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Welcome Figure to be restored by master carver MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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A delicate restoration process is in the works for Ambleside’s Welcome Figure totem pole, one of West Vancouver’s most iconic landmarks and a masterpiece of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) master carver and elder Sequiliem (Stan Joseph).

The eight-week project, funded with $50,000 from District of West Vancouver’s Public Art Reserve Fund, will see the piece sanded, shaped, stripped, power washed and painted to restore it to its former glory.

Situated at the very end of Ambleside’s beach groyne, arms outstretched to Burrard Inlet, the soaring 16-foot carving is particularly exposed to the elements.

Weather damage has befallen the piece, with the cracks and peeling paint that has plagued it over the years only exacerbated by last year’s winter storms.

Joseph, who erected the figure in 2001 as a gift from the Nation, said the female figure totem has also fallen prey to local youth during its two decades of life.

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Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) master carver and elder Sequiliem (Stan Joseph) will be restoring the iconic West Vancouver Welcome Pole at Ambleside beach. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

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Highway contractor fined $1 million for West Van fish kill BRENT RICHTER

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A B.C. highway contractor has been fined $1 million after a chemical spill from its West Vancouver job site led to a fish kill on Larson Creek.

Keller Foundations pleaded guilty to one count under the Federal Fisheries Act

and was sentenced in North Vancouver Provincial Court on Friday.

The company had been hired by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to do concrete work on an overpass near Horseshoe Bay. According to an agreed statement of facts submitted to the court, on April 18, 2018, a Keller

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North Shore count captures snapshot of homelessness

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Some people living homeless on the North Shore can be found living in RVs on back streets near the malls.

Others are farther off the grid, camped out in tents hidden by bushes in local parks. Some are hidden in plain sight, crashing on a succession of friends’ couches.

Finding out just how many people on the North Shore struggle with lack of regular shelter, and why, are the questions behind Metro Vancouver’s homeless count, which took place March 8 on the North Shore – the first time the count has been held since 2020.

Thirty trained volunteers fanned out across North Vancouver and West Vancouver with the goal of counting people they encountered who were experiencing homelessness and asking questions aimed at giving a clearer picture of the issue in each community.

Questions included how long people have been living in the community, how long they’ve been homeless, what caused them to lose their most recent housing, whether they have sources of income, their race, gender identity and sexual orientation and whether they have a partner or children.

The last count in 2020 tallied 121 people who were homeless on the North Shore – a number that’s increased slightly, but remained relatively stable for about the past decade.

Advocates all acknowledge, however, that number is likely a significant “undercount.”

People who are homeless on the North Shore, for instance, may end up having to

Volunteers survey people who are homeless across Metro Vancouver, including on the North Shore, during an annual homeless count on March 8. JOHN LEHMANN go to other communities to access services, including temporary shelter, resulting in them not showing up in official count numbers, said Dr. Alex Choi, the North Shore’s medical health officer.

Youth and women also tend to be undercounted in official numbers, said Choi.

Official numbers from the count won’t be available until fall, but Choi said the difficulty of finding affordable housing on the North Shore has continued to grow over the past three years.

Of local residents who responded to

Vancouver Coastal Health surveys, between 26 and 28 per cent said it was more difficult than it was previously to meet their financial needs and between one and two per cent reported having to move because they couldn’t afford the cost of housing.

Both the number of youth and the number of people over 55 who are homeless has been increasing on the North Shore, said Choi.

About 25 per cent of people who said they were homeless in the 2020 count were over 55.

A higher number of people counted on the North Shore are also “unsheltered” compared to the homeless population in other parts of the Lower Mainland, said Choi, meaning they are camped out in the bush, living in vehicles or couch surfing, rather than staying at a shelter.

About 38 per cent of the North Shore’s homeless population is “unsheltered” compared to 28 per cent in Greater Vancouver as a whole.

About 21 per cent of homeless people on the North Shore are also working in some capacity, said Choi.

Most recently, provincial funding has allowed for hiring of additional outreach workers on the North Shore, through joint efforts between the Lookout Housing and Health Society, which runs the local emergency shelter and extreme weather shelters, local municipalities and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and TsleilWaututh Nation.

Shower programs operate at the John Braithwaite Community Centre and the West Vancouver Community Centre. The City of North Vancouver also operates an “Open Door Community Hub” at the city library, which provides activities and a welcoming space for anyone who wants to drop in.

Care packages with items like healthy snacks, hygiene supplies, fresh socks and weather-appropriate gear are available for free and people attending the program can also get referrals to other community service organizations.

The program started in November of 2021. In 2022, there were approximately 2,200 visits over 79 drop-in sessions, for an average of 27 visits per session, according to the city.

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Grouse Mountain brings in helicopters for sewer project BRENT RICHTER

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Helicopters will be buzzing and trees will be falling for the next few weeks as Grouse Mountain replaces a major piece of infrastructure.

Crews from North Construction have started the next phase of a project to install a new 2.5 kilometre sanitary sewer line and buried high-voltage cables from the resort’s chalet to the top of Skyline Drive.

For the next three weeks, helicopters will be shuttling felled trees out of the right of way, which goes from the top

of Skyline to the bottom of the Screaming Eagle chairlift.

The original sanitary line is prone to clogs and breaks, said project supervisor Fredric Sjoberg, and needs to be replaced.

Residents have already seen, or certainly heard, the helicopter activity in the Montroyal neighbourhood. Sjoberg said they need to clear trees and brush before they can dig up and replace the original line.

The work will happen Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., he said.

“It’s just very technical, because it’s steep terrain and it’s

a very narrow right of way that we have to work with,” he said.

“This is by far the more challenging part.”

The Skyline Trail will be fully closed until the fall, as are a series of smaller informal trails.

North Construction will have flaggers posted at the trails to keep people from meandering into dangerous areas.

“We are trying to encourage them, if they’re coming here regularly, to maybe try to find a different area to hike on a dayto-day basis, just for their own safety,” he said.

The entire project will likely last until 2024.

Heli-logging pilots remove a downed tree from the edge of Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver on Tuesday, March 14. BOB MACKIN

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A fire damaged home on West Vancouver’s Crestwell Road sits boarded up, March 13, 2023.

One man has been charged with running a drug lab out of the house, and the province is seeking to seize the property. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

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Mission man charged after West Vancouver drug lab fire BRENT RICHTER

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A year after fire damaged a home in the British Properties, a Mission man has been charged with running a clandestine drug lab out of the site.

West Vancouver Fire & Rescue and police responded to the home on the 1300 block of Crestwell Road in the early morning of March 7, 2022.

Soon after, investigators announced they had discovered evidence of an illegal drug lab operating inside. Police arrested a Mission man at the home and he was released pending a future court appearance.

The Crown has now sworn 11 charges against Gerald Terrance Yaremchuk, including eight counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, two counts of unlawfully possessing precursor chemicals and equipment needed for drug production, and one count of production of a controlled substance.

Documents filed in North Vancouver provincial court allege the lab inside the home was being used to produce methamphetamines and MDMA, while other drugs like ketamine, Benzylpiperazine and TFMPP were found there.

Yaremchuk has not yet entered pleas on any of the charges. He is due in court on April. 5.

West Vancouver property may be seized B.C.’s director of civil forfeiture, meanwhile, has filed a separate civil suit, seeking to seize the British Properties home as the proceeds or instruments of crime.

In a notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court, the civil forfeiture office identifies the registered owner as Shuangfeng Deng.

Deng has a mailing address in Nanchang, China, as well as business in B.C. – Brother Deng Development Ltd, which is

registered at a chartered accounting firm in Vancouver’s Fairview neighbourhood, court documents show. Reached for comment, staff at the firm said they would pass the request along to their client.

According to the court documents, Deng purchased the property in 2012 for $3.16 million with “no known financing.”

“For some or all of the time between Oct. 29, 2012 and March 7, 2022, on an ongoing and repetitive basis, the property was used as an illegal marijuana grow operation and/ or a lab for the production of illicit methamphetamine, including methamphetamine hydrochloride and/or methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (“MDMA”),” the claim states.

The March 2022 fire was caused by the volatile chemicals associated with the production of MDMA, the claim asserts, specifically referring to a large propane burner with a metal pot on top as the source.

Inside the house, investigators found 16 kilograms of illegal drugs, the claim continues, along with grow lights, ventilation and plastic sheets installed in the basement, soil and plant pots, industrial fertilizer hoppers, chemicals, hoses and other equipment.

“Mr, Deng was aware, or was willfully blind to the fact that the property was being used for illicit drug production as described herein,” the claim states. “If the property is not forfeited, it could be repaired or reconstructed to allow illicit drug production to occur in the future.”

Deng has not yet filed a response to the civil claim, and none of the allegations have been heard in court.

The property, which includes a six-bedroom, three-bathroom home built in 1974, was last assessed at $4.36 million.

The property has been cordoned off by construction fencing since the days after the fire.

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NEWSBRIEFS CYCLIST SUFFERS SERIOUS INJURIES IN WEST VAN COLLISION

A male cyclist in his 50s was transported to hospital with serious injuries after a collision with a motor vehicle in West Vancouver on Friday.

West Vancouver police responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision at 7:25 p.m. Friday evening, and were called to the south intersection of Cross Creek Road and Eyremount Drive. West Vancouver Fire and Rescue, and BC Emergency Health Services also responded to the call in the British Properties neighbourhood.

The cyclist was transported to hospital by BCEHS with “significant” injuries, police said, adding that the driver remained at the scene and is co-operating.

The intersection was closed to traffic for several hours as the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service took control of the scene.

“This is a terrible incident”, said Const. Nicole Braithwaite of WVPD. “If you witnessed this collision and have any information for police, please come forward. We need all available evidence to help us with this investigation. That includes

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The investigation is ongoing.

If anyone has information, they are asked to call West Vancouver Police at 604-925-7300 regarding police file 23-3193.

On March 6, a female cyclist in her 40s died after a collision with a dump truck in North Vancouver. That incident led to calls from advocates for more safe biking infrastructure on the North Shore.

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WEST VAN POLICE ASK FOR HELP IDENTIFYING ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT Police are asking the public for assistance in identifying the suspect of an armed robbery.

Just after 12:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 14, West Vancouver police received a report of a robbery in progress in the 1500 block of Marine Drive.

According to a statement, the suspect entered a gas station, took out a handgun and pointed it at the cashier. After demanding money, the suspect obtained an undisclosed

amount of cash from the register before fleeing the scene on foot, police said. The gas station at that address is an Esso.

The cashier wasn’t physically injured during the incident.

Police said the suspect is described as Caucasian, average height, medium build wearing a bright blue puffy jacket, orange pants, black shoes and a black ski mask. The suspect’s handgun was black.

“Despite the efforts of the attending members and the Lower Mainland Integrated Police Dog Services, the suspect was not located,” reads the statement.

It’s lucky that no one was physically hurt in this high-risk situation, said Const. Nicole Braithwaite.

“The clothing that the suspect was wearing is very distinct and we are hoping that someone might be able to identify this individual because of their clothing,” she said in the statement.

The file is still under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call West Vancouver Police Department at 604-925-7300, referencing file 23-3031. If you want to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or visit solvecrime.ca.

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andslides, wildfires, “The Big One.” It’s frightening to think about the disasters that could befall us on the North Shore. Daunting as it may be to contemplate, we should not let that fear cow us into ignoring the relatively simple steps we should make today to prevent a bad situation from getting a whole lot worse.

According to a poll of North Shore News readers, more than 60 per cent admit to not having an emergency kit or plan in place. We suspect the actual number in the community is much higher.

As we’ve seen in other incidents around the world, the period immediately following a disaster will be harsh and traumatic.

But life does go on. We are, by our nature, resilient. Just how well we cope while governments scramble to respond, and how quickly and comfortably we recover will,

come down to the emergency preparedness efforts we put in today.

We are extremely lucky to have North Shore Emergency Management offering solid advice on how to assemble home emergency kits and grab-and-go kits, as well as putting together the contingency plans that will meet the needs of our families and neighbourhoods.

We recommend everyone take some time in the days ahead, seek out the materials offered by NSEM and get started. It’s every bit as prudent as making sure your insurance is up to date and your smoke detectors are working.

In as little as an afternoon, you could collect all the gear and supplies your household needs to weather the worst days of the aftermath. It won’t prevent the earth from shaking or the forests from burning, but it will offer you peace of mind.

North Shore sewage plant costs will keep you up at night KIRK LAPOINTE

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If you ever wanted to lay awake at night fretting about runaway spending on a public project, you couldn’t find a better fixation than the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The latest report card reads: Profoundly behind schedule, prodigiously over budget, enmeshed in massive litigation, attempting to construct on the one hand and repairing what’s been inadequately constructed on the other.

West Vancouver has a lot at stake in this project, of course, and in broad outline, the plant stands to be a technical and environmental marvel serving 250,000 people on the North Shore – just, you know, years late, and hundreds of millions of dollars more pricey.

To read the Metro Vancouver reports of the last year is to weep at the early-stage folly. Lately, the language in the reports is more frank about tasks at hand. This is good for transparency, just not good for sleep habits.

The most recent insomnia-inducing information came to light last week when Metro’s liquid waste committee was asked to authorize another $85 million, more than

double the original pre-construction services contract. Turns out there are newfound “significant deficiencies” in the original design and construction, including “in some cases, more extensive deficiencies than originally anticipated.”

Less than a year ago, $40 million appeared to be enough for the new firms, construction manager PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc. and design consultant AECOM. The committee report says the inherited mess has hampered “advancing new construction” in favour of “identifying and repairing concrete deficiencies” by the original firm. Acciona Wastewater Solutions LP (Acciona/Project Co.) was fired in 2021, fired back in 2022 with a $250 million lawsuit against Metro Vancouver, which then fired back with a $500 million countersuit.

The plant is part of a larger program that includes decommissioning the Lions Gate Wastewater Plant in West Van to return to Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), and two now-completed pieces – a two-kilometre conveyance pipe and a pumping station. The last approved budget some time ago for these was $1.05 billion, but that is to laugh out loud. Most likely, the laughing

will subdue when the bill arrives.

We are in what Cheryl Nelms, the assigned Metro general manager of project delivery, euphemistically calls in her report a period of “rectification of excessive deficiencies.” Until we shed that, we will not have a clue about the real budget. We don’t even really have a plan for a plan right now, although a new estimate is due mid-year.

Good luck with your sleep this evening.

We have a member on Metro’s liquid waste committee, Coun. Christine Cassidy, and there are a whopping five mayors on it.

These projects are financially daunting for municipal governments, and it would have paid for our mayor to join it. Instead, he’s the vice-chair of the water committee and on the financial plan task force.

Current politicians may not have been responsible for the plant’s shaky start, but they must now own the race all the way to the finish line. To do so requires update after update, answer after answer, to question after question. Credit Metro Vancouver with increasing bluntness.

It would make sense, once the lawsuits are settled, to understand what went wrong and why. We don’t need a royal commission, just a real commitment to comprehending

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mistakes and lessons along the way – publicly, too, because it’s a big-ticket project.

British Columbia is at the best of times not the easiest jurisdiction in which to bid for this business. Few infrastructure firms consider us friendly, and it would financially pay to figure it out.

A side issue is the Metro Vancouver entity itself. Granted, the idea of amalgamating three North Shore communities, much less two dozen in Metro, is a political third rail.

But electing people directly to Metro would provide more public accountability. It would improve continuity in governance, better than this revolving door each election of bonused civic officials with full-time municipal roles for which they campaigned. The extra gig is financially sweet – $105,000 for chair George Harvie of Delta, $525 to attend committee meetings, double when they run four hours. But when done elsewhere, regional governance attracts broader, bigger-picture thinking that – who knows? – might have saved us sleep.

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This broken down shuttle bus has sat in Cypress Mountain Resort’s parking lot for most of this ski season. TONYA HARTZ

LET’S START A NAMING CONTEST FOR THIS BROKEN DOWN BUS

Dear Editor:

I was unaware of this broken down bus in Cypress Mountain’s day lot until this week of spring skiing.

Apparently, it has been there for some time….

I think we need a naming contest. My vote “Yosemite McBusterson” or “Bus Chillin’ Ski Hill?”

Did the driver simply hitchhike back to California? Is it the second incarnation of the stranded barge phenomena?!

Tonya Hartz North Vancouver

Editor’s note: The broken down bus is from Cypress Mountain Resort’s contractor that runs a shuttle to the ski hill, spokesman Joffrey Koeman confirmed. He said a post to Cypress’s Instagram that the bus was hired to measure snowfall was a joke.

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CYCLISTS HAVE A RIGHT TO SAFE STREETS Dear Editor:

I read in the news recently about a truck driver who hit and killed a cyclist on Lonsdale Avenue. I was deeply saddened and also full of rage.

According to ICBC, three cyclists have lost their lives in North Vancouver in the last five years. One of them was my colleague, Mike McIntosh. A driver opening his door caused a collision, knocking Mike into traffic while he was riding in a marked bike lane.

It is absolutely infuriating, in a way I can barely express, to know that there is an acceptable level of mortality, below which

one’s life and safety is ranked a lower priority than street parking and lower taxes. Cyclists die because governments and residents prioritize the convenience of drivers. How many cyclist deaths would be too many to ignore?

Mike’s death sent ripples through our workplace that affected everyone. I wasn’t a close colleague, but I am a regular cyclist and bike commuter. His death continues to remind me that every time I get on my bike, all it takes is one moment of inattention and I could be killed. I could be killed while obeying the rules of the road, while in a bike lane, while wearing a helmet.

It is not a mystery how to protect cyclists. It is not complicated. All it takes are bike lanes, physically separated from motor vehicles. After Mike’s death, community cycling groups demanded street improvements and a separated bike lane was put into West Esplanade. Why must it take a cyclist’s death to spur action?

I think about the woman who was killed on March 6. There is now another family who has lost a loved one, another workplace that is reeling after one of their colleagues is suddenly gone. And a whole community of cyclists in Metro Vancouver who hear the message again and again: Your safety is less important. These streets were not built for you. We do not want you here.

But that message is wrong. I have a right to these streets. So did Mike and Agustín Beltran, who was killed in Vancouver last year, and the unnamed cyclist from March 6. I have a right to a form of transportation that is good for my health and for the planet. Cyclists take up less road space and kill and injure fewer pedestrians than motor vehicle drivers.

We too pay taxes and we too wish to travel safely and conveniently. These are our streets as well.

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Political partisanship and political parties are an accepted and important part of any democracy. I believe political pluralism leads to better outcomes. It ensures a range of voices and perspectives are heard, policy approaches are tested and validated, and policy makers can be held to account.

Former MPs tell me there used to be more of a willingness to find compromise. But as parties have become increasingly polarized, there’s been a decline in collegiality and civility in Parliament - with the increased polarization and partisanship spreading to the public realm.

Moreover, the development of political maturity and thoughtful approaches require engagement with people who have different perspectives.

Research suggests that when politicians become more hostile to one another, they model and normalize behaviour that can affect the public discourse and contribute to growing online incivility.

However, I believe a compelling argument can increasingly be made that in recent years a kind of hyper-partisanship is becoming ingrained in the culture of Canada’s Parliament - fueling an unprecedented and unhealthy level of social and political polarization that is a danger to our democracy.

Canadians need look no further than the House of Commons’ daily Question Period. The level of acrimony and animosity from all sides is more than political theatre. It manifests an increasing level of parliamentary disfunction at a time when our country is facing decisions of utmost and lasting consequence.

A succession of minority governments may have something to do with this – with members of all parties constantly aware they might be thrown into a partisan campaign on a moment’s notice. However, we must not lose sight of the real and tangible consequences.

Hyper-partisanship contributes to public distrust and cynicism in Parliament’s ability to serve the common good, with Canadians much more likely to say their democracy is becoming weaker rather than stronger.

Dystopian outcome

Where is this leading?

As Members of Parliament, I believe we must ask ourselves – how does any of this serve our constituents? Does it have to be this way? And where might this reluctance to work constructively together to make Parliament work lead? No one wants the discord and deadlock that has afflicted our counterparts in the U.S. Congress for the past two decades.

Hyper-partisanship cannot be reversed without the involvement of partisans themselves. I believe Members of Parliament can effect meaningful change working from within our respective parties and caucuses. But we must have the courage and conviction to take that path - and the risks that may come with swimming against the tide.

Systemic change can begin with the little things. Small non-partisan gestures can have a lasting impact. ‘Leaving it in the Chamber’ is something I would truly encourage of all MPs. Dropping the partisan shield opens opportunities to engage as individuals and, honestly, as Canadians.

“Hyper-partisans live in bubbles, cut off from rival claimants to public authority by mutual incomprehension and mutual revulsion. They are dogmatic, intolerant, unable to sympathize with alien points of view.”

As MPs, let’s move toward trying to find common ground with Members opposite personally and on policy matters. It’s been said that politics is the art of compromise and conciliation. Let’s create space for empathy and deep listening. Let’s work to find opportunities away from the bright lights and official work to build informal relationships. Let’s treat our political adversaries as colleagues.

“Opponents are demonized, their reputations destroyed by all means possible. Democratic deliberation becomes impossible. Politics turns into a battle between non-negotiable demands.

Compromise is impossible; the enemy must be crushed.”

Canadians are presently reflecting deeply on the health of our democracy. This is a moment that must not be wasted. By confronting hyper-partisanship, Members of Parliament have an opportunity to leave our democracy – and our country - better than how we found it.

Harvard political scientist James Hankins describes hyper-partisanship in a manner that underlines the dystopian nature of its potential outcome:

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Know the risks. Build the kit. Make a plan.

It’s the mantra North Shore Emergency Management drills home to anyone who will listen about preparedness for disasters like earthquakes, wildfires or floods, all of which could strike in Metro Vancouver.

But a majority on the North Shore haven’t done the basics, according to a North Shore News poll, which found more than 60 per cent of North Vancouver and West Vancouver residents admitting they don’t have an emergency kit or a plan.

“It’s not that people don’t want to be prepared, it’s just that they don’t understand the magnitude of the disruption,” said Emily Dicken, NSEM director. “It’s everybody’s responsibility to be prepared for natural disasters or hazards in the community.”

The emergency kit To start with, NSEM recommends every household have a kit with supplies to support everyone living there for at least 72 hours of sheltering in place at home (though one week’s worth would be better).

The basics include: Non-perishable foods such as canned goods or energy bars, a manual can opener, four litres of water per person per day, a first aid kit, a flashlight and radio that are either powered by a hand crank or by batteries (with plenty of backup batteries), cash in small bills, copies of everyone’s ID like drivers’ licences, passports, insurance papers and birth certificates, and extra prescription medication and baby formula, if needed. If you have pets, make sure there’s a supply of food and water for them too.

NSEM also highly recommends people have a backup power supply that could be

Simon Als, manager of operational readiness at North Shore Emergency Management, shows off some of the items recommended for a 72-hour survival kit. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN used to recharge smartphones.

But most of what’s in your home emergency kit won’t be of use to you if you’re forced to evacuate on short notice. For that, you should have a grab-and-go bag containing 24 hours’ worth of supplies listed above and some “comforts of home” that will help buttress your family’s mental health during a highly stressful time.

The emergency plan Having a cache of supplies is only part of what will help get you through the aftermath of a disaster, Dicken said. Sitting at the top of your emergency kit should be a printed copy of your household’s emergency plan that lays out contingencies for communication, reuniting family members

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and mitigating the risk of “compound emergencies” – things like fires and flooding that could follow a disaster.

First off is researching what hazards your home and your neighbourhood are most likely to face, Dicken said, allowing you and your neighbours to plan accordingly.

“There might be folks that live next door to you that have different resources or capabilities that could help you if you’re more vulnerable in specific areas,” she said.

The utilities that keep our homes running may themselves become a threat or something to exacerbate the situation, so Dicken said everyone should know where the natural gas, water or electrical

connections are and what the points of shut-off are. Most utility providers already have clear instructions on what to do if you need to shut off service to your home in an emergency.

The plan should include a list of phone numbers, emails, the critical health needs of the people that live in the house, as well as the people they’re going to need to connect with post-disaster, Dicken said.

Communication may be more difficult locally following a disaster, so Dicken recommends each plan include an out-of-area contact who could be a central “checking in” point.

Every household plan should have an agreed upon location where family members can meet up if they are unable to get back into their homes, possibly outside their own neighbourhood, which may not be accessible.

Following a disaster, it will be more important than ever to rely on trusted sources of information. For those on the North Shore, NSEM’s Alertable smartphone app will provide real-time updates and instructions tailored right down to affected neighbourhoods. Dicken also recommends the @EmergencyInfoBC Twitter account.

Help is on the way It’s daunting to think about disasters, Dicken acknowledged, but she said experience has shown that people who have done proper planning and preparedness cope far better when the worst happens.

The above advice should be viewed as a jumping-off point, rather than an exhaustive list. To fill in the gaps, NSEM is as much about public education as they are about disaster response.

“Our doors are open during business hours,” she said. “We’re really happy to provide people with the resources to get them started on their journey.”

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Pipeline protester faces 28 days in jail after lost appeal NICK LABA

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A pipeline protester from the TsleilWaututh Nation must serve a 28-day jail sentence, the B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled.

A judgment handed down March 15 dismissed Will George’s claims that a B.C. Supreme Court judge erred in her sentencing last year, particularly regarding considerations related to George’s identity as an Indigenous person.

On the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, George took part in a blockade at the entrance to Trans Mountain Pipeline’s terminal on Burnaby Mountain. This happened 33 months after Trans Mountain obtained an initial injunction to restrain people from impeding work on the project, according to the appeal court’s judgment. By that time, more than 220 people had been arrested related to the protests.

On that day, George and other protesters parked a vehicle in front of the terminal entrance, and disabled it by removing its tires and wheels, blocking other vehicles from entering or exiting.

“Despite being advised the RCMP had been called, Mr. George was not dissuaded from his ongoing involvement in the blockade,” the judgment reads. When police arrived, he helped put the wheels back on the vehicle and moved it, but by that time the terminal had been blocked for three

Will George helped build Kwekwecnewtxw (the Watch House) near Trans Mountain Pipeline’s terminal on Burnaby Mountain. LAUREN BOOTHBY hours or more.

In October 2021, George was convicted of criminal contempt of court for his breach of the injunction. At sentencing, George’s lawyer argued three months of probation plus 100 hours of community service would be a fit sentence. However, the judge handed George a 28-day jail term.

George filed an appeal in B.C.’s highest court, arguing that the lower court judge focused too heavily on objectives of denunciation and deterrence, and not enough on rehabilitation, particularly in relation to a section of the Criminal Code that requires

judges to pay special attention to the circumstances of Indigenous offenders.

By not drawing a distinction between George and the hundreds of other protesters, the sentencing judge erred by lessening George’s Indigeneity and therefore disregarded legal principles emphasizing that incarceration should be avoided for Indigenous offenders whenever possible, his lawyer argued.

But, writing for the panel of three judges, Justice Peter Voith disagreed, noting the sentencing judge considered George’s Indigenous heritage in deciding a

fit sentence.

“In my view, the judge carefully and thoroughly considered both the nature and gravity of the offence as well as the degree of responsibility of the appellant.

This included consideration of the unique circumstances the appellant faced as an Indigenous offender,” Voith wrote in his judgment.

Contempt of court is a “serious matter” regardless of context, with deterrence as the primary sentencing objective, rather than rehabilitation, Voith said, adding that considerations of First Nations heritage don’t require that the principles of restorative justice take priority.

George’s legal counsel also argued the sentencing judge failed to adequately account for his disconnection from his heritage, and failed to distinguish George from the other non-Indigenous protesters facing similar sentences. The appeal judge rejected these claims as well.

Voith said the sentencing judge recognized George’s early disconnection from his culture, but acknowledged that he later reconnected with his roots.

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Soccer player ordered to pay $103K for ‘reckless’ slide tackle BRENT RICHTER

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A North Vancouver beer league soccer player has been ordered to pay an opposing player more than $100,000 for an injury he dealt in a slide tackle.

The incident happened in a May, 2018 game at North Vancouver’s Windsor soccer field, according to a B.C. Supreme Court ruling released last week.

The case delves into the question of what level of care players owe to one another while participating in sports in B.C. The league follows the same rule book as FIFA and slide tackles are allowed, but only if players are not “reckless” in how they execute them, the ruling from B.C. Supreme Court Justice Wendy A. Baker notes.

According to the ruling, Jordan David Miller, had possession of the ball and was approaching the goal when Karl Cox slide tackled him, causing Miller to fall forward and dislocate his shoulder.

The referee penalized Cox with a yellow card and gave Miller’s team a penalty shot.

Miller later sued Cox for $100,000 in damages, plus $3,764 in healthcare costs.

Miller testified that Cox tackled him from behind, taking him out at the legs, with no chance of contacting the ball itself, which wouldn’t have been permitted under FIFA’s rules.

“Mr. Miller said Mr. Cox was out of control and aggressive in his tackle. Mr. Miller says that for a recreational league, Mr. Cox’s action in tackling him was unfair and dangerous. He felt Mr. Cox was trying to hurt him,” Baker wrote in her March 9 ruling.

Several of Miller’s teammates testified that Cox’s slide tackle was initiated from behind, the ruling notes.

Referee Panayiotis Vohalis, who has reffed hundreds of games per year in recent years, gave Cox a yellow card, though Vohalis told the court that he had considered making it a

red card but ultimately gave Cox the benefit of the doubt.

“He testified that the tackle was not within the rules of play. He considered Mr. Cox’s actions to be reckless. Mr. Vohalis agreed that Mr. Cox’s conduct met the definition of reckless found in the FIFA rules, namely, ‘reckless’ is when a player acts with disregard to the danger to or consequences for an opponent and must be cautioned,’” Baker wrote.

Cox testified himself that he kicked the ball before he collided with Miller, that he approached more from the right, rather than behind, and that the “ground hurt Mr. Miller”.

Cox argued that he didn’t intend to injure Miller, and that the slide tackle was not reckless. He added that kind of contact is the sort of things players sign up for when they are on a pitch governed by FIFA rules.

Under cross examination, Cox agreed he may have been in Miller’s blind spot when he initiated the tackle.

Baker rejected Cox’s “diametrically opposed” account of what happened calling his testimony “self-serving and wholly unbelievable.”

“The effect of Mr. Cox’s tackle was that both of Mr. Miller’s legs were taken out from under him and, with the speed he was travelling, Mr. Miller fell face first into the ground, very hard, and was unable to put his hands out to stop him. He severely injured his right acromioclavicular joint in the fall,” she wrote. “I find that Mr. Cox’s actions were dangerous and reckless, and were outside the conduct a player would reasonably expect in this recreational league, made up of players of all different skill levels. While slide tackles were permitted, there is no question that the execution of this slide tackle was outside the accepted rules of play.”

It’s expected the damages will be paid out of the defendant’s homeowner’s insurance.

Supreme Court appeal a possibility Continued from page 14 build the Watch House near the Burnaby Terminal.”

While George’s counsel and the Crown both observed his strongly held environmental beliefs, Voith said neither “made any real effort” to tie George’s views to the sentencing judge’s considerations of the impact of his First Nations heritage.

“Indeed, at the hearing of the appeal, counsel for the appellant accepted that an Indigenous offender’s strongly held beliefs, without more, would not differentiate the offender from other non-Indigenous offenders,” Voith said, dismissing the appeal.

George could file appeal with Supreme Court of Canada In a statement released by the Wilderness Committee after the ruling, George expressed dismay at the decision.

“Canada is sending me to jail because I was doing the work the colonial

government failed to do – protecting my territory and my nation from a catastrophic oil spill,” he said. “Tsleil-Waututh Nation has worked for a decade to oppose the Trans Mountain pipeline, but Prime Minister Trudeau failed us, so I am left with no choice but to do whatever I can to stop it.”

George’s lawyer, Affan Bajwa, said that he is speaking with George about possibly filing an appeal with the Supreme Court of Canada, which would bring his client out of jail until a decision is made there.

Speaking to the North Shore News, Bajwa said the result is unfortunate.

“I think the court had an issue with it not being put to them that he had strongly held beliefs about what happened with both the Trans Mountain Pipeline and the Burrard Inlet,” he said. “It’s quite obvious that he does have strongly held beliefs about his cause. So I think I disagree with the court in that regard.”

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Diaz has been in the minor system for three seasons after being picked by the Atlanta Braves in the 27th round of the 2019 MLB draft. He’s in the New York Yankees organization and is expected to join the Yankees’s AAA affiliate after the Classic.

He struck out 63 batters in just under 50 innings with the Mississippi Braves in the AA Southern League. His breakout year was in 2021, striking out 85 batters across

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To Deep Cove locals, who grapple with droves of visitors when the weather’s fine, the reopening of the trail might not be the most welcome news. To make matters worse, work related to the Livable Deep Cove project has recently started, which means the lower section of Gallant Avenue will be closed off during construction. As a result, there will be traffic detours and limited parking.

“With the addition of Quarry Rock being open, we’re encouraging visitors to the area to take public transit whenever possible, or cycle or walk to the area just because it is a rather busy place right now,” Schaap said.

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According to district staff, the extent of the damage and nature of the work on the trail were major factors in the slow repair schedule. Further delays were caused by the extra wintry weather over the past two years.

“There was a significant amount of damage to the bridges and stair structures on the trail during our 2021 winter storm,” said District of North Vancouver spokesperson Ryan Schaap, “followed by the heavy snowfall that we had this past winter, really delayed and put off repairs.”

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The District of West Vancouver is decommissioning one trail bridge in the Upper Lands and warning that no more than two people at a time should attempt crossing another.

District crews had closed several trails above Millstream Road in the British Properties recently to carry out wildfire protection work. After being assessed by engineers, the district has permanently closed the 14-metre-long Baden Powell/ Trans Canada Trail footbridge over Brothers Creek.

“It’s over 30 years old. It’s wooden, and it’s just rotting and falling apart,” said Carrie Gadsby, West Vancouver spokesperson. “It’s not safe for people to pass.”

Further north, on the Crossover Trail, the bridge spanning the Brothers Creek is also showing signs of age and comes with a specific warning about the amount of weight it can bear.

“It’s not in disrepair to the same extent that south bridge is but it has been restricted to only two people crossing at a time,” Gadsby said, “If there’s snow, it’s not to be crossed at all.”

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There is no timeline for how long the closures will last as staff need to seek cost estimates for replacing the bridges, which will then be submitted to council for future budget considerations, Gadsby said.

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Section of Marine Drive in West Van under construction for next 2 weeks NICK LABA

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You’ll want to avoid a section of road if you’re driving along Marine Drive in West Vancouver this week.

Starting Monday, rock scaling work is being done on the 5900 block of Marine Drive, between West Vancouver Marina and Gleneagles Drive.

The work will take place on the north rock face to reduce rock fall risk and improve safety along the corridor, explained district spokesperson Donna Powers.

Following a rockfall in this area in 2021, district staff cleared the fall and had the area assessed.

“The scope of work requires the road to be completely closed to traffic while it is underway,” Powers said, adding the section of road is expected to open to single-lane alternating traffic next week.

District staff expects the work to take around two weeks to complete, and will cost around $100,000. If possible, all work will take place Monday to Friday, between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Powers said.

The construction timeline is subject to change due to weather and contractor availability. Updates can be found on the district website at westvancouver.ca.

Public transit users should take notice of the following bus detours this week.

250 Horseshoe Bay westbound detour: Regular Route to Marine Dr and

Primrose, right at Primrose, right at Cranley, left at Marine Drive, left at Westport, follow Westport to Highway 1 westbound on ramp, right onto Highway 1 westbound, take Village exit to Horseshoe Bay Terminus.

250 Vancouver eastbound detour: Regular Route Marine Drive (top round about), merge on to Highway 1 eastbound, Exit 4, left at Headland, left at Westport, left at Marine Drive, regular route.

A shuttle will be running back and forth from Horseshoe Bay to Gleneagles Drive (5900 block closure) to service the following stops.

Westbound: north side of Marine Drive at Gleneagles Drive, stop ID: 54650; north side of Marine Drive at Eagleridge Drive, stop ID: 54651; north side of Marine Drive at Orchill Road, stop ID: 54652; north side of Marine Drive at park and ride, stop ID: 54653; north side of Marine Drive at 6300 block, stop ID: 54654.

Eastbound: south side of Marine Drive at 6300 block, stop ID: 54560; south side of Marine Drive at park and ride, stop ID:54561; south side of Marine Drive at Orchill Road, stop ID: 54562; south side of Marine Drive at Eagleridge Drive, stop ID: 54563; south side of Marine Drive at Gleneagles Drive, stop ID: 54564.

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A former NFL and CFL football player was sentenced to 21 months in jail after sexually exploiting a teenage student while working in a North Vancouver school.

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Steven Clarke, 31, was signed by the Miami Dolphins as a free agent in 2014 but was released before the start of the regular season. He then played for the BC Lions from 2014 to 2018.

He appeared in Richmond Provincial Court on Friday afternoon to receive his sentence after pleading guilty to one count of sexual exploitation earlier this year.

“The offence that was committed by Mr. Clarke is an act that our society can never tolerate,” said Richmond provincial court judge Derek Mah when reading out his decision.

Clarke had met the victim while working at a North Vancouver secondary school in 2021 and the two began a relationship in early 2022. The name of the victim and the school are protected by a publication ban.

“Screenshots of those conversations showed that Mr. Clarke wrote to (the victim) that he will always take care of ‘my future wife and mother of my kids’ and that it made him ‘hard’ when he read ‘how much (the victim) care and admire

what (Clarke and the victim) have’,” said Richmond provincial court judge Derek Mah. Clarke also requested the victim send him approximately 50 intimate photos, which constituted child pornography, Mah added. In return, Clarke had sent the victim a photo of his erect penis and a video of him engaging in sexual intercourse with another woman.

The two also engaged in sexual touching at school and had sexual intercourse in places including Clarke’s Richmond apartment. At one point, the two had unprotected sex and the victim had a pregnancy scare, which resulted in Clarke giving the victim emergency contraception at school.

‘Substantial’ jail sentence helps to denounce and deter the offender During Clarke’s sentencing hearing on March 8, the prosecution and defence made a joint submission for the sentence to be 21 months in jail followed by probation. Mah accepted the submission on Friday, March 17.

He explained that the suggested sentence of 21 months is close to the maximum of the sentencing range for sexual exploitation, and the substantial jail sentence serves the primary objectives of denunciation and deterrence.

Aggravating factors considered when determining an appropriate sentence included the victim’s age, Clarke’s abuse of his position of trust and authority, the significant impact on the victim’s mental Continued on page 25

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Early guilty plea a mitigating factor Continued from page 24 and physical health, the impact on the victim’s parents, the high level of sexual interference which included unprotected sex, and Clarke’s suggestions of marriage and children.

“Such behaviour was very confusing and damaging to (the victim), as demonstrated in her early reaction to protect Mr. Clarke,” said Mah. However, his early guilty plea was considered a significant mitigating factor, as well as a psychologist’s assessment that he is at low risk of re-offending.

Clarke also did not have a criminal record, is taking steps to turn his life around by attending counselling and other programs, and provided “15 strong letters of support.”

The letters, which painted a “favourable” picture of Clarke, described him as “caring, giving, selfless, loving, religious, supportive, positive, a mentor to young children and a philanthropist,” said Mah. The court also heard that Clarke was sexually abused when he was 11 years old.

Mah added that Clarke was diagnosed with major depressive disorder “which arose after his arrest and continued until the present time.” However, the psychologist did not believe Clarke had “any sexual disorder or paraphilia diagnosis.”

Mah took note of Clarke’s remorse and regret as well, but said it was undermined

by Clarke’s inconsistent statements of facts and victim-blaming statements to the psychologist.

Even if the victim were to be a willing participant, Mah cautioned, it would not be a legally relevant consideration for sentencing, as case law states that young people under 14 or 16 years old are “extremely vulnerable to sexual

exploitation.”

Clarke will spend 21 months in jail, followed by a three-year probation. He will also be registered on the Sex Offender Registry for 10 years and his DNA sample will be taken.

His probation conditions include no contact with the victim and her family, no communication or being in the presence of female persons who appear to be under 18 years old, and no volunteering or employment positions that involve being in a position of trust or authority towards a female person under 18, with exceptions.

Victim and family did nothing wrong: judge Mah concluded by saying Clarke’s offence cannot be tolerated by society and added that children rely on adults, including teachers, to “nurture and guide and protect them.”

“But when someone in a position of trust or authority breaches that duty, the consequences are often catastrophic.

Inevitably the abused child or the family carry the scars of sexual abuse, and even begin to fault themselves for what has happened,” he said.

Mah then turned to address the victim and her family, reassuring them that they had done nothing wrong.

“You carry no guilt, you carry no blame, and you have no shame and you have not failed anyone including your parents or yourself,” he told the victim.

He also wished Clarke the best when he reintegrates into the community in the future.

“Despite your conviction, I believe that you still have much to offer your family, your daughter and your friends and your community,” he said.

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More than 100 North Shore drivers learned the hard way that it doesn’t matter if your boss is calling, you were “checking the time” or plugging it in, if you use a cellphone while driving, you could face a nasty fine.

North Vancouver RCMP, West Vancouver Police and the RCMP’s highway patrol handed out 111 tickets in eight hours March 7 for distracted driving, netting more than $40,000 in fines.

Of the tickets handed out, 85 were for using a cellphone while behind the wheel.

Police started the distracted driving blitz in the area of Main Street and Mountain Highway in North Vancouver around 9 a.m. and ended near the intersection of Capilano Road and Marine Drive during the afternoon rush hour.

For the most part, officers just walked along the sidewalk and in some cases between lanes of stop-and-go traffic to easily spot drivers on their cell phones, said Const. Mansoor Sahak, spokesperson for the North Vancouver RCMP. In some cases, people don’t know the laws around cellphone use, said Sahak, while in others “people know they’re not supposed to be on their phone.”

A fine for a first distracted driving ticket starts at $368 plus four penalty points on your driver’s licence and goes up from there for subsequent infractions.

Police handed out 111 tickets for distracted driving during a blitz on the North Shore March 7. NORTH VAN RCMP Some drivers cried foul on social media at the decision to target areas where traffic is essentially stopped during rush hour. Others praised the distracted driving blitz, saying too many drivers are watching their screens instead of the road.

Sahak said police targeted areas that are high-crash locations.

According to ICBC, there were 254 crashes involving distracted driving on the North Shore in 2021 (the last year for which statistics were available).

That’s down from the 447 distracted driving crashes reported five years previously in 2017. Over that five-year period there were 1,537 crashes in which distracted driving was a contributing factor.

Many drivers are surprised to learn that having your phone in our

cupholder or on the seat beside you won’t get you out of a ticket.

“Anytime you’re in care and control of a vehicle, you can’t be using a cellphone,” said Sahak.

The only exceptions are when a phone is properly mounted in the vehicle, not obscuring your vision, and is being operated by voice commands.

B.C.’s laws banning cellphone use while driving came into effect in 2010 and have been upheld in court.

B.C.’s highest court rejected the appeal of a man who was ticketed after being spotted looking down at a phone while stopped at a red light in Vancouver.

A North Vancouver man also lost an appeal of a ticket he got for plugging in his cell phone charger while stopped at a North Vancouver intersection in 2015.

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Keep your phone out of sight and out of reach when behind the wheel.

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• Drivers with an N or an L can’t use any electronic device while driving, including in hands-free mode.

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Stalker found not guilty of arson at home of victim’s family JANE SEYD

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A 40-year-old man has been found not guilty of deliberately setting fire to a house in North Vancouver where a woman had fled to escape his unwanted attention.

Yakup Cetin was found not guilty March 10 in B.C. Supreme Court of two counts of arson on charges alleging he used gas to set fire to a doorway of a house on Mowat Place in North Vancouver, as well as torching a vehicle parked in the driveway.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael Tammen said while evidence pointed to the likelihood Cetin did set the fire, there were enough questions about it to provide reasonable doubt of his guilt.

Tammen did find Cetin guilty of criminal harassment of the woman, as well as a charge of attempting to break into her apartment in downtown Vancouver, threatening one of her friends, mischief and several counts of breaching previous court orders, including orders to stay away from the woman he was harassing.

In handing down his decision, Tammen described Cetin’s “fixation … perhaps obsession” with a woman who lived in the apartment building where he was a maintenance employee.

During repairs to the woman’s suite, Cetin extended several social invitations

and also left flowers and Turkish sweets outside her apartment, said Tammen. But the woman made it clear she wasn’t interested in a romantic relationship, Tammen added.

Shortly afterwards, the woman began getting hang-up phone calls late at night in which nobody would talk.

The judge described one incident in March 2021, when the woman had friends over to her apartment. After one male friend who lived across the hall answered one of the hang-up calls, Cetin knocked on the door of the woman’s apartment a short time later. Her neighbour then received a phone call from Cetin who screamed at him and “threatened to kill him,” telling the neighbour that the woman was “his princess,” said Tammen.

The woman called police.

Cetin used the same term in emails he later sent to the woman under the name “grey wolf,” expressing his “abiding love” for her.

In one of the emails, Cetin told the woman “I hope you will understand me one day before it’s too late for some things.” He also wrote “I will burn the world from now on.… You will watch our doom with your eyes.”

The messages frightened and upset the woman, and made her fear for her safety, said the judge.

“The accused appeared to be

obsessed,” said Tammen, “claiming to love her despite barely knowing her.” He was also “undeterred by court orders” banning him from contacting the victim.

The Crown’s alleged Cetin escalated his harassment on Sept. 3, 2021, travelling to the neighbourhood in North Vancouver where the woman’s mother lived. At the time, she was staying with her mother due to concerns about being stalked by Cetin.

The Crown alleged Cetin then doused a doormat outside the front entrance to the house with gas and set it on fire, as well as setting another fire beneath rear bumper of an SUV parked in the driveway.

Two days later, Cetin was captured on a video camera set up by the victim’s neighbour, trying unsuccessfully to break into her downtown apartment, the court heard. That same night, Cetin returned to North Vancouver and was captured on video carrying what the Crown described as likely a bag of sugar which the prosecutor alleged Cetin poured into the gas tank of a truck belonging to a security guard the family had hired after the arsons. A charge of mischief connected to that incident was later dropped by the Crown.

The judge summarized the evidence linking Cetin to the fires as circumstantial, including video footage of varying quality from houses in the North Vancouver neighbourhood where the fires were set and from taxi that picked Cetin up downtown

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around 1 a.m. on the day of the second incident, dropping him within two blocks of the woman’s mother’s home in North Vancouver.

Cetin’s computer, seized by police under a search warrant, showed Google searches for the North Vancouver address and for taxis in North Vancouver. Cetin also texted a friend on the day the fires were set and told him he was going to take matters “to the second step.”

Cetin denied setting the fires, telling the judge he went to visit a friend in North Vancouver that day.

In handing down his decision, the judge said distinctive clothing Cetin was wearing including a large “wolf” ring, both on video captured outside the woman’s apartment and on surveillance video near the woman’s mother’s North Vancouver home, convinced him Cetin had been to the area on the second day, when the truck’s gas tank was tampered with.

But while the judge said he was “highly suspicious” that Cetin set the earlier fires, he said discrepancies in the captured video left room for reasonable doubt.

Tammen said he was accordingly required to find Cetin not guilty of the arsons.

Cetin will be sentenced on charges of criminal harassment, attempted break and enter, threatening and eight breaches of court orders March 24.

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Man gets house arrest for role in fentanyl dial-a-dope ring JANE SEYD

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A Surrey man who was part of a dial-a-dope operation selling fentanyl on the North Shore has been handed an 18-month conditional sentence and placed under house arrest for six months.

Gurpinder Vicky Johal, 27, was handed the sentence to be served in the community after pleading guilty March 7 to possessing fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking in North Vancouver on July 27, 2021.

The drug dealing first came to light while North Vancouver RCMP were conducting surveillance on a rooming house at 462 East 11th St. because of that

address’s association to previous drug activity, said Crown counsel Lisa Dumbrell. At 11 a.m., police saw a white Jetta driven by Johal approach the area, stop briefly and interact with someone who then walked away.

Police then started surveillance on the car, following it around the North Shore through several brief stops including some in West Vancouver.

Just after 11 a.m., police watched the Jetta stop on Keith Road near Fullerton, where a man left a nearby address and got into the rear passenger seat of the car.

One minute later, the man left the car, the prosecutor said.

Surveillance continued until the Jetta went back to the alley behind

a house on East 11th Street where a man appeared to be waiting, also getting into the back seat of the car and leaving a minute later.

Police eventually moved in on the car when the drug dealers went through the Tim Horton’s drive-through at 2177 Dollarton Hwy, blocking the exit and arresting Johal and a second man in the car, who had dropped a bag of drugs on the floor of the car, said Dumbrell. Both men were taken back to the detachment and the car was towed and searched.

Inside the car, police found a car rental agreement from Enterprise, along with cell phones, about $1,000 in cash, a baton and bags of drugs.

The drugs included 13 baggies

of fentanyl benzodiazepine with a total weight of 1.6 grams, six baggies of fentanyl with a weight of .6 grams, five baggies of fentanyl benzodiazepine with a weight of 1.2 grams and 48 bags of cocaine with a weight of 15.4 grams, said the Crown. The drugs were estimated to have a value of about $2,100.

Dumbrell said the fact the pair were dealing fentanyl is an aggravating factor in the case.

“Your honour is well aware of the catastrophic impact that has had on many in our community,” she said. Dumbrell described the dial-a-dope operation as “on the sophisticated side,” adding the car rental agreement indicated a plan to be involved for some time.

As the driver, Johal played a

secondary role in the drug dealing, she added.

A second man arrested in the case has not yet been sentenced.

Defence lawyer Conor Muldoon said Johal has no mental health or addiction issues but does have ADHD which likely led to some of his bad decision-making.

He added Johal was only 25 at the time of the offence.

Judge Robert Hamilton placed Johal on house arrest for the first six months of his 18-month conditional sentence, with exceptions for medical care, work and school.

He must also complete 75 hours of community work service. Johal was also banned from possessing firearms for 10 years.

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Police on the North Shore are again warning shoppers about a recent purse-snatching scam that has resulted in purses and wallets being stolen in plain sight.

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During the Second World War, the fear of the spread of contagious diseases on the home front was central in the minds of public health officials. Outbreaks of cholera or typhoid could drastically impact the production of war materials and disrupt an already precariously balanced economy.

To combat these fears, the City of North Vancouver and federal government agreed to build a modern chlorination system for the city’s water supply. In 1943, the City of North Vancouver Chlorination Plant was built near Rice Lake, which is pictured above.

Despite the many complaints sent by concerned citizens to the city clerk, the water supply remained chlorinated past its originally planned end date of March 1946. The plant was demolished in 1983.

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In the latest incident, a woman fell victim to the scammers March 3 while loading groceries into her vehicle at the Walmart parking lot in North Vancouver. A man approached her, diverting her attention to her vehicle’s brakes, while an accomplice stole her wallet from her vehicle. A short time later, $1,600 was withdrawn from her bank accounts and $14,000 was racked up on her credit cards, said Const. Mansoor Sahak, spokesperson for the North Vancouver RCMP. The suspect is described as having darker skin, approximately 40-50 years old, with black hair. He was wearing a dark-coloured hoodie and jeans.

It’s the third time similar “distraction thefts” have been reported to police on the North Shore in the past six weeks. Sahak said a similar incident was reported Jan. 26, also at Capilano Mall in North Vancouver. In that case, a woman was sitting in her vehicle in the parking lot when a man approached her, pointing to a supposed flat tire. As she got out of the vehicle to check on her tire, a second man entered her vehicle and took her wallet, said Sahak. The woman confronted

the men, but they took off running.

That same day, another woman was targeted by the scammers in the parking lot of Caulfeild Shopping Centre, using the identical M.O. A woman who was getting into her car was approached by a man who told her she had a flat tire on the passenger side of her vehicle, according to Sgt. Mark McLean of the West Vancouver Police Department.

But when she walked around to look, “There was no flat tire,” said McLean.

In the brief time it took for the woman to check, however, her purse – which had been in the open vehicle – vanished. Police suspect the same group is responsible and are targeting vulnerable seniors.

Usually, one of the thieves will point out an alleged mechanical problem on a vehicle.

When the driver goes to look, an accomplice quickly swipes any purse or wallet left unguarded in the open vehicle.

How to Protect Yourself • Don’t let strangers into your personal space or let them touch or hug you • Don’t leave your wallet or purse in your vehicle, even for a moment • If you feel like you are being targeted by a thief for a distraction theft, yell or make a lot of noise to attract attention and call 9-1-1 • If you have been the victim of a distraction theft, call 9-1-1 immediately. If you wait, the chances of finding the suspects decrease significantly

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What was this BC Ferries boat doing in Burrard Inlet?

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No, it’s not the direct-to-downtown-Vancouver ferry route that we’ve all been waiting for.

It’s also not the “sail of shame” after a night of boats getting busy, as suggested by Steve Burgess, who snapped a couple beauty photos of the smaller BC Ferries craft leaving Burrard Inlet around 5 p.m. on Monday, March 13.

It was the Malaspina Sky heading from Seaspan North Vancouver to Deas Dock in Richmond, BC Ferries spokesperson Daniel McIntosh explained in an email.

“She is in refit until March 31 and will return to service on Route 7 (Earls Cove – Saltery Bay) on April 1,” he said.

Refits are routine maintenance done periodically to deal with any rust, wear and tear, and repairs needed to maximize the lifespan of a vessel, he added.

Burgess said he likes to go to Ambleside Park in West Vancouver to take photos.

“I live in the West End but sometimes I ride my bike over the bridge, see what’s on special at the Loblaw’s City Market in Park Royal, and go on a photo safari at Ambleside,” he said. “Low tide is always best.”

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“I knew when I made it that I was going to have to restore it at some point,” said the carver, whose previous restoration projects include the Capilano Suspension Bridge totem poles, four large poles on the Xwemelch’stn (Capilano 5) Reserve, and poles for Seaspan.

Removing or adjusting the Welcome Figure’s position would bring the risk of “upsetting the sacred ground that it stands on,” so all restoration work will take place on site, he said. Following the preliminary power washing and rough sanding, scaffolding will be erected so Joseph and his team – he’ll be leading a group of apprentices throughout – can fine sand, strip, and re-carve the back and face of the figure.

“Then we’re going to cold cure the whole thing to fill in the cracks,” he said.

Joseph will also carve and attach replacement paddles, apply new Lag bolts to the arms, and cap the figure with a metal plate on its top to preserve the wood.

“With what we’re planning to do this time around, the pole will be good for another 50 years, at least,” he said.

The restoration is no small feat, no less intricate than the initial creation project in 2001.

Joseph spent two months working on the female figure, painstakingly carving each detail from a 1,200-year-old cedar log taken from Hollyburn Mountain. Sections of the cedar – a female tree chosen for its lighter hue, Joseph said – were then dyed bright crimson with iron oxide, a natural dye used for spiritual protection.

Initially the beacon of welcome had incited shock from locals, Nation members and council alike – female totem figures

were few and far between. Yet for Joseph, it was the most fitting form to welcome tourists and locals into the municipality.

“At the time when the [West Vancouver] committee came to me and asked if I had an idea for a welcome figure, I knew immediately it would be a grandmother. I’d never seen a grandmother figure in our coastal area before, but this made the most sense.

Grandmothers are the most welcoming of people.”

Joseph recalled memories of his own grandma, forever welcoming him into her home with tea and biscuits. The traits of being warm and welcoming are consistent with grandmothers all over the world “no matter what colour or where they are from.”

“I’ve met grandmothers from different nations and different reserves, and they’re always very welcoming. That really hit me.

Our grandmothers, our mothers, they need to be recognized. That’s why I chose this

welcome figure, to bring respect to those all over the world,” he said.

Doti Niedermayer, senior manager of cultural services at West Vancouver, said the figure, with her outstretched arms, “welcomes and guides guests during their travels.”

Niedermayer said the pole has become an “important symbol of welcome and friendship” due to its location on the highly visited shores of West Van, and the decision to take whatever measure to restore and preserve it was a unanimous one from all members of West Vancouver council.

The unveiling of the restored pole is expected for mid-May, and will be celebrated with a ceremony open to all, said Joseph – Squamish Nation members, locals, and those guests simply passing through.

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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Proposed zoning amendment for 325 Keith Road WHAT: A public hearing will be held regarding proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 5081, 2023.

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WHEN: 7 p.m. on March 27, 2023 WHERE: West Vancouver Municipal Hall Council Chamber (750 17th Street) and via electronic communication facilities (WebEx video conferencing software). Members of the public may hear, or watch and hear, the hearing by attending the Council Chamber, or via electronic communication facilities through the link provided on the District’s webpage.

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Boot Drive raises $5K for Muscular Dystrophy Canada It’s been another successful Boot Drive for the City of North Vancouver Fire Department, which raised a mighty $5,000 this month for their chosen charity, Muscle Dystrophy Canada.

In a small ceremony on March 1, a cheque was accepted

by Skyler Stringer on behalf of the organization.

Stringer, who was joined by dad, Brad, sister, Jade, and his best friend, Ella, has Duchenne muscular dystrophy – a progressive and degenerative neuromuscular disease that affects about one in 5,000 boys.

He last accepted Boot Drive-raised funds on behalf of Muscle Dystrophy Canada in 2017, when he was 14 and the fire department had raised $9,000. To date, the

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charitable endeavour has raised almost $100 million for the organization.

“It’s surprising how much money people throw in those boots,” said Brad Stringer.

“It’s not just about the money, either. This is mainly about raising awareness. Muscular dystrophy is not a very well known disease. In fact, usually people think it is MS, multiple sclerosis, which gets a lot more exposure and a lot more funding.”

Muscular dystrophy is a muscle-wasting disease that sees muscle progressively replaced by fat cells and scar tissue, usually beginning in the legs, before working its way up through the body. Funds raised assist in purchasing equipment, including wheelchairs, hospital beds, leg braces, walkers and respirators.

Firefighters meet with Skyler Stringer after raising $5,000 through their annual Boot Drive. BRAD STRINGER

ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS OPPORTUNITY FOR DEREK INMAN PARKLANDS NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with sections 86 and 94 of the Community Charter that the Council of The Corporation of the City of North Vancouver intends to consider adoption of “Parks Dedication Bylaw, 1972, No. 4392, Amendment Bylaw, 2023, No. 8965” (Derek Inman Parklands Adjustment). Bylaw No. 8965 would remove the park dedication from Lots 34 and 35, Block 154, DL 274, Plan 878, comprising 555 square metres. This amendment is necessary to allow for the installation No of underground utilities on a portion of Lot 35 and to rth Sh E2 or dedicate Lot 34 as road to provide access/egress to the eN nd eig St hb existing lane serving residents and businesses in the block. ou r The bylaw and background material are available for viewing online at cnv.org/PublicNotices from March 15, 2023 to April 24, 2023.

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If you are in favour of adoption of Bylaw No. 8965, no further action is required. If you are opposed to the bylaw, an Alternative Approval Process Elector Response Form must be completed. Forms are available at the front desk of City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, between 8:30am and 5pm, and on the City’s website at cnv.org/PublicNotices, starting on March 15, 2023.

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Signed Alternative Approval Process Elector Response Forms must be received by the City Clerk’s office, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC, V7M 1H9, no later than 4pm on Monday, April 24, 2023. Forms will not be received nor certified as sufficient if received after the deadline.

Council may adopt Bylaw No. 8965 only if it does not receive elector responses signed by at least 10% of the 41,325 eligible electors of the City of North Vancouver (4,132) saying that Council must obtain formal assent of all electors. Council may consider the option of proceeding to Assent Voting if the Alternative Approval Process fails.

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In court on Friday, Crown lawyer Adrienne Switzer said Keller’s moral culpability for the incident fell “somewhere between negligence and recklessness.”

“The stockpile was perilously close to the creek and it was neither on a lining, nor covered and those were simple and easy steps that might have prevented the spill,” she said.

Keller’s lawyer Will Shaw said the company had hired environmental consultants and had an environmental protection plan in place, but he added, “Unfortunately, it did not work as intended.”

“There was certainly no direction to do this, no intention to do this,” he said.

Both the Crown and Keller’s defence agreed that a fine of $1 million would be a fit sentence.

The act allows for penalties to fall between $100,000 and $4 million.

“I suggest that will achieve the deterrence that the case law demands,” Switzer said.

Before the sentence was handed down, Keller Foundations vice-president Brian Wilson addressed the court to take

West Vancouver Streamkeepers volunteer John Barker inspects a culvert where a construction crew’s chemical spill entered Larson Creek, April 30, 2018. MIKE WAKEFIELD / NSN FILES responsibility for the spill and say the company has since changed its training and environmental monitoring and planning practices.

“We acknowledge and regret that our error here resulted in damage in the environment. As a company, we take environmental and regulatory compliance very seriously. We have heard from the citizens and we will do better in the future,” he said.

In a community impact statement submitted to the court, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) officials said the spill represented a threat not

only to the salmonids, which are in peril everywhere, but to the Nation’s way of life more broadly.

“Nature is our economy.

Incidents like this affect the cultural and social wealth of who we are. Water provides life to everything on this waterway,” the statement read. “The Squamish Nation fears for future generations. What will be left for us to feel our inherent connection to land if our natural resources are not respected and cared for properly?”

In his ruling, B.C. Provincial Court Judge Robert Hamilton said he had little discretion to deviate

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“Counsel have argued, and I agree, that the conduct of Keller in this case can be placed somewhere between negligence and recklessness. Clearly, the problems associated with the stockpile were not an accident and with more due diligence, maybe, this tragedy would have never had happened,” he said.

Shaw stressed that, despite the size of Keller’s U.K.-based parent company, the fine will send a stern message.

“It is not just the cost of doing business,” he said. “The $1-million fine is a significant amount.”

Under the law, fines of that type must be paid to the federal government’s environmental damages fund, which is used for environmental improvement projects. In this case, the fine comes with an explicit recommendation that the money be spent on fish habitat projects on the North Shore.

Outside the court, West Vancouver Streamkeepers past president John Barker said he was relieved to see the case resolved after so many years, and added he

believes it was a just sentence.

“They’re a major corporation, which was a good record but they lacked oversight and proper conduct,” he said. “The message is that corporations have to be more attentive. And this is the way the government brought the standards and the financial impact on corporations when they fail the act…. There’s got to be a better way to treat the environment and the animal world that resides there.”

Although at the time of the spill, the Streamkeepers believed the entire population of cutthroat trout on Larson Creek had been killed, there were likely survivors in side channels and eggs under the gravel, which have helped the species rebound on the creek.

“The fish have returned and through our trap-and-release program, we’ve determined that there are resident cutthroat trout back in the creek,” said Keith Pelletier, co-chair of the stewardship group.

Barker and Pelletier agreed there is no shortage of potential habitat restoration projects that the $1 million could be put toward in North Vancouver and West Vancouver, which would benefit struggling salmonid species.

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December 15, 1937 – March 16, 2023 Funeral mass at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church, Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 10:30am

It has been a year since I lost you, but it seems like only yesterday.

I wish I could turn back the clock but I know life does not work that way.

You are always in my heart and thoughts, today and always.

Forever in my heart and always missed, Your Daughter, Sandra

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Surrounded by a circle of love, Doris passed away courageously and peacefully at her home in West Vancouver. Born in Vancouver to Lydia Gertrude Brayne and Henry Reginald Austin, Doris grew up in the Marpole area.

Doris had an adventurous and diversified life filled with family, friends, work, travel and play. She enjoyed horseback riding, racquet sports, golf, and skiing.

In 1999 she met Ron McLean and they shared 22 loving years together living on the waterfront at Mayne Island. Winters were spent in West Vancouver walking the seawall with family and friends. The Harmony Arts Festival brought them great joy, but without doubt Doris was hooked on pickleball. Doris’ appreciation of her friends shone through her supportive, wild, generous spirit and zest for life.

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ERB, John Derek 1943 - 2023 John passed away on March 7, 2023 of leukemia at the age of 79. He was born in Vancouver, the only son of Rachel and William Erb, and died at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver. He is survived by his wife Susie, sons Brian (Theresa) Erb and Shane (Terri) Erb, grandchildren Natalie, Trevor, Caleb and Liam Erb; his sisters-in-law Diane (Paul) Baxter and Colleen (Ken) Francis, and nieces and nephews Caitlin & Quinn Baxter, Annie & Andy Francis. Derek was proud of being married for 57 years and would work it into conversations whenever he could.

Derek was part of a Woodward family of lifelong friends. He spent many years as the buyer of china and giftware scouring the world for the latest in fine china, silver, and crystal items along with $1.49 day bargains. He made friends wherever he traveled from large trade shows to small factories in Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, and South America.

Derek enjoyed skiing, golf, woodworking, photography, camping with the family in a travel trailer, cooking and travelling to new places. He especially loved spending time with his grandchildren. He will be very much missed.

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AUSTIN, Doris Edythe June 24, 1941 - January 24, 2023

Funeral services will be held at Hollyburn Funeral Home, 1807 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, at 1 pm on March 27, 2023, with burial to follow at Capilano Cemetery, 1490 3rd Street, West Vancouver. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the BC Cancer Foundation. We are very grateful to the palliative staff at Lions Gate Hospital for thier kind and compassionate care.

She is survived by her five children: Jacquie, Susan (Alex), Paul (Lisa), Michael and John; seven grandchildren, two great granddaughters and numerous other relatives. Her enduring legacy is the love she had for her family. Looking after others from her place in heaven, we wish her perfect peace.

GOYETTE, Louise Jacqueline Louise died in the Lions Gate Hospital on 19th February, 2023. She was born in Montreal on 17th October, 1947. She grew up in Montreal and became a talented seamstress. In the mid 1970’s she met John Gilbert, an American artist, then working for an advertising agency in Montreal. In 1981 Louise and John moved to West Vancouver and into John’s little cottage at the south end of The Highway in Caulfeild Cove. Louise was well known in Caulfeild, plying her trade as a seamstress and walking her little dogs around the neighbourhood; Hercule, then Pilou and finally Hannah. She suffered an embolism in 2011 which seriously disabled her. John suffered a stroke shortly afterwards and he was confined to Evergreen House next to the hospital. Louise sold the cottage and moved into an apartment close to Evergreen. John died in 2013 and Louise’s health deteriorated causing her also to be confined to Evergreen. She is survived by her niece, Anne Marie, her nephew Mathieu and her sister-in-law, Ginette Litalien, all of Montreal.

For those wishing to mark a life well lived, please consider a donation to a charity of your choice.

A Celebration of Life will be announced at a later date.

WEISHAUPT, Brenda April 11, 1927 - March 5, 2023

CARRY, Doreen Lois (Mahon) On Friday, March 3, 2023 at 8:30 pm, Lois peacefully passed away in the care of the North Shore Hospice.

Lois was survived by her husband of 53 years, John Carry; as well as brother Don Mahon; and sister Joan Kingham; and sons Blair, Gregg and Lorn Houston.

Lois will remembered as a natural beauty with a kind heart for all and especially animals. She loved to golf and volunteered her time at the Seymour Golf Club on the Greens Committee (18 years) and as Club Captain.

She will be greatly missed by loving friends and family alike, and will stay close to our hearts forever.

There will be a Celebration of Life at a later date.

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother and cherished friend. She passed peacefully with her family by her side in the beautiful and deeply caring Foothills Country Hospice in Okotoks, Alberta.

Though Brenda made her home in Canada, she never lost her connection to her British roots.

Brenda was predeceased in 2020 by Paul, her husband of 61 years. She leaves behind her daughters Janet and Elizabeth and her son Richard and his wife Jane. She is also survived by her grandchildren Bridget, Kelsey, Emily, Ben (Kelsey), Grace and Annie.

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DICKSON, Margaret Hazel December 26, 1937- March 1, 2023 I Did It My Way “I lived a life that was full Traveled each and every highway and more, much more I did it, I did it My Way” Our cherished mother and granny, Margaret “Hazel” Dickson passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on March 1st, 2023.

Beloved wife of Ken Dickson, much loved mother of Ashlee-Sara (Robert) and adored granny of Nicholas and Adam – as well as loved and admired by her many family and friends in Canada and back home in Northern Ireland.

Hazel was predeceased by her beloved husband, Ken on August 16th, 2021; and is survived by daughter Ashlee-Sara (Robert); grandsons Nicholas and Adam; brother George (Isabelle); sister Joan; and many nieces and nephews in Northern Ireland.

As a mother, granny, sister and auntie, Hazel was best known for her sense of fairness, kindness, strength, but most of all, her love. Her passing leaves a huge void in our lives but she has left us with a lifetime of happy memories from her travels to Italy, China, Rarotonga and of course Hawaii where she and Ken enjoyed their time in the sun.

A career in the retail industry was also a large part of her life from 1967 to her retirement in 1992. By the time she retired she had reached a position of Regional District Manager for Reitmans.

NEALE, Mary Georgina December 3, 1926 - March 11, 2023 Mary passed away peacefully on March 11, 2023 after a wonderful life.

Mary was born on Comox Street in Vancouver’s West End. She was the youngest of five daughters of the late Tom & Daisy Hoyle. She loved the West End and happy days at English Bay, Stanley Park and especially “Theatre Row” and Granville Street in it’s more gracious days.

Mary and John were married in 1951 and lived in the Dunbar area of Vancouver where their two children were born, before moving to Dundarave in West Vancouver in 1962. After John’s passing, she moved from the family home to the Westerleigh, being one of their original residents, where she enjoyed her ocean view, the park and the birds from her balcony.

Mary and John devoted many hours volunteering at the West Vancouver Seniors Centre, and Mary was a longtime member of West Vancouver United Church.

Mary is predeceased by husband John (2010) and dear sisters; Hazel (1950), Dulcie (1996), Dorothy (2004), Edna (2020), and survived by her children; Greg (Isabel) and Laura; many cherished longtime friends, relatives, and neighbours.

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SAVAGE, Maureen (nee Bell) Maureen passed away peacefully on Monday, March 13th, only months after the passing of Alan, her husband of 60 years. She was 84 years old.

Maureen will be greatly missed by her children, Ken (Karen), Kathy (Colin) and Chris (Silvia) and grandchildren Michael, Gillian, Andrew, Aaron, Josh, Danielle and Sophie, and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Born in Vancouver on April 10, 1938, Maureen grew up in Burnaby, graduating from Burnaby South High School in 1955. She attended UBC where she received her Bachelor of Education before moving to West Vancouver with Alan in 1965.

Maureen worked as a teacher in Burnaby before leaving to raise her three children.

If Maureen wasn’t travelling with Alan, she could be found working in her garden. Alan always said she was happiest playing in the dirt.

Maureen’s main pride was her family, always wanting to know what was going on in the lives of her children and grandchildren. If anyone was travelling, she would pull out her atlas and track where they were going.

The funeral will take place at 12:00 on Friday, March 24th at Hollyburn Funeral Home, 1807 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. A Celebration of Life will follow in the afternoon.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Hazel’s wishes are to be laid to rest at St. Colman’s in Dunmurry, County Antrim alongside her beloved husband, Ken, and extended family. A service will be held at St. Colman’s in Dunmurry on April 12th.

The family wishes to thank the many nurses and care support professionals, who were so compassionate and loving and assisted with her care at the family home.

Fond memories linger every day, Remembrance keeps them near.

Lastly, as Hazel would remind everyone, “life is short so live, live, live!”

PATERSON, Anne GRIFFIN, Donald John February 1, 1944 - March 6, 2023 Donald John Griffin passed away suddenly on March 6th after a prolonged struggle with pulmonary fibrosis. He will be deeply missed by his wife, Rosemary; his brother, Bob (Donna); his sister-in-law, Susan (Jim); sons Greg (Leanne) and Mike (Heather); his grandsons, Alec, Nathan, and James. Although born in Manitoba, Don grew up in North Vancouver and was a long time resident of North Vancouver. He worked for BC Rail 40 years, and he volunteered for over 40 years with Canadian Power and Sail Squadron, promoting safe boating. A memorial gathering will be held at the Holiday Inn in North Vancouver on March 25th from 1 pm to 4 pm. Thanks to Dr. Samborski for his care over the years, and to Matt Conway at Liberation Fitness for his support.

Tributes or donations, if desired, may be made to the Saint Paul’s Foundation to continue their research against IPF: http://donate.helpstpauls.com/goto/DonGriffin

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Anne Paterson passed away at the age of 91 on March 10, 2023 after a brief illness. Anne was born in England in 1931. She trained as a nurse and met her first husband with whom she had four children.

Anne moved to North Vancouver in 1971 with her second husband Dave and purchased the Upper Lonsdale house in which she would live for the next 52 years. She was very proud of the work she did as a volunteer tutor in the public school system in the 1980’s and many children, including her grandchildren, benefited from her teaching.

After her loving husband Dave passed away in 1993, Anne found a new passion in traveling as she journeyed to the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Scandanavia, and Russia. In later life Anne became a neighbourhood treasure as everyone around the area recognized her as she walked her dog Sophie, always stopping to chat or wave. Anne was a keen gardener who made the most of her garden as she enjoyed planting her flowers and feeding the birds and squirrels that came to visit.

Her later years were spent comfortably in good health, with her little dog, and in the company of her son, daughter-in-law and her adored grandchildren.

Anne is predeceased by her husband Dave, and daughter Beverly. She leaves behind: her sister Eve, her children Debbie, Judy, Jody and John; daughters-in-law Louise and Jeanelle; her grandchildren Drew, Devann, Sarah, Jordi, Olivia and David: and great grandchildren Charlotte, Olivia, Carter and Beau.

To honour Anne, a party at her home, in the garden she loved will be held in the late spring. In memory of Anne, a contribution to the Wild Bird Trust of BC would be fitting.

Scatter me not to restless winds, Nor toss my ashes to the sea.

Remember now those years gone by When loving gifts I gave to thee.

Remember now the happy times The family ties we shared.

Don’t leave my resting place unmarked As though you never cared.

Deny me not one final gift For all who come to see A single lasting proof that says I loved... & you loved me.

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 6:00pm on Zoom North Shore Community Resources (NSCR) is offering a support group specifically for caregivers experiencing grief/bereavement in the loss of their loved one.

The group is designed to create community and offer a time of sharing, listening, and connecting with others with similar experience.

Spring, the season of renewal, offers hope to us all. It is a perfect time to consider our well-being, new ways to revive our spirit and how to find meaning on the difficult path of loss.

For more information, to register and for Zoom details, please contact: Vic Gailiunas (program coordinator) Vic.Gailiunas@nscr.ca or 604-982-3320

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