world, remember we’ve been here for decades too. Community newspapers were also among the first websites found on the World Wide Web, as it was known in the 1990s, and have also been pioneers in using new social media platforms to distribute news to readers (community newspaper, of course, being the original social media). Today dozens of our members are using new digital tools to tell local stories, from video shows to podcasts and more.

In short, innovation and adoption of new technology have been in our blood for 100 years – and will be for many more.

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Ma and George moved back to Lillooet in 1958, where George died in 1961. Ma rededicated herself to the News, bashing out editorials and columns that were picked up across Canada.

willing. Guarantees a chuckle every week and a belly laugh once a month, or your money back. Subscriptions: $5 in Canada. Furriners: $6. This week’s circulation 1,769, and every bloody one of them paid for.”

Her eclectic and utterly fearless writing style, punctuated with her signature ending “and that’s fer damshur,” made her famous despite the relatively remote environs of Lillooet. A 1966 profile in Maclean’s magazine, titled “The Salty Scourge of Lillooet,” begins thus: “She is like her paper – as gentle as a shotgun and timid as a muleskinner.”

The Murrays moved to Fort St. John in the 1940s and founded another newspaper, Who is this “Ma” Murray, and why are the BC the Alaska Highway News, with another and Yukon Community NewsMedia Associa- memorable motto still found on the nametion’s annual awards named for her? plate to this day: “The only newspaper in the world that gives a tinker’s damn about In a newspapering world dominated by the North Peace.” men, she pioneered a host of community newspapers, argued with premiers and The Murrays also founded papers in prime ministers and took no guff from Squamish – the Howe Sound News, which anyone on her way to becoming a legend. folded during the Second World War – and

Margaret Lally was born in Kansas in 1888, the seventh of nine children leaving school at the age of 13 to enter the working world. She moved to Vancouver with her sister Bess in 1912 with the aim of moving on to Calgary and marrying a cowboy. Instead, she met her true love, a young journalist named George Murray at the Greater Vancouver Chinook, and her true calling – the newspaper business.

The Murrays settled in Lillooet in the 1930s, where George won elected office to the B.C. Legislative Assembly, and the couple founded the Bridge-River Lillooet News in 1934.

Ma’s unique style came shining through in its masthead: “Printed in the sagebrush country of Lillooet every Thursday, God

She made a memorable guest appearance on the CBC-TV show Front Page Challenge, followed by her own half-hour, twice monthly TV program. She also kept up a lively correspondence with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and was named to the Order of Canada in 1971, and playwright Eric Nichol wrote a play about her, Ma! A Celebration of Margaret Murray, which debuted in 1981 at Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops.

the Fort Nelson News, which continues to this day.

The Murrays merged politics and journalism over the decades, with George serving as Liberal MLA for Lillooet while Ma edited the paper. She later sought office herself as a Social Credit candidate in the Peace River area (placing third) while her husband became a federal Liberal MP for the Cariboo in 1949 – she stayed behind in B.C. to run the papers while George went to Ottawa – she found the conversation “too damned dull.”

Even after selling the Lillooet News to Jeff den Biesen in the 1970s, Ma continued writing for the paper with her trademark salty wit right up to her death in 1982 at the age of 94.

But she still found herself at the forefront of politics in B.C., backing the provincial Liberals and showing up to heckle Premier W.A.C. Bennett at one of his public meetings.

The BCYCNA named its annual awards of excellence in her honour in 2001, and her name lives on in the Margaret “Ma” Murray Community School, opened in Fort St. John in 2018.

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Wind brings down massive tree, blocking five lanes of traffic BRENT RICHTER

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Heavy winds brought down a massive tree, blocking five lanes of Marine Drive between the Lions Gate Bridge and Capilano Road, last Wednesday.

North Vancouver resident Maria Lavis said her heart was left racing after witnessing the incident around 12:05 p.m.

“About five cars up from me, I see this huge cottonwood tree just crashing down towards the road, and that it did,” she said, still somewhat in disbelief. “It was one of those moments where time slows down and it seemed like it was falling in slow motion, and you put on your brakes because you want to be safe and you hope nobody gets hurt.”

Thankfully, the tree didn’t hit any vehicles or people, said assistant fire chief Jeremy Duncan from West Vancouver Fire and Rescue.

Crews from District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services and Miller Capilano Highway Services were also there to block up the cottonwood and remove it.

“But they’ve identified another tree that they’re worried about, considering the impending windstorm,” Duncan said.

“They’re actually going to take that tree down as a precautionary measure.”

Traffic backed up onto the Lions Gate Bridge and into West Vancouver. Most people stayed calm and waited in their vehicles,

Drivers come to a halt on Marine Drive while crews clean up a massive cottonwood tree.

MARIA LAVAS

although a few got out to snap pics or video.

Others were diverted through Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) land down to Welch Street.

North Vancouver resident Rebecca Kearley said she was impressed by how quickly crews got two lanes open again.

“There was police, there was fire and rescue, there were city workers, there were random construction workers, random people out of their cars. Everybody was just trying to kind of help with what they could,” she said. “Oh my god, I got wood chips everywhere.”

Lavis said she too was impressed with how everyone handled the situation.

“It was all very fast,” she said. “It’s life in North Van. It often happens, but usually not right in front of you.”

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2022 COMMUNITY | A33

North Vancouver trail camera captures backyard menagerie BRENT RICHTER

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It’s absolutely wild out there, if you only know where (and when) to look.

With the help of a motion-activated trail camera, Yos Gladstone has been capturing and sharing videos of the backyard menagerie that passes through a greenbelt in his neighbourhood of Canyon Heights.

Gladstone recently took about two and a half months of footage and edited it down to two and a half minutes of animals going about their business. The clip features numerous deer, coyotes, two different black bears, raccoons, squirrels and someone’s golden retriever.

“It’s definitely a corridor for critters back there. We’ve seen really everything since we lived there,” he said. Gladstone, a wildlife and fishing guide with Chromer Sport Fishing, said his urban guests are always astonished by how much there is just outside our paved and built-up environments.

“You’re 15 minutes out of downtown Vancouver, and you have that sort of wildlife activity moving around in an urban space. It’s pretty neat.”

Trail cameras are mainly used by hunters to get the drop on their prey, but Gladstone sets them up “just out of curiosity.” “[It’s just] for the love of animals and seeing what they do,” he said. His trail cameras in Squamish and other more rural parts of

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A bear ambles by a motion-activated trail cam in North Vancouver’s Canyon Heights neighbourhood. YOS GLADSTONE the province have captured even more – elk, grizzly bears, bobcats, lynx, packs of wolves.

The only local fauna footage he doesn’t have yet is of a cougar.

The videos, more than being a curiosity, could be a step toward city dwellers cultivating a better relationship with our wild neighbours, Gladstone reasons.

“I think that people see it as a bit of a nuisance when the raccoons are in your garbage and the coyotes are eating your cat and the bears are scaring your kids, but you have to come to a level of appreciation that all these animals were there well before us,” he said.

“If you can co-habitate and give those animals some fair space, and give them some corridors to move around. ... I think it’s a pretty neat aspect of living in North Vancouver.”

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This ca. 1945 photograph shows two female Burrard Dry Dock employees, Phyllis Plume (left) and Maria Bouvier. During the Second World War, a labour shortage saw women entering the workforce into jobs that were previously only held by men.

Anna Maria Bouvier (1913-2005) was born and raised in Saskatchewan. She moved out west to work at the Burrard Dry Dock shipyards. Bouvier was one of the many women who worked as a rivet passer. A riveting team consisted of five people, each with their own roles. The passer threw the red-hot rivets to the catcher.

In 1946, Bouvier married Edward Mulcahy in North Vancouver, where they settled and raised a family.

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City of North Van cooks up summer food truck pilot program CHARLIE CAREY

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More food trucks and carts will be welcomed across the City of North Vancouver this summer, as council voted May 16 to trial them in designated spots under a pilot program.

Starting next month, the Mobile Food Service Policy pilot program will allow for trucks (vehicles with kitchens on board) and carts (kiosk and wagon-types) to operate in the city in response to public demand.

Under the pilot, the application process to receive an operating permit will be simplified, and means more food options in areas where One of the are currently they great things limited. we learned Of the 16 areas, about COVID three cart-apis we just have proved areas will be on Lonsdale to try things Avenue, including sometimes and pilot them one at Civic Plaza.

Mahon Park, Ray and see how Perrault Park and well they do.

Victoria Park will MAYOR LINDA allow trucks and BUCHANAN carts.

The program will also allow for food trucks and carts to be run on private property for special events.

Coun. Don Bell noted the impact of food trucks on available parking in the designated areas, something which staff said they will be working to understand while collecting information about the pilot through the summer.

“Parking has always been a challenge. ... And I just hate to see this expanded, in terms of food trucks around some of the parks and some of the areas,” Bell said. “I have a traditional concern about protecting those businesses that are bricks and mortar, that pay taxes, that employ people from the North Shore, that have to meet [workers’]

compensation, have to provide washrooms, and all the things that they do and that the food trucks don’t.”

Tacomio owner and executive chef Fernando Llanas told the North Shore News via email that he’s not sure what choice he has after the city’s decision. One of his restaurants sits at 13th Street and Lonsdale Avenue – just a block away from Civic Plaza.

“I guess it is what it is. After having Chipotle opening across the street, having [COVID-19] for two years and being closed for eight months, I guess having a food truck on the plaza is just another day for us now,” he wrote.

Mayor Linda Buchanan said the demand for food trucks over the last 10 or 20 years, along with the evolution of The Shipyards has shown that food trucks are extremely successful, “Which in turn has made of the surrounding businesses really successful as well, when you bring people into a given area.”

The program comes as the neighbouring District of North Vancouver last month asked its staff to look into a pilot program for food trucks in its municipality. The moves by both councils come after swells of support for the small businesses by breweries and other food service owners on the North Shore.

“One of the great things we learned about COVID is we just have to try things sometimes, and pilot them and see how well they do. And sometimes we can tweak that in real time and then other times we can get that form of feedback and where we will get that formal feedback and then look to see what we can make permanent,” Buchanan said.

“I think ... the food trucks will add vibrancy. It’s another piece that we can say we’re doing in the city. I look forward to seeing how it rolls itself out.”

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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“What that means is that our children, especially over the COVID-19 years, haven’t had the chance to learn how to swim. These young kids are coming into their preteen or teen years and I think we’re going to forget that they don’t know how to swim,” she said. “And we’re going to be in a very dire situation.”

Lifeguarding or teaching is often seen as an attractive job for teens as they finish high school and go through university because it’s relatively high paying and the hours are flexible.

To start, the district pays $24.87 per hour, plus 12 per cent in lieu of benefits.

Competition to hire lifeguards is stiff, and West Van may be at a unique disadvantage, Lawlor acknowledged.

“If you just take a look at our demographics that we have … we don’t have that same population of youth or younger adults to draw on,” she said. “Typically, if you look at our staff that work out of community services, we have a lot of people that commute into West Vancouver, and given the rising cost of transportation to get to West Vancouver, that puts a barrier on it.”

To sweeten the deal, the district is now offering to pay for the National Lifeguard and Water Safety Instructor training and certification of new hires. Together, that amounts to about $1,000 in savings.

The positions are open to anyone over the age of 16 (although people of any age can make great lifeguards, Lawlor noted). Applicants must already have their bronze cross in standard first aid, and applications must be filed with the district by June 6. The training will run from June 17 to July 13, and new hires can expect to be on the water immediately after.

As a happy aside, the courses also count toward high school credits, Lawlor said.

More than a solid paycheque and a chance to hang out by the pool or beach all summer, becoming a lifeguard is an incredibly rewarding experience for life. Lawlor knows this first hand.

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Aurora Hughes-Goyette from Altitude FC jostles with a Rivers FC player during a League1 BC game Sunday in Kamloops. The Altitude FC men and women will play their home openers May 29 at North Vancouver’s Kinsmen Field. LANDON VOTH / ALTITUDE FC

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Semipro soccer kicks off Sunday in North Van ANDY PREST

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What most people know as a nice little patch of North Vancouver grass will be transformed into a community soccer festival May 29 as the North Shore’s newest sports club hosts its first ever home games.

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That, at least, is the promise being made by the founders of Altitude FC, a soccer franchise kicking off their first season in League1 BC, a new elite soccer circuit featuring high level semipro teams from across the province. Altitude FC is the North Shore’s entry in the seven-team league, playing their six home games on Sunday afternoons on the lush green grass of North Vancouver’s Kinsmen Field.

When the club’s men’s and women’s teams hit the pitch for their first home games May 29, spectators can expect to see some great soccer played in a fanfriendly environment in the heart of North Vancouver, said Altitude co-founder Mark Marshall.

“The field environment is going to be transformed on game day,” he said, adding that Kinsmen will be spruced up with new bleachers, a big new scoreboard, tents, flags, a bike valet, and the always popular beer garden. “What we’re really trying to create here is that kind of more British community club feel, where it’s a small club right in the middle of the residential community and you go and it’s intimate, you’re really close to the action. … It’ll be casual, relaxed, but with serious football on the pitch.”

And just who will be playing in the game?

Altitude FC will feature men’s and women’s teams boasting elite players, many of whom grew up playing in North Shore clubs such as the North Shore Girls Soccer Club, North Van FC, and West Van FC. A number of players come from Capilano University’s strong soccer program, while others are playing club

soccer in the province’s top amateur leagues or are playing at universities in Canada and the United States. The players almost all fall in the under-23 age category, with the league focusing on taking the best young players in the province and giving them a place to play as they work to move from the youth and university systems into the pro ranks.

The job of bringing all the North Shore talent together on both teams belongs to Faly Basse, a well-known name in local soccer circles who runs a successful youth academy based in North Vancouver. Basse, who is head coach of both the men’s and women’s Altitude FC teams, is well suited for the task of establishing a successful culture within the club, said Marshall.

“What Faly brings, first of all, is just a pure passion for football,” he said. “For him it’s not about winning and losing – Faly has always been about developing individual players and helping them achieve their goals.”

In a preseason conversation with the North Shore News, Basse didn’t want to highlight any standout players before the season began, but said players will have a chance to show their quality on the pitch while working together towards a common goal.

“I don’t need one or two good players, I need a team to succeed. I need a team to be a unit and work together,” he said, adding that the teams are looking strong in the buildup to the first games.

“The foundation is there,” he said.

“They have a desire to play for this club, for Altitude, and represent the North Shore, which is huge for me, because before getting onto the field to play, I believe that you need to know that you are playing for a badge, playing for a city – you are here to represent your city, you’re not here to play for yourself.

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North Van’s Chloe Primerano, who plays for the Burnaby Winter Club Academy, is the first female skater ever selected in a Canadian Hockey League draft. BURNABY WINTER CLUB

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Nine North Shore prospects picked in draft Nine talented teenage hockey players heard their names called as the Western Hockey League held its prospects draft on Thursday.

North Vancouver forward Ty Coupland, who suited up for the BCEHL’s Vancouver North West Hawks U15 AAA team, was picked in the second round, 42nd overall, by the Swift Current Broncos.

Coupland’s teammate, North Vancouver defenceman Leith Hunter, heard his name called soon after, going in the third round, 50th overall, to the Prince George Cougars.

Two more North Vancouver players went off the board in the fifth round.

Forward Koji Gibson, also with the Hawks U15 AAA team, was selected 101st overall by the Seattle Thunderbirds.

Zach Pantelakis, a forward with the CSSHL’s Delta Hockey Academy U15 prep green team, was picked 107th overall by the Kamloops Blazers.

North Vancouver forward Shea Busch, of the Yale Hockey Academy’s U15 prep team, went in the sixth round, 121st overall, to the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

Busch’s teammate, West Vancouver centre Will Shepard, was picked in the seventh round, 142nd overall, by the Prince Albert Raiders.

West Vancouver defenceman Trevor Oishi, another Hawks U15, heard his name called in the ninth round, 194th overall, by the Portland Winterhawks.

North Vancouver defenceman Matson Waring, of the Burnaby Winter Club Academy’s U15 prep squad, went in Round 10, 202nd overall, to the Vancouver Giants.

The Giants also drafted Waring’s teammate Chloe Primerano, of North Vancouver, in the 13th round, 268th overall, making her the first female skater ever selected in a Canadian Hockey League draft.

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“Chloe’s play this season in the top U15 league in Canada made her fully deserving of this selection today,” Vancouver Giants general manager Barclay Parneta said after the selection was announced. “The Vancouver Giants are happy to recognize her strong play by drafting her to the Western Hockey League.”

Primerano appeared in 30 games last season with the Burnaby Winter Club Academy’s U15 prep squad, where she scored two goals and added 17 assists for 19 points in 30 games played.

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Altitude FC home games at Kinsmen Field Continued from page 36 be a step above other amateur or university level soccer played in B.C., and he fully expects a strong showing from his teams.

“I’m a demanding guy,” he said. “When I start something, I will go 200 per cent on it. … I see Altitude FC to be in the top teams, and we will work hard to achieve that together.”

The teams opened the season Sunday on the road in Kamloops against Rivers FC. The women lost 2-0, while the men were leading much of the way but gave up a penalty kick goal in the dying minutes for a 1-1 tie.

As for the club in general, Altitude FC’s goals go beyond the results on the scoreboard, said Marshall.

“We want to be the best club in League1,” he said. “And that doesn’t just mean wins and losses on the field. We want the players at the end of the season to walk away talking about what an incredible experience that was, to find a lot of value in it, and to go away better soccer players, go away with new friendships and relationships. We want them to come back the next couple of years and we want them to tell people that this club took care of them and we have a great culture and it’s community oriented.”

Starting a new club in a new league is a major undertaking full of challenges, but it will all be worth it if Altitude FC represents the North Shore well, said Marshall.

“The singular goal of the club is to be first class in every respect,” he said. “The people who have been working on this for the last four or five months have put hundreds of hours into this. We do it out of passion, not for financial reasons. We just want people to come and really enjoy themselves for the love of the game, and to be with their community and to support some teams in the club that they feel like they own. I’m excited. We’re all excited.”

Altitude FC home openers Where: Kinsmen Field, North Vancouver When: Sunday May 29, 1 p.m. women and 3:30 p.m. men Cost: $20 adult, $10 youth, will family passes and season passes available. Tickets: altitudefc.ca

Family paying for tutors Continued from page 4 teachers, said Paul, while her family has forked out $65 an hour for tutors. Both she and her husband have also had to reduce their own hours of work in order to deal with co-ordinating private tutoring for Riley and the school district’s requests, she added.

The family has also filed an appeal to the superintendent of appeals with the Ministry of Education, after the North Vancouver school board upheld a decision to keep Riley from attending class.

Paul said it’s deeply ironic that the same school board recently voted in favour of a policy aimed at ending discrimination against students with disabilities.

The North Vancouver School District refused to comment on the situation or provide general comments on circumstances in which students may be asked not to attend school. But the co-chair of the North Vancouver District Parents Advisory Council, Jennifer Branston, said it’s not the only case she’s heard about this year.

In written documents provided by Riley’s family, school district staff appeared to express concerns that Riley had continued to exhibit suicidal tendencies – an assessment her parents disagree with.

School district staff also disagreed with the family’s characterization of Riley as having been “suspended” from school, stating in those written documents: “Riley’s educational program has been temporarily moved to an online delivery due to concerns of safety and maintaining instructional control.”

Paul said discussions are continuing and she’s still hopeful Riley will get back to school in a meaningful way before the end of the school year.

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West Van student researches land acknowledgments in classrooms

Sierra Lee, who graduates in June from the West Vancouver school, said the moment led her to choose the practice as the topic for her research capstone project and see whether they are accomplishing their intended purpose.

“I saw the need for a project like this, given that we see land acknowledgments included in many settler institutions and [they] are becoming increasingly popular.

So, that’s why I definitely saw the need to do more research on this,” she said.

Her teacher, Christian Obeck, said not confidently knowing the First Nations territories on whose unceded land Sentinel resides, and being fearful of mispronouncing the Nations, led to Lee asking a “fascinating” research question, one which has now moved him to take a more deliberate approach to land acknowledgments in the classroom.

“Now, I have come full circle, and I now have a screenshot of the land acknowledgment on my computer, if I ever forget -- hopefully it’ll be ingrained in memory very soon,” Obeck said.

Lee said while on her own personal

Sierra Lee, who graduates from Ecole Sentinel Secondary in June, has used her AP Research Capstone project to look into the effectiveness of land acknowledgments in classrooms. @SANHOURIE / INSTAGRAM

journey of understanding Indigenous issues and decolonization, and her recent involvement with the North Shore Restorative Justice Society, she recognizes that it is an important step towards reconciliation, she also noted they are often read from the same or similar scripts.

“There’s always been a thought at the back of my head that has wondered if, because they’re typically delivered from the same script ... if they really have the meaning that they intend to have,” she said.

Surveying a North Vancouver high school Grade 9 class that has had frequent exposure to acknowledgments through class projects and school practices, her research question of, “To what extent can the adoption of land acknowledgment practices in a BC high school encourage meaningful reflection and action among students around Indigenous presence and ways of knowing and being,

strongly disagreed that land acknowledgments are enough to achieve reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. It’s clear that they recognize that there is this need for further action beyond land acknowledgments.”

Lee said she was expecting most students to believe land acknowledgments lacked meaning but was pleasantly surprised to see a mixture of both perspectives, saying, “Although that was true to an extent, it can also be a very important practice to include in schools in order to educate students and allow them to further educate themselves and take additional steps beyond acknowledgment ... and also do more to support reconciliation efforts.” However, Lee said none of the students surveyed that day were Indigenous, and noted that the results do not speak for Indigenous people’s feelings toward the practice.

Obeck said Lee’s research project has given him the necessary push forward that he needed as a classroom teacher to consistently and regularly address land acknowledgments. “I just think there’s such a neat paradigm shift with the teachers sitting back and the students [taking the lead],” he said. “I hope to give them the tools, and often, particularly in Sierra’s case, she brings back the gold, and I just sit back and listen and am amazed at what she teaches the teacher.”

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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After her teacher admittedly made a “blunder” during a land acknowledgment in the first day of class, an Ecole Sentinel Secondary student decided to use that moment as a launch pad to look into the effectiveness of the practice in high school classrooms.

and reconciliation?” was met with some surprising results, Lee said.

After analyzing the results of her survey, Lee found there were four main takeaways, one being that students felt the practice allowed them to express feelings of gratitude, respect and appreciation for Indigenous peoples.

“A lot of them mentioned that because of land acknowledgments at their school, they were able to recognize the privilege they have as a settler who resides on Indigenous territory,” she explained. “And another thing they really appreciated about land acknowledgments was that they considered them to be an important educational tool for them.”

Lee said there were a few students who noted that prior to participating in land acknowledgments, they didn’t know they resided on unceded territories. However, in conjunction with the findings about the effectiveness of the practice, Lee also found out that students are craving more – more knowledge and more actionable things that can be done to further reconciliation.

“Students identified this lack of education beyond land acknowledgments, and that kind of hinders them from taking these additional steps to support reconciliation efforts or [to] decolonize themselves. And a lot of them emphasize the importance of further education centered around Indigenous issues to actually make land acknowledgment practices more purposeful.

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North Shore Rescue called in for West Coast Trail extraction DARRON KLOSTER | TIMES COLONIST

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For the second time in as many weeks, a medivac helicopter had to rescue a hiker from the West Coast Trail, a rugged, 75-kilometre route on the Island’s west coast.

On May 17, North Shore Rescue used a helicopter with a 200-foot line to extract a woman who had slipped and fallen, dislocating her shoulder, said team leader Mike Danks. Another member of the hiking party was also lifted out, while two others stayed to finish the hike.

Danks said the search and rescue team arrived at the scene less than 40 minutes after the call. The agency uses five helicopters and has 45 members, including nine doctors on call.

The woman was airlifted to an ambulance in Port Renfrew and taken to Victoria General Hospital.

The rescue came two weeks after Edward Steinkamp of Texas slipped off a log on the trail and fell on a stick that rammed through his eye and pierced his brain. After two surgeries, Steinkamp, an aeronautical engineer, remains in serious condition in Victoria General.

Danks said it’s shaping up to be a busy year for search and rescue crews on the trail.

“People are keen to get out there after the pandemic because the trail had been closed, so there’s a lot of demand.”

The West Coast Trail is a bucket-list trek for people close to home and around the globe but it’s no walk in the park. One false step along any part of the trail and hikers can find themselves in serious trouble.

Parks Canada says about one in every 75 hikers requires rescue during the May-toSeptember season due to slips and falls, as well as pre-existing medical conditions such as knee issues and heart conditions — or just plain exhaustion.

Nancy Hildebrand, spokeswoman for Parks Canada’s Coastal B.C. Field Unit, said last year, out of 6,559 people who hiked the trail during a shortened season, 56, or 0.86 per cent of the total, had to be airlifted out because of exposure, exhaustion, injuries or illnesses.

Parks Canada says between 80 and 100 people on average are evacuated from the trail by sea or air every year, and about 200 hikers sustain minor injuries and manage to limp off the trail at one of the three trailheads.

Extractions are mainly done by boat and helicopter, though rough sea conditions often limit Parks Canada rescue efforts via water.

Air access is sometimes the only way to reach an injured hiker who needs help, said Hildebrand, noting most evacuations are done by Parks Canada visitor safety specialists by boat, although a serious or complex evacuation may require assistance from other agencies.

North Shore Rescue plucks an injured hiker off Vancouver Island’s West Coast Trail on Tuesday, May 17. NORTH SHORE RESCUE

The West Coast Trail was closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and reopened a month shy of its usual start date last year, when 6,449 hikers hit the trail.

There were 8,087 hikers in 2019 and 7,930 in 2018, according to Parks Canada, which expects close to 10,000 hikers this year.

Hikers are being urged via social media posts to use extreme caution, especially this spring, when sections of the trail are proving to be wet and dangerous.

Hildebrand said hikers are asked up front on the West Coast Trail website to assess whether it’s the right hike for them. Through a video and handbook, Parks Canada recommends that the trail only be attempted by

seasoned backcountry hikers with multi-day trek experience.

“Even for experienced hikers, the hike is difficult, and slippery terrain, mud, ladders, creek crossings and cable cars are to be expected,” said Hildebrand.

“On top of this, you will be exhausted, wearing a heavy pack, and if you get injured, it could take up to 24 hours for help to reach you.”

Parks Canada is constantly repairing sections of the trail, but Hildebrand said infrastructure is at the mercy of frequent storms and wind events.

She said more than 330 centimetres of rain falls every year in the area, and washouts and mud pits are “natural features and part of the allure.”

In 2021, the Logan Creek Suspension Bridge was opened at Kilometre 56 of the trail. The 113-metre suspension bridge is one of the longest in British Columbia, and replaced an aging bridge and ladder system.

Hildebrand said Parks Canada prioritizes work on structures that pose the highest risks, noting repairs were recently done on cable cars and more than 30 bridges, and several kilometres of new boardwalks.

Indigenous West Coast Trail Guardians from Huu-ay-aht, Ditidaht and Pacheedaht First Nations, whose traditional territory includes the West Coast Trail, work each season to repair boardwalks, push back the lush rainforest plants and keep the trail passable.

DEVELOPER INFORMATION SESSION Maple Building Design Inc. has submitted a development application to the City of North Vancouver for a rezoning of 229 East 22nd Street to permit development of duplex with secondary suites.

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The family of Russell Cordocedo announce the passing of this beloved husband, father, brother, uncle and grandfather on May 9, 2022

The son of Benjamin and Harriet, he was born in North Vancouver on May 28, 1938. He loved coaching his sons’ soccer teams in both North Vancouver and Kelowna. He also played and coached mens softball in Kelowna.

One of his favorite pastimes was fly fishing.

Russell was an avid volunteer with the Distinction and National Volunteer Honour in 2010 for his 45 years of service.

He is survived by his wife Christine; brother John (Jean pre-deceased); sister Donna (Klaus); his children, eldest Richard (Cheryl), Catherine, Benjamin, Priscilla, Jessica; granddaughter Amanda (Ainslee); and numerous nephews, nieces, cousins and good friends.

A ceremony and small, private, family reception are being held Saturday, June 11, 2022.

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Gwen was a loving traditional family mom, and well liked in the community. She loved her kids, grandsons, her family, her friends. She loved her family home and all that it stood for. She was always there to help.

Gwen was full of life and energy. She will always be remembered for her favorite expressions “Sugar-de-dee!” and “Eena-koona!”. She could be heard whistling like a bird in her kitchen or on the sundeck. When she was younger, she would go out “steppin” with her “Wolf”, or “for whist and a dance”. As a mom she jumped at the opportunity to partake (and win) in sporting events for school, family and work outings.

Our kind, quick-witted Dad passed on May 31, 2014 and our generous, precious Mom passed last year on a sunny St. Patrick’s Day morning, March 17, 2021. We have peace knowing they are once again reunited.

We miss you, we love you and you’re beautiful!

Gwen was a long-time resident of North Vancouver, born and raised here. She married the love of her life Wilfred in 1951. They built their home in the Grand Boulevard area in 1954 and moved there to raise a family after a short time living in Divine, BC. They lived in their home for 67 years until moving to Sunrise. Gwen would tell everyone they were “Old Lonsdale”, having grown up with street cars, ferries, the shipyards, and driving across the rail bridge to Vancouver before the Iron Workers was built.

Gwen was a swimming instructor and lifeguard at the North Vancouver Rec. Centre, where she worked until retirement. She opened the pool every morning at 5AM, instructing and guarding her swimmers.

Our Mom and Dad first met and fell in love in Ontario. They headed out to BC with their young family and started a new beginning in North Van. Their only move was to our wonderful home at 864 where we celebrated many happy occasions and parties.

We miss Mom and Dad every day and cherish our many happy memories. We were very blessed with such loving and supportive parents.

Gwendolyn Anderson (nee Shaw) passed away in her sleep on May 18, 2022, at Sunrise of Lynn Valley in North Vancouver. Born July 3, 1931, Gwen was 90 years old. She will be dearly missed by her daughter Sharon Greig (nee Anderson), son-in-law Michael Greig, her grandsons Alexander and Connor Greig, her family and friends. She was predeceased by her loving husband Wilfred, her son Steve, her sister Violet, brothers Cap, Jack and Alec.

WATT, Norman 1932 - 2022 It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Norman Gerard Watt. Survived by his wife of 49 years Anne, and children Deborah and Caroline. Born in Dundee Scotland, Norman followed his family to North Vancouver in 1955 where he continued his career in the electrical trade. Known for his sense of humour and easygoing nature, Norman loved the golf course and vacationing in Hawaii and Britain. Predeceased by his brothers Kenny, Bob and Gerry, Norman will be deeply missed by his wife and daughters. Rest in peace Norman.

Gwen was an amazing cook. She was in her element preparing traditional meals for large holiday and family gatherings. Her specialty was “Spaget” as she called it, multiple pasta dishes with homemade spaghetti sauce from her garden tomatoes, stewed chicken, meatballs, huge salads (and red wine).

Gwen and Wilf travelled the world extensively. She loved cruise ships and travelling overseas to the furthest parts of the world. From the South Pole to Iceland.

When they weren’t cruising, they were travelling across Canada, the US and Mexico in their motorhome. Gwen loved the casinos (and won!), always planning her next visit.

A Celebration of Life will be held privately.

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It is with profound sadness we share the passing of our beloved father, grandfather and friend, Roy Dougans, age 95, on May 15, 2022, at Lynn Valley Care Centre.

Roy was predeceased by his wife Sheila, father Andrew, mother Elizabeth, brother Douglas, and son−in−law Tim Jones.

He is survived by his children, Craig (Janet), Lindsay, and Scott (Lesley). He will also be greatly missed by his loving grandchildren Kirsten, Laurel, Marys, Curtis, Taylor, Cole and Kelsey, great− grandson Wyatt and many nieces and nephews.

Roy was born and raised in Vancouver and enjoyed skiing and sailing as a young man. He completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1949 at the University of British Columbia and worked as an engineer in the coastal forest industry of BC for over 40 years, retiring in 1992. He was a proud member of numerous industry and professional associations.

Roy loved dogs and had many over the course of his lifetime. Roy and Sheila’s love of dogs and the outdoors allowed them to make many cherished friends while walking the trails of Gleneagles. During his short stay at Lynn Valley Care Centre, his granddogs were regular visitors.

The family would like to express their appreciation to the nurses and care aides of the 4th floor for their exceptional care and support.

There will be no service by request. If desired, donations may be made to the charity of your choice in Roy’s memory.

Christina passed away on April 30, 2022 at the age of 83 after a long struggle with dementia.

Tina was born in Barthel, Saskatchewan to parents Joseph and Maria Gerstel and was raised with her 7 siblings. She was predeceased by her husband Bill and her siblings John, Martin, Sig, Otto, Rosalie and Steff. She is survived by her sister Elizabeth, her children Ray (Shannon), Roger (Donna), Maria (Ron) and Bill (Elisa), and grandchildren Christopher, Nicholas, Mitchell, Graeme, and Julia, Cody and Tanya.

After various moves within B.C., the family eventually settled in North Vancouver. She lived her life as a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, and was an exceptional cook and homemaker who loved to read and garden. Of her many accomplishments during her life, her most treasured was her family. Christina loved the Atlanta Braves and felt fortunate to see them play with her partner, Angus. She was able to travel abroad with him before her illness took away her ability to do so.

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MORRICE, Ronald H. July 12, 1928 − April 3, 2022 MACINNES, Ann October 28, 1942 − May 6, 2022 Ann MacInnes of New Westminster passed away on May 6, 2022, after a brave battle with cancer.

Ann was born on October 28, 1942, to David and Ann Duffin in Dundee, Scotland. She moved to North Vancouver in 1967 and worked in the banking industry and later raised her family. She later studied accounting at the University of British Columbia and retired from Navigata Communications in 2006. During her retirement, Ann travelled to far−off places, including India, Nepal, Cambodia and Vietnam. When at home in New Westminster, she enjoyed her daily walks with friends, congregating at Century House and hiking around the lower mainland.

Ron, 93 years old, of North Vancouver, passed away following a stroke.

Ron was predeceased by sons Richard (1980) and Neil (2008) and wife Patricia (2017). Ron is survived by son Mike Morrice; daughter Sandy Morrice Simmonds; grandchildren Curtis Morrice, Jennifer (Leif) Morrice and Claire Simmonds; and six great− grandchildren.

A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, July 12, at 2 pm at Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Avenue, North Vancouver.

Although she loved them all, in lieu of flowers, a donation in her name to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation would be a kind and welcome gesture.

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Ann is survived by her brother Micheal; sons Glen (Monica) and Lorne (Celeste); and five grandchildren Stephen, Sophia, Thomas, Matthew and Megan.

Friends are invited to a celebration of life for Ann at Kearney Funeral Services Columbia−Bowell Chapel, New Westminster, on May 26th from 1 p.m.

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WILLEY, Chris August 5, 1952 − May 12, 2022 Our rock, our light, father and best friend. We will forever dream of days where you are at our side until we meet again. Love MW, CRW, & LP A celebration of life shall take place May 27th, 2pm at Boal Chapel − guitars welcome.

Time will not dim the face I love, The voice I heard each day, The many things you did for me, In your own special way.

All my life I’ll miss you, As the years come and go, But in my heart I’ll keep you, Because I love you so.

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