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Field hockey players say they’re sidelined by turf design JANE SEYD

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Parents of field hockey players at Ecole Argyle Secondary say after waiting years for construction to start on a new artificial turf field at the school, they were recently shocked to discover there were no plans to include their sport on the new outdoor playing surface.

Tara Dowling-Schafer, the mother of a teen field hockey player at Argyle, said she was taken aback to learn recently there had been no plans to include lines for field hockey on the artificial turf field, which the District of North Vancouver is building at the high school under an agreement with the school district.

The field is being designed to accommodate sports like soccer, rugby and football, and could easily be “multi-purpose” turf the way it is at other schools, like Carson Graham and Sutherland, said Dowling-Schafer.

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Fatal Silverlynn fire was deliberately set, RCMP say

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The fire in May at Silverlynn Apartments, which left one senior dead and displaced dozens more, was deliberately set by the woman who died, according to North Vancouver RCMP and District of North Vancouver

Fire and Rescue Services.

Crews were called to the Lynn Valley seniors apartment complex around 6 a.m. on May 31 following an explosion and fire in a third-floor apartment. Soon after the fire was out and first responders found the body of a 73-year-old woman in the suite, district crews turned their investigation

over to the RCMP. Police declined to explain the details of what happened early that morning but they did provide the conclusion of their investigation.

“What we can say is that the fire was intentionally set and that the death is not criminal in nature,” said Sgt. Peter DeVries,

North Vancouver RCMP spokesperson.

“Other than the person who died, there were no additional people involved in this incident.”

The identity of the woman has not been released.

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Campaign on to save cedar tree at LGH

BRENT RICHTER

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A North Vancouver man is hoping a new parking lot for Lions Gate Hospital won’t come at the expense of a treasured mature cedar tree.

Vancouver Coastal Health is in the process of building a new acute care tower for Lions Gate, but a new ramp and short-term parking area along 13th Street will require the mature deodar cedar – almost as tall as the hospital itself – to be cut down. Architect and planner Alex Jamieson said the project should be redesigned to keep the tree and ditch the short-term parking. Those who have the most to gain will be the patients inside Lions Gate, Jamieson reasons.

“There’s documentation that nature has a healing effect on people,” he said. “If you look out the window and you see a tree, that’s a good thing. You’d think people in the hospital business would understand that.”

There are also the environmental considerations, which border on obvious. A mature tree is a carbon sink that provides natural shade and cooling, which cities are increasingly seeing the value of in the climate emergency. And Jamieson questions the wisdom of adding more vehicle access off 13th at all, given that it will cross the city’s AAA bike lane. “It’s a very easy solution,” he said.

“Don’t do anything.”

Jamieson has taken the matter up with Vancouver Coastal Health, the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation and the City of North Vancouver, which didn’t result in much.

This isn’t the first North Vancouver cedar to gain fame while facing the axe. In 2021, the city first insisted that a mature cedar needed to come down as part of the redevelopment of the Harry Jerome Neighbourhood Lands.

A campaign came together to save the cedar, and the development was changed to allow the tree to remain standing.

Jamieson, who was a supporter of that cause, is hoping others will also rally for the Lions Gate cedar.

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Projects underway to reduce wildfire risk NICK LABA

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With increasingly dry summers, local governments on the North Shore are trying to get ahead of the ball by cutting back fire risks earlier rather than later.

Alex Jamieson dresses as the Lorax to make his point on saving a huge cedar tree on the south side of Lions Gate Hospital. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN “It’s possible they’re willing to reconsider, but not because of anything I’ve said,” he said. There is now an online petition to save the Lions Gate deodar. In June, City of North Vancouver council approved some development variance permits related to the hospital’s construction. Staff’s report at the time acknowledged how the new ramp and parking area would impact the trees.

“This location is required to service the new drop-off and pickup area to ensure it is large enough to meet the needs of the hospital. Staff are continuing to work with the applicant on modifications to this area with the intent of retaining as many existing trees as possible,” it read. “Staff is working with the applicant to find locations for replacement trees on both the subject site and frontage along East 13th Street as compensation to the trees that have already been removed.”

Vancouver Coastal Health issued a

statement in response on Wednesday.

“The deodar cedar on 13th Street East is located next to an existing parking lot and pedestrian ramp that need to be reconfigured to create a single driveway that extends past the new acute tower and the existing tower. This work will destabilize the cedar as its roots extend under both the parking lot and pedestrian ramp, and the cedar is leaning away from the ramp. The cedar will need to be removed for safety for when the new driveway is built,” it read. “The new driveway minimizes the number and the width of driveways accessing 13th Street, thereby reducing the potential conflict between motor vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. The cedar is approximately 40 years old and is not indigenous to the North Shore.

Vancouver Coastal Health is exploring every opportunity to plant more trees on the campus. The contractor is replacing every tree that is removed with a mature tree.”

In West Vancouver, work is scheduled to begin this month on a six-hectare section of second-growth forest, adjacent to the Brother’s Creek and Baden Powell Trails.

The work being done there is called wildfire fuel management, sometimes referred to as “forest thinning.” According to the district, it involves leaving mature and deciduous trees, while removing underbrush and woody debris, pruning lower branches and removing tight, second-growth trees.

The district said that the community wildfire protection plan designated this area as high risk of wildfire. To fund this pilot project, West Vancouver has secured community resiliency investment program funding from the Union of BC Municipalities. The district has also consulted with local Indigenous communities on responsibly conducting forest management in this area.

The work is scheduled to start mid-November and will take around two months to complete, according to spokesperson Carrie Gadsby. Working hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on weekdays, “or as necessary to complete the project.” During the project, the Brother’s Creek trailhead and Baden Powell Trail at Millstream Road will be closed. Parking in the area may also be closed to facilitate crew and Continued on page 6

Seycove Secondary given traditional, Tsleil-Waututh name MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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Seycove Secondary, a high school in North Vancouver’s Deep Cove neighbourhood, has been gifted the new name of Seycove at sə́yəmətən, by Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

Pronounced say-əm-me-ton, the name translates to ‘a good place of water’ in the hən̓qə ̓ min̓əm̓ language, and is the name of the original Indigenous village at Strathcona.

Tsleil-Waututh Nation Councillor Kevin O’Neill said the name is “fitting” as it reflects the traditional village and its meaning of “a place of calm water, a place that provided

shelter and solace during stormy weather for our people, when they travelled through the Indian Arm.” O’Neill said he hopes the school reflects the name and continues to be a safe, calm environment for learning.

“I also hope that all Indigenous students feel welcomed when they enter the doors, and that the non-Indigenous students can learn more about the importance of land acknowledgements, so they know whose unceded, ancestral, and traditional land they live, work and play on,” he said.

The renaming process had begun back in 2021, when retired principal Rob McLeod

and Indigenous support teacher Andrea Yeo met with both Tsleil-Waututh director of treaty land and resources Gabriel George, and cultural program manager William George Thomas, to discuss the possibility of changing its moniker to something better suited to the school.

It wasn’t until June this year when it was fully implemented, following a traditional naming ceremony at the school’s library that had staff, students and Tsleil-Waututh members present. Gabriel George said the renaming is an example of how the North Vancouver School District is starting to recognize that it operates on the traditional

territory of Tsleil-Waututh people.

“It is a step in the right direction and we hope that we can build upon this work so that we are more strongly represented through the school district,” he said.

“Hopefully, by putting the original place name back onto a public space with so many people walking through its doors over the years, it’ll remind people that not only are they on District of North Vancouver lands, but they are walking on the ancient lands of our Tsleil-Waututh people,” he said.

“Part of colonization is erasure, and this is a step towards putting us back where we belong.”

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The provincial government has pulled support for an Indigenous-led bid to host the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Games. MEGAN LALONDE / PIQUE NEWSMAGAZINE

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Indigenous-led Olympic bid rejected by the province NICK LABA

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First Nations communities were left in a state of disbelief last week, as the provincial government pulled its support for an Indigenous-led bid for the 2030 Olympic Games in Vancouver.

News of the decision to cancel the bid emerged Thursday with statements from Culture and Sport Minister Lisa Beare and Vancouver mayor-elect Ken Sim citing costs and complexities related to other upcoming global sporting events set to be held in the city.

As the information became public, elected Chief Jen Thomas of Tsleil-Waututh Nation called the decision “very disheartening.” Thomas said she caught wind of the province’s intentions in the week prior, and asked officials to hold off on making announcements for the time being.

“That didn’t even happen,” she said.

“It was upsetting to us, because we didn’t even have the proper discussion with the province.

“We’ve invited the province to our table to have the discussion on the 2030 Olympics.

And what happened was, they took their chairs away from our table, had the discussion on their own and made this [decision] without having any conversation with us,” Thomas continued.

Tsleil-Waututh Councillor Dennis Thomas, who has worked on the 2030 technical committee for the past year, said he was caught off guard by the unilateral decision to halt the Games, given that discussions up to this point had been so open on the parts of the four host Nations, which included Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Lil̓wat7úl (Líl̓wat) leaders.

“Throughout this process, we have been engaging all parties involved to join in this amazing journey of a true Indigenous-led Olympic Games, which has never been done before,” he said.

Coun. Thomas said the four Nations embedding their ways of being, laws and value systems within a mega-sports construct was such an authentic experience to define what it means for an event of that scale to be Indigenous-led.

“It’s a very good, holistic learning experience for all people involved within this process,” he said. “So it was a surprise that it just came to an end without having those meaningful conversations with the province.”

In her statement, Minister Beare said there are billions of dollars in direct costs, as well as other factors, that could jeopardize the government’s ability to address pressures facing British Columbians now. Beare, who replaced Melanie Mark last month, noted the province is already supporting the 2025 Invictus Games and 2026 FIFA World Cup. In a separate statement, Vancouver mayor-elect Sim said early estimates for those events put costs to the city in the range of $130-200 million and that the 2010 Olympics cost the city $500 million.

“While we understand the reasoning behind the decision made today, this will no doubt be disappointing to host Nations who have put countless hours of time and energy into developing a bid,” he said.

But Chief Thomas said that the 2030 Nation-led bid was totally different because the host Nations haven’t been involved to the same extent in planning the other events.

Reflecting on the Oct. 25 approval of Vancouver’s UNDRIP (United Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) strategy, she said the province is way behind the city when it comes to reconciliation.

Going forward, Coun. Thomas said he hopes this is a learning opportunity for both the B.C. NDP and the federal government.

“Hopefully, for the Invictus Games in the 2026 FIFA games, we can have a similar position and role ... to be on this journey of reconciliation and UNDRIP with embedding our cultural values into these mega sporting events.”

At a press conference held Friday morning, Squamish Nation Councillor Sxwíxwtn (Wilson Williams) was verbally and visibly disheartened. He posed a question, “What is reconciliation from the perspective of the provincial and federal government?”

“I’ll use a term that is commonly used amongst Indigenous leaders today,” he said.

“Nothing about us without us.”

Wilson said true reconciliation wasn’t acted upon because the host Nations weren’t allowed the time to negotiate or have an extended dialogue with senior governments on what the Indigenous-led Olympic Games would look like.

“We didn’t come to the table asking for a blank check,” Williams said. “We were giving terms of, ‘This ain’t the right time.’ When will be the right time for Indigenous peoples to be at the forefront in this so-called spirit of reconciliation?”

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A large strip of land directly north of the British Properties has been slated for future fire risk reduction. Work there will be done on a priority basis, as budget and funding allow, the district said.

Among a number of objectives, goals of the project include bolstering the BC Hydro right-of-way area as a so-called fuel break – a strip of land cleared to prevent fire spread – and creating an anchor point for firefighting efforts on a potential blaze moving towards or away from homes in the Capilano watershed.

A virtual information session on wildfire fuel management for residents is being held on Thursday from noon to 1 p.m., led

by Bruce Blackwell of B.A. Blackwell and Associates Ltd. and West Vancouver Fire and Rescue. To register, visit westvancouver.ca/ wildfire-fuel-management.

Another similar project involves creating a fire resilient ecosystem in the southern section of Greenwood Park. According to a statement, the City of North Vancouver is removing hazardous vegetation that could be potential fire fuel, as well as planting native trees and shrubs.

“This project will reduce the risk of wildfires spreading to and from the homes surrounding the park,” reads the notice.

The park section was selected as a priority area due to the closeness of the forest interface with the nearby residential community.

The first phase of the project happened in June, with the removal of invasive plants, branches, brush and other organic debris, the city said.

Phase two involves: removing the lower branches of trees to reduce “ladder fuels” that allow fires to climb; removing small conifers and hazard trees; removing organic matter on the forest floor; and planting a mixture of native trees and shrubs.

The city said it expects work on the second phase of the project to begin at the end of October and take around a month to finish. The statement advises there will be trail closures, and possible noise weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

“This project will improve public safety by removing hazard trees and reducing wildfire risk,” the city said, adding that the work won’t impact recreation or existing infrastructure, and will complement recent upgrades made as part of the Greenwood Park restoration project.

“This project is designed to be sensitive to our urban forest and streamside ecosystems. The timing of this work has been selected to limit disturbances to wildlife including nesting season,” the statement reads. The work is being funded through a grant via FireSmart BC. Tucked underneath the Upper Levels Highway north of Grand Boulevard, the 6.2-hectare urban forest park is home to a network of formal and informal trails used by walkers, runners and mountain bikers.

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NEWSBRIEFS DNV CAO LOSES PORT MOODY COUNCIL SEAT IN TIEBREAKING DRAW District of North Vancouver CAO David Stuart will no longer be balancing his job as top civil servant in North Vancouver with an elected position on Port Moody council.

Following a judicial recount this week, and a piece DAVID STUART of paper randomly drawn from a container, Stuart has found himself “unelected” while incumbent councillor Amy Lubik has been declared elected to Port Moody council.

It’s a dramatic change of fortune for Stuart, who was declared the winner of the last spot on council with 3,595 votes – a razor-thin twovote margin over Lubik.

Following a standard recount that

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The partial recount under the judge resulted in a tie, with both Stuart and Lubik having an equal number of votes.

Under the Local Government Act, when that happens, both candidates’ names are written on pieces of paper and folded for a presiding judge to randomly draw out of a container to declare the winner.

In this case, Lubik was declared the winner.

Had fate decided otherwise, Stuart would have been in the unusual position of working as the top civil servant for the District of North Vancouver while at the same time being elected to another municipal council.

Stuart earlier told the North Shore News he has been politically active in his home community of Port Moody for many years as a private citizen while also serving for decades as CAO of the District of North Vancouver and, before that, the District of West Vancouver.

Stuart was not immediately available for comment following the judicial recount.

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NORTH VAN MAN CHARGED WITH FRAUD AND FORGERY

A North Vancouver man is facing a host of fraud and forgery charges following an investigation by the B.C. Securities Commission.

North Vancouver RCMP arrested Ward Derek Jensen, 52, at his Seymour area home on Oct. 20 and the Crown has now sworn nine counts of fraud over $5,000.

Documents filed in North Vancouver provincial court show most of the charges are related to alleged misconduct in 2017, although the investigation involves incidents that go back as far as 2007, according to the provincial regulator.

Ward is also facing four counts of forgery related to falsified documents purporting to be from the Rosenthal Collins Group, a Chicagobased investment firm, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, court documents show.

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his week, the B.C. government announced a new fee structure with doctors aimed to stop the bleeding of family physicians out of the health care system.

Of the many woes in health care, the inability to attract and retain family doctors has grown to crisis proportions.

Patients need family doctors to navigate health problems both simple and complex.

They need them for referrals to specialists, to order diagnostic tests and to write prescriptions.

Family doctors are both the fundamental building block of health care and the point where most people interact with that system.

The reasons doctors have been quitting or just not signing up for family practice are many.

Some – like lower pay compared to hospitalists, increased overhead costs and

complex care of an aging population – will hopefully be addressed by the new deal announced this week. But the fix won’t be instant, nor a panacea for the shortage.

The deal also doesn’t fundamentally change the payment model for family doctors which has physicians operating clinics as small businesses. That may or may not make sense in future.

Given the increases recently negotiated with other public sector workers, and the need for family doctors, however, it would be difficult for the government not to offer doctors a substantial improvement.

We won’t know for some time if the new deal with doctors has treated the affliction.

But given the numbers of desperate people looking for doctors and the knock-on effects of them not having one, the NDP is clearly hoping this infusion of cash can get a pulse back in our primary health care system.

West Van locals share secrets about hedges and bears KIRK LAPOINTE

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A few weeks back, I posed seven questions to readers to help acquaint me, a West Vancouver newcomer, with some idiosyncrasies of the district.

Some warned: Be careful what you wish for. But in journalism I’ve found that it’s hardly ever wrong to turn to the crowd when you wonder. I am grateful, almost but not quite to a person, for the responses. I’ll try this exercise again some time. Meantime, here is what I learned.

1. On the matter of getting a neighbour to trim the gigantic hedge obscuring a view, I took in a lot of “been there, done that” email that sounds like, no pun intended, I’m barking up the wrong tree. Mostly what I read was the electronic equivalent of a sigh and a shrug. A tall hedge is a metaphor for how some of us live, I suppose, and it’s their business.

“Assuming you can locate and communicate with your actual neighbour, they will politely ignore you. Wait until they move,” one wrote. It is clear through the correspondence that people have some

concern about tree-trimming bylaws as excessively restrictive. Which made the suggestion that I ring the doorbell with a befriending, ice-breaking case of wine seem a solid waste of money.

Someone suggested waiting for them to take a holiday and rolling in the trucks, which even the defiant journalist in me found a little much.

2. I asked why drivers appear more co-operative and better behaved on this side of the Lions Gate, and unsurprisingly it produced a chorus of how Vancouver is bad for the soul, even if the day started serenely on this side.

Let’s leave that contention aside – my own “been there, done that.” I was hoping for a traffic engineering answer and one never surfaced.

3. Ah yes, the bears. This question elicited the most emotion. I wondered why I’m counselled to embrace them. The answers I got mainly reflected on efforts many make in the district to just make sure bears aren’t all shot and killed.

Around the time I asked the question, The Narwhal published a strong piece based on a freedom-of-information request

from the Fur-Bearers activist group showing an alarming toll: 5,632 black bears killed in B.C. between 2011 and 2021. As for West Vancouver, 26 were taken in that time, including five last year (and a high of nine in 2019). North Vancouver killed 29 bears in that period, Squamish 59.

Mostly people wrote that it’s our responsibility to live with them, not the other way around, and we need to be bear-smart to stop encouraging them to cavort and worse. As for a suggestion that bears need to be included in our land acknowledgment, again let’s leave that aside.

4. The lineups for BC Ferries to and from the Sunshine Coast don’t appear to be as distressing to readers of the North Shore News as they likely would for consumers of the Coast Reporter.

There is a difference between a getaway and a get-to, an excursion into more open space and an appointment into a doctor’s office, that alters one’s views.

5. There is little point in suggesting golf carts for Gleneagles. A couple noted that golfers have a better chance of surviving the hike up Cardiac Hill than do today’s

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carts, a point I’d agree with if there’s any dampness.

Even as a runner for four decades, though, I would suggest that the serious hill seriously dissuades too many and there is a better solution than the current afterthought of the alternative third green in the valley.

6. People loved the idea of an “empty stores” tax, maybe a little too much, to penalize property owners holding retail outlets vacant for no apparent reason.

There is clear disquiet with these missing teeth along Marine Drive. Sounds like a study for the new municipal hall gang.

7. Then there is the question about whether the Porsche Club is an urban myth, and oh my, did I get (no pun intended again) the gears on whether it exists (it does) and whether its dawn convoy is designed to dodge the cops (it doesn’t, it doesn’t, it doesn’t, people insisted, insisted, insisted).

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MAILBOX PROVINCE SHOULD FUND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT PURCHASES Dear Editor:

Re: MLA Karin Kirkpatrick Raises Alarm on Wait Times for MRIs (Oct. 26 news story) Good on Ms. Kirkpatrick for helping to raise public awareness concerning this hugely important issue. This is one of the most valuable contributions that an effective MLA or MP can make to public administration, discourse or policy development.

There is simply no excuse for the delay in installing this imaging equipment. I wonder how long the fund-raising campaign itself took, as I assume it began after the need for a new MRI machine was identified. The total elapsed time from need assessment and determination to installation of the new machine looks likely to be unconscionable.

What I have never understood is why such equipment has to be purchased at all.

It seems to me that it would be far more efficient to establish a dedicated fund for leasing all such major necessary equipment, periodically replacing particular machines as significant upgrades in the relevant technology occur.

The more substantial challenge identified in the news article concerns the pressing need to recruit and train the required personnel. Again, I detect no sense of urgency on the part of the provincial government or the regional health authorities to take the necessary action.

Words like “crisis” and “emergency” are bandied about rather indiscriminately but there appears to little evidence to date that significant steps are being taken to effect improvement, the long-standing “opioid crisis” being a case in point. Our shortages in nurses and other essential hospital and care facility staff have long pre-dated the arrival of COVID-19 in March 2020. Yet here we are.

One thing of which there is no shortage in B.C. or elsewhere in Canada is highly paid health-care bureaucrats. In this regard, a perusal of the most recent annual filing (2021) pursuant to the BC Financial Information Act by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority is an instructive, not to say disturbing, read.

We’re extremely unlikely to escape the present mess with the same people in key leadership roles who have been there while it was being created. I refer not only to those in elected office at the federal and provincial levels but, in some ways more importantly, those who hold senior unelected positions. Administrations may change but if the same individuals continue to occupy crucial bureaucratic decision-making posts then necessary change is unlikely to ensue despite promises to the contrary.

David Marley West Vancouver

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WINDSOR STUDENTS’ ACTIONS IMPRESS Dear Editor:

On Tuesday, I was walking my dog near Browning Place townhouses at 8 a.m.

I looked ahead and noticed two young guys walking towards [Ecole] Windsor Secondary.

They had stopped and were picking up garbage from an overturned garbage can, bear activity evident.

I was so impressed that they were doing this when likely they had deadlines for the first bell. I spoke with them briefly, thanked them for taking initiative, and told them I would finish up as I had dog bags to not dirty my hands. They were doing this without gloves.

They left, and as I was finishing up, another student heading for Windsor, stopped as I was struggling to upright the garbage can.

“Do you need help?” he asked. I accepted his help and thanked him. He told me, “Have a nice day.”

I’m an active senior. I just want to acknowledge any young person who can engage like this.

I know I don’t know your names, and likely you don’t read the North Shore News, but you parents who do might consider mentioning this letter. Maybe one of those young lads – yes, all guys – might be one of your sons.

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As someone who has been active in the NDP for almost 50 years, I would like to respond to Donna Stewart’s Oct. 26 letter about Anjali Appadurai.

Appadurai has insisted her campaign did not co-ordinate with Dogwood BC and hence did not break campaign rules.

She claimed she was a victim of a predetermined conclusion in Elizabeth Cull’s report.

Appadurai is director of campaigns for the Suzuki-funded Climate Emergency Unit, which has an overlapping director with Dogwood BC (Seth Klein).

Cull’s report, available for all to read, found that her denials were not credible.

The Elections Act makes it illegal for corporations, unions or organizations to make in-kind donations to political parties or leadership campaigns such as funding a membership drive.

Dogwood BC’s website reveals its effort to stack the NDP membership list in favour of Appadurai with people even if they belonged to other parties.

In fairness to members who honestly joined the NDP, she had to be disqualified.

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The man who perpetrated a hoax on the Lynn Valley Care Centre, leaving the seniors home desperately shortstaffed amid its early outbreak of COVID-19, has had his sentencing delayed thanks to a series of disruptions of the court process.

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On March 8, 2020 – the same day a Lynn Valley Care Centre resident in his 80s became Canada’s first-known death from the coronavirus – Taymour Aghtai called the care home, posing as a public health officer. He told staff that no one should be coming or going from the building during the outbreak, which resulted in the cancellation of the next morning’s staff shifts.

After being arrested and charged, he pleaded guilty in December 2021 to one count of conveying a false message with intent to alarm.

Aghtai was due in North Vancouver Provincial Court at 9:30 a.m. on Friday for the Crown and his lawyer to make their submissions on what an appropriate sentence should be. But shortly after that time, Crown lawyer Lara Sarbit told the judge that Aghtai had refused to leave his cell at Surrey Pretrial Services Centre.

Judge Daniel Steinberg said it was “a display of [Aghtai’s] disdain for following court

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orders,” which would likely hurt himself at sentencing, and ordered he be brought to appear via video from the pretrial centre.

Aghtai continued to resist until the judge ordered corrections officers to “use force if necessary.”

When Aghtai was finally before the court via video, he insisted on having a chance to speak with his lawyer, Josh Oppal. While the court was briefly adjourned for that, Aghtai instead hung up on his lawyer, and tampered with the video equipment, cutting his feed with the North Vancouver courtroom, the sheriffs reported to the judge.

He then told corrections officers he was having chest pains, which required a check by medical staff at the jail.

Steinberg noted that Aghtai was “as close as one can be to absconding” from the court but said he was determined to continue.

“He is not in charge of these proceedings and I’m not prepared, frankly, to make a concession that will give the impression that he is in charge,” Steinberg said, adding later, “We’re not going to have the tail wagging the dog.”

Aghtai was quickly deemed medically fit, and guards again returned him to the video room.

More than two hours after the sentencing was to begin, Sarbit began her submissions.

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In solidarity with the women of Iran, The Polygon is running a series of films that highlight the repression faced by female citizens of the country and how they choose to define their own futures.

Entitled Woman, Life, Liberty: Feminist Cinema from Iran, the gallery is playing cinema from this series every Thursday evening in November starting at 7 p.m. Three of the features are Persian language (with English subtitles) and three are debut films by female directors.

Kicking off the series on Nov. 3 is Ana Lily Amirpour’s debut feature A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014), which has been promoted as “the first Iranian vampire western.”

The arthouse horror flick stars a nameless, skateboarding, chador-cloaked “girl” (Sheila Vand) who prowls the streets at night, feasting on badly behaved men.

Next, on Nov. 10, is Appropriate Behaviour (2014), directed by and starring Desiree Akhavan. The Polygon’s marketing manager Michael Mann calls it “a sex-positive comedy that follows a young Iranian woman in Brooklyn who balances being bisexual and being from a traditional Iranian family.”

Nov. 17 is a double-ticket, starting with the acclaimed The Day I Became A Woman

“Offside” (2006) directed by Jafar Panahi depicts a group of women in Iran who sneak into a soccer game, where they’re not allowed. COURTESY OF THE POLYGON GALLERY (2000) directed by Marziyeh Meshkini. “It is a beautiful, Fellini-esque triptych of three stages of a woman’s life,” Mann said. That’s followed by short film The House is Black (1962), the only film directed by trailblazing feminist Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad.

Ending the series on Nov. 24 is Jafar Panahi’s Offside (2006), which is banned in Iran. Partially shot during the actual game it depicts, the film follows a handful of women who have separately dressed in disguise and snuck into a critical soccer match between Iran and Bahrain, where women aren’t allowed.

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If West Vancouver seems like an idyllic place, with vast parks and quiet neighbourhoods, it didn’t happen by accident. Rod Day should know. He had a hand in shaping it.

In his recently published book Inside West Vancouver, Day has documented more than a century of the planning decisions that have given the municipality the look and feel it has today. He’ll be giving a talk on that history and his book at the West Vancouver Memorial Library this evening.

Day spent 16 years in non-consecutive terms on council, from 1987 to 1996 and again from 2003 to 2008, and he sat on advisory commissions going back to the 1970s.

“Along the way, somebody said ‘You’d better write a book,’” he said. “So I wrote a history of West Vancouver from 1912.”

Day’s book is more than a memoir. As a trained historian, he spent long hours in the West Vancouver Archives and poring over documents he’s collected in his own files, which long-ago bureaucrats decided weren’t worth keeping. It took about four years of research before the book was ready to publish.

The upshot is in accounting of all the things that make West Van, West Van. “Most cities have affluent suburbs and I would argue in the book that West Van did a better job of planning and dealing with development and came out a very attractive park-like community. But it was a tough struggle all the way along, because a lot of people wanted to exploit the natural beauty of the place,” he said. “We had to fight developers all the way going back to the 1960s.”

At one point, a developer pitched building a new 25,000-resident neighbourhood on fill deposited in the water off Ambleside.

There are stories about highrises and golf courses that never came to be. Day helped organize citizen groups, which councils took notice of, and developed planning practices

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“This continued over the years with citizen involvement,” he said.

The book is more than a history of a community saying “no to “irresponsible development,” though. He also details the plans to acquire all the private land along Ambleside shoreline for public use and consolidate all future development in the Upper Lands to just one area off Cypress Bowl Road, where Cypress Village is now getting into its final planning stages.

But there is an irony to all, Day acknowledges and documents in his concluding

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chapter. West Vancouver preserved its character but it became a destination for speculative investment in real estate.

Monster houses cropped up. The community became highly exclusive and reliant on commuters, and populations demographics have become lopsided, he acknowledged.

“It’s not good,” he said with a laugh.

“Wealthy municipalities, they do all these things for their own benefit, but at the same time, it becomes increasingly impossible for people to get into to live in.”

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in 1966, a home could be purchased for $22,000, he noted. “Imagine what it would cost now. It’s changed a lot but that’s the history that I wrote.”

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Continued from page 1 acknowledged the unusual nature of fire and the difficult questions it raises.

“It is an unfortunate situation and for many, many reasons ... in terms of the displacement of individuals and the outcome for one of the individual involved, but there’s so many questions that we have that just can’t be answered,” he said. “And that’s the unfortunate part too.”

Because of the nature of the blaze, engines and crews from the North Vancouver City Fire Department and West Vancouver Fire & Rescue were called in to help, Hutchinson said.

“Obviously, the use of an accelerant created a more extreme fire environment than a normal structure fire,” Hutchinson said. “And

while there was damage to the building, there’s no question ... we were able to limit the amount of spread due to the number of personnel that were able to respond, and to the speed with which we were able to get there.”

Nathen Gabriel, who was in his apartment immediately below the explosion, described a terrifying scene.

“I was sitting at my laptop and was frightened out of my wits,” he said. “The explosion ripped the balcony window and door – including its metal frame – right out, and a huge tongue of flame and billowing smoke immediately issued from the now exposed interior of the apartment.”

Immediately after, more than 70 residents were displaced from Silverlynn. Those who lived in the

building portion untouched by the fire, smoke and water damage were able to return home within a few days but the wing of the building where the fire occurred and the 36 apartments in it remain sealed off today.

Trying to re-house the displaced seniors was a challenge unlike any other faced by local emergency response and seniors’ groups, say members of North Shore Emergency Management and Silver Harbour Centre for seniors.

“This event left me with incredible questions from an emergency management program perspective,” said Emily Dicken, NSEM director. “For me, there’s a lot of heartbreak that hasn’t really been shared.”

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Continued from page 14 Currently, when residents are put out by a fire, they can receive 72 hours of emergency social services including hotel accommodations, which North Shore Emergency Management helped co-ordinate. Beyond that, though, the situation becomes less clear.

“Clearly, there are really significant gaps in terms of support and services at the community level. As a municipality, how do we really wrap around the most vulnerable members of our communities?” she asked.

“Seventy-two hours isn’t long enough to pick up the pieces, especially when they don’t have insurance or other financial mechanisms that help them get over that hurdle of the immediate crisis.”

Silverlynn’s residents are largely on low, fixed incomes and many live with disabilities and/or face language barriers in accessing services, noted Annwen Loverin, executive director of Silver Harbour.

“The depth and breadth of vulnerabilities certainly stood out in this situation,” she said. “For many weeks, there was simply nowhere else for these seniors to live and it took a vast amount of work....

There is nothing available and it was a matter of scrambling to just find any type of housing.”

With some luck, they were able to find temporary housing in student residence buildings on campus at UBC, which BC

Housing agreed to pay for – but there was a looming deadline to find another solution before students returned.

It was a tense time, for the seniors and the people working to find them a place to stay in a threadbare affordable housing system that has no mechanism for a sudden spike in demand.

“I can’t praise North Shore Emergency Management and BC Housing enough for what they did for us. That said, the six weeks at UBC were very stressful for us because of the uncertainty of our situation,” Gabriel said.

As of November, 11 of the original households have returned to Silverlynn to live in apartments where vacancies have become available elsewhere in the building.

“BC Housing helped the remainder [of residents] access new housing appropriate to their individual needs through nonprofit providers, other housing options, and directly managed BC Housing projects in North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Vancouver, Burnaby and Richmond,” a statement from BC Housing read. “New housing was prioritized based on individual need and availability at the time of application.”

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The extra help for cash-strapped families is being made possible by special one-time funding from the province.

The provincial government announced in September it would provide $60 million to school districts throughout B.C. to help make going back to school more affordable for families struggling with the rising costs of living.

North Vancouver School District will receive just under $1.5 million in one-time funding, while West Vancouver Schools will receive just over $650,000.

Funding available to families in need In North Vancouver, a portion of that money is being made available directly to families, through a district “Special Family Affordability Fund.” Different amounts of funding have been allocated to each school, determined by need within the local community as measured by a social services index, according to the school district.

Prior to the Thanksgiving long weekend, gift cards were provided to each school, so principals could hand them out to families struggling to buy groceries.

Further assistance is available to help families with costs of course supplies, clothing or footwear for school sports or other activities, as well as hot lunch programs. Schools have also been working to make sure kids have needed cold weather boots and coats for winter.

Help with groceries and school-related expenses Families can also apply for help with basics like groceries and clothing for kids.

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included in the application and families don’t have to submit receipts. In most cases, the decision about who gets funding is made by the school principal.

Bursaries and fee waivers An existing bursary program also allows families to request bursaries to pay for Cheakamus camp programs, Artists for Kids programs and costs of elementary band and strings programs.

Families can also apply for extra help if needed, by asking for a waiver of costs for courses or programs, cultural events, activities, one-day field trips, instrument rental and athletics fees.

Families can request financial help by completing a form on the school district’s website.

The school district didn’t provide information about how much of the money has been given out so far. A report to the Ministry of Education and Child Care explaining how school districts have spent the money is due in January.

West Vancouver’s school district received approximately $650,000 from the province to help families with similar costof-living expenses. Those funds are being given to families facing hardship at the school principals’ discretion, according to the school district.

To request support in North Van, complete one or both of the forms available through the Student and Family Affordability Fund webpage and return them in confidence to your child’s teacher, principal, counsellor or front office staff.

For Outdoor School, Artists for Kids and/or Elementary Band & Strings programs, families may request bursaries through the existing bursary application process for each program. If additional financial support is needed, families should complete the Application to Waive School Fee form.

The funding does not support academy program fees and cannot be used to purchase computers, pay for community sports programs, or cover the costs of rent or housing, household utilities, or gas for vehicles.

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The North Shore Waterfront Liaison Committee is recruiting for one community representative from the District of North Vancouver.

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After speaking with corrections officers again, the sheriff reported to the court that Aghtai had tampered with the video equipment once more and was rolling around on the floor, again, claiming to have chest pains.

The court stood down for a break in hopes the Crown could continue her submissions on sentencing. But Aghtai was taken to hospital for medical evaluation, thereby ending the day’s proceedings.

What followed was confusion over when the Crown and defence might be available to resume, further complicated by the fact 74-year-old Steinberg is about to “age out” of the justice system, which has a mandatory retirement age of 75, before the end of the year.

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“All of this fuss for 45 days?” the judge asked in disbelief. “The absurdity is, by delaying things, he’s sentencing himself to more than 45 days.”

The Crown and defence are due back for a brief court appearance next week to determine if there’s a date at which the sentencing can resume or if they’ll need to restart the process with a new judge.

Aghtai remains in custody on separate charges filed in Richmond provincial court.

Over the course of the outbreak at the Lynn Valley Care Centre, 52 elderly residents tested positive for COVID-19, 20 of whom died. There were also 26 confirmed cases among staff.

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The North Shore hosts a vibrant community of diverse businesses of all types and sizes.

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Advanced Medical’s goal is to provide their customers the peace of mind to live safely and independently in their homes. “We are committed to ensuring that our customers changing needs are met to make certain that they continue to live a quality life at any age,” says Mohammadi. “We strive to maximize our customers experience through our excellent service and high standards, no exceptions.”

While the senior population on the North Shore is growing, the services in home medical equipment seems not to be enough. “We believe everybody deserves to feel confident, safe and independent as they age, especially our seniors.

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We asked Amir when the right time is for seniors to step up their at-home safety equipment, particularly when it comes to their bathrooms. “Our answer is simple: before a fall happens!” says Mohammadi, emphasizing that prevention is of the most importance here. “We never want falls to happen to our customers. So, we advise them to have their bathroom equipped with proper equipment to prevent a fall.”

Customer Diana says, “I love the way Amir does the installation, so straightforward and I appreciate what he did for me. He understands what your needs are and is very helpful. So glad they are here in West Vancouver.”

Further endorsement is the North Shore News Readers’ Choice award earned in 2021, and the company gives back to the community by visiting retirement residences and senior living homes all over Metro Vancouver to provide free small repairs and adjustments on seniors’ walkers.

Advanced Medical’s showroom on Marine Drive makes it easy for customers to browse, chat with the staff and ask any confidential questions about the products. Aging comes with its share of challenges, and the wide variety of daily living aids, home healthcare equipment, and related installations provides options and comfort to any visiting customer.

“We are committed to serving all of Metro Vancouver with quality, affordable products, and prompt professional customer service,” says Mohammadi.

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Sabeena Bubber “As long as you have a mortgage, you have a mortgage partner,” says Sabeena Bubber of Xeva Mortgage.

For twenty plus years, Bubber has helped her clients “not only get the best rates for their mortgages but to save tens of thousands of dollars on their mortgages over the life of their mortgage. I’ve worked in consumer finance for almost 30 years.”

After gaining her business degree and seven years in consumer finance working for lenders, Bubber says she wanted to “start working for consumers instead. I was working for a bank, and I could see how the banks were requiring us to sell specific products to the clients because they improved the banks profitability and retention. I wanted to move into a more independent role that would allow me to represent the client’s best interests rather than the banks best interest. It was the best move that I ever made, I still work with some of my clients from twenty years ago and now helping their children.”

Recognized and awarded for outstanding philanthropy and community service nationally and provincially through a number of professional organizations, Bubber was a finalist for Mortgage Broker of the Year in 2022. CMP Magazine called her a Woman of Influence in the Canadian mortgage industry and inducted her into their Hall of Fame in 2020. She is proudest of the organization she started, called Brokers Who Care, a collective of 200+ mortgage brokers across Canada who

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Imagine the how great it would feel if your dream home came with the best mortgage rate possible contribute $100 per month so “we can send $10,000 to two families (one in Eastern Canada and one in Western Canada) that are in need of financial assistance. To date we have helped 39 causes and given away $300,000 to families in need.”

Bubber says she built her “business on hard work, knowledge, integrity and referrals. “Who better to provide a referral than someone who has learned firsthand that I’m a broker who goes above and beyond just providing a good interest rate? I made it my mission when I left the bank to provide ongoing support to my clients through the life of their mortgage. I provide annual reviews. I call my clients when the

rate environment shifts. When was the last time your bank called you to tell you that you are paying too much interest?”

Keeping her clients calm and informed during unstable times, like the current inflationary environment is most certainly one of Bubber’s talents.

The pandemic brought other issues, but Bubber walked her clients through Zoom calls, and other technologies to make communication seamless and infinitely safer.

“Sabeena was the first mortgage broker my wife and I ever worked with, and we were both extremely impressed with her thoroughness and guidance during our home-buying process. She was easily reachable and did an excellent job of explaining things to us day-to-day language to allow us to be fully aware of the things pertaining to our loan.

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“I was a former mortgage broker myself of seventeen years and Sabeena was a previous colleague of mine now turned friend. I’ve known Sabeena as a friend for 20 years now and have recently needed her support for a real estate refinance transaction, which was an insurmountable and complex situation that needed to be solved.

Sabeena not only provided our solution, but she also provided a team around us to support the transaction to bring it to successful completion. Sabeena acts with compassion and grace, and she makes you feel like her only client.”

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Doormaster is an accredited business through the Institute of Door Dealer Education and Accreditation, and many of their staff hold certifications through the Canadian Door Institute.

That provides customers peace of mind that the products they are purchasing are made and installed with integrity and the highest level of professionalism.

With the pandemic affecting businesses globally, Mooney has learned to roll with issues she never anticipated. “During the beginning stages of the pandemic, our industry was declared essential. We do a great deal of work with the fire departments, police, and other city and district buildings across the Lower Mainland. We followed the strictest COVID

safety regime, even suiting up in Hazmat suits to visit some of the facilities! As the safety restrictions were lifted, we were faced with new challenges. The lead time on products extended to lengths that were previously unheard of. A special-order door used to be a three-week maximum turnaround time from the factory. At its worst, our lead time was over 22 weeks.

We weren’t able to get many of our key parts and we had to improvise a lot. Lead times are still not great, but they have come down.”

“We have used Canadian Doormaster as a supplier for several of our custom home projects over the past few years. They consistently provide great products, installations and ongoing service as required,” says Averra Developments. Chiming in with another endorsement is customer Ross, who says “I had Doormaster install an automatic door on my older stand-alone garage approximately ten years ago. It

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President & self-proclaimed Door Diva, Ms. Mooney was born and raised on the North Shore and “loves doing business in my own community.” She presently lives in the Blueridge area with her teenage son.

Well-known and respected for both customer and staff relationships, the Canadian Doormaster president tells us proudly that after thirty years in business “we still have our same key staff answering the phones helping customers find solutions to their needs. We don’t use automated systems, and one of our knowledgeable daytime staff is on call 24/7/365 for customer emergencies.”

Owned by Hans Hart, the business started out of his home in North Vancouver while raising a family, with just one truck and some tools. The company eventually grew to have an office space in Burnaby, as well as one on the Sunshine Coast.

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Says Mooney, “I am honoured to extend our Blueridge Promotion to all North and West Vancouver for the month of November. You must mention “North Shore News” to get the discount.

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At Seaspan Shipyards, we have a team of 2,000 people working here on the North Shore that I think you should know. Together, we are transforming how ships are designed, built, and maintained right here in North Vancouver while creating a pipeline of opportunities for the next generation of shipbuilders, engineers, and designers for decades to come.

Over the next year alone, we will be adding more than 500 people to our team to help us deliver on our promise of ships built in Canada by Canadians.

I am proud to have recently taken over as CEO of Seaspan Shipyards. Having been with the company for four years and in the shipbuilding industry for over 36 years, I can honestly say, I have never encountered a more collaborative and dedicated team. In every capacity and at every stage of the process – from our designers, engineers, and administration staff to our skilled tradespeople and technicians – our people are committed to delivering to the highest standards of excellence.

Our team is largely what makes Seaspan a great place to work, followed by the job security of a long runway of challenging, multi-year projects.

Many people on the North Shore might recognize Seaspan’s brand from seeing our tugs and barges move critical ships and supplies up and down B.C.’s coast but we have come a long way over the last century. From our North Vancouver base, we are building and servicing some of the world’s most modern ships under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) for the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast Guard. In a span of 10 years, we have transformed the shipbuilding industry on the West Coast of Canada and built one of the most modest shipyards in the world.

It does not stop at investing in our infrastructure. We are also transforming the process of how we design and build ships.

For example, we design all our vessels using 3D modelling, giving access to our partners and clients like never before through virtual reality. We have also embraced technology in our Welding Centre of Excellence, with the installation of seven robotic and automated pieces of equipment to increase consistency, output, and quality.

We are blessed with the challenge of increasing demand from our customers on both the new shipbuilding and repair fronts, and we must ensure we have the right people in place to deliver on all our commitments. Under the NSS, and out of our North Vancouver shipyard, we are building vessels that will play a vital role in ensuring Canadian sovereignty, conducting climate and ocean research, and protecting the world’s longest coastline. We are currently building two Protecteur-class Joint Support Ships for the Royal Canadian Navy, and we are making progress on the Canadian Coast Guard’s Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel. We are also in the design phase for the future crown jewel of the Canadian Coast Guard: The Polar Icebreaker, along with a fleet of 16 Ice Class MultiPurpose vessels.

I am especially proud of the diversity on our team. If you take a walk out into the shipyards you will meet talented and highly skilled tradespeople from the North Shore, across Canada, and

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To learn more about Seaspan’s team of talented employees and opportunities to join us, visit our website at seaspan.com.

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A North Vancouver computer programmer charged with mischief in relation to old-growth logging protests in Burnaby, Vancouver and the North Shore has been released on bail after spending nearly five days in jail.

Benjamin Donald Holt, 52, was taken into custody on Lions Gate Bridge at about 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 20 after police responded to a protest action by Save Old Growth, a group calling for the end of old growth logging in B.C. The protesters were in the process of painting a 50-metre “Save Old Growth” stencil onto the middle lane of the bridge but only got as far as “Save” before police arrived, according to information presented at a bail hearing Monday.

Crown prosecutor Ellen Leno argued Holt should remain in custody.

She noted he was already facing two previous mischief charges for earlier protests when he was arrested again.

On April 18, he had perched atop an eightfoot ladder and held out two coloured smoke sticks billowing the green and yellow colours of Save Old Growth during a demonstration that saw protesters block the westbound lanes of Grandview Highway in Burnaby at the height of the morning commute.

On June 14, he was one of three protesters who glued themselves to the road when Save Old Growth blocked the westbound lane of the Upper Levels Highway near the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal.

Holt had been released under conditions banning him from blocking traffic, but Leno presented photos and videos suggesting he might have been at a Lions Gate Bridge protest on Aug. 2 doing just that.

Leno said charges may be laid against Holt in that protest as well.

“He seems rather entrenched in his views and his ongoing offences despite the bail conditions that he’s on,” Leno said.

Defence lawyer Benjamin Isitt argued Holt should be released on $1,500 bail and said Holt’s wife was in court ready with the cash.

Isitt noted Holt, a father of two teenagers, didn’t have a criminal record and his alleged offences didn’t involve violence or the threat of violence, so denying him bail would be

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Isitt also argued Holt wasn’t breaching his bail conditions last Thursday because there was little traffic on the bridge at that time of the morning and the middle lane was closed.

“He is a person of good character who is motivated by genuinely held concerns rooted in a consensus of scientific research that the climate crisis poses an existential threat to humanity and to other species and that urgent action is necessary to change course,” Isitt said.

But B.C. provincial court judge Nancy Adams said, “No matter how commendable the cause, breaking the law in this sense is clearly undermining the rule of law.”

She said her decision needed to take public safety into account.

“In my view, all of the things I’ve heard about on the three days he’s charged involve public safety, whether anyone was harmed or not,” she said.

Given Holt’s actions this year and his commitment to the cause, Adams said there was a “substantial likelihood” he would commit another offence if he was released, but she concluded keeping him in jail wasn’t the only way to mitigate that risk.

She released him on a $1,500 cash deposit bail with a number of conditions, including a ban on blocking or impeding traffic or pedestrians on any road or highway and a ban on any protest activities on any road or highway.

“I’m trying to prevent any further criminal charges here or criminal activity,” Adams said. Holt’s next court dates are scheduled for Nov. 15 and Dec. 2.

Virtual Developer Information Session Anthem has submitted a rezoning application to the City of North Vancouver for 146 East 2nd Street to support the development of an eight-storey strata residential development with double height groundfloor retail.

Interested members of the public are invited to attend the virtual Developer Information Session (DIS) with the applicant team for an opportunity to review the proposal, ask questions, and submit a comment form.

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North Vancouver hockey star Connor Bedard is still right in the middle of the radar for the upcoming NHL draft, according to prospect ratings released this week by NHL Central Scouting.

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Bedard, who is widely projected to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NHL entry draft, was one of 28 players to earn an “A” rating on Central Scouting’s preliminary players to watch list released Oct. 25. The list is a compilation of draft-eligible prospects from all the major development leagues throughout North America and Europe, with those receiving an “A” rating considered as potential first-round draft picks.

As of Oct. 30, Bedard was leading the Western Hockey League in goals with 13, assists with 16 and points with 29 through his first 15 games of the season. He has already tallied five game-winning goals in seven wins for the Regina Pats.

Bedard has drawn high praise from the NHL’s scouting division.

“It seems like as soon as he’s on the rush, even if it’s starting in his own end, but certainly once he gains the blue line on the attack, he’s a threat to score,” said Central Scouting senior manager David Gregory in an NHL release. “He has absolute elite

puck handling and shooting skills, but you combine that with his hockey IQ and how he thinks it, he’s just so hard to stop and contain.”

At the start of this season, Bedard became the youngest captain in the 105-year history of the Regina Pats hockey club. Last season he scored 51 goals and 100 points in 62 games for the Pats. In August he notched four goals and four assists in seven games to help Team Canada win gold at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton.

“He reminds me so much of Steve Yzerman because he’s got what I call the four corners of excellence,” TSN director of scouting and NHL analyst Craig Button said in the release. “He’s got great hockey sense. He sees what’s facing him and is able to adjust and adapt. He’s an outstanding skater. He’s got magnificent hands and the ability to operate in tight spaces, and he’s got NHL scoring ability. He reminds me of Steve Yzerman in this regard too: he’s got a killer instinct. Steve had a steely determination to find a way to be successful and to do whatever it took to win. Connor, to me, has that same type of personality.”

Central Scouting’s players to watch list will be updated throughout the season. The 2023 NHL entry draft is scheduled for June 28-29 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

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Two North Van players suit up for World Ringette Championships

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Two athletes from North Vancouver will suit up at the World Ringette Championships 2022 starting next week in Finland, with one playing for Team Canada and the other wearing the Stars and Stripes of Team U.S.A.

Nina Tajbakhsh, a 27-year-old forward, will hit the ice with Team Canada, while 19-year-old Jaclyn Lovelett, whose parents were born in the United States, will suit up for Team U.S.A. The sport of ringette is dominated by Canada and Finland, and those two teams will constitute the Sam Jacks Pool at the tournament and will meet in a two-game series for gold on Nov. 4 and 6 at Metro Areena in Espoo, Finland.

If the teams are tied after the second match, they will settle the championship in overtime.

Finland has won the last seven world championships, dating back to 2004.

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Incident highlights need for mental health services for seniors Residential Indoor Wood Burning Bylaw 1303: New Indoor Wood Burning Requirements If you operate a residential indoor wood burning appliance in Metro Vancouver, Residential Indoor Wood Burning Emission Regulation Bylaw No.1303 (Bylaw 1303) applies to you.

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Bylaw 1303 aims to reduce the impact on public health and the environment due to smoke from residential indoor wood burning. Residents who use wood-burning appliances must use “Best Burning Practices” as defined in Bylaw 1303.

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Continued from page 15 can lead to isolation, which is a danger to seniors in its own right.

“I am sure that all of the seniors concerned are grateful to have housing, but it is incredibly difficult to move out of your community where you might have a number of different supports connections, routines that help you lead a healthy and engaged life,” she said.

Gabriel said he makes almost daily trips back to the North Shore from his current residence in North Burnaby and he’d very much like to come back permanently.

According to BC Housing, those who want to return to Silverlynn Apartments will have their applications prioritized by Lowland Senior Citizens’ Housing Society, which owns and runs Silverlynn.

But when Silverlynn’s damaged wing will be habitable again is not clear. Even before the fire, residents in the building had been pleading with the province to provide badly needed repairs to the building, which was dilapidated and rotting. BC Housing was already working with Lowland to fund the needed repairs, but those have now been delayed by the fire.

“Capital repairs at Silverlynn Apartments are still in the planning stages, and both overall scope and BC Housing funding toward that project will be made public after they have been confirmed,” the statement from BC Housing read.

Lowland did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Loverin said the situation has also highlighted the need for mental health services accessible to seniors.

“It’s only actually been ... maybe in the last decade that we’ve actually focused on seniors’ mental health support that many are in need of,” she said. “There is sometimes a greater desire among seniors than amongst other age groups to cover up or not share mental health issues. And there can be, amongst seniors, sometimes an added stigma of mental health concerns.”

When a local senior is identified as struggling, Loverin said, they “absolutely require professional medical assistance and support.”

If you – or someone you know – is in crisis or distress, know that you are not alone. There is help and there are people who will listen. Talk to a family member, a teacher, a doctor, a coach or a person you trust. Call 911 or go to the nearest hospital emergency department.

Call the Crisis Centre at 604-872-3311 or provincewide at 1-800-SUICIDE. Young people can call the Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868 to speak to a professional counsellor.

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Master Coast Salish weavers Chief Janice George and Buddy Joseph, and acting talent Colleen Wheeler, have been acknowledged for their contributions to the North Vancouver arts scene with FANS (Fund for the Arts on the North

Shore) Distinguished Artist Awards.

The esteemed awards, which count musician Bryan Adams, painter Sylvia Tait and author Claudia Casper as past recipients, are returning after a two-year hiatus with a gala that applauds local, homegrown talent. The awards are a North Van Arts initiative.

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Continued from page 28 said Willard “Buddy” Joseph upon hearing the news of his win. “We’ve had our heads down weaving since 2004 – that whole time we’ve been teaching and educating about the art and our history.”

Joseph and George are spearheading a movement which sees First Nations art and culture acknowledged not just on the North Shore, but in the wider city and beyond.

Earlier this year the two were at the helm of a number of murals for public art series Blanketing the City, which saw painting variations of their applauded Indigenous weaving.

George said she feels “supported and appreciated,” and being acknowledged in an awards ceremony is the latest in a string of recognitions that has her feeling as though “we are certainly taking another step in the right direction” on the road to reconciliation.

“We get to share teachings, and when we teach, we teach a little bit of our ways and our history,” she said.

“With the weaving, it’s just as much about the ceremony and so, this way, people get to learn about that too.”

It means a lot to be able to share those elements of her culture, and to give others “a little glimpse” into

Colleen Wheeler, who won an award for her contributions to acting, is soon to perform in YAGA at the Touchstone Theatre. TOUCHSTONE THEATRE their world view as Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) people, she said.

For Wheeler, the acknowledgment is a “nice little perk” – a small reminder that her acting chops are still being recognized locally.

“I was really flattered that I was presented with that – it’s quite an honour after being in this business for so long,” she said.

For the best part of three decades

Wheeler has graced the screens and stages both near and far, appearing in acclaimed movies like Tully and cult TV show Yellowjackets. Most recently, Wheeler can be found on the stage at the Historic Theatre, as a lead in the fantastical thriller stage production YAGA. The actor has lived on the North Shore for around 10 years, and said it’s “pretty amazing” to be recognized by the community.

Being “one of the most beautiful places in the world,” she added how she isn’t surprised so many creatives find inspiration in North Vancouver.

“There are certainly a lot of actors living over here, and a lot of very established visual artists, painters and writers,” she said. “I feel like I’m in good company.”

George, Joseph and Wheeler will collect their awards on Nov.10, at an open-to-the-public gala at Presentation House Theatre.

Emcee comedian Gary Jones is set to host, and the award-gifting itself will be sandwiched by a schedule of live performances, silent auctions and a dinner. Those interested can purchase tickets at nsfans.ca.

Mina Kerr-Lazenby is the North Shore News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

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Continued from page 1 The sports that are played on a field have an impact on the type of artificial turf that is installed as well as the lines that get painted onto it. Turf pile heights can vary, with longer grass blades better for some sports than others. Other types can more easily be used by multiple sports.

Dowling-Schafer said she was recently shocked to hear from the District of North Vancouver that field hockey hadn’t been flagged as a priority sport by the school district – especially as it’s one of the few sports dominated by girls, as opposed to sports like football and rugby, which are dominated by boys.

“What does this say about women’s sports?” she said. “How can they have women’s field hockey and not have a field? That literally makes no sense.”

She isn’t the only one worried.

Recently, Charlotte Burns, general manager of the West Vancouver Field Hockey Club, wrote to the municipality to voice the club’s concern about the potential exclusion of field hockey from the turf at Argyle.

“We hope it is not due to field hockey being a ‘girls’ sport in high school,” she wrote, noting most of the club’s members are from North Vancouver.

Leslie Jaremchuk, chair of the Argyle parent advisory council, said other parents at the school also didn’t know that field hockey was being excluded from the field design and were shocked when they found out.

“We have been consulted zero as a PAC as far as anything to do with the field,” she said. “We’ve been sitting here asking for the last year and a half, ‘What’s happening with the field?’ and been getting zero information.”

According to the District of North Vancouver, as the design currently stands, “Soccer, football and rugby will be the sports accommodated by the turf field.”

In earlier discussions with school and school district stakeholders, “soccer, football and rugby were named as priority sports,” said district spokesperson Courtenay Rannard. “Field hockey did not emerge as a priority.”

Currently, “We are having conversations with the school district and the

school to see if that’s something they want to further explore,” she added.

Rannard said there is still time to change the field specifications if the school and school district request that.

But “potential cost and schedule implications would need to be assessed.”

Delays in getting the artificial turf field built are already a sore point with athletes and parents at Argyle.

Provincial funding for Argyle did not include money for an artificial turf field, so the District of North Vancouver agreed to pay for one to be constructed at the high school that could also be used by the community.

Because the new school – which opened six months behind schedule, in January of 2021 – was built on the footprint of the old school field, athletes at Argyle were necessarily without an outside area to practice on during the years the new school was under construction.

Many parents expected construction to start shortly after the new school opened.

Instead, there were lengthy delays as the school district and municipality hammered out legal details of who would be responsible for maintenance, upkeep and operation of the field, including what happens when the field needs significant upgrades.

The two parties eventually agreed to a 25-year deal, with the municipality taking the lead role on the field.

Dowling-Schafer said parents at the school don’t understand what’s taking so long.

Wade Simmons is a parent who lives just two blocks from the high school who has two elementary school-age kids. He wonders if his son – currently in Grade 7 – will have a field to play on by the time he moves up to secondary school.

“There’s nothing going on,” he said.

“I drive by that field on a daily basis.

Nothing’s changed.”

According to the municipality, the district is currently accepting responses to the request for proposals on the turf material.

No visible construction is expected to start until the beginning of 2023. The field is scheduled to be ready in September 2023.

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Seniors should take these steps to protect against scams I started writing this column on Thanksgiving Day as I was reflecting on how wonderful people are in general – generous, kind and thoughtful.

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I am thankful for so many things, but it never fails to amaze me how devious and unscrupulous some people are.

Lately there have been a rash of scams and frauds perpetrated against people, some of them vulnerable seniors. It seems that Older And Wiser unless older people Margaret Coates and their loved ones stay vigilant, seniors could easily fall prey to these crimes.

According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, which is Canada’s central repository for information about fraud, fraud is the No. 1 crime perpetrated against older Canadians.

“Though people of all ages can be victims of fraud, older people get targeted more than others,” the centre’s website says. “Some of the reasons are that they are often home during the day to answer the door or phone, they can be more trusting, and they may not have family or friends close by to ask for a second opinion.”

Phone scams seem to be receding because seniors are becoming more tech

savvy, but at the same time this has made them more vulnerable to internet scams.

According to the Better Business Bureau, internet scams have increased by 87 per cent since 2015.

In general, the CAFC says, as of Aug. 31, there were 38,812 victims of fraud so far in Canada in 2022, with more than $333 million lost. Four prominent scams are outlined on the CAFC website, including: romance, service, prizes, and emergency scams.

Unfortunately, there are several other scams such as credit card fraud, identity theft, phone, door-to-door and online scams. Of course, we have probably all suffered from excessive calls from those saying they are from Canada Revenue Agency and trying to mislead people into paying for a false debt.

It has been suggested that underreporting, especially by older people, is an issue. The CAFC strongly recommends reporting if you have been a victim “because for law enforcement to combat fraud and cybercrime, it is essential that those who experience, or fall victim, report it to local police. Local police are positioned to investigate the incident and the CAFC supports law enforcement by sharing information collected through the reports.”

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If an offer sounds too good to be true, it is likely a scam Continued from page 32 scam, a person is supposedly contacted by the police and asked to pay bail for their grandchild. One trusting senior lost her money, while the other was saved from being scammed because she went to police with the bail money instead of having the scammer visit her at home.

North Vancouver RCMP reminds everyone that “authorities will never make phone calls where they arrange bail payments, and that the perpetrators often disguise their numbers to make it seem as if they are calling from a police department or government agency.”

You may have heard it all before, but it always bears repeating we need to protect ourselves from scammers and fraudsters.

A very useful guide is the latest publication by the North Shore News called Senior Safety 2022. The content in the guide was provided by the RCMP detachment. The guide says “our goal is to raise awareness of senior safety issues to improve their quality of life.”

I think keeping the safety guide handy might help in a situation where you may not be sure you’re being scammed. Prevention tips found throughout the guide are useful in determining the reality of a situation.

Along with information on frauds and scams, there is information on elder abuse, and safety and security in your home, on

the streets, and in your vehicle. The guides can be obtained from the North Vancouver RCMP office by calling 604-985-1311.

Everyone should use common sense.

Remember if an offer seems to be too good to be true, you should ignore it.

Being scammed or the victim of fraud is mostly preventable. Maybe, take the time to get a second opinion from someone you trust whenever something seems fishy. Or pick up the Senior Safety 2022 magazine.

Margaret Coates is the co-ordinator of Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. She has lived on the North Shore for 51 years and has worked for and with seniors for twenty-six of those years. Ideas for future columns are welcome – email lions_view@telus.net.

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North Vancouver’s booming brewery scene will be celebrated as North Shore Craft Beer Week returns with a big launch party Thursday at the Pipe Shop on the North Van waterfront.

Eleven North Vancouver breweries will be on hand at the event, showing the strength of the local scene which has exploded in recent years.

General admission tickets for the launch, scheduled for 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Nov. 3, will be available for $38, with two drink tokens and a craft beer week tasting mug included in the price. Additional beer tokens can be purchased for $2 per drink, and foods trucks will be on site for party patrons.

The event will include live music and prize giveaways, with partial proceeds from the event going to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

Here are the participating North Shore breweries: Beere Brewing Co., Black Kettle Brewing, Bridge Brewing Co., Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers, Wildeye Brewing, House of Funk Brewing, North Point Brewing, Streetcar Brewing, Shaketown Brewing, La Cerveceria Astilleros, and Braggot Brewing.

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A selection of beverages sits ready for consumption at North Vancouver’s Braggot Brewing. ANDY PREST / NSN North Shore Craft Beer Week collaboration brew, made with input from all 11 of the participating breweries.

North Vancouver’s Windfall Cider and Copperpenny Distillery will also take part in the festivities.

Several other events will be held at locations across the North Shore as part of Craft Beer Week, including a Viking Night, Mini Golf and Patio Party, a Hoedown Country Music Night, and an ’80s Retro House Party.

A full list of the week’s events can be found at vancouversnorthshore.com.

North Shore Craft Beer Week launch party Where: The Pipe Shop, North Vancouver When: Thursday, Nov. 3, 5-10 p.m.

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McLELLAN, Raymond Nelson 1930 - 2022 Ray, 92, passed away on October 15, 2022 at Lions Gate Hospital from health complications due to the COVID virus. His illness was brief - just three weeks and his two daughters were by his side.

Ray was born in 1930 in a hospital in Burnaby. He and his older sister Jean and younger brother Norman were raised in Vancouver by their Scottish mother and grandmother, and their father who was of Scottish and Métis descent. Ray was 16 when his father died in 1946, and the whole family had to go to work.

For most of his life, Ray lived and worked in Greater Vancouver. When he wasn’t working he was in the water, or on the water. He loved waterskiing and taught everyone he knew how to do it, including his two young daughters. As a twenty-something man, he and a friend held waterski shows on Lake Samish in Washington State, performing tricks on homemade skis, and on chairs attached to skimboards. Ray built his own wooden ski boat in the late 1950s with a shipwright friend, and he and his sister and their friends spent many, many weekends waterskiing off Cates Park in Deep Cove. In his 40s, he commissioned a 37-foot Canoe Cove power boat and cruised the local waters with his family, enjoying the lifestyle as a member of the RVYC. Ray learned to golf in his 50s and joined Marine Drive Golf Club, taking on the role of club vicepresident.

Ray was always a natural businessman. As a boy, he made wooden letter holders and would dress his little brother in a sailor suit and send him door-todoor to sell them - he already understood that a cute kid would bring in more cash. In the 1950s, he bought a Vancouver-based automotive parts business, R.L. Kennedy Ltd. He sold the thriving business in 1972 to try his hand at commercial real estate and his first job was with Knowlton Realty Ltd. Four years later he moved the family east to become vice-president and general manager of Knowlton Realty (Ontario). After a few years in Toronto, Ray and his wife returned to Vancouver and he worked with Bruneau & Associates. In the early 1990s, he bought a real estate franchise and built a Richmond-based property management company for commercial and residential buildings with a young partner, Andrew Seaton. He was 86 when he reluctantly sold his shares of the successful company, Dwell Property Management, to his partner after realizing technology was outpacing him. He joined the Kiwanis Club of West Vancouver and offered his professional skills and life experience to assist with the planning and development of Kiwanis Manor, a complex of 75 affordable rental apartments for seniors.

For nearly 20 years, Ray lived in West Vancouver with his wife, Marian Grant. In 2017, Marian’s dementia had progressed too far and she needed long-term care; Ray moved down the block to the Westerleigh. He loved his years there, making new friends and especially enjoying the cribbage club and entertaining his family in the dining room. In 2020, mobility issues forced a move to longterm care in North Vancouver where he met another Ray, an avid cribbage partner who quickly became a good friend.

Ray is survived by his wife, Marian; elder sister Jean (Hartog); daughters Wendy McLellan and Marla McLellan (Ken Beattie); former wife Olecia Kelly; grandchildren Jackson Leidenfrost (Alyssa Boynton), Madelaine and Spencer Beattie; and a large extended family of nieces, nephews and their families. He is predeceased by his brother Norman.

A celebration of Ray’s life will be held on November 12th from 2-4 p.m. in the Great Hall at Kiwanis Manor in West Vancouver, 959 21st Street. The gathering will be available online via zoom https://bit.ly/3D5myb8 Walkey & Company Funeral Directors (604) 738 - 0006

LEFEAUX, Robert Alan May 15, 1939 - October 14, 2022 Bob passed away peacefully in his 84th year in Lions Gate Hospital of complications from Parkinson’s Disease.

Lovingly remembered by his wife of 26 years, Katherine, children: Dennis (Julie) and Sharlene “Bebe” Gallilee (Rick) and grandchildren: Harrison, Devon, Carys and Braiden, his sister, Marilyn, nephews: Bruce and John and their families and many cousins. Deeply missed by many many friends. He was predeceased by his parents: John and Winifred (Neilson) and step-mother, Helen.

Born in Vancouver and raised in West Vancouver, Bob attended Pauline Johnson Elementary and West Vancouver Secondary. He served in the Vancouver Fire Department, retiring in 1995 as Captain.

His great love was the sea - a long time member of Tiddly Cove Yacht Club and later West Vancouver Yacht Club, Bob was one of the well-known local racers during the later 1970s and 80s. In 1984 his Cal T2 “Bad News” was VARC Boat of the Year.

Later on, he and Katherine cruised the Coast on “Good News”.

His great friend, Skip said toward the end that Bob was still very much the “Mighty fighter of fires and Captain of the Seas”.

Thank you to Home Instead Senior Care, the wonderful West Vancouver Fire Department and B.C. Ambulance for their consistent amazing care.

Donations, if interested to the Myasthenia Gravis Association of B.C., Parkinson Society British Columbia or the SPCA. A Funeral Service will be held at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 885 22nd Street, West Vancouver on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 1:00p.m followed by a Celebration of Life at the West Vancouver Yacht Club, 5854 Marine Drive, West Vancouver at 3:30 p.m.

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PETERS, Mervin Eugene May 16, 1931 - October 25, 2022

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Mervin Eugene Peters, following a courageous battle with a lengthy illness. Predeceased by his wife Margaret “Peggy” Peters in 1988, Merv is survived by his partner of many years, Marlene Hayes; his sister Georgina (Jo) Edwards; his eldest son, Brent Peters, and his partner Ann Mason; his second son, Kelly Peters; and his daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Michael McKnight. Merv also leaves behind his four grandchildren and their spouses, Cody and Tara Peters, Shelby and Memo Garcia, Kara and Kevin Sy, and Lauren McKnight; as well as his greatgrandchildren, Alexa, Nylah, Oliver, Hailey, and Andie. In addition, he will be dearly missed by Marlene’s family, including her son, daughter-in-law and their children, Mark, Sue, Kaelan and Heath Lindup; as well as Marlene’s daughter and her children, Joanne, Jaden, and Nathan Lindup. Merv loved to be surrounded by family, the undisputed centre of his universe.

Merv was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and moved to the West Coast when he was eight. In the late 1940s, he took a job as copyboy for the Vancouver Sun and quickly rose through the ranks.

He first became a reporter covering the sports beat, with a focus on horse racing, before eventually becoming Sports Editor in 1958.

Covering the horse racing beat led Merv to join the BC Jockey Club (BCJC) as Associate Steward in 1961. He was then promoted to Presiding Steward and Director of Racing. He became General Manager in 1975, overseeing major changes, including the expansion of the Exhibition Park, now Hastings Racecourse facility, ushering in a new era of prosperity for the local racing industry. Merv was a founding member of what is now known as Racetracks Canada and served as its President in 1970, and again in 1982. He was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in January of 1993. He left the BCJC in the spring of 1994, when a provincial government body assumed control.

The family would like to extend their gratitude to Vancouver Coastal Health for their wonderful care near the end of Merv’s life. A celebration of Merv and his life will be held at Hollyburn Country Club, 950 Cross Creek Road, West Vancouver on Sunday, November 20th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donation to Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

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GIBSON, Shirley Vilma Gudrun (nee Eyolfson) April 1, 1930 - October 17, 2022 Shirley passed on the morning of October 17th at Cedarview Lodge Care Home. She leaves behind son Bob (Vera); daughters Shawna (Ren) and Sue (Brad); grandchildren Stephanie, Kate, Lauren, Clayton, Lisa and Shelby; and great grandchildren Kennedy, Jackson and Ryland; as well as brother Bill. She was predeceased by her husband Jim, brothers, Lorne, Fred and Dave and her grandson Michael.

Shirley was born to Pauline and Oscar Eyolfson in Lundar, Manitoba. Lundarites might remember her as the teenage piano player in the Nelson Bros.

Orchestra playing for dances. After attending Success Business College in Winnipeg she worked as a steno at Wiggins Systems, Electrolux, Philips Industries, TCA and CNR. In 1955 she married James F. Gibson and together they started a family. Jim’s advertising expertise drew them to Vancouver where Shirley felt she was “home”. She took to playing golf at Seymour Golf and Country Club and the two enjoyed many happy golf trips together. They ran their IDEA CARDS business from their home, then established Contact Printing in North Vancouver proving that working together was not only possible but enriched a marriage. In 2001 Shirley suffered a massive stroke and credits North Shore Stroke Recovery Centre and her supportive family for the recovery she was able to make. Here she renewed her talent for writing in her role as co-editor of the Club’s monthly newsletter “Turtle Soup” and then with a memoir of her Icelandic upbringing dedicated to her grandchildren’s grandchildren.

Shirley will be remembered for her beautiful smile, her love of music, and her sense of humour which she shared with those who looked after her - the wonderful caregivers from Shylo and then the staff at Cedarview Lodge. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in her name to the North Shore Stroke Recovery Centre through their website @nssrc.org.

GURNEY, Wanda M. February 9, 1937 − October 8, 2022 It is with great sadness we share the passing of our mother, Wanda Gurney. Predeceased by her parents and her husband, Brian Gurney. Wanda is survived by her sister Helen; daughters Jolayne (Stewart) and Carolyn (Kevin); and her grandchildren Jordan (Becky), Tessa (Peter), Brian and Nicole. Wanda was born in Vancouver, where she met and married Brian. They built a house in North Vancouver in 1958, where Wanda proudly lived the rest of her life. Wanda passed away peacefully at home with her daughters at her side after a brief battle with cancer. There will be no service by request. In lieu of flowers, consider supporting the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation or the Canadian Red Cross.

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HEENAN, Peter Michael June 9, 1944 - October 17, 2022

HEILIGER, Sylvia Anne (Cates) 1932 - 2022

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father, Peter Heenan. He is survived by his two sons, Michael and Mark (Lisa) and his special friend and partner, Nancy. He passed away peacefully at North Shore Hospice. Peter was an avid golfer and fisherman, loving his time at Capilano Golf Club and the lakes of BC’s Interior.

He passed on his passion of the game of golf to his sons. A special thank you to the nurses and staff at the hospice who treated him with such care and compassion.

It is with deep sadness and much love that we mourn the passing of Sylvia Heiliger, in Kelowna, BC, on October 20th, 2022. With gratitude, grace and good spirits, she underwent many treatments, including a clinical trial which seemed to help slow/stop her Metastatic Nodular Melanoma, extending her life by 2 wonderful years. Sadly, the cancer snuck back with a vengeance and Sylvia passed away peacefully at home with her family at her side at the age of 90.

WARREN, Sandy October 18, 1942 - October 27, 2022 After more than 20 years of transplants, treatments and remissions, Sandy has quietly succumbed to multiple myeloma. Initially given 3 years to live, she greatly exceeded everyone’s expectations thanks to the exceptional treatment and care she received over the years.

Special thanks to Dr. Stephen Nantel, his associates, the nurses and specialists who provided Sandy with such extraordinary care while she was a patient in the VGH Bone Marrow Transplant Program. In recent years Sandy received excellent care from Dr. Ardashes Avanessian and all the nursing staff at the LGH Day Care Center. Dr. Genevieve Lauzon and The North Shore Community Nurses program provided special care and attention that allowed Sandy to live her final months in the comfort of her own home.

Sandy is survived by Clark, her husband of 56 years, her daughter Jennifer (Bill Stadel); her much loved grandchildren Lauren and Ben Stadel; her sister Pat Paris; sisters-in-law Betty Lynn (Ken Masse) and Jeanette Warren; and her nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her son Chad who also passed away from multiple myeloma in 2009 at age 34.

Sandy taught elementary school for many years and then ESL to adults She was an artistic soul who took great pleasure in creating things like macrame and pottery. She loved her garden and was enthusiastic with plantings after a course in landscape design.

Sandy also really liked bridge and had a grand time with friends at the West Van Seniors Centre. In recent years she played online, often with her lifelong friend, Noreen Stroud.

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She will be dearly missed by her husband Robin; children Ian (Terry), Karen (Ray), Barbara (Ray) and Aleta (David); grand- children Owein (Danielle), Julia (Ben), Liz’Kit’ (Laura), Bradley (Jessica), Leslie, Patrick, Janine (Dano) and Kerri (Michael); and great-grandchildren Alena, Elsa, Pearl, Leo, and Sylvie. Also many more cousins and nieces and nephews and friends. She was predeceased by her parents James and Helen Cates; and her two younger brothers Charlie and Jimmy.

Born in North Vancouver, Sylvia attended various schools in North Van and UBC. Sylvia and Robin recently celebrated their 70th anniversary and received a congratulatory letter from the Queen.

Robin’s career in aviation had them live in many cities across Canada. Sylvia made friends and helped people in need wherever she went. While in Winnipeg she was hired by YMCA to teach the first class of womens’ fitness with weights.They retired to Kelowna 35 years ago. She loved being active and walked everyday.

At Sylvia’s request, no service will be held. In lieu of flowers, a donation to www.melanomanetwork.ca, BC cancer foundation or charity of your choice.

On behalf of the family, we would like to extend enormous gratitude to her physicians and medical staff for keeping her in such good shape and spirits.

LYLES, Gillian Ann May 4, 1948 - October 20, 2022 Gillian Lyles, nee Ardington was born at Lytham Cottage Hospital in Lytham, Lancashire, England in 1948, the daughter of Lin and Bert Ardington. Gillian moved around a lot as a child as her parents lived in various places in England plus Canada and, briefly, in the US. As an adult, Gillian lived in England, employed 10 years by the Lancashire County Council, and in Toronto before settling in North Vancouver in 1980. Gillian worked 15 years for Canadian Pacific Railway but for the last 20+ years worked in Senior Home Care. Gillian met her future husband, Raymond, on a double decker bus in Victoria, B.C. After a short, long-distance relationship, Raymond moved to Canada and they were married in the Chapel at Heritage Village, now The Burnaby Village Museum. There followed 37 years of happy marriage. Gillian will be sorely missed by Raymond and all that knew her.

A memorial Service will be held for Gillian on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at 1 PM at St. John’s Anglican Church 220 8th Street W, North Vancouver All who have hats are encouraged to wear them to the Memorial!

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BURRITT, Alice Marion (nee Ross) Our hearts are broken by the passing of our dear and beloved Mom, Grandma, and G. G. on Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 94 years. She had an amazing life that cannot be put into words. Alice is survived by her daughters Dawn (Greg) and Bunny; grandchildren Michael (Stephanie) and Candace (Darren); and by her great-grandchildren Atlas, Isaac, and Sampson; in addition to her very special nieces and nephews. Funeral will be at Dignity Memorial, 13403 St. Albert Trail, Edmonton, AB on Friday, October 28, 2022 at 1pm. Online guestbook at www.dignitymemorial.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your animal shelter of choice.

COOPER, John Forbes July 20, 1931 - October 6, 2022 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Forbes. He was predeceased by his wife Helen in 2018 and grandson Connor in 2006.

He is survived by his second wife Joan, son David and Sharon Cooper, grandsons John and Marcus, daughter Donna and Jim Simpson, grandson Gareth and his wife Danielle, his sister Jennifer and many nieces, nephews, and extended family.

John “Forbes” Cooper is considered the grandfather of BC’s boating industry. Born in Winnipeg and son to a father who worked for Canadian National Railway, Forbes had travel in his blood from a young age. A serial entrepreneur, Forbes had a gift for business. Before he arrived in Vancouver and started his legendary boat building, Forbes had successful businesses in concrete and trucking.

He arrived on the Coast in 1966 and after forays in automotive and motels, he stumbled across an advert for an auction of a failed boat building business. Always the savvy businessman, he contacted the owners in California and convinced them he was the guy with the right stuff to make it successful. Despite submitting the lowest bid at auction, they sold the company to Forbes, and he began what would be one of the most successful and interesting careers in boat building in British Columbia’s history.

Forbes came out of retirement several times to start new boating related businesses and either started or assisted many other businesses that took off and made a name for themselves. Boat transport, spar manufacturing, sailboats, powerboats, and custom yachts were all successful businesses he built. Today you can still find his boats out on the water and even his name in use in the form of Cooper Boating on Granville Island offering charters to people eager to experience BC’s world cruising grounds.

MACDONALD, Roy Austin September 15, 1927 - September 26, 2022 Roy passed away peacefully at home on September 26, 2022. Roy was our cherished husband, father, uncle, grandfather and greatgrandfather. He was predeceased by siblings Doris and Jerry, and nephew Ian. Roy leaves Peggy, beloved wife of 72 years and sons Lachlan (Fiona), Laurin (Karen), Graham (Roberta) and daughter Monica; grandchildren Jennifer, Caitlin (Shane), Robin, Mhairin (Matt), Cameron, Sidney and Lindsey; great-grandchildren Nicole and Rhys; sister-in-law Nancy Macdonald and many nieces and nephews.

Roy was born in Victoria to Ernest and Edith Macdonald and raised in Courtenay. The family spent idyllic summers at their Kye Bay cottage.

Music was a large part of his life. Roy played the piano, trumpet and trombone. Roy graduated from UBC in Engineering. He loved working as a structural engineer for H.A. Simons and others. A career highlight was moving the family to Chile for a year. Roy was a proud member of the Masonic Lodge for 53 years.

Roy married Peggy on December 22, 1950 on the Winter Solstice. Roy and Peggy raised their family in the home he designed and built in North Vancouver. He loved the forest, wildlife and the glorious mountains. The family spent summers at Comox, at the Beach in the home Roy’s dad built.

Roy never stopped learning about the world around him. Roy adored his family and always showed keen interest in what they were doing. He never hesitated to offer kind, thoughtful advice. We will miss his big smile, deep voice and humorous nature.

Tony is survived by his loving wife of over 50 years, Sue; his brothers Louie and Barney; sisters Terri, Rosanne, Faithanne and Gioia; sons Anthony and Aaron and their wives Gracey and Suzette; and three grandchildren Sabina, Aidan and Anya.

He was a kind and compassionate person with a tremendous sense of humour. Tony will be missed dearly by his loving family and friends.

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Phyl was born in North Vancouver, lived her early years in Pemberton, became a Registered Nurse at St. Paul’s Hospital and settled in North Vancouver.

She filled her 90 years of life to the very fullest, yet felt she had so much more to do in making this world a better place. Mom was a dynamic force of nature who kindly tolerated the rest of us younger ones that could not possibly keep up!

Jann (Jason), Barry (Margo), Tina (David) and Alan gave her seven beautiful grandchildren: Luke, Jordan, Fraser (Leah), Stuart (Kim), Ben (Rebecca), Cayle and Owen. They, in turn, gave her four precious great−grands: Kenzie, Jace, Finn, Hayley and a babe on the way.

Mom’s Memorial Service will be held on November 25 at 2pm at St Catherine’s Church, 1058 Ridgewood Dr., North Vancouver, BC, followed by a reception in the Church Hall.

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OVERGAARD, Pat H. August 1, 1932 − October 23, 2022

MARTIN, Lois B. December 23, 1943 − October 13, 2022

A private service was held for retired Judge Thomas Anthony (Tony) Dohm, who passed away peacefully on August 29th, 2022, in North Vancouver, BC.

Our Mom, Gramma and Great−Gramma, Phyllis Dorothy Mittlestead (Girling), passed to her Heaven on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, with an amazing amount of family, friends and beautiful Amica Edgemont care angels, all loving and lifting her up.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Friday, November 4th, 2022 at 11:00 am at Saint Catherines Anglican Church, 1058 Ridgewood Drive, North Vancouver.

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Born in Montreal, Quebec, on December 23rd, 1943, Lois was a long−time resident of North Vancouver, BC, where she passed away on October 13th, 2022.

Lois is survived by her daughter Rochelle (Steven); son Dale (Ingrid); former husband Dick; sister Beverly; and her nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her father Leroy; mother Thelma; and sister Sandra.

Lois graduated from North Van High in 1962 and worked for 25 years sorting mail at Canada Post in Vancouver. She was a good listener with a big heart and a sense of humour, and she will be dearly missed by all.

There will be no service by her request.

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A caring, loving and loyal mother, Nana, sister, aunt, and friend, Pat, lived her life with humour, grace, dignity, and always thinking of others, even at the end of her life. Pat hosted many meals, celebrations and Christmas Eve get−togethers for family and good friends. Never the centre of attention, but always at the centre of fun. Growing up in Winnipeg, Pat went to UM and then interned as a dietitian in Hamilton. In 53, Pat and Dagg moved to Van to work. Pat’s extended circle of colleagues and friends stayed connected to her her entire life. Pat is survived by her children Kathy (Dan), David and her grandchildren Brett (Danielle), Kyle (Jana) and Nathan.

A celebration of life will be held at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in North Vancouver on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 10:30 am.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Pat’s memory may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or Lionsgate Hospital Foundation.

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PARNELL, Charles Michael Vital February 27, 1929 - October 6, 2022

Ruth was a leap year baby, born February 29th, 1932 in Berlin, Germany. She celebrated her 22nd +.5 birthday this year.

After many years of living with Alzheimer’s, Michael died suddenly, but peacefully, with the kind and caring staff of Cedarview Respite Centre at his side.

Bravely emigrating to Canada at the age of 19, landing in Edmonton where she became governess to 4 active youngsters. The Southworths soon made her an official member of the family and Ruthie became their German speaking sister. Ruth met and married her Henry and together they made their way to Vancouver where they found their promise land. Ruth was famously one of the first to sport a bikini on the beaches of the city’s West End. Days spent with family and friends on “Bikini Beach” were some of her most cherished.

Predeceased by his brother, Bill (Joan) and his sister, Susanne; Michael is survived by the love of his life, wife, Marilynn; daughter Lisa; with grandchildren Jennifer and Emily (Dan); (and greatgrands Elisha and Lucas); and son, Russell (Rebecca) with grandchildren Finn and Seth.

Michael also leaves his brother Doug (Flo) and so many very special cousins, nieces and nephews, extended family and friends.

Ruth was the much beloved wife of Henry; Mom, of Rebecca (Craig) and David (Heather); Oma of Jackson, Mischa and Kassy; sister of Keith (Joan), Mac (Chris), Jane and Susan; Neighbour and Friend.

Known to many as “The Chocolate Lady”, if your smile caught her eye on one of her many walks, she would stop and ask, “do you like chocolate?”

Upon hearing a “yes”, she delighted in presenting you with a treat.

She was a shining light, always positive with a smile and a giggle at the ready. Ruth hosted many a “Pflaumenkuchen” coffee party at John Lawson Park to which she welcomed her many friends in the community to partake in her famous baking.

Her family was her world, her grandchildren her pride and greatest joy and she selflessly devoted herself to all of us.

We are so grateful to Dr. Wayne Smith along with the team at the Brock Fahrni Pavilion for the dedicated and thoughtful care they provided our Mom. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the Alzheimer Society of BC in Ruth’s memory would be appreciated.

Growing up in North Vancouver, Michael was a creative talent and builder from a very young age.

After attending Vancouver School of Art and travelling the world, Michael pursued a lifelong career as a freelance commercial artist in the advertising industry. He was known in Vancouver as the ‘Go To’ airbrush artist in the early days before this work was done with computers.

Handyman Michael enjoyed just about everything in his life .. fishing, golf, skiing, gardening, music, theatre, baking, making and drinking wine, travel with his love .. and a good party at home with his family and friends.

There was nothing that made Michael happier than his immediate and extended family. The twinkle in his eyes and his loving smile will be forever in our hearts.

A Celebration of his Life will be planned for sometime in the spring when the flowers start to bloom. Michael would want friends and family to gather, make a toast, tell a tale or two .. sing and remember all the good times together.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to The Alzheimer Society of B.C. A Memorial Page has been set up with Dignity Memorial at firstmemorialnorthvancouver.com

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It is with a broken heart that I announce the passing of my wife and best friend for over 45 years, Nicole Taillon−Thonig, at North Shore Hospice. She is survived by her husband Thomas, daughter Brigitte, granddaughter Emma, brother Richard, and sister Christine.

Nicole was born in Montreal. She worked primarily in the airline industry until her retirement in 1972.

Suddenly one day, she quit her job and decided to move to Vancouver. Being an avid skier in Quebec, she decided to go skiing shortly after her arrival in Vancouver. So with some new friends she had met, they all drove to Whistler. Meanwhile, I had just finished a gruelling nonstop ski run from the top of Whistler to the Whistler restaurant at the base of the mountain. As I turned around, I asked my future wife if she would mind looking after my ski poles while I went to the bathroom. After I returned, we started talking. She had lost her ride back to Vancouver, so she asked me where she could catch a bus back to Vancouver. I offered her a ride since I knew there was no bus in those days.

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4597 Woodgreen Dr. WV. 9:30 -1:00, Saturday Nov. 5th.

Demolition so ALL must go! Washer/ dryer, fridge, oven. 50 years of art, modern and antique furniture, dishes, household, Queen bed, bedside tables, dressers, couches, old stereos, antiques, lamps, books, sideboard, curtains, dining suite, antiques, records, end tables, coffee tables, wall unit, rugs, outdoor gas heater, and more!

Free stuff at end of sale. 604-868-4012

Antique, Estate and Collectable Show

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To donate: To donate: donate: 231 East 15th Street To c/oNorth Lions Gate Foundation Vancouver, V7L 2L7 231 EastHospital 15thBC Street 231 East 15th Sreet 604.984.5785 North Vancouver, BC V7L 2L7 North Vancouver, BC V7L 2L7 northshorehospicepalliative.com 604.984.5785 604.984.5785 northshorehospicepalliative.com To access services or volunteer: northshorehospicepalliative.com 604.363.0961 To services or volunteer: volunteer: To access access services or everydaycounts@vch.ca 604.363.0961 604.363.0961 everydaycounts@vch.ca everydaycounts@vch.ca A partnership of Lions Gate Hospital Foundation and North Shore Hospice Society

EMPLOYMENT

Sunday, Nov 13 703 Terminal Ave Starts 10 am - 3 pm

Early Bird 8 am $15 Regular admin $4 Over 50 tables of antique treasures and collectables.

Huge Selection from all Estates around British Columbia Always Buying Old stuff

We do house calls

We buy all collectables, Native Art, Old books, Old car parts, more!

Call us today 604-657-1421 VANCOUVER FLEA MARKET

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North Vancouver Estate Sale 4786 Armour Court Saturday 10-2 Tools, household,

miscellanious and more!

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LegaL/PubLic notices

WAREHOUSE LIEN ACT The following Registered Owners are indebted to Mitchell’s Towing Ltd. for storage and towing on the vehicles listed below. A lien is claimed under the Act. There is presently an amount due and owing plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale that may accrue. Notice is hereby given that on November 16, 2022 or thereafter, the said vehicles below will be seized and sold: JACOBSEN, Ninagh - 2008 Toyota Highlander, VIN: JTEES41A882011693 - $19,313.36 FOULIS, James - 2009 Audi A4, VIN: WAULK68K09N015935 - $6,529.54 AULD, Darlene - 2011 Honda CBR, VIN: MLHMC4121B5000947 - $8,019.35 AUSTIN, Robyn - 2004 Yamaha YW50AP, VIN: LPRSA20NX4A502814 - $16,464.21 ALUPAY, Seraiah - 2005 Mazda 3, VIN: JM1BK123451225202 - $6,874.09 STINSON, Robert - 2009 Honda Civic, VIN: 2HGFA154X9H010375 - $19,740.62 JOSEPH, Todd - 1998 Suzuki GSX600, VIN: JS1GN79A7W2103086 - $8,480.30 BOWLES, Ronald Calvin - 2001 Nissan Pathfinder, VIN: JN8DR07Y61W521178 - $5,457.95 BODAI, Joanne - 1981 GMC G3500, VIN: 2GDGG31M8B4500230 - $1,152.60 CLEMENT, Alyssa - 2004 Acura 1.7, VIN: 2HHES36824H001633 - $5,810.87 DI GIACOMO, Jeffrey - 2015 Hyundai Elantra, VIN: 5NPDH4AE2FH571979 - $9,056.56 PALAFOX, Valenzuela Carol - 2019 Nissan Kicks, VIN: 3N1CP5CU2KL554945 - $6,034.77 BROWN, Thomasina - 2007 Ford Fusion, VIN: 3FAHP07187R210293 - $3,587.18 WILMARTH, Phillip Michael - 1999 Acura 1.6EL, VIN: 2HHMB467XXH901211 - $8,814.86 CARWITHEN, Meghan - 2008 Toyota Yaris, VIN: JTDBT923981208881 - $3,241.57 FISETTE, Laurence - 2004 Ford Focus, VIN: 1FAFP36P54W120039 - $9,554.85 The vehicles are currently stored at Mitchell’s Towing Ltd, 1255 Welch Street, North Vancouver, BC, V7P1B4. For more information call Mitchell’s Towing Ltd at 604-982-0115. management@mitchellstowing.ca

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Saturday, Nov 5th 10 am - 2 pm

Xmas decor, china, jewellry, books, pictures, clothing.

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WANTED SASQUATCH SKULL - Also purchasing SILVER & GOLD coins, bars, jewelry, scrap, nuggets, sterling, 999+ BULLION, maple leafs, bulk silver, pre-1969 coins. Coin collector BUYING ENTIRE COIN COLLECTIONS, old $ & Royal Canadian Mint coins. TODD 250864-3521.

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2022 Holiday Craft Fair Shop and support local artists and small businesses!

Location:

$5.00 Admission for adults (18–55) Students, elders & children are free!

Admission is cash only

Wanted

Old Books Wanted. also: Photos Postcards, Letters, Paintings. no text books or encyclopedias. I pay cash.

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Squamish Nation Presents:

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Musical Instruments Working or broken. I pay CASH. 604-790-2237

St. Francis-in-the-Wood, 4773 South Piccadilly, W.V.

November 19th 10:00am – 6:00pm November 20th  10:00am – 6:00pm

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All advertising published in this newspaper is accepted on the premise that the merchandise and services offered are accurately described and willingly sold to buyers at the advertised prices. Advertisers are aware of these conditions. Advertising that does not conform to these standards or that is deceptive or misleading, is never knowingly accepted. If any reader encounters non-compliance with these standards we ask that you inform the Publisher of this newspaper and The Advertising Standards Council of B.C. OMISSION AND ERROR: The publishers do not guarantee the insertion of a particular advertisement on a specified date, or at all, although every effort will be made to meet the wishes of the advertisers.

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For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

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Looking for local artisans and craftsmen to come sell, share and promote your business.

$30.00 / table per day, 2 tables max per vendor Elder vendors receive 50% off

Tables are limited - first come, first served

To book your booth please email cjmcevents@squamish.net or call 604-980-6338

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