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For some living in the city, North Van feels like New York these days.

It’s not for a reason you might think.

A population of rats has settled into Victoria Park, according to multiple reports and shrieks from people in the area. The rodents have been described as large (the size of “fat squirrels”), sometimes travelling in packs, coming out mostly at dusk, and living in concentrated numbers on the west side of the park.

The City of North Vancouver is aware of the issue, and has put up temporary orange fencing in areas where traps have been set. The municipality has hired a contractor to handle rodent control in the park and has introduced other measures such as signage to deter people from feeding wild animals, a spokesperson said.

On his daily after-work walk with his dog, nearby resident Ryan Scholz says he sees several rats every time he goes out.

He’s also gotten in the habit of jingling his keys as he walks to avoid being spooked.

“I’ve seen groups of four to five rush

out from underneath trees,” Scholz said.

“It’s not dark outside, but they rush from underneath trees to go scavenge leftovers that people have left by the garbage cans or whatever. And the park is still pretty busy.”

“On one or two occasions I was like, ‘Oh my God, these rats don’t care about humans at all,’” he said.

Scholz lives in a building a block away from Victoria Park, and is also the co-founder of Shaketown Brewing Co. He’s lived in the area for around five years, and started noticing a surge in the number of rats around a month ago.

Municipal spokesperson Jody Robertson said the city investigated the issue and moved forward with mitigation strategies “as soon as this was brought to our attention.”

“Rats are a common part of North Shore wildlife and are best managed by reducing attractants such as potential shelter and food,” she said. “As with other human-wildlife conflicts, prevention is the preferred initial approach.”

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Three North Shore eagles wearing tracker backpacks BRENT RICHTER

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Think of it as a bird’s-eye view of a bird’s-eye view.

There are now three North Shore eagles donning backpacks and trackers, allowing us to keep an eye on their movements in almost real time.

The Hancock Wildlife Foundation, with some help from the North Shore Eagle Network and Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society, recently released Bee, an eaglet who fell from his Lighthouse Park area nest when he was about eight weeks old.

Volunteers spotted him and arranged for OWL to come pick him up. They nursed the starving eaglet back to health, but the Hancock Wildlife Foundation also saw the opportunity to put him in a backpack-like harness with a solar panel and transmitter that automatically uploads GPS data whenever it is in range of a cell tower.

Bee’s mother Annie, who is part of a lineage of eagles nesting around Lighthouse Park since the 1960s when there were only three nests remaining in the Lower Mainland, was the first North Shore eagle to have one.

When Bee was released back in his home territory this month, about a dozen volunteers

Bee, a young bald eagle is seen wearing a harness that includes a solar panel and tracking device, courtesy of the Hancock Wildlife Foundation . NORTH SHORE EAGLE NETWORK and supporters from the Eagle Network gathered to watch, said Sally McDermott, North Shore Eagle Network co-ordinator.

Bee had a rough landing in the branches at first and kept mostly still after. After about 30 minutes,

he called out and both his mother and father called back. But the conversation was brief and Annie soon after flew out over Howe Sound. A few hours later, her tracker indicated she was north of Powell River, having started

her annual northern migration, where all of the Lower Mainland’s eagles go to feed on the carcasses of spawning salmon.

Later in the fall, she’ll return and the northern populations of eagles will sojourn south soon

after to Metro Vancouver to feed and scavenge here.

Data from the trackers on eagles like Annie and Bee is now showing scientists, in greater detail than previously conceived possible, what the eagles are doing once they are out of eyeshot, McDermott said.

In time, the Hancock Wildlife Foundation will share a real time map showing Bee’s movements, similar to one that already exists for Annie and about 30 other eagles with trackers.

Biologists and advocates are now eager to see what they can learn with two closely related eagles both wearing trackers.

In the past, eagle watchers have seen highly territorial, established eagle pairs tolerating juvenile outsiders on their turf (or even in their nests). Eagle expert David Hancock said they’ve speculated that the newcomers may be the offspring coming home for a visit, but the data now coming in from trackers on other juvenile birds shows that, so far, not one has returned to the area where they hatched.

Hancock joked that the birds clearly hadn’t been listening to his lectures on the subject.

“What we do know is so small compared to what we want to know,” Hancock said. “We’re Continued on page 17

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Driver charged in 2022 fatal West Vancouver wedding crash BRENT RICHTER

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Almost a year after a woman drove her SUV into a backyard wedding in West Vancouver, killing two and injuring seven, the driver has been charged.

The incident happened just after 6 p.m. on Aug. 20, 2022 on the 400 block of Keith Road. The driver was exiting her driveway, which was shared with the neighbours

hosting the party, in her 2016 Range Rover when she accelerated into the party guests.

Two women, both in their sixties, were pronounced dead at the scene. Seven people were taken two hospital, including one child. At the time, police said two of the victims had received “life-altering injuries.”

After a lengthy investigation by the West Vancouver Police and the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction

Service, which included accessing the SUV’s “black box” data recorder and interviewing witnesses, investigators referred the matter to the Crown for charge approval.

Hong Xu, a 64-year-old West Vancouver woman has now been charged with driving without due care and attention under the Motor Vehicle Act. She is due to make her first appearance in court in September.

Because the matter is now before the courts, West Vancouver police will not be releasing any further information, according to a release from investigators issued on Tuesday.

“Our officers and victim services have been in contact with the victims and their families throughout this investigation to provide them with support and updates” said Const. Nicole Braithwaite.

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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Provincial funds evacuation planning on the North Shore NICK LABA

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As a record number of B.C. wildfires displace people from their homes, the province is providing new funding to help several communities prepare for emergency evacuation events.

Through the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund, the North Shore is receiving $90,000 to strengthen operational readiness for evacuations, across the three local municipalities.

The grant will help agencies make better decisions in future evacuations, and go toward a large-scale exercise planned for next year, says Emily Dicken of North Shore Emergency Management.

The organization has what’s called a common operating picture, a web-based platform that helps NSEM make and track operational decisions.

“This grant funding will allow us to take the data that we already have and digitize it, to really help us model real-life events as they’re unfolding on the ground, and help us move through evacuation procedures and processes,” Dicken said.

The funding will also help strengthen relationships between West Vancouver and North Vancouver city and district by putting on “a fairly large scale exercise – working with first responder agencies, the various municipal departments that support evacuation – and help us simulate an event that will help us respond when the real thing happens,” she said, adding that the exercise is tentatively planned for late spring 2024.

In a disaster scenario, NSEM would be working closely with technical experts – local fire chiefs and BC Wildfire Service in the event of a wildfire, or geotechnical experts during a landslide event – relying on that hazard-specific expertise to inform the emergency operations centre if an evacuation order needs to be issued, Dicken explained.

On the North Shore, that would mean notifications going out through the Altertable app, which Dicken said everyone who lives in the region should download. It could also mean door-todoor communication. Or, in a very serious event, so-called broadcast intrusive messaging – like the amber alerts issued in July after two children were allegedly abducted.

And in disaster events, it’s also important to communicate who shouldn’t be evacuating, potentially clogging up critical evacuation routes.

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“It’s recognizing that quite often in these events, we’re not going to be looking at moving everybody off the North Shore,” she said. “Generally speaking, for the hazards that we face on the North Shore, they’re localized events that we’re going to be moving people from one impacted area of the North Shore to another.”

Be prepared to evacuate In the meantime – when there are no active evacuation orders – Dicken stressed that people should prepare their homes and families now for when such an order might come down in the future.

On the North Shore, that means downloading the Alertable app, and being prepared to leave home very quickly.

“So, making sure that they have an evacuation and reunification plan with their families, on how they can remain connected. But also to have a grab-and-go kit so … they have some of their critical personal documentation, any medication, and anything that they want to have at the ready,” Dicken said.

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Woman ‘lucky’ after hit by falling rock

NICK LABA

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A woman narrowly avoided a fatal injury following an incident in Lynn Canyon, says an official from District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services.

Crews responded after a call came in around 5:35 p.m. Aug. 15 about a male stuck on a cliff band in the area below Pipeline Bridge. But during the man’s efforts to climb along the cliffs, he unknowingly caused rocks to fall into a pool below, where his girlfriend and another bystander were at the time, according to Deputy Fire Chief Mike Danks.

As a result, the bystander’s elbow was cut open and a rock slashed an eight-inch gash in the woman’s back.

Both patients were able to move downstream, where fire crews then treated them on scene. The bystander was driven to a clinic, while the woman was escorted to a waiting ambulance.

Meanwhile, fire crews used ropes to pull the man stuck on the cliff to safety.

Because the initial call just involved the man, first responders were faced with a much more complicated

Conditions in areas like Lynn Canyon are variable and unpredictable. ‘Cliff jumping is never safe,’ says DNVFRS Deputy Fire Chief Mike Danks. NSN FILES situation when they arrived, Danks said.

“The consequences could have been very severe,” he said, referring in particular to the injured woman. “When you think about the size of the rock that hit her that would have caused that [gash] and the internal organs in that area, and her head was unprotected...“This woman was very lucky she walked away from this.”

The man didn’t want to be in the water, so he was trying to navigate the cliff to keep watch of his girlfriend, Danks said, adding that alcohol could have been a factor affecting the man’s judgment.

“You need to be very cognizant of your surroundings,” Danks said. “If you are navigating a cliff above the river in a well-known swimming spot, you need to be very aware of potentially dropping anything down on people. That’s a major hazard.”

“If one of those rocks that hit the female hit her in the head, crews are saying that she would not have survived,” he added.

With an injured cliff jumper being rescued in Lynn Canyon the day before, Danks stressed that conditions in these areas are variable and unpredictable.

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he devastating fires that swept through West Kelowna and the Shuswap this week are a reminder of how quickly life can change in a disaster. More than 50 homes have been destroyed.

Residents fled with only brief time to escape the flames roaring down the hillside.

Those have been heartbreaking scenes.

And the hills in West Kelowna are in many ways not so different from those on the North Shore. The threat of an interface fire here is also very real.

That’s where advanced planning is so important.

Fortunately, on the North Shore we have some excellent resources in North Shore Emergency Management, which this month got a boost to its community

emergency preparedness fund. It will help make sure those who need to evacuate can be brought to safety, especially given the region’s challenging geography and transportation corridors.

Individually, we also have a responsibility to have our grab-and-go kit stashed and ready. Copies of critical documents, medications, some precious family photos, a back-up hard drive of important files, a blanket and water, even some spare pet food, can all get packed up in advance.

Have a plan for checking in with family members. Download the Alertable app to get advance warning when danger suddenly flares up. Know your neighbours.

Anything we can do to help ourselves in a disaster helps keep emergency responders out of unnecessary danger and frees up resources for those who need it most.

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Given the recurrent tragedies and the human and economic toll from forest fires in our dry summers, squawking about local life with a brown lawn is pretty petty.

So is the defiance by West Vancouver homeowners.

As is the sad reality that the district has to patrol and police it. Not a good look for the community.

I will admit that, after nearly two decades without a lawn to tend, I looked forward when I moved here to the appeal of a yard that I presumed came with living where in winter and spring it pours and pours and pours. Except, I’ve found that for the growing season it doesn’t and doesn’t and doesn’t.

We went 102 consecutive days last year without rain. This summer hasn’t been much wetter.

My new mower has been amortized to $50 a cut. It takes a summer sabbatical.

Planting grass seed after March provides the same optimism, and likely outcome, of lottery tickets.

I had to accept the verdict. So be it.

Yet when I drive around, I am struck by the sight of lush, verdant landscapes.

Clearly other homeowners are doing something I’m not, and I suspect – no, I know – it has something to do with breaching the restrictions on water consumption.

When only hours away we can witness life-and-death weather episodes in which the presence of water means more than getting green grass, when communities are

pulling together to save their homes and belongings and lives, our water greed and entitlement is embarrassing.

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Even stranger is how many people haven’t adapted to the years-long reality of weather events that have reshaped the characteristics of our seasons.

It is a sad state that the district had to write 956 addresses to chide them on their water consumption in July. The effect was a large-scale, caught-with-your-hand-in-thecookie-jar moment. After all, you can’t really

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hide your feasting or claim some miraculous agricultural wonder of water-free greening. There are individual meters that tell all. Those meters let the district know that many properties quadrupled their water use once the temperature rose.

The meters also have a power of some exoneration. To wit: District spokesperson Carrie Gadsby jubilantly reports that 79 per cent of the early offenders decreased their consumption by a substantial amount within two weeks of the shame-mail. “This is good news!” she wrote.

It may also be that some of them went away on holidays and will be back soaking their yards in due course, but let’s score this one a win. Still, the game isn’t over.

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MAILBOX GROUSE GRIND CLOSURE IS A PUBLIC DISSERVICE Dear Editor:

RE: Grouse Grind Closing in Early September for Major Improvements, Aug. 9 story Metro Vancouver has over-imposed its stewardship of this park and its trails to the point where the public is not being served.

Wherever this bureaucracy starts controlling parks, inconveniences, closures and busywork seem to follow.

Now, the Grind will close as of Sept.

5 for the mother of all make-work programs, a completely unnecessary trailhead facelift.

Granted, helicopter operations, tree felling, excavation, assessment and abatement work will naturally result in some closures.

But these extraordinary projects should be co-ordinated and carried out expeditiously so as to minimize public inconvenience, not extend it ad nauseam as is increasingly the case.

The Grouse Grind is not the Great Wall of China.

At some point, routine maintenance simply must suffice and this rugged mountain trail’s default status needs to be “open,” not “closed.”

The trail’s condition is already vastly improved over what existed 30 years ago, and there were none of these interminable closures in those days.

My understanding is that a couple of

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enthusiastic hikers worked on the trail in the 1980s entirely of their own volition!

And apparently even back then the GVRD frowned on this activity.

Tragically, there have been serious injuries and deaths of Grind hikers over the years.

A hiker was swept away by an avalanche in 1999. But no amount of bureaucratic interference can prevent sedentary, middle-aged people from challenging the trail unadvisedly and suffering fatal cardiac arrests, and they surely constitute the majority of deaths.

How about staffing the Grind with some trail hosts and a few more rangers rather than just closing it because Metro doesn’t want to deal with the popularity of the trail?

Participants always enter the trail completely at their own risk anyway, a giant disclaimer sign and an online waiver notice tell us so.

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It’s additionally irksome for those who purchased an annual pass, anticipating usage of the Grouse Grind trail until the annual winter closure (usually sometime from November onwards).

Does GVRD have any plans to subsidise a prorated refund process?

Or is Grouse Mountain willing to credit those hikers with three months on their next pass?

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Being a water hog isn’t a classy look Continued from page 8 and they’re more stringent – and more likely to engender enforcement beyond the tsk-tsk letters. Indeed, it appears there are jobs this summer to root out the sprinkler set. Gadsby reported the other day that, so far, no fines have been issued.

You can expect a patrol through your neighbourhood by the Metro Vancouver Drinking Water Conservation Plan Summer Support Program staff, a long name even as an acronym, and some reports into the bylaw folks.

If you relish snitching on a neighbour, this is your chance. That $500 contravention of the bylaw is an awfully effective incentive to behave.

I’m not a big government-intervention guy on things like this, nor am I big on discrediting, but the education-first

approach of the district is giving all of us far too much credit for being oblivious.

We’re adults, we know inherently that it’s not classy to strain the supply beyond cooking, cleaning and drinking.

When that lawn is going brown – or golden, as the district euphemistically seems to prefer – we ought to just focus on getting up at 5 a.m. to tend the flowers, shrubs and trees and be done by 9.

The folks in the Okanagan, Shuswap and Yellowknife, if they can find a moment to breathe and reflect on our cat-andmouse game to preserve the iconic lawn, must think we’re out of our skulls.

Kirk LaPointe is publisher and executive editor of Business in Vancouver as well as vice-president, editorial, Glacier Media Group, the North Shore News’ parent company. He is also a West Vancouverite.

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Lions Gate doctor negligent for baby’s brain damage, court rules JEREMY HAINSWORTH

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A B.C. Supreme Court judge has found a North Vancouver doctor and hospital liable for negligence in the birth of a baby that left the child with significant injuries.

Justice Francesca Marzari said Abigail Leigh Gilmore was ultimately born by caesarean section after mother Meaghann Sitter went into labour June 13, 2014.

“Abigail was delivered with bruising along her left arm, shoulder and head, and she was admitted to the special care nursery shortly after her delivery,” Marzari said. “Approximately a day later, seizure activity was suspected and Abigail was transferred to BC Women’s and Children’s Hospital, where imaging established that she had three fractures on the left side of her skull, and extensive brain damage.”

Marzari said Abigail is now eight years old and continues to suffer from the effects of the damage to her brain.

Sitter is Abigail’s litigation guardian, meaning she is bringing the lawsuit on behalf of her child.

The defendants are Lions Gate Hospital, the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, three nurses who attended

Lions Gate Hospital. MIKE WAKEFIELD / NSN FILES Sitter during the labour and Dr. Karis Love, the obstetrician primarily responsible for Sitter’s labour and Abigail’s delivery.

Liability was the sole issue before Marzari in the trial.

“I apportion 85 percent of the liability to Dr. Love and 15 percent to the hospital defendants,” Marzari said.

The judge said the infant’s injuries resulted from a number of negligent acts.

“However, Dr. Love was the responsible physician, and bears the greatest responsibility for the failures of communication and monitoring during the management of Ms. Sitter’s labour, and all of the

responsibility for the breaches of care during the surgery,” Marzari said.

Sitter was not quite full term when she went into labour and was admitted to the hospital. During the birth, Marzari said the baby’s position was not optimal to passing through her mother’s pelvis, so the doctor attempted to alter the position of infant’s head.

The doctor offered Sitter the options of continuing to push for another 30 minutes while being administered oxytocin, or proceed to a caesarean section. Sitter chose a caesarean section.

“In Dr. Love’s words, Abigail’s head was ‘tightly wedged’ and ‘severely impacted’ in Ms. Sitter’s pelvis, and Dr. Love was unable to get her hand around Abigail’s head to elevate her head and deliver her, at least initially,” the judge said.

How Abigail’s head was moved to deliver her became the key issue in the case.

Marzari found the immediate cause of Abigail’s skull fractures and the extensive brain damage she suffered was the force of Love’s hand during the caesarean section.

The doctor admitted that her hand was the cause of one of the fractures above

Abigail’s ear, and likely a second one towards the back of her left parietal bone, the judge said.

Love denied responsibility for a third fracture at the top of Abigail’s left parietal bone and submitted that this fracture was more likely caused by a nurse’s hand while pushing from below. But Marzari rejected that argument.

“I find that it is far more probable that all three fractures, and the brain injuries associated with them, were caused by the same hand and the same movement: Dr. Love sliding her hand between Abigail’s head and Ms. Sitter’s pubic bone in order to dis-impact and lift the fetal head at the time of the caesarean section,” she said.

Further, Marzari said, the continuation of pushing likely further risked impacts with the pelvis. She cited a lack of communication between members of the medical team as well as a lack of informed consent about the caesarean option.

“I therefore find that breaches of the defendant medical practitioners’ standards of care during the management of Ms. Sitter’s labour were also causative of Abigail’s injuries,” Marzari said.

Monetary damages have yet to be determined.

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Lingerie designer Christine Morton celebrates 50 years MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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“Here, you have the big slice,” Christine Morton insists, reaching over a queenly collection of teacups and saucers to cut into some sort of decadent apricot pastry.

The backyard of Morton’s wisteria-drenched West Vancouver home is a scene that wouldn’t look out of place on the front of a luxury spa pamphlet: flowers in varying states of bloom and colour erupting from seemingly everywhere, a white-clothed table topped with golden baked goods, and Morton herself, gracious as ever, pouring tea and slicing treats with the warmth and precision of a seasoned host.

To be at Morton’s home, to be in Morton’s vicinity at all, is comforting. To put it simply, the woman knows how to make someone feel good.

Not that it should come as much of a surprise, as Morton has been making the fairer sex feel like goddesses for years.

Decades, even. Five decades, to be precise.

We’ve come together to discuss a milestone: for 50 years Morton’s silk lingerie and loungewear pieces have been sought after by women across North America and beyond, and some of the planet’s most well-known women at that. Oprah has worn her garments. So has Lauren Bacall, Chrissy Teigen, Gwyneth Paltrow and Elizabeth Taylor.

In that time her eponymous label has grown from a basement business in West Vancouver to being stocked in more than 100 high-end boutiques in Canada, the

Christine Morton, at her West Vancouver home, celebrates her lingere business turning 50 this year. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN United States, Australia, and the U.K. Timeless pieces that ooze luxury have become her trademark, silk and lace have become synonymous with her name.

The brand had been borne from a love of fine materials – a devotion sparked as a child when the designer stumbled across a treasure trove of lace doilies in her grandmother’s dresser – and a simple idea that making garments would be “something fun to do.”

Such success was never anticipated, not least in a city where functionality and down-pared style dominate.

“The fashion industry was only just beginning in Vancouver at that time,” she says.

“I started making teddies, and nobody had ever heard of teddies before. At that time, 50 years ago, a camisole wasn’t even a name. You never saw any advertisements in the magazines for anything other than a bra and panty, and even then they were…” the Scottish-born, Vancouver-raised designer trails off, evidently struggling to find a polite term for the drab and function-forward underwear of the ’70s.

Shifting the public’s perception of

lingerie from function to fashion was a bold undertaking, but audacity would go on to be the reason behind much of her brand’s success. It was certainly the reason behind her stateside triumph.

“The first sales trip I made to New York I had been by myself. I phoned up the stores when I got there, I made the appointments on the spot, and I managed to get them. It was amazing.”

Bergdorf Goodman, Bloomingdales, Saks and Henri Bendel “went crazy” for her collection, comprising just five or so little camisoles with Morton’s trademark rosebuds, detailing she had learned to make in her very first job as a gift wrapper. Several placed orders immediately.

Soon the windows were stocked and the magazines came calling, Women’s Wear Daily first, Glamour, Town & Country, Marie Claire, Elle, GQ and InStyle later.

Hollywood’s elite, feverish as ever to snatch up the latest trends touted by the glossies, were hot on her heels. The likes of Cher, Linda Evans and Joan Collins joined Bacall and Taylor in becoming high-profile, long-time fans.

“Walking down Fifth Avenue and seeing a whole window of all your whimsical wraps, and all your pieces, that’s just a treat,” the designer says.

“There have been moments like that where you go, ‘Oh, I’m doing something right here.’”

She credits her high-calibre celebrity clientele as being further confirmation of knowing she’s “doing something right,” and some of her most defining career milestones have been dressing A-Listers.

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Shootout suspect charged with attempted murder BRENT RICHTER

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A host of criminal charges have now been sworn against a suspect accused of getting into a shootout with West Vancouver police.

West Vancouver police issued a release on June 26 stating that one man was in hospital after an attempt to arrest him for suspected impaired driving escalated

into violence on the westbound Highway 1 off-ramp at 15th Street.

“During the interaction with the male, there was an exchange of gunfire and the male was struck by a police vehicle. The male was transported to hospital for treatment,” the release stated.

Because the man was seriously harmed in the incident, the province’s Independent Investigations Office was automatically tasked to

carry out its own probe to review the actions of police. At the time, the IIO stated the man was in serious condition.

The Crown has since sworn nine charges against Siavash Ahmadi, a 37-year-old Vancouver resident, including two counts of attempted murder using a firearm, according to documents filed in North Vancouver Provincial Court.

Other charges include impaired

driving, discharging a prohibited or restricted firearm, possession of three restricted handguns without a licence, one count of breaking and entering at an apartment in East Vancouver, and one count of pointing a firearm. In that case, the victim has the same surname as Ahmadi, court documents show.

Ahmadi faced a bail hearing on Aug. 17 and he remains in custody.

He is due back in court on Aug. 24.

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Dancers have trained and performed with Vancouver Pars National Ballet since its formation in 1989 in North Vancouver. VPNB

North Van ballet academy keeps Iranian dance traditions alive HAMID JAFARI

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On the last day of August 1990, an advertisement in Persian was published in the North Shore News.

It said: “Vancouver Pars National Ballet Classes accepting students.” This ad started an amazing journey that still goes on today. Now, more than three decades later, Vancouver Pars National Ballet continues this path, teaching ballet and Iranian folk dances in North Vancouver.

In 1966, Abdollah Nazemi founded Pars National Ballet in Iran, with a primary focus on classic ballet, while also exploring Iranian folk dances and music.

Azita Sahebjam, ballet dancer and the director of VPNB, was a student of Nazemi and began her journey in Pars National Ballet at the age of nine. Nazemi believed that they could use the ballet techniques and tell their stories, through the music, costumes, and tales from Persian literature, drawing inspiration from sources such as Ferdowsi’s epic poem The Shahnameh, the stories of Sheikh Sadi found in Hikayat-eSaadi, and the poems of Hafez.

Sahebjam recalls practicing with pointe shoes and flat shoes, following various techniques taught by instructors from different countries. After about seven years she started teaching dance to youth and children when she was 16.

After the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, however, the academy faced challenges. Dancing in public became illegal for women and girls, and the academy was eventually forced to close. “One day, I remember we were in the class when the Revolutionary Guard arrived with machine guns and closed the academy,” said Sahebjam. “It was a terrifying experience, and they took Abdollah Nazemi with them.”

She remembers they were extremely worried, fearing something had happened to him. He was forced to promise not to practice of teach dance, and he later left for the U.S. Sahebjam decided to migrate to Vancouver in the late 1980s, but when she arrived, she felt like something was missing.

“It was my identity that I had lost. So, I thought about Iranian folk dances, and I got back to my roots,” she said.

She established Vancouver Pars National Ballet in 1989 in North Vancouver, following in her master’s footsteps to preserve Iranian culture through dance.

“I still have a connection with Abdollah Nazemi, I always respect and admire him.

Before starting, I asked him for permission to use the name Pars National Ballet for my own ballet group, and he trusted me.”

Abdollah Nazemi is 86 years old now, residing in Isfahan, Iran. He has written four books on the subject of dance, according to Sahebjam, but they remain unpublished due to dancing restrictions in Iran.

Now VPNB has a history here teaching Iranian dance to at least two generations.

“Many people who were once my students have now become moms, and their kids are coming to my class,” she said.

Since the Woman, Life, Freedom movement started in Iran, dancing has become a powerful form of protest in the country despite its illegality. Five Iranian girls were arrested last March and were forced to publicly apologize after posting a video on social media in whch they danced to a Selena Gomez song without wearing hijabs.

“They dance because dance represents feelings,” Sahebjam said. “I have great hope for and praise the future of this movement.”

Hamid Jafari is a Vancouver-based freelance journalist. His work for the North Shore News is supported by New Canadian Media.

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North Van shop specializes in classic Tehran sandwiches HAMID JAFARI

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Nostalgia is “a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past,” as defined by the Cambridge dictionary.

Around eight months ago, a family opened a restaurant in the heart of Central Lonsdale. They claimed they brought the taste of traditional Persian-style sandwiches. Among Iranians, these sandwiches are known as “Dah-e Shasti,” a nostalgic food for the generation that was born in the 1980s.

Zara Nikkhah, the restaurant’s owner, was born and raised in Iran and arrived in Vancouver four years ago as a student.

She studied public policy and administration with a focus on social justice leadership at Adler University. Before managing the family restaurant, Zahar worked as an English as a second language instructor in a non-profit organization that served immigrant and

Zara Nikkhah is the owner of Hidra, a North Vancouver sandwich shop specializing in old-style Persian classics. HAMID JAFARI / NSN refugee women and children.

She remembers recent years after their journey started in Vancouver, “my son, started working as a helper and dishwasher in a Persian restaurant located in North Vancouver. After three years, he became a chef at an Iranian restaurant. Also, my husband started working as a manager at a different restaurant and now we are working together here.”

She finished her studies in April 2022, and then they chose to start their own restaurant. The name of the restaurant is inspired by her son’s name, Hidra.

“The spark for the restaurant’s concept came from our son, he suggested we introduce traditional Persian-style sandwiches to Vancouver,” she said.

The menu offers a variety of foods, ranging from old-style Persian sandwiches like Sosis

Bandari (spicy sausages and onion), Kuku Sabzi (Persian herb frittata), Kuku Sibzamini (Persian potato patties) and Kotlet (Persian meat patties), to modern options like homemade burgers.

“Our menu isn’t just about food. It’s a journey into the past,” says Nikkhah.

After the Second World War, traditional Persian-style sandwiches emerged in Iran. A few shops in Tehran started selling sandwiches, smoked fish, and sausages with bulky bread, pickled cucumbers, a bit of butter on the bread, and fresh parsley. By 1956, the sandwich trend spread beyond Tehran to other cities in Iran.

Nikkhah explained about maintaining unique ingredients or preparation techniques that contribute to the authenticity of their sandwiches.

“It was quite challenging to find spices that closely resemble the taste we remember from Iran,” she said. “Additionally, the flavors of all the ingredients here are quite

different from what we were used to in Iran, especially with the bulky bread.”

They tried out different bakeries to see which worked best before they started the restaurant.

“Finally, we found the right ingredients for the bulky. We also found a factory in Toronto that makes sausages just like the ones in Iran,” she said.

Nikkhah believes that such activities have an impact on bringing Persians closer to their community. The restaurant is more than just a business to them.

“The interesting thing is people from diverse backgrounds find our food [similar to] what they’ve tasted before,” she said.

Many Iranians live on the North Shore, more than 15,000 of them.

“We offer not only food, but we’ve also managed to create a homely atmosphere.”

Hamid Jafari is a Vancouverbased freelance journalist. His work for the North Shore News is supported by New Canadian Media.

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Eagles face persistent threats

Bald eagle population rebounding The species has come back from near extinction in the 1960s to a flourishing 600 known mated pairs in the Lower Mainland, but an outbreak of avian influenza caused “hundreds and hundreds” of B.C. eagles to die in 2021, Hancock said.

Following the outbreak and some extreme weather events in 2021, only five eaglets from the North Shore’s 22 nests successfully fledged in 2022, which was a bleak sign, McDermott said. This year, however, 17 known chicks have lived to make their first northern migration.

“So, 17 out of 22 is not that great, but a

heck of a lot better than when we had the five out of 22 last year,” McDermott said.

“We’re just hoping that this year is such an improvement over last year that we’re going in the right direction.”

Eagles face persistent threats from habitat loss, pesticides, microplastics, loss of prey and food to scavenge, and, of course, climate change, Hancock said. For now, though, he’s encouraged by 2023’s successful fledges.

“The fact that they bounced back as they did this year is kind of awesome.

Nests in most of the areas in the Lower Mainland have produced more than one chick per nest. That’s more than they would produce in the wilderness,” he said.

“They’re going to work at building back the population. That’s encouraging. That says that the basic habitat that we have here is pretty good. We just have to keep looking after it.”

If you find a dead chick or eagle, don’t touch it with your bare hands. Instead, report it to the province, which is monitoring for signs of avian flu, at 1-866-431-BIRD (2473).

The North Shore Eagle Network, meanwhile, is always looking for volunteers who can help keep an eye on the local eagle population.

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Oprah and Elizabeth Taylor have worn North Shore designer’s PJs Continued from page 13 “I received a call from an unknown buyer who just said, ‘I hope you’ve got some lavender in stock.’ I asked why, and she replied, ‘Well, Oprah’s wearing your pyjamas on the front cover of her magazine.’” Morton’s face widens in surprise, even now, as she retells the story.

There was one gown so beloved by Elizabeth Taylor that she would ask for it to be shipped to her apartment in New York in every colour. (“She’s just very little, so we had to cut it about five inches off the bottom.”) It’s now dubbed the “Liz gown,” naturally.

Acquiring such a steadfast fandom in the fashion world often means creating something so entirely unique and utterly timeless that the wearer will keep returning

again and again no matter the season or in-vogue style.

Following trends, says Morton, has never been a matter of great importance.

Instead, the designer says she would rather create something that can be worn endlessly by women, before being passed down to their children, as time-honoured heirlooms.

“She has a really strong, beautiful esthetic, and that has never shifted far away from where it started,” explains Morton’s assistant designer Evan Clayton, when asked about the reason behind Christine’s unremitting success.

“That is part of the core of designing for Christine.

The person that is wearing the clothes isn’t this nebulous concept. It’s an actual person.”

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Clayton, who has been working under Morton’s guidance for five years, says there is a “real, interpersonal connection” between the designer and her clients, women have grown up in tandem with the brand.

Perhaps the biggest indication of the timelessness and quality of the designs is that Morton is most often found donning them herself. At home in her garden she sits draped in a vibrant silk kimono. A few weeks later when we meet for a tour of her store and studio, located on Powell Street in Vancouver, she floats from room to room in a similar silk creation, this time in a vivid green hue.

Even at her wedding in 1983, to the now late David Farris, she walked down the aisle in one of her own pieces.

Her first foray into bridal wear, Morton had designed her own gown and the Edwardian-inspired dresses for her flower girl and three bridesmaids.

It is also an example of the many ways in which Morton’s personal and professional lives overlapped.

When you are a brand’s own producer, designer, marketing manager and events planner for so many years – “when you have your own business, and you’re an entrepreneur, you have to wear all the hats” – it is easy for lines to become blurred, she says.

Those blurred lines are evident further still in Morton’s studio, where the ever-loyal staff have become very much like a family of her own. In 1983, Morton sponsored several seamstresses from Laos enabling them to live and work in Vancouver, many of whom brought their growing families with them.

“As I’ve progressed through the years it has really become about this cottage industry for me,” she explains.

“That was really key, and really important, because it meant the girls were able to work from home and have their babies and have a family, but also have a job,” she says, describing how the privilege of running her own business meant she had been able to do the same – not sacrificing a career for a family or vice-versa – and that, above all the glamorous magazine nods and celebrity adoration, had been the most momentous of career highlights.

Morton, a grandmother herself now, said her smallscale team is intrinsic to the design process, but that doesn’t mean she’s ready to pass on the baton just yet.

“There are so many things happening right now, I’d like to see us grow, myself,” she says, touching on how the brand recently made its first foray into menswear, and, just this year, it released its Black Label Collection – a limited quantity of up-and-coming designs that would be released just once, each month.

Celebration-wise, a 50th birthday bash is due to be held at West Vancouver lingerie store Romantique on the afternoon of Sept. 16 (“We are hoping people might wear their favourite Christine pieces,” says Morton with a smile), while a Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Collection draws inspiration from the label’s most iconic pieces from the past five decades.

Long-time lovers of Christine can expect glistening pink peignoir sets and a voluminous nightshirt that has been a firm favourite since it was originally introduced in the 1980s.

“If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” is the brand’s guiding philosophy after all. Why change now?

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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Snap traps deployed for rats Continued from page 1 park, the city has removed open garbage bins and vegetation that could provide possible shelter, Robertson said.

City staff have also been communicating with park visitors to not feed the wildlife, as that can create food sources for rodents.

“We have found both bread and water set out by well-meaning people concerned about birds,” Robertson said. “We have connected directly with them and they have been very understanding and accommodating about not doing this anymore.”

To curb the number of rats directly, a city-hired contractor has put out snap traps in secure boxes and is checking them every two days, Robertson said.

“We do not use bait traps because they can harm other wildlife such as owls, eagles, hawks, raccoons, and even cats and dogs who could consume the bait or the poisoned rodents,” she added.

Rodent populations ramped up during the pandemic, experts say In recent years, so-called second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides have been banned across all North Shore municipalities. Use of these rodenticides has been widely restricted at the provincial level, with some exceptions for “essential services” like

food producers and hospitals.

These bans have contributed to a growth in rodent populations, said Julie Scott, co-owner of Pestcheck Pest Control. While there are select allowable use cases, her business doesn’t use second-generation rodenticides at all, she added.

Rats also benefited from pandemic-related closures of restaurants, Scott said, which are a large part of urban pest control.

Restaurants are also a source of food for rats, many of which went looking elsewhere during that time.

“During COVID they all went to the suburbs,” she said. “Since last year, we’ve been getting a lot more rodent calls.”

While the city didn’t provide an estimate for just how many rats now call Victoria Park home, Scholz guesses the number is at least a hundred, if not hundreds.

But there’s been some noticeable impact since the municipality has stepped in, he said. “I’m glad that the city’s doing something about it.”

Given the potential for rats to carry disease, Scholz said he’s moderately worried about them scurrying about in the neighbourhood.

“If I had a first floor unit, like a garden entrance, I would definitely [take] a lot more precautions,” he said.

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The Tsleil-Waututh Nation is receiving a chunk of funding to help improve the safety of its streets for road users and pedestrians.

The B.C. Vision Zero in Road Safety Grant program, launched in 2021 by Vancouver Coastal Health to reduce the amount of injuries and fatalities caused by road collisions, will hand over $20,000 so the Nation can install a new speed reader board on Dollarton Highway.

“This could save lives on the highway,” said Tsleil-Waututh Nation Chief Jen Thomas. “The safety in this area is a problem that we’ve had as far back as the 1960s. I’ve had a relative hit

and killed in front of my mom and dad’s driveway, and then the next driveway down another person was hit and killed in the 1990s. We’ve lost members to speeders.”

Thomas said the dangers of the area are commonly discussed among residents, especially those who live on the bustling highway itself.

A busy thoroughfare for foot passengers, there are often students who cross the road to travel from school to the waterfront for classes, she said, and with it being canoe season currently, there are paddlers crossing the road frequently.

“This has always been a big issue for the community.”

Thomas said the introduction of a reader board should

be the first of many road safety improvements made to the area, and that the Nation is currently looking at creating their own community SpeedWatch program, which will see trained members displaying temporary speedboards in various locations throughout the community.

“Having the SpeedWatch program will make a difference, and hopefully we can go for a little bit more afterwards. But this is a really good start,” she said.

Vancouver Coastal Health’s medical health officer Dr. Michael Schwandt said a “major part” of the program is paying attention to the concerns of the local communities, and in this case, the proposal had come directly from the Nation.

“We’re really glad to be able

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“The proposal for a speed reader board and a community speedwatch program is well supported by evidence that this sort of project can decrease speed and can decrease risk of injuries. There’s also the indirect effect that people are made more aware in general, and will carry that duty of care with them when they leave the area,” he said.

Schwandt said the project is part of a wider movement dedicated to making the streets safer for pedestrians, and to making a change to some alarming statistics.

“In British Columbia, over 200 people a year die on average due to road crashes, which is a large number, and we believe that close to all of these can be prevented,” he said.

HUB Cycling and Musqueam Indian Band are among some of the other Vision Zero recipients for this year, with HUB Cycling set to receive $20,000 in funding to provide safe cycling sessions to the band’s youth, aged between eight-18 years.

The project will also facilitate a bike maintenance workshop and distribution of bikes, helmets and other accessories.

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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“The North Shore has made it very clear that supporting our seniors is a priority, and really, it’s our duty to make sure our seniors can live with a high quality of life. But in order to do that, they need to have the proper information and resources to know what’s available to them as they age.”

Throughout the day, there will be 12 different sessions exploring the various areas of wellness in addition to a keynote presentation on “Aging Successfully in B.C.” from the province’s Senior Advocate Isobel McKenzie who will be speaking about the current issues facing seniors and the resources to overcome these barriers to healthy aging. The exhibitor hall will be open all day

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The North Shore Seniors’ Health Expo is an annual event dedicated to providing useful wellness information, resources, and opportunities to seniors, family members, and caregivers.

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Paul Hetherington and his partner Melissa Rekve were left devastated last month when the vehicle Hetherington was driving home from Brickworld Chicago LEGO convention was stolen, along with a dozen of their unique LEGO creations that had been shown around North America.

They reported the theft to police in Spokane, Wash. where the vehicle was stolen but were told not to get their hopes up about ever seeing the car or its contents again. A week later, the vehicle turned up but it had been ripped apart and left full of garbage and drug paraphernalia.

“But none of our stuff.”

By then, word about the theft of the models had spread far and wide through B.C. and Washington State news outlets, and even farther in the LEGO community.

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Eby warns against Interior travel Continued from page 12 Saturday evening and have been working up in the hills above the city as part of a structural protection unit, said Deputy Fire Chief Andrew Payne.

Payne said firefighters have been staying at UBC’s Okanagan campus but are required to be self-sufficient if need be, with tents, sleeping bags and food supplies.

Five West Vancouver Fire and Rescue members also arrived in West Kelowna on Friday along with a trailer carrying special sprinkler equipment capable of protecting a few homes.

At some points, just two fire crews oversaw protection of up to 50 large homes, said Deputy Chief Gord Howard.

That crew and another senior fire officer from West Vancouver have been working both in West Kelowna and further north in Lake Country, he said.

District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services has also sent a crew and equipment to Kelowna, who have also been working in West Kelowna and Lake Country areas.

Most local crews will work on Interior fires for between eight and 14 days. Some of those crews will then be replaced by other local firefighters.

On Monday, Premier David Eby, Forests Minister Bruce Ralston and Bowinn Ma, Minister of Emergency Management, thanked firefighters from across B.C. for stepping up to help with the unprecedented fire situation.

Ralston said Monday there are now more than 652 structural firefighters deployed in coordination with the BC Wildfire Service, which is “a record number for joint wildland and structural firefighting response in this province.”

“We are immensely grateful to all our partners who continue to show up when we need them most,” he said.

According to the BC Wildfire Service, progress has been made on the fire in West Kelowna, although heavy smoke has impacted the ability of helicopters to fly and provide water bucketing in the area.

Wildfires are also burning in the Fraser Canyon, between Lytton and Boston Bar, and an area including Gun, Downton and Carpenter lakes near Gold Bridge, as well as in the Shuswap region, and in the south Okanagan near Oliver and Keremeos.

Provincial officials also repeated their message about a tourist travel ban to the Interior areas impacted by wildfires, urging visitors not to go there.

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FOUR GOLD MEDALS

North Shore players score big at field hockey nationals ANDY PREST

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North Shore athletes were all over the pitch as teams representing British Columbia cleaned house at the 2023 U16 and U18 field hockey national championships held the last two weeks in Brampton, Ont.

B.C. teams took gold in all four tournaments, winning men’s and women’s U16 and U18 titles. On the women’s side B.C. was so strong they were able to send two teams at both age levels, with all four of the women’s squads reaching the podium.

At the U18 women’s tournament, team B.C. Blue grabbed gold with a 3-2 win over Ontario in the final held July 30 at Cassie Campbell Field in Brampton. That team included North Van’s Ella Rideout, Lindsey Hills, Robyn Goh, Scarlett Kotar, Stella Goddard-Despot, and Sydney Le, along with Nadine Brenninkmeyer from West Van. Goddard-Despot was the tournament’s leading scorer with nine goals.

B.C. White also hit the podium at the U18 women’s tournament, topping P.E.I. 5-0 in the bronze medal match. That team

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included North Van’s Kaitlyn Pennefather, Kate Martin, Olivia Okano and Tessa Wang.

At the U16 women’s level, team B.C. Blue and B.C. White met in the final, with Blue claiming gold in a 2-1 Aug. 13. The Blue team included West Van’s Allison Lavis, Maeve Lustig and Sutton van Dyk, as well as North Van’s Camryn Jensen, Emily Arnet, Julie McCusker, Lydia Harrington, Madelyn Potts, Maisie Fulton Stephenson and Meghan Lovell Team White included Allyson Van Dijk, Chloe Zambon, Elliotte Yuen, Flora Price, Kayla Parker and Siera Edstrand from North Vancouver and Elle Ferros, Emilie Chisholm, Tristen Stanimir and Valerie Chan from West Vancouver.

On the men’s side B.C. claimed gold in the U18 division with a 3-1 win over Ontario July 13. North Van’s Chase Martin and West Van’s James Loxton both suited up for the national champs.

In the men’s U16 division, B.C. claimed the title with a 3-1 win over Quebec on a team that included North Vancouver’s Lachlan Scobbie.

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ERIK BEZUR January 8, 1981 - August 28, 2005 Sadly, missed along life’s way, quietly remembered every day.

No longer in our lives to share but in our hearts, you’re always there…

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GALLAGHER, Clarence David Clarence David Gallagher 91 passed away in hospital July 22nd, 2023. He was predeceased by his father Joseph Gallagher and mother Martha Gallagher, sisters Cathleen Gallagher and Agnes McColm, brothers Desmond and Anthony Gallagher, brother in law Harold McColm and niece Margaret Lesperance (nee Gallagher). He is survived by niece Sharon (Ron) Harris, nephews Edward McColm, David (Sandy) McColm and Anthony (Donna) Gallagher, as well as several grand nieces and nephews.

Clarence was born in Vancouver and was a longtime resident of North Vancouver. He was a very talented carpenter and cabinet maker, his lifelong profession. He was the family historian both in Canada and Ireland. Clarence was very interested in his Irish heritage, spent much of his free time reading about Ireland, its history and connecting with relatives living there, a bond that grew ever stronger after his visits. He was a well read man, a font of knowledge with an amazing memory and story telling skills. A devoted Catholic, Clarence was generous with his time to his Parish, using his many skills to help with numerous projects.

Clarence was well known in his neighbourhood, often helping others in his younger years. The Family are very grateful for the generous, compassionate help and support he received from them as he declined in his last years.

His passing was a great sadness and he will be missed by all who knew him.

JAKOBSEN, John April 27, 1942 − August 7, 2023 John was born in Denmark and moved with his parents to Vancouver in 1954. He met the love of his life and best friend, Treva May, while attending King George High in the West End. They married in 1966 and recently celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary together.

John loved playing sports and excelled at skiing, tennis, racquetball, badminton and waterskiing. He especially enjoyed spending time with friends and family at Green Lake, Crystal Mountain, Savary Island and his happy place, Lindell Beach. Over the years, John and Treva travelled to many places, including Hawaii, Italy, Denmark, the Caribbean and their favourite destination, Santorini.

John worked as an auto mechanic at Happy Honda for a memorable 30 years and was our Mr. Fix It! He loved a project and was happy to help friends with theirs. John was fun−loving, charismatic, caring, tenacious and very cheeky. He took great pleasure in teasing his grandkids.

Sadly, John lost his battle with cancer on August 7th with his family by his side. John deeply loved his wife, Treva; daughters Karle (Jon) and Romy (Brian); grandchildren Kealy, Jacob, Grady, Griffin; and pup Kula. Sincere thanks for the kindness and compassion of the many volunteers, nurses and doctors that supported John and the family throughout this journey. In lieu of flowers, if you wish to make a donation, please consider donating to The Oncology Clinic at Lions Gate Hospital or The North Shore Hospice through LGH Foundation in memory of John Jakobsen.

Thinking of you and loving you Sister Karin, Parents, and Friends.

His life will be celebrated in a private gathering.

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SLINGERLAND, Caroline Ann SALVO, Patrick Vincent (Snyder) Patrick Vincent Salvo Snyder, 59 years, passed away July 23rd in his home in North Vancouver, BC. Son, brother, father, friend, devoted listener, big hearted soul. He loved lively conversation, fishing, being in nature, honesty, helping people, and always had time for someone in need.

Missed by his son, Joshua, his siblings, Carol, Joe, Anthony and Noelle, his father, Vincent and bonus mother, Joan, and many friends. He was predeceased by his mother, Roberta.

A celebration of life will be held at West Vancouver United Church on Friday, September 1st at 12:30 PM, 2062 Esquimalt Ave, West Vancouver, B.C. In Patrick’s name, donations may be made to Health Connections North Vancouver - Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

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On the afternoon of August 8th during a thirtyminute window between visitors, Caroline Ann Slingerland slipped out of our world. Ann was 87 years old and called Sunrise of Lynn Valley her home.

Born on June 11, 1936 to Victor and Agness Hayman in Vancouver. Ann grew up in East Vancouver, attended Vancouver Tech High School and was an active member of Job’s Daughters International. It was during her time in Job’s that she met DeMolay member and soon to be her husband and life partner Barry Slingerland.

Ann was 18 when she married, and it would be a year later she gave birth to the first of four boys.

She was a cook, chauffeur, referee, and enjoyed volunteering at a local thrift shop. For the most part she was a full-time mom, however she worked as a secretary at Larson Elementary and was a payroll clerk at Lions Gate Hospital for a short time.

Ann was predeceased by her husband Francis Barry Slingerland in 2014 and more recently her older brother Douglas Fraser Hayman in January of 2023.

She is survived by her four sons; Glen (Karen), Wayne (Nadine), Jeff (Ann) and Blair (Lorraine). She is also survived by 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. The great grandchildren brought an incredible amount of joy to her day anytime they visited her.

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1. “Iron Man” actress Leslie 2. Wings 3. Adjust the spacing 4. They’re usually locked 5. Atomic #43 6. Wise individuals 7. Horse mackerel 8. Pearl Jam’s debut album 9. Confines 10. Colorless crystalline compound 11. Unsatisfactorily

12. Plant of the parsley family 14. Determines time 17. Causes the birth of 20. Small ornament on a watch chain 21. Richly decorated cloth tapestry 23. Vito Corleone was one 25. Igbo musical instrument 26. Put in harmony 27. Japanese alcoholic drinks

29. Tinseltown 30. Closes tightly 32. Songs sung to one’s lover 34. One thousandth of an inch 35. Small drink of whiskey 37. Political divisions in ancient Greece 40. Helps little firms 42. Baby’s eating accessory 43. Very long periods of time

47. Small block of wood 49. Town in Surrey, England 50. Enquiry 52. Murdered 53. Bura-__: Chadic language 55. Crater on Mars 56. Mammal genus 57. Sock 58. Make 59. Stony waste matter 61. Partner to cheese 65. Pound

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#Limited time finance offer is from Honda Canada Finance Inc. (HCFI), on approved credit. Finance example: $35,000 at 5.47% for a 24-month period, for a total of 24 monthly payments of $1,543. Total finance obligation is $37,029. Finance payments include freight and PDI of $2,000 and applicable fees, but do not include lien registration fee (up to $85 in certain regions) and lien registering agent fee (up to $6), which are due at time of delivery. No down-payment required. Taxes, insurance, license, and registration fees (all of which may vary by region) are extra. †Enhanced Loyalty Honda Bonus is available to eligible customers who: (i) are the current owner/lessee of a Honda or Acura vehicle and reside in BC, AB, SK, MB or ON; and (ii) have a current Honda Financial Services (HFS)/Acura Financial Services (AFS) lease or finance account, or a previous HFS/AFS account that expired within the past year (365 days). This offer is not transferable to any otherperson. Proof of eligibility is required and must be submitted to HFS to qualify for this loyalty offer. Loyalty Honda Bonus will be applied only to a Honda brand vehicle leased or financed throughHFS, on approved credit, as follows: $750 bonus on CR-V models. Loyalty Honda Bonus: (i) will apply only to current payments advertised by HFS in Canada; (ii) cannot be combined with other existing loyalty offers, unless otherwise indicated. *Based on IHS Markit Vehicles in Operation as of June 30, 2022 for Model Years 2013 to 2022 vs Total New Registrations of those vehicles. Offerends September 30, 2023 and is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Dealer may sell/lease for less. †Enhanced Loyalty Honda Bonus is available to eligible customers who: (i) are the current owner/lessee of a Honda or Acura vehicle and reside in BC, AB, SK, MB or ON; and (ii) have a current Honda Financial Services (HFS)/Acura Financial Services (AFS) lease or finance account, or a previous HFS/AFS account that expired within the past year (365 days).

This offer is not transferable to any other person. Proof of eligibility is required and must be submitted to HFS to qualify for this loyalty offer. Loyalty Honda Bonus will be applied only to a Honda brand vehicle leased or financed through HFS, on approved credit, as follows: $1,000 bonus on Passport models. Loyalty Honda Bonus: (i)will apply only to current payments advertised by HFS in Canada; (ii) cannot be combined with other existing loyalty offers, unless otherwise indicated. *Based on IHS Markit Vehicles in Operation as of June 30, 2022 for Model Years 2013 to 2023 vs Total New Registrations of those vehicles. Offer ends September 30, 2023 and is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Dealer may sell/lease for less. Offer available only at participating Honda dealers in Western Canada. Limited quantities of 2023 models available - dealer trade may be necessary. Models may not be equipped as shown and are for illustration purposes only. Visit Honda.ca or your Honda dealer for details.