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Squamish Nation signs education jurisdiction agreement NICK LABA

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Education policy in Canada was once involved in the active removal of First Nations culture and language from young students across the country. Now, the power to decide how Indigenous children are taught in schools is being formally handed back to their communities.

On Monday, representatives from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), Tsq’escenemc (Canim Lake Band) and Ditidaht First Nation gathered at the Chief Joe Mathias Centre on Xwmélch’sten (Capilano 5 Reserve) to celebrate the Nations assuming authority over their own education systems on their lands. All three Nations finalized agreements with the federal government over the past few months.

Those Indigenous governments join the ʔaq’am, Cowichan Tribes, Lil’wat Nation and Seabird Island, which were the first cohort of participating First Nations in B.C. to sign education jurisdiction agreements last year.

With a history of colonialism that has minimized or taken away so much, to reclaim and revitalize that culture in classrooms today means so much, said Sxwixwtn (Wilson Williams), elected councillor and spokesperson for Squamish Nation.

“The road that’s being paved now is providing not only hope for our people, it’s providing that strength, stability and empowerment, that not only myself as a proud father, but as an Indigenous leader for the Nation, to help move us forward and help us strengthen what we are connected to, to who we are and where we come from,” he said.

Part of the Indigenization of school curricula incorporates storytelling and ceremony in the classroom.

“In the mornings at school, we do a morning ceremony, share a song, and the kids are able to share the language and grasp it,” Williams said.

This next step in educational autonomy builds on the work to provide First Nations-specific education to students, which has expanded significantly in

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Stanley Kwu7s Harry, 8, and Matteo Baker, 10, of Capilano Little Ones School drum and sing during a procession at Monday’s ceremony to celebrate First Nations assuming jurisdiction over their education systems. NICK LABA / NSN recent years. For example, the Squamish Nation offers language learning opportunities starting at kindergarten – through

Xwmélch’sten Etsímxwawtxw Skwul (Capilano Littlest Ones) and Norgate Xwmélch’sten Community Elementary – all

the way through high school, which includes the Sp’áḵw’us Skwúlaw̓txw program at Carson Continued on A24

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Abandoned ‘party house’ in West Van goes up in flames NICK LABA

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A late-night blaze that levelled West Vancouver’s “party house with a view” is being looked at as suspicious, say senior staff at the district’s fire department.

At around 11 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 21), BC Ferries passengers who witnessed a structure fire on Tyee Point near the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal called 911, according to West Vancouver Fire & Rescue.

With early assistance from Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue and Coastal Fire Centre, a fireboat attacked the fire from the sea overnight, while ground crews monitored and put down hotspots.

Firefighting efforts continued through the next day, and the blaze was declared officially out by 6 p.m. Friday evening, the department said. No injuries were reported.

An initial investigation of the property began Friday afternoon. As of Monday evening, fire investigators concluded on-site investigations and with collaboration from West Vancouver police, are collecting additional evidence from surrounding CCTV and other sources, said Assistant Fire Chief Jeremy Calder.

“Preliminary investigations point toward a human-caused fire due to a lack of other causes,” he said. “We are requesting that anyone who may have been aboard a BC Ferries vessel and has footage of the fire between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. to reach out to Det. Felicity Jacobs.”

She can be reached by calling West Vancouver police’s non-emergency line at 604-925-7300, referencing file number 23-12473.

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A house at Tyee Point near the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal is completely engulfed in flames late Thursday evening. WEST VANCOUVER FIRE & RESCUE allowed resources, including but not limited to Vancouver Fire’s fireboat and BC Wildfire, to be brought in to assist with containing a difficult fire that had the potential to ravage the forested area behind 6689 Nelson Ave., and further impact the surrounding neighbourhood,” Calder said.

“Fire crews made excellent decisions to ensure both their safety and an effective fire attack to protect the fire from spreading to the surrounding interface,” he added. “We would like to thank all the agencies that supported our efforts to keep this fire from

spreading in difficult terrain, at night, and with challenging water supply issues.”

After the flames were first called in, the fire department responded with three engines, a 4x4 wildfire truck, a tower truck and duty chief. Due to the challenging terrain, with steep slopes on one side and ocean on the other, a request was made for support from the water, and Vancouver Fireboat 1 was dispatched.

“Vancouver Fireboat 1 was deployed and proved very effective in knocking down the fire, which had begun to spread to the

interface,” the fire department said in a statement on Friday.

But temperatures were cool and the wind was calm, which made the risk to the surrounding interface low.

“After the initial knockdown of the fire using the fireboat, West Vancouver fire crews deployed wildfire pumps and hose, using water from the ocean, to establish control lines to extinguish spot fires and continue to action the structure fire that, although under control, was still burning,” the statement read.

Crews worked through the night to keep water on the fire. A search of the structure and surrounding area was carried out and no occupants were found, the department added.

The burning structure caused several nearby trees to catch fire, but wildfire risk has come down with recent rainfall, said Acting Fire Chief Howard, so the flames didn’t spread as quickly as they could have.

Following the initial investigation, Howard said the fire was being looked at as suspicious.

“There was no power to the building, and no other likely [natural] causes,” he said.

The structure on the prime slice of West Vancouver waterfront has been vacant for years, and has been known by police to host squatters and parties.

After speaking with the owners of the property, Howard said they were “shaken up” by the loss of the building.

Previously, the “party house with a view” had garnered attention for its desirable location and high property value, contrasted with the abandoned, graffiti-covered structure on the site.

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Driver, two seniors punched in random attack on West Van bus JANE SEYD

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A 32-year-old man is facing several assault charges after two elderly women were punched in the head and the driver of a West Vancouver Transit bus was punched

repeatedly in a seemingly random attack on strangers Sept. 19.

West Vancouver police were called out to a report of a man attacking people on a transit bus around 1:15 p.m. as it headed east past Eagle Harbour, in the

5700 block of Marine Drive, near Thunderbird Marina.

Witnesses reported a man on the bus became angry when the driver didn’t stop immediately after he hit the buzzer. The suspect then punched the two elderly women who were passengers on

the bus in the head. One of the women was in her 70s and one was in her 80s, and both were strangers to the attacker, said Sgt. Mark McLean of the West Vancouver Police Department.

The suspect then repeatedly punched the bus driver before

fleeing the bus.

“It was more than a single punch,” said McLean.

After running away from the bus, the man went to a nearby West Vancouver home where a family member lives and assaulted Continued on A36

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The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has suspended the licences of the commercial trucking company whose driver struck a Highway 1 overpass in North Vancouver last week, closing the eastbound lanes for hours.

The incident happened around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19, when the driver pulling a flat deck trailer attempted to drive under the Dollarton Highway overpass, striking the structure with a large piece of HVAC equipment on the trailer.

According to the North Vancouver RCMP, the driver fled on foot before investigators arrived.

The day after the crash, Minster Rob Fleming called the incident “outrageous.”

“There will be a criminal investigation into the incident because the driver fled the scene,” Fleming said.

Overheight/oversized loads require a permit from the province, and drivers must adhere to an approved route. Fleming said DriveBC has online tools that give height clearances for such structures.

“It’s never been easier to comply,” Fleming said.

In the meantime, all of the company’s licences have been suspended pending further investigation that will include a safety audit, noted the minister.

“It will send a message to this industry,” he said. “It will impact this company significantly. They will be doing no business for some time.”

North Vancouver RCMP issued a release the morning after the crash stating that they had ticketed the company for failing to remain at the scene of an accident.

Const. Mansoor Sahak said they chose to issue the ticket to the truck’s owner in lieu of the driver because the company has not been forthcoming about who was at the wheel.

“We don’t know who it is and we’re not getting details from the owner of the company,” he said.

As of Tuesday (Sept. 26), Sahak said there was no update in the investigation.

Squamish-based Whistler Courier & Freightways, the company that owns the truck, released a statement, saying they are co-operating with the Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement Agency of B.C. “While the investigation into the incident is underway our fleet is not operating. Two employees are facing disciplinary action.

At this point, we expect to learn tomorrow (Sept. 21) from CVSE when operations will be permitted to resume,” it said. “We’re taking steps to deliver cargo currently in our custody and scheduled through this week.”

It took more than eight hours for crews to clear the truck and flat deck trailer from the scene and for structural engineers to inspect the overpass for damage and deem it safe to reopen.

Ministry of Transportation data indicates 23 cases involving drivers with overheight loads colliding with bridges or overpasses in B.C. since December 2021, with 10 of those collisions this year alone.

According to the ministry, Whistler Courier & Freightways has no previous infractions related to overheight or oversized loads.

Fleming said the great majority of truck drivers are safe.

“A tiny percentage can create havoc,” he said.

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The son of a woman who was last seen alive in West Vancouver more than a year ago is asking the courts to declare her missing, given her mysterious disappearance.

The Vancouver woman, Xiao Hua Jiang, who also went by the English name Christina, vanished after leaving a friend’s house in West Vancouver at 1 a.m. on April 27, 2022.

Since then, nobody – including her adult children – have heard from her.

Her car, however, was found damaged on the side of the highway near Golden B.C., not far from Glacier National Park. A search with police dogs in the area where the car was found failed to turn up any sign of the missing woman.

“She truly vanished without a trace,” said Sgt. Mark McLean of the West Vancouver Police Department.

This month, Jiang’s 27-year-old son Guan Jun Liu filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court, asking for an order that his mother be declared missing and that he be appointed to deal with her estate, which includes the family home on 45th Avenue in Vancouver and ownership of a condo still under construction in Toronto.

According to court documents, Liu – who was living in China when Jiang disappeared – and his sister Catherine Jiang – who is attending university in the US – had a close relationship with their mother and were in regular contact with her prior to Jiang’s disappearance.

Liu said when he last spoke to his mother on April 26, 2022, they discussed a plan for his sister to visit him in China

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Her son is asking the courts to declare her missing. WVPD According to court documents, the woman’s daughter said in their last phone call, Jiang said she’d been feeling unwell and missed her daughter. The two resolved to talk daily, according to court documents.

So, when she couldn’t get hold of her mom in May 2022, Catherine Jiang became alarmed and alerted her brother. The family then reported Jiang missing.

On May 2, Jiang’s vehicle, a grey 2021 Toyota Highlander with the B.C. licence plate NB7 39C, was located abandoned on the Trans-Canada Highway, between Revelstoke and Golden. McLean said the vehicle was damaged, with a bent steering arm, that would have made it undriveable.

But he said there’s no information to indicate whether Jiang or someone else drove the car across the province, from West Vancouver to Golden.

Attempts to find witnesses who saw Jiang in the vehicle or at stops along the route also turned up empty.

“We have an open mind that anything could have happened,” said

McLean.

Jiang’s son and daughter went to Golden after the vehicle was found and looked for their mother in a few small Interior towns, as well as posting messages on social media and checking car rental agencies and travel groups.

But none of those efforts turned up any clues.

Since Jiang’s disappearance, the son stated in court documents he has been paying bills for Jiang’s credit cards and property taxes from his personal accounts. If the court declares his mother missing, he would be able to handle the financial affairs of her estate, he said in court documents.

McLean said while “there’s some reason to be concerned about (Jiang’s) state of mental health”, her disappearance remains unusual, and her case remains open.

In the time he’s been with the West Vancouver Police Department, “It’s the first case where someone has essentially vanished without a trace,” he said. “There are a lot of unanswered questions.”

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ept. 30 marks our third National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

We regard the day as one filled with both responsibility and opportunity. It is a time to reflect on the lasting harms the survivors of the residential school system endured, being taken from their families, taught to reject their culture, and suffering abuse and neglect.

It is also a day to mourn the little ones who were taken away and never got to return home at all. Just this week, the Stó:lō Nation confirmed 158 children died while attending St. Mary’s Residential School in Mission.

But that is only part of the story of Indigenous people today. Everywhere you look, you’ll see actions led by First Nations working to counteract the harms of colonization and make things better for future generations.

We celebrate with the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) this week a new agreement that gives the Nation jurisdiction over education on their lands.

Already, they are at work re-establishing their language and pride in their culture among their littlest ones. Given the history of residential schools, it feels fitting that control over education should be a tangible step toward reconciliation.

You will find stories sharing Indigenous perspectives on Indigenous issues throughout this edition of the paper, in our daily newsletters and at nsnews.com this week. The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is still a new tradition in Canada, so we urge you to help imbue it with meaning by taking some time to learn, reflect, and join the journey to a better future for all.

‘What colour is this?’ and other life-altering questions ANDY PREST

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Are humans still discovering new diseases, inflictions and ailments?

Because I’m sure I have one that I’ve never heard described anywhere else, and I’m wondering if I’m the only person in the world to have it.

It’s a bit of a mixture of lazy eye and colour blindness. I’m going to call it “lazy blindness.”

I’ve had an inkling of this for a while, but it was diagnosed for me over the weekend by my wife, who is the most accomplished person in the world at helping me discover areas for self-improvement.

I coached a soccer game in Richmond on Saturday – a tidy little 5-2 victory for

North Van, not that that is important right now – and after the game my wife noticed a water bottle left on our team bench and wondered if it belonged to anyone on our squad.

“Which water bottle?” I asked. “The white one?”

To which she responded that there were not, in fact, any white water bottles on the bench, even though we were both now staring at the one and only water bottle left on the bench, which clearly looked white to me.

“What colour is that water bottle?” I asked.

I wasn’t prepared for the answer that came next.

“Pebble grey,” she said.

Now reader, this was the culmination of a long history of me describing the world in a very limited number of colours. In describing objects, my vocabulary doesn’t expand much past something like nine hues.

There is no burgundy, violet, maroon or plum in my world. There is just purple.

There is no turquoise or teal or aqua. There is just blue, or maybe green, depending on the light.

There is no cream, or eggshell, or alabaster or pearl. There is only white, and there sure as heck isn’t any pebble grey.

At the soccer field, my wife and I locked eyes for what felt like 20 seconds. Or maybe it was 40 seconds, or maybe it was a week.

Anyway, I blinked first.

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“Oh right,” I said. “That water bottle right there, the one that is … pebble grey.”

We laughed and laughed, and on the drive home my wife casually dug deep into my very essence.

“Do you not see subtle differences in colour, like the car in front of us that is silver and the one behind us that is grey?” she asked. “Or can you see those differences but you simply cannot be bothered to make the distinction?”

Oh dang. There’s the diagnosis. I’m lazy blind.

I have an awful feeling that this isn’t limited to colours either. It seems I have literal blind spots for certain types of stains and dirt as well, most notably the ones I leave Continued on A9

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RE: North Van School Scrolls Forward On Cellphone Limits in Class, Sept. 20 story I suspect there are few people on the North Shore who don’t own a cellphone, and further I would argue that most are afflicted with varying degrees of “cellphone addiction.” With respect to the teenaged population, the dependency on the cellphone is in the extreme, given the power and lure of social media. To believe that students will exercise compliance and good judgment of cellphone use in the class room is naïve and unrealistic.

The North Shore school districts and their leaders are likely afraid of rebellious behaviour and parental backlash should a strict policy be introduced that limits all cell use during class time. As a consequence, students will predictably find ways of checking Instagram and Snapchat etc. while allegedly attending to lectures and in-class assignments.

Unpopular decisions take courage, and the North Shore school districts need to seriously consider the Ontario government’s province-wide ban on cellphone use in classrooms.

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STORY OF SELFLESS LGH NURSE RESTORES FAITH IN HUMANITY

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RE: This Maternity Nurse is Saving Lives Around The World, Sept. 13 story Bravo to Nick Laba for this article – we need more stories like this! He’s done a fantastic job presenting the achievements, kindnesses and vulnerabilities of this amazing young man. It restores faith in human nature.

This kind of dedication and selflessness is, sometimes imperceptibly, bred into us from the time we are very young by observing those around us. Sharing a bite of my candy bar, a squeezed-in space on my swing set, use of my favourite baseball bat, a Kool-Aid stand.

We are so bombarded with bad news, selfishness and indifference that we risk becoming immune.

The key is to observe what’s happening and recognize the need. Which is what Ian MacKay seems to have done all his life.

I really hope young people or parents reading this article will recognize this and encourage giving and kindness by example.

Hats off to this inspirational young man!

He should take a deep bow for doing an amazing job.

Marguerite Caunt West Vancouver

See the world in black and pearl Continued from A8 behind that my wife has to clean up.

The biggest battleground is the bathroom sink after I shave. I know my sins, and so I’ll double, triple, quadruple clean up after myself trying to get all those beard bits wiped up. When I’m done the sink will be spotless – at least to my eyes – so clean that I would eat an ice cream sundae off of there.

And then my wife will arrive.

“Hey babe, can you remember to clean the sink after you shave?” she’ll call out, breezily ripping my heart out.

Lazy blindness? Actual blindness? Am I the only one who lives this life?

After the “pebble grey” incident, I recalled that “lazy blindness,” or whatever you want to call it, is part of the origin story of our marriage. Before our wedding, my wife’s family kindly gifted us a dining set with four chairs. When it arrived, however, it had mismatched seat cushions – two were blue and two were black. At least, to my eye

they looked black, but the store kept insisting on calling them something else.

When we finally got the full matching set, we had my brother over for dinner.

“Nice chairs,” he said. “Love the black.”

“Thanks, although they’re not black,” I said. “They’re onyx.”

He told that story at our wedding. “The chairs are onyx,” he recited with glee. “My brother actually said that. That’s when I knew it was true love.”

Maybe it was a good omen – we’re still married, after all.

“Love is blind,” they say. Maybe that’s true, or maybe love sees what it wants to see.

We still have those onyx chairs, although, like us, they’re a little more rumpled than they were on our wedding day.

Maybe someday we’ll go for an upgrade.

I wonder if they make them in pebble grey.

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Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in cities across Canada and around the globe on Sept. 16 to mark the one-year anniversary of the Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran.

In Vancouver, thousands of protesters gathered in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Many arrived from various parts of the Lower Mainland, including the North Shore, home to more than 15,000 people of Iranian descent.

On a sunny Saturday afternoon protesters marched along Georgia Street, waving flags and displaying signs that called for justice while remembering those who have been arrested and killed since the movement started in Iran.

The movement began following the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested in Tehran by morality police – a dedicated unit that enforces strict dress codes for women – on Sept. 16, 2022.

Since the protests began in Iran, there have been at least 537 deaths and 22,000 arrests.

Bahman Doustdar, a North Shore resident and the editor and publisher of Farhang, a biweekly Persian magazine published in Vancouver since 2003, attend the recent rally. He mentioned that individuals participate in these rallies because “they feel it is necessary to participate and show support to the people of Iran in their fight for freedom.”

Doustdar said he believes these rallies can raise awareness among Canadians.

“The Iranian community knows what’s going on in Iran and is concerned about it, but the important thing is to inform Canadians about the situation in Iran so they can be our voice,” he said.

On Sept. 15, Canada imposed a new package of sanctions on Iranian regime officials, including six individuals involved in “gross and systemic violations of human rights.” This group includes members of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, an unelected body that created the so-called morality police enforcing the hijab rules. This is the 14th round of sanctions Canada has imposed on Iran in the past 11 months, aimed at 31 entities and 129 people.

Protesters gather at Vancouver Art Gallery Saturday, Sept. 16 to mark the oneyear anniversary of the Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran.

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Protesters hold up Iranian flags and pictures of Mahsa Amini on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Following the Islamic Republic Revolution in 1979, and during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, many people from Iran came to live on the North Shore.

Over the last year there have been several large demonstrations on the North Shore including one in which thousands of people took part in a massive “human chain” stretching from Vancouver to the North Shore in solidarity with Iranian protesters. In the larger Lower Mainland area, about 80,000 to 90,000 people identify as Iranian.

Hamid Jafari is a Vancouver-based freelance journalist who writes about the Iranian community in Canada, art, culture, and social media trends. itshamidjafari@gmail.com.

Demonstrators call for the release of political prisoners detained in Iran.

Canada issued new sanctions against Iranian regime officials on Sept. 16.

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‘Love robots’ moving into West Vancouver seniors home have an opportunity to give love,” she says.

“It gives us a sense of joy when we have those kind of opportunities to do so.”

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Robots are being put to the test in West Vancouver to see if they can prevent elderly people from being lonely and feeling isolated while in care.

Kiwi and Mango are ‘Lovots,’ short for love robots, and they have arrived at the University of British Columbia all the way from Japan.

Dr. Lillian Hung is an assistant professor at the UBC School of Nursing leading the research and will study how these ‘Lovots’ interact with older adults and the cognitive challenges that arise.

“Instead of having the robot doing things for the human, they are engaging the human to have passions,” she says.

These love robots do not speak back; instead, they talk in a robotic language and are similar to a pet without all the responsibility of owning a pet.

“If you have a dog, you have to take the dog out and if the dog is sick, there’s a lot of responsibility,” she says. “And that is sometimes hard to manage for an older adult.”

This robot does everything on its own and just needs love and interaction. Even when its battery starts to die, it will return to its ‘nest’ where it docks and recharges.

“The robot is there to engage humans,” says Hung. “It’s important for humans to give love.”

Many of the people in care have lived a full life and want to give back.

“It’s trying to get you to give love,” she says.

The small robots offer big potential in the health-care sector as they can speak, learn,

“I have difficulty moving around like I used to.”

A researcher at the UBC School of Nursing is studying interactions between social robots and older adults. UBC SCHOOL OF NURSING recognize faces and voices and can move around, similar to a pet.

Both Kiwi and Mango will be tested at Amica in West Vancouver every weekend.

When the robots are not at work, they’ll be housed at UBC. During this time, Hung will be observing and recording the interactions between

the residents, care staff and the robots.

Interviews will also be done with the care staff and the residents’ families.

Hung, who has her own robot at her house, says they will want to see how people interact with the robot and if it can be useful for their life.

“I think there’s a lot of benefit when we

First in Canada The robotic pair has already visited some care homes and neighbourhood houses in the Vancouver region. The response?

‘Strongly positive,’ according to UBC. “They absolutely love it,” says Hung.

“Their reaction is quite dramatic and it’s just so lovely to see them laugh and smile.”

The robots are not just functional – they’re designed to respond to people and have unique personalities.

“One is more of an introvert, the other one is more of an extrovert,” she says.

“When you’re home, it is excited to see you and it comes to you and wants you to pet it.”

Hung previously did research with a robotic seal and found the robot could be beneficial for people with dementia in longterm care. This robot provided emotional and social support. There was a lack of evidence on how effective the robots would be working with people with dementia or delirium.

“Having robots in people’s homes is still quite new to us,” she says.

According to the university, this is the first pilot project of the love robots in Canada.

Kiwi and Mango started their work at Amica this month, and UBC plans to share the results of the study to inform future directions in elder care.

The robots will be in Canada until March, at which time they’ll return back to Japan.

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Trails on Blair Rifle Range lands closing for explosives search BRENT RICHTER

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Explosives experts contracted by the Department of National Defence are back in North Vancouver, searching the Blair Rifle Range lands for lost and forgotten munitions.

Though the area is mostly trees and trails now, it was an active military training site from the 1930s to the 1960s, where soldiers handled mortars and grenades, some of which failed to detonate.

It’s the third time the Department of National Defence has been back to the Blair Rifle Range lands as part of its mission

to clear “legacy sites” of unexploded ordnance, or UXO. In 2018, the team carried out a search of the areas around existing trails on the southern portion of the site and found about 200 kilograms of mortar shells, dummy rounds and grenade components.

They returned in the winter of 2023 to clear two more hectares of land, finding two mortar shell components including high explosives.

“And we’re only expecting to find more as we’re moving through the next phases of the task,” said Sean Davies, project manager with the contractor working on the site, at a community meeting on Monday.

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Crews are currently removing brush from a 17-hectare swath of property northwest of McCartney Creek Park, which is considered by DND to be a “medium risk.”

Starting in mid-October, they will be working with metal detectors to look for military remnants 30 to 45 centimetres below the surface. This stretch of UXO work is expected to last until May of 2024 with a UXO team member Riley likely return to the Blair Rifle Dodginghorse uses a Range lands next fall and metal detector to scour the into 2025. former Blair Rifle Range for Unlike previous UXO unexploded mortar shells clearing missions, however, and grenades in February of 2023. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN FILES this next phase of work will require full closures of the popular hiking, mountain biking and dog walking trails in the areas where crews are working, often for months at a time.

The purpose is to give workers a 50-metre buffer any time they are dealing with UXO. Any trail that is closed will have signs posted warning people to choose a different route.

“We’re trying to minimize the impact to the public. We know some people are not going to be happy to hear these trails are closed. It’s really for everybody’s safety,” said Debbie Nicholls, senior project manager of DND’s UXO program. “When you look the UXO work that we’re doing, it’s slow. It’s very dangerous work. Everything is done by hand.”

If and when they find anything potentially dangerous, members of the Canadian Forces will be brought in to dispose of the UXO, typically by planting a charge on it and detonating it safely on site. When that happens, crews will close all the nearby trails first, and alert nearby community members.

The types of mortar shells used at the Blair Rifle Range could be lethal to anyone standing within 10 metres.

Although UXO are unlikely to go off on their own, they can blow up if disturbed so DND says it is imperative that no one dig, build trails or light camp fires anywhere on the former Blair Rifle Range lands.

If you every spot anything that looks like it may be UXO, DND recommends you leave it where it is, turn around and leave the same way you came in, and call 911.

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Popular Lions Bay trailheads reopen following council vote JANE SEYD

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Trailheads and parking areas for popular hikes in Lions Bay are being re-opened after a month of restricted access.

Lions Bay council voted Thursday to re-open the access points for local hikes for the first time since the trailheads were closed in August over concern about wildfire risk.

The decision reverses course on an Aug. 24 decision which closed the trailheads and parking areas for hikes after residents signed a petition Trailheads in Lions Bay will reopen after being closed for a expressing worries about month. MATT BLAIR / NSN fire risk in the forest. to the forest. “It’s tinder dry up here,” she Coun. Michael said, adding she doesn’t think there has Broughton was one of the councillors who been sufficient rain to douse the fire risk. voted Thursday to reopen the trails.

Coun. Marcus Reuter agreed, comBroughton said all the feedback council had received from the fire chief and menting, “It wouldn’t hurt anybody to be emergency preparedness co-ordinators abundantly cautious.” pointed to a lack of any reason to keep the But Berry said council should take the trailheads closed. advice of professionals.

On the contrary, the Lions Bay fire chief “The trails should be open,” he said. told council previously it’s a better idea to “We shouldn’t have councillors or resihave hikers in the forest because they are dents speculating on the weather.” most likely the first to spot any signs of The debate about opening and closing trouble. hiking trails above Lions Bay takes place The fire chief told council during a preagainst a history of tensions between residents of the affluent community and Metro sentation earlier this month that extreme Vancouver hikers who regularly travel to fire conditions usually only happen when Lions Bay, with residents voicing concerns the temperature is over 30 degrees, and about parking and traffic issues created by the humidity is less than 30 per cent. the large number of visitors.

Trailheads to several popular hikes, Steve Jones, a North Vancouver outdoor including Tunnel Bluffs, the west Lion, advocate, said he’s glad to see the trails Centennial Trail, Brunswick Mountain and being re-opened.

Mount Harvey start in Lions Bay. “I think there’s been a bit of frustration According to the Ministry of Environment, BC Wildfire is responsible for that these access decisions aren’t being made based on science and aren’t being closing areas due to wildfire risk – includmade in a consistent manner across the ing Crown land and parks. The trailheads province,” he said. and parking areas, however, are on Lions Jones said ideally, decisions about Bay municipal land. when to close trailheads to the public On Thursday, Lions Bay Mayor Ken would be based on clear guidelines.

Berry urged council to re-open the trailHe said thinning trees near to the heads and parking area, stressing none of community and putting other FireSmart the experts, including the fire chief, had practices in place would do more to been in favour of closing the trails. improve fire safety than blocking trails to “We need to defer to the experts,” he hikers. said. “We’re not in extreme conditions.”

“The reality is stopping people in Not everyone was in favour of re-openrubber-soled hiking shoes from accessing ing the trailheads, however. a trail probably didn’t do anything to keep One resident, Tamara Leger, tuned in [Lions Bay] safe,” he said. to the meeting from her yard backing on

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UNEXPLAINED ATTACK

Patio coverings slashed at West Vancouver restaurant NICK LABA

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Staff at JJ’s Kitchen Restaurant don’t feel safe.

When owner Julia Karimi arrived to work at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 7, she noticed that her restaurant’s banner near the road had been cut to pieces.

“Then, as I was walking towards the restaurant, I noticed that all the patio coverings – all of them – were slashed,” she said.

The act of vandalism at Karimi’s West Vancouver restaurant has left her grasping for explanations as to why someone would do such a thing. Police are investigating the incident, but said they presently have no evidence to link the act to a potential suspect.

Now, the owner is waiting for a $15,000-insurance claim to be processed, while she grapples with the impact that the highly visible damage is having on the appeal of her business.

All along the exterior frontage of JJ’s, which faces Marine Drive and Thunderbird Marina across

the road, long lacerations through the clear plastic and black fabric patio coverings let the outside air pass through the tattered material.

The cuts look like they were made by a knife or another sharp tool, Karimi said.

“This person took the time to go around to make sure the maximum damage was done,” she said. “I think we have nine pieces [of patio covering] in total … They made sure that every one was cut.”

Whoever damaged the coverings also cut down the string lights, but there were no attempts at a break-in, Karimi added.

“It’s very sad because it just looks terrible, and it’s a lot of money for us,” she said. “We depend on our patio. People book our patio for private events … not only that – we don’t feel safe.

We feel like if someone can go to that extent, whether they [will] do anything else.”

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Julia Karimi, owner of JJ’s Kitchen Restaurant in West Vancouver, checks on the damage done to the plastic coverings on her patio. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

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Courtroom closures continuing due to provincial sheriff shortage JEREMY HAINSWORTH

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B.C. courthouses continue to experience courtroom closures as a result of sheriff shortages, the provincial government says.

It’s a situation that is hampering court functioning and could lead to accused people walking free if their cases aren’t dealt with expeditiously.

Problems with sheriff working conditions and attrition were outlined in a report obtained by media. Glacier Media reported in July that courtroom closures had affected facilities in Vancouver, Abbotsford, Port Coquitlam, Surrey, Victoria, Chilliwack and Kamloops.

Lack of staff to safely move prisoners inside courthouses is also causing delays, Glacier Media has learned.

That has also led to a decline of in-person appearances and greater use of video appearances. A lack of video rooms in prisons in the past two years has also exacerbated problems.

Now, the Ministry of Attorney General said, closures are continuing to happen.

There have been 31 instances where

“The ministry is working to ensure our courts are appropriately staffed and we will continue to monitor the issue,” the ministry said in a Sept. 18 statement to Glacier Media.

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court proceedings did not go ahead due to an absence of a sheriff, between Aug. 14 and Sept. 13.

Two instances took place in Abbotsford, one in North Vancouver, six in Port Coquitlam and 22 in Surrey. All of these instances were in provincial court. There were no Vancouver Island instances in the past 30 days.

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Concerns raised about trial delays Continued from A18 courts are appropriately staffed and we will continue to monitor the issue,” the ministry said in a Sept. 18 statement to Glacier Media.

The statement said the report has helped the ministry better understand the concerns of sheriffs and make changes to position the sheriff service for success.

“The ministry has been working closely with the sheriff service to improve recruitment and retention,” the statement said.

Initiatives include improving sheriff pay and benefits, implementing a strategic marketing campaign which is now in market, increasing accessibility and support for applicants, and creating opportunities for diversity of work assignments.

“We are incredibly grateful for the important work sheriffs do and we will continue to work to address the critical issues they have identified so they can carry out their roles safely and effectively,” the statement said.

The Trial Lawyers Association of BC (TLABC) has already expressed concern about the closures and their impact on access to justice.

TLABC criminal defence committee chair Rebecca McConchie said in August the functioning of the criminal justice system, particularly in busier jurisdictions, would be

harmed by courtroom closures.

“Accused persons are usually required to attend court in person for substantive court proceedings, including trials,” McConchie said.

She said delays are not fair to the accused, complainants, witnesses, lawyers and judges, who devote time, energy and resources into preparing to fulfill their respective roles in the court process.

The sheriff report said several “critical changes” would need to be implemented to reduce attrition rates and allow the sheriff service to replenish its ranks.

Concerns have already been expressed before judges and by judges that delays could begin to hamper people’s right to a trial within a reasonable time period.

This comes before the courts as lawyers begin mentioning the application of the so-called Jordan principles whereby that right is upheld. The Jordan principles stem from a case that wound up in the Supreme Court of Canada.

Stays of proceedings are possible if a case hits a ceiling of 18 months for those tried in the provincial court and 30 months for cases in superior courts.

“Delay attributable to or waived by the defence does not count towards the presumptive ceiling,” the high court said.

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LIFE AND DEATH CALL

North Shore Rescue saves man from deadly cliff face BRENT RICHTER

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It’s one of the most harrowing calls North Shore Rescue has carried out this year.

Volunteers pulled a lost and exhausted man to safety Sept.

20 after he’d spent more than an hour precariously clinging to a cliff ledge.

North Shore Rescue received a call from North Vancouver RCMP around 6:30 p.m. after a distraught man called 911.

“The way that this call came in really had us on high alert,” said team leader Mike Danks. “It was from an individual that was very worked up, saying that they were stuck on a rock face and they weren’t sure how much longer they could hang on. This was an imminent call to get in there right away before this person falls.”

When they managed to get GPS co-ordinates, it gave rescuers an eerie feeling, Danks said.

The subject was in virtually the exact same place as a hiker who

North Shore Rescue volunteers prepare to hoist a lost and exhausted man from a deadly cliff face on Mount Fromme in the North Vancouver backcountry on Wednesday, Sept. 20. NORTH SHORE RESCUE fell from the cliff and died in May of 2021.

“We weren’t sure if we were going to find somebody at the bottom of the cliff,” he said.

Things have changed since then, however.

In December 2022, the team was given the OK by the province to begin using night vision and a

helicopter hoist to extract people from danger after darkness.

With the use of their night-vision capabilities, they could see where the subject was from kilometres away, Danks said.

They used the helicopter’s hoist to gently lower two rescue technicians down to a point they could anchor themselves, belay down to the man, and help him up to a safe place to be hoisted back up.

Soon after the subject was safely harnessed, he went limp with exhaustion, Danks said.

“If that night vision machine wasn’t available, there’s no way this guy would have made it,” he said.

The man had intended to go to Norvan Falls but he got off trail and started scaling up the steep edge of Mount Fromme, which was the exact same scenario as the hiker who died there in 2021. It underscores the need for careful trip planning and sticking to the trail, Danks said.

Earlier in the day, the team

used their traditional long line to rescue a 66-year-old man with a history of asthma after he became lost and exhausted in Hanes Valley.

Danks said calls for rescue have been steady through the summer, although since Talon Helicopters machines have come back from fighting wildfires, there has been more demand to assist other B.C. teams that don’t have access to night vision flying. This was the third time this week that NSR has done a highly technical night hoist, including two on Vancouver Island.

Danks said the team’s skills are becoming further sharpened with each call.

“We’re getting into these different situations, and we’re adapting and pulling these calls off very safely,” he said, adding that “proud” doesn’t begin to describe how Danks was feeling about the dedication and commitment of the team’s volunteers.

The team has been called out 120 times so far in 2023.

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Permissive Tax Exemptions for 2024-2027 In accordance with Section 227 of the Community Charter, notice is hereby given that the Council for the District of North Vancouver intends to consider the adoption of Bylaw 8636 “2024-2027 Taxation Exemptions by Council Bylaw 8636, 2023” and Bylaw 8638 “Tax Exemption for 2024-2033 Ice Sports North Shore Bylaw 8638, 2023” at the Regular Council Meeting to be held on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Bylaw 8636 will provide the following properties with a 100% exemption from the payment of Municipal property taxes for the years 2024 to 2027 inclusive. Bylaw 8638 will provide Canlan Ice Sports with a 100% exemption from the payment of Municipal property taxes for the years 2024 to 2033 inclusive for the property listed below.

Exemption to remain in effect based upon current contractual arrangement in the “Ice Facility Partnering Agreement” between the District of North Vancouver and Canlan Ice Sports Corp.

Upon modification to the agreement the current exemption will terminate at December 31st of the year following any amendment date.

Note:The tax figures below are estimates only and will be modified based on changes in assessment, as provided by BC Assessment, and taxes as determined by Council for the years 2024, 2025 and 2026.

Organization

Description of proposed exemption

Address

Estimated taxes 2024 $

Estimated taxes 2025 $

Estimated taxes 2026 $

PROPOSED EXEMPTIONS UNDER BYLAW 8636 North Shore Crisis Services Society

That portion of Lot 2, District Lot 2087, Group 1, New Westminster District Plan LMP24090 106-223 Mountain Highway 108-223 Mountain Highway 3158 Mountain Highway 3140 Mountain Highway 104-3205 Mountain Highway 204-3205 Mountain Highway 304-3205 Mountain Highway 404-3205 Mountain Highway

224(2)(a)

4,785

5,024

5,275

224(2)(a) 224(2)(a) 224(2)(a) 224(2)(a) 224(2)(a) 224(2)(a) 224(2)(a) 224(2)(a)

8,779 2,602 3,300 13,227 229 229 229 229

9,218 2,732 3,465 13,889 241 241 241 241

9,678 2,869 3,638 14,583 253 253 253 253

1573 Arborlynn Drive

224(2)(a)

2,694

2,829

2,971

1198 Harold Road

224(2)(a)

2,430

2,552

2,679

5415 Molina Crescent

224(2)(a)

4,265

4,478

4,702

1286 Chamberlain Drive

224(2)(a)

4,334

4,550

4,778

1071 Roosevelt Crescent 2649 Dollarton Highway

224(2)(a) 224(2)(a)

19,210 1,134

20,171 1,190

21,179 1,250

MTR Asset Management Society

1063 Hendecourt Road

224(2)(a)

3,063

3,217

3,377

MTR Asset Management Society North Star Montessori Elementary Society Marineview Housing Society

224(2)(a) 224(2)(a) 224(2)(a)

3,316 2,301 2,429

3,482 2,416 2,551

3,656 2,537 2,678

224(2)(b)

10,100

10,605

11,135

224(2)(b)

3,942

4,139

4,346

224(2)(b)

3,378

3,547

3,724

Greater Vancouver Water District (Parkland)

821 East 29th Street 1325 East Keith Road 990 East Keith Road Lot A (except part in Plan 6637), Blocks 23 and 24, District Lots 601 and 607, Plan 4740 All that part of Block A (Reference Plan 360) Lying East of Lot B (Reference Plan 1372), District Lot 764, Group 1, New Westminster District Lot B (Reference Plan 1372), Block A (Reference Plan 360), District Lot 764, Group 1, New Westminster District Block G, District Lot 602, Plan 10857

224(2)(b)

18,196

19,105

20,061

The Corporation of the City of North Vancouver (Parkland)

District Lot 1620, Group 1 New Westminster District

224(2)(b)

31,250

32,813

34,453

2580 Capilano Road

224(2)(b)

5,961

6,259

6,572

3675 Banff Court 4360 Gallant Avenue 815 East 11th Street 3355 Mountain Highway Unit 101, 1200 Lynn Valley Road

224(2)(b) 224(2)(d) 224(2)(d) 224(2)(d) 224(2)(d)

14,023 11,548 9,619 19,201 6,594

14,724 12,125 10,100 20,161 6,924

15,460 12,732 10,605 21,169 7,270

St. John Society (British Columbia and Yukon) St. John Society (British Columbia and Yukon) North Shore Disability Resource Centre Foundation North Shore Disability Resource Centre Foundation North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association Canadian Mental Health Association, North and West Vancouver Branch Canadian Mental Health Association, North and West Vancouver Branch Canadian Mental Health Association, North and West Vancouver Branch Canadian Mental Health Association, North and West Vancouver Branch Change the World Foundation, DBA Harvest Project Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia

The Corporation of the District of West Vancouver (Parkland) The Corporation of the District of West Vancouver (Parkland) The Corporation of the District of West Vancouver (Parkland)

The Corporation of the District of North Vancouver (Animal Shelter) Parkgate Community Health Centre Deep Cove Cultural Society North Vancouver Community Players RNB Dance and Theatre Arts Society RNB Dance and Theatre Arts Society

For further information, please call Eirikka Brandson, Community Planner, 604-990-2274 or Daniel So, Section Manager – Revenue and Taxation, 604-990-2230

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Organization Parkgate Community Services Society North Shore Neighbourhood House Seymour Heights Parent Participation Preschool Association dba Seymour Heights Play-Based Programs Lynn Valley Parent Participation Preschool Lynn Valley Services Society Deep Cove Rowing Club

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Description of proposed exemption

Address

Estimated taxes 2024 $

Estimated taxes 2025 $

Estimated taxes 2026 $

949 Lytton Street 3361 Mountain Highway

224(2)(d) 224(2)(d)

6,422 2,159

6,744 2,266

7,081 2,380

800 Lytton Street

224(2)(d)

946

993

1,043

3220 Mountain Highway 940 Lynn Valley Road 2156 Banbury Road That portion of Lot A, Block 7, District Lot 193, Plan 12218, Except Part Road on Plan BCP35378

224(2)(d) 224(2)(d) 224(2)(d)

633 2,564 4,704

664 2,692 4,939

698 2,827 5,186

224(2)(d)

8,179

8,588

9,017

Hollyburn Family Services Society

3212 Mount Seymour Parkway

224(2)(d)

2,368

2,486

2,611

Hollyburn Family Services Society

3218 Mount Seymour Parkway

224(2)(d)

2,536

2,663

2,796

Hollyburn Family Services Society

Lot F, Block G, District Lot 613, Plan 20442

224(2)(d)

6,722

7,058

7,411

Hollyburn Family Services Society

894 Orwell Street

224(2)(d)

2,927

3,074

3,227

Family Services of the North Shore

399 Seymour River Place

224(2)(d)

2,840

2,982

3,131

Capilano Tennis Club

2500 Capilano Road

224(2)(d)

5,860

6,153

6,461

Forest View Early Learning Society

3592 Mountain Highway

224(2)(d)

3,111

3,267

3,430

North Shore Crisis Services Society

Lot B, Block 2, District Lot 791, Plan 10072

224(2)(d)

2,406

2,527

2,653

SAP Outdoor Association

1390 West 22nd Street

224(2)(d)

7,236

7,597

7,977

Aga Khan Foundation Canada

1150 Gladwin Drive

224(2)(g)

45,892

48,186

50,595

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

5793 Nancy Greene Way

224(2)(j)

3,614

3,795

3,985

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

4060 Shone Road

224(2)(j)

3,617

3,798

3,988

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

4338 Quinton Place

224(2)(j)

5,025

5,277

5,541

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

750 West 23rd Street

224(2)(j)

3,691

3,876

4,070

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

2000 Rufus Drive

224(2)(j)

3,436

3,607

3,788

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

1608 Kerrstead Place

224(2)(j)

3,749

3,936

4,133

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

1630 Kilmer Road

224(2)(j)

3,508

3,683

3,867

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

3908 Loraine Avenue

224(2)(j)

3,682

3,866

4,059

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

202 – 2785 Library Lane

224(2)(j)

1,819

1,910

2,006

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

302 – 2785 Library Lane

224(2)(j)

1,819

1,910

2,006

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

402 – 2785 Library Lane

224(2)(j)

1,831

1,922

2,019

Community Living Society

2985 Newmarket Drive

224(2)(j)

4,663

4,896

5,141

Community Living Society

4537 Capilano Road

224(2)(j)

2,825

2,966

3,115

Community Living Society

3091 Paisley Road

224(2)(j)

3,717

3,903

4,098

Community Living Society

3660 Maginnis Avenue

224(2)(j)

3,134

3,291

3,455

Community Living Society

1075 Frederick Road

224(2)(j)

2,660

2,793

2,933

Community Living Society

1680 Ross Road

224(2)(j)

3,053

3,206

3,366

Community Living Society

3636 Norwood Avenue

224(2)(j)

3,122

3,278

3,442

Greater Vancouver Community Services Society

3403 Mount Seymour Parkway

224(2)(j)

2,495

2,619

2,750

Greater Vancouver Community Services Society

1693 Coleman Street

224(2)(j)

2,913

3,058

3,211

Intellectual Disabilities (North & West Vancouver) Society

2490 Edgemont Boulevard

224(2)(j)

2,532

2,659

2,792

Intellectual Disabilities (North & West Vancouver) Society

4410 Capilano Road

224(2)(j)

4,467

4,690

4,924

Intellectual Disabilities (North & West Vancouver) Society

1240 Barlynn Crescent

224(2)(j)

3,619

3,800

3,990

Intellectual Disabilities (North & West Vancouver) Society

1904 Peters Road

224(2)(j)

3,513

3,688

3,873

Turning Point Recovery Society

2670 Lloyd Avenue

224(2)(j)

4,855

5,098

5,353

Turning Point Recovery Society

2431 Burr Place

224(2)(j)

4,430

4,652

4,885

Hollyburn Family Services Society

For further information, please call Eirikka Brandson, Community Planner, 604-990-2274 or Daniel So, Section Manager – Revenue and Taxation, 604-990-2230

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Description of proposed exemption

Address

Estimated taxes 2024 $

Estimated taxes 2025 $

Estimated taxes 2026 $

Kiwanis North Shore Housing Society

2555 Whiteley Court

224(2)(k)

58,412

61,333

64,400

Lowland Senior Citizens’ Housing Society

1335 East 27th Street

224(2)(k)

9,956

10,454

10,976

21 & 224(2)(d)

53,806

56,496

59,321

PROPOSED EXEMPTION UNDER BYLAW 8638 Canlan Ice Sports Corp.

2411 Mount Seymour Parkway

t Also on October 3, 2023, Council will consider the adoption of Bylaw 8637 “2024-2027 Taxation Exemptions for Places of Public Worship Bylaw 8637, 2023”.

Copies of Bylaw 8636 “2024-2027 Taxation Exemptions by Council Bylaw 8636, 2023”, Bylaw 8637 “2024-2027 Taxation Exemptions for Places of Public Worship Bylaw 8637, 2023”, and Bylaw 8638 “Tax Exemption for 2024-2033 Ice Sports North Shore Bylaw 8638, 2023” and relevant background material are available for review online in the agenda package for the September 11, 2023 Regular Meeting of Council at www.dnv.org/agenda.

Permissive Tax Exemptions - Extract of Community Charter General authority for permissive exemptions 224 (1) A council may, by bylaw in accordance with this section, exempt land or improvements, or both, referred to in subsection (2) from taxation under section 197 (1) (a) [municipal property taxes], to the extent, for the period and subject to the conditions provided in the bylaw.

(2) Tax exemptions may be provided under this section for the following: (a) land or improvements that (i) are owned or held by a charitable, philanthropic or other not for profit corporation, and (ii) the council considers are used for a purpose that is directly related to the purposes of the corporation; (b) land or improvements that (i) are owned or held by a municipality, regional district or other local authority, and (ii) the council considers are used for a purpose of the local authority; (c) land or improvements that the council considers would otherwise qualify for exemption under section 220 [general statutory exemptions] were it not for a secondary use; (d) the interest of a public authority, local authority or any other corporation or organization in land or improvements that are used or occupied by the corporation or organization if (i) the land or improvements are owned by a public authority or local authority, and (ii) the land or improvements are used by the corporation or organization for a purpose in relation to which an exemption under this Division or Division 6 of this Part would apply or could be provided if the land or improvements were owned by that corporation or organization; (e) the interest of a public authority, local authority or any other corporation or organization in land or improvements that are used or occupied by the corporation or organization if (i) the land or improvements are owned by a person who is providing a municipal service under a partnering agreement, (ii) an exemption under section 225 [partnering and other special tax exemption authority] would be available for the land or improvements in relation to the partnering agreement if they were used in relation to the service, (iii) the partnering agreement expressly contemplates that the council may provide an exemption under this provision, and (iv) the land or improvements are used by the corporation or organization for a purpose in relation to which an exemption under this Division or Division 6 of this Part would apply or could be provided if the land or improvements were owned by that corporation or organization; (f) in relation to property that is exempt under section 220 (1) (h) [buildings for public worship], (i) an area of land surrounding the exempt building, (ii) a hall that the council considers is necessary to the exempt building and the land on which the hall stands, and (iii) an area of land surrounding a hall that is exempt under subparagraph (ii); (g) land or improvements used or occupied by a religious organization, as tenant or licensee, for the purpose of public worship or for the purposes of a hall that the council considers is necessary to land or improvements so used or occupied; (h) in relation to property that is exempt under section 220 (1) (i)[seniors’ homes] or (j) [hospitals], any area of land surrounding the exempt building; (h.1) in relation to land or improvements, or both, exempt under section 220 (1) (l) [independent schools], any area of land surrounding the exempt land or improvements; (i) land or improvements owned or held by an athletic or service club or association and used as a public park or recreation ground or for public athletic or recreational purposes; (j) land or improvements owned or held by a person or organization and operated as a private hospital licensed under the Hospital Act or as a licensed community care facility, or registered assisted living residence, under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act; (k) land or improvements for which a grant has been made, after March 31, 1974, under the Housing Construction (Elderly Citizens) Act before its repeal.

For further information, please call Eirikka Brandson, Community Planner, 604-990-2274 or Daniel So, Section Manager – Revenue and Taxation, 604-990-2230

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Educational opportunities spur revitalization of Squamish language Continued from A1 Graham Secondary. Squamish Nation is also in the process of opening its Language Nest program, which will teach the language to children three and younger.

‘I couldn’t imagine myself doing that’: councillor’s daughter introduces Coldplay in Squamish language “It’s not just with us, as a Nation – we’ve been working with governments, municipalities, the city, school districts,” Wilson said. “They’re very open.

Maybe five or 10 years ago, it wasn’t that way. They want to hear from us. We’ve been in spaces where we’re sitting down and discussing these things … what an inaugural curriculum would look like.”

Wilson’s own kids have grown up going to school on the North Shore, at times asking him when they would get to learn the language because they hadn’t taken a class before.

“Now they’re in high school

Squamish Nation elected councillor Syexwáliya (Ann Whonnock) addresses representatives alongside Syeta’xtn (Chris Lewis) at Monday’s ceremony and First Nations education announcement at the Chief Joe Mathias Centre on Xwmélch’sten (Capilano 5 Reserve). NICK LABA / NSN learning the language right from Grade 8 to 12,” he said.

“My daughter just spoke at the Coldplay concert Friday night

in the language, welcoming everyone there and introducing the band.

“I couldn’t imagine myself

doing that at that age,” Wilson said.

Monday’s ceremony included a procession of drummers and

students from the Squamish Nation, followed by words from education officials representing the First Nations, the province and the federal government.

Among the speakers were B.C. Minister of Education and Child Care Rachna Singh, and Angela Bates from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. The federal government has a lot to do to earn the trust of Indigenous peoples, she said.

“A vital part of that is giving back administration and management over areas that should be in the jurisdiction of First Nations,” she said. “These educational jurisdiction agreements are one of the many paths on the journey to reconciliation. They help create a better future for all of us.

“Improving educational outcomes for Indigenous people through these agreements is an important step on this path and I look forward to seeing First Nations in British Columbia thrive once they take back control over education,” Bates said.

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Dana Claxton is a critically acclaimed artist who works with film, video, photography, single/multi- channel video installation, and performance art. Her practice investigates indigenous beauty, the body, the sociopolitical and the spiritual. Her work has been shown internationally and is held in public, private, and corporate collections including the National Gallery of Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Audain Art Museum, Eiteljorg Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Forge Project, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art and the Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery.

Dana has received the VIVA Award (2001), Eiteljorg Fellowship (2007), Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Award (2019), YWCA Women of Distinction Award (2019), Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2020) and the Scotiabank Photography Award (2020). She is the winner of Best Experimental film at the IMAGINATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival (2013).

She is Professor and Head of the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory with the University of British Columbia. She is a member of Wood Mountain Lakota First Nations located in SW Saskatchewan and she resides in Vancouver Canada.

Dana comments, “I am grateful for all the support my artwork and cultural work has received. I am indebted to the sun and my sundance teachings – mni ki wakan - water is sacred. ” The Audain Prize for the visual arts is one of Canada’s most prestigious honours. Worth $100,000, the prize is awarded to a senior artist in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the arts. Recipients of the Audain Prize are highly acclaimed Canadian cultural icons. Since 2004, the Audain Prize has been awarded to 19 of British Columbia’s leading visual artists, selected each year by an independent jury.

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UNEXPECTED SNARL

Large metal object wraps around section of Lions Gate Bridge JANE SEYD

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Lions Gate Bridge was closed for an hour Monday afternoon after a large piece of metal – described variously as a “piece of windborne debris” or a roof segment of a commercial truck – became wrapped around one of the bridge’s overhead signal lights.

The incident happened around 1 p.m.

DriveBC posted on X, formerly Twitter, a photo of the large rectangular metal object which appeared to be wrapped around an overhead metal beam holding the bridge’s lane signal lights. Highway officials closed the bridge in both directions while a crew member in a cherry picker truck was raised to pry the metal loose.

Photos of the scene showed a worker in a bucket apparently using a shovel to get the metal loose.

Shortly after, DriveBC

announced on social media the metal had been removed and “dragged off.”

Although the metal was initially described as “windborne debris,” many fellow motorists pointed out on social media that it looked like it could be the roof section of a commercial truck.

According to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, “It appears that the metal was the roof of a commercial vehicle that became dislodged and blew up and onto the gantry. This was an extremely unusual occurrence, and fortunately no one was hurt.”

In a statement, the ministry added that it doesn’t believe the vehicle itself struck the gantry, “as there is no damage to the gantry beyond one lane signal light that isn’t working.”

Crews are assessing the extent of the repair needed, according to the ministry.

The ministry’s commercial

Crews work to dislodge a large metal object that got wrapped around an overhead section of the Lions Gate Bridge on Monday, shutting down traffic for an hour. DRIVEBC vehicle inspection branch is also attempting to track down the vehicle involved.

The incident happened as Environment Canada was predicting a first fall storm on the

south coast bringing wind, rain and possible thunderstorms on Monday and Tuesday.

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A GIFT FOR LIFE

An act of generosity puts leading-edge tech in the hands of LGH neurosurgeons Earlier this year, a patient limped into Lions Gate Hospital in severe pain due to a complex spinal tumour and walked out after surgery pain-free. Without surgery, the patient would have faced eventual paralysis in their legs.

The remarkable turn-around in their condition was due to the skill of the LGH neurosurgeons and access to state-of-the-art neurosurgical equipment purchased through a major gift

by North Shore philanthropists Ian and Rosemary Mottershead.

The patient was living with agonizing leg and back pain because the nerves in their spine had become intertwined with a tumour.

The NIM (Nerve Integrity Monitor) Eclipse system is one of the new pieces of equipment now available for brain and spine surgeries at LGH. This nerve monitoring system, using pulses of electrical stimulation, allows surgeons to identify, confirm and monitor motor nerve function in real-time during operations.

“Tumours can be intertwined and stuck to several delicate nerves that are critical

for movement and function. We used this equipment to successfully differentiate tumour from nerve and it allowed us to meticulously free up the nerves away from the tumour so that we could safely remove the tumour. The patient was pain-free afterwards with much improved mobility and overall, really happy with the outcome,” notes Dr. Shahid Gul, Head of Neurosurgery for the Coastal Community of Care.

Before they had the NIM, the spinal tumour resection surgery could still be performed, but the task was far more challenging The addition of advanced microscopic technology has also been beneficial for patients requiring brain surgery. The new Zeiss operating microscopes have brought to LGH numerous cutting-edge technological advancements, including fluorescence tech that enables the neurosurgeons to more effectively remove aggressive, cancerous tumours.

Just before surgery, the patient drinks a specialized dye that attaches to the brain tumour. During surgery, a specialized frequency of blue light is emitted by the

Thanks to the new equipment, Dr. Shahid Gul and the neurosurgical team at LGH can now perform delicate procedures more safely and more efficiently thanks to tools like the new operating microscope. microscope that causes the dye that is attached to the tumour to glow a red-violet colour through the microscope. This enables the neurosurgeon to more clearly see the tumour, and therefore more effectively remove the tumour with less risk of interfering with normal brain tissue.

“Under the lighting and lens of a standard microscope, the tumour and brain tissue can

at times look very similar,” explains Dr. Gul. “In certain scenarios, such as patients with highly aggressive malignant brain tumours, we are now better equipped to take out more tumour.”

As well as the NIM and operating microscopes, a specialized surgical table which makes it easier to perform certain spinal surgeries was also purchased.

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A SOFT SOLUTION

Road to recovery starts here The Neurosciences Program at LGH treats people suffering with brain injuries resulting from oxygen deprivation caused by illness or accident.

When these neurologically impaired patients arrive in Neurosciences, they are totally reliant on others to meet their needs. In the very earliest stages of the recovery process, they will be confused, aggressive, have uncontrolled movement, be unable to speak and have few inhibitions.

It’s a delicate and difficult time for all involved. The standard hospital room can be a dangerous place for such patients and often they must be physically restrained and sedated to prevent them from injuring themselves and others.

While these protective measures are essential for safety, they can be upsetting for patients and their families, and create a stressful work environment for staff.

Here at Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, we have so much to be grateful for. We are able to do so much more for the hospital and health care on the North Shore because of our community.

Through donations large and small, volunteering and organized community fundraising — you give your time and treasure to help improve health care on the North Shore.

Right now there are a number of life-changing and life-saving projects underway across the LGH campus, so I see and hear firsthand what a difference a community can make when it pulls together.

Some of the biggest changes to be seen at LGH in our generation will occur over the next two years. These include the exciting progress of the Paul Myers Tower, the leading-edge neurosurgery technology and a new therapeutic environment for brain-injured patients which you can read about here.

Your kindness and thoughtful consideration fill our hearts with gratitude. We can do so much more to bridge the gap between government funding and what our community needs right now with your support.

Thank you so much for putting your trust in the Foundation and continuing to support our mission of saving and improving lives by investing in medical equipment and technology, improving care, building new facilities and supporting our staff.

Your generosity is an inspiration to our medical teams, the patients and everyone at LGH Foundation.

Please know that your contributions will have an impact for many years to come.

”Some of our patients are like a baby learning to roll, crawl, stand and walk, and the dense foam will cushion their fall and protect from injury.”

To offer a nurturing space during the early stages of rehabilitation, LGH Foundation’s Womens’s Giving Circle has funded NEST (Neurological Environment for Safe Therapeutics).

LGH Neurosciences staff Alysha Sehra (l) and RN Becy Seet NEST provides an environment with padded walls and floors, a ceiling lift to move patients, and a mattress, close to the ground, rather than a bed. The ceiling lift will move patients to a wheelchair for therapy. The padding can be installed by staff before a patient moves in and sections can easily be removed to accommodate a wheelchair. Nursing and rehabilitation care is provided on the ground at patient-level.

“Patients in the adapted room will be able to move freely and that is the most important thing,” says Becy Seet, Clinical Educator on 7E. “Some of our patients are like a baby learning to roll, crawl, stand and walk, and the dense foam will cushion their fall and protect from injury.”

Thanks to funding through the Foundation, staff in Neurosciences have been able to optimize the environment to provide gentler, more flexible care that helps to alleviate the physical and psychological discomfort associated with the long rehabilitation process.

SAVE THE DATE Visit lghfoundation.com/events for full details October 1-16:

October 15:

LGH Week, North Shore wide

Step Up for LGH, West Vancouver Seawall

October 11:

October 27:

What Matters Most in the Face of Serious Illness

6th Annual LGH Community Cares Gala

Living with a life-limiting illness is a difficult and sensitive time for both patients and their friends and family.

The Every Day Counts program at North Shore Hospice has gathered distinguished palliative care experts to provide support and guidance to the community with the seminar: “What Matters Most in the Face of Serious Illness – Tender Conversations, Listening & Legacy.”

Keynot speaker, Dr. Kathryn Mannix, a palliative care

physician and renowned author will be joined by Dr. Pippa Hawley, Medical Director of BC Cancer Agency’s Pain and Symptom Management/Palliative Care Program.

They will discuss a range of issues including living well, how to have difficult conversations, listening, creating a legacy and how to spend precious time with loved ones.

“What Matters Most”

Judy Savage

President & CEO LGH Foundation

7 p.m.-9 p.m., Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | Tickets: $10 ea.

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We’ve already started rolling out these state-of-the-art tools to ensure that all systems are working smoothly and staff are familiar with the new tech in time for the opening of the Paul Myers Tower early in 2025.

Surgical Services is the first department to benefit from the Tech Transformation Campaign, with eight Anesthetic Work Stations (AWS) recently delivered to the operating rooms at LGH. The new automated medication-dispensing systems are accessed via thumbprint, track drug usage, send dispensing information directly to a patient’s medical records and enable anesthesiologists to access the drugs they need right from the OR. “Having essential medications available at all times in the OR – rather than having to go to the

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New mural brings ‘Reverie’ to busy North Vancouver street NICK LABA

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Esplanade West just got a little bit dreamier.

A verdant new mural adorns a stretch of low wall along the busy roadway, near the ICBC head office in North Vancouver.

With a peach-coloured skyline as the backdrop, larger-than-life flowers almost bloom off the Nature surface while was there specbefore, so it atregentle cradles will remain a monarch there after butterfly.

Dubbed us.

Reverie by RASHMI TYAGI Vancouverbased artist Rashmi Tyagi, the 40-metre long mural is supposed to illustrate a constant state of flow, and how people are merely a part of the vastness we call nature.

“We’re just travelling through,” she says. “Nature was there before, so it will remain there after us.”

The artwork was sponsored by the City of North Vancouver and created in association with Vancouver Mural Festival. It was designed digitally, before a vinyl printing was installed in early September.

Tyagi’s idea for the piece was to pay homage to the diversity of North Vancouver’s animal and plant life. Among the vibrant flowers in the piece are non-invasive species including prickly rose and Japanese iris.

Three “guardian” humanoid figures divide Reverie into sections, and exhibit preserving, nurturing and giving qualities as they interact with their biodiverse surroundings.

Contrasting the busy roadway it now decorates, Tyagi wants her mural to serve as a moment of respite: “A sweet reminder that Mother Nature continues to replenish humans despite all they do to it. A gentle nudge to then fiercely protect, preserve and celebrate this continual reverie with her.”

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B.C.’s forests are more flammable due to climate change, study finds STEFAN LABBÉ

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Climate change has dried out British Columbia’s forests, making them more flammable and driving a spike in wildfire activity since 2005 — a trend that is expected to worsen in coming years, a new study has found.

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The research – published recently in the journal Nature in a collaboration between experts at the Canadian Forest Service, the private sector, and several universities in B.C. and California – analyzed maps of wildfire perimeters and annual climate data between 1919 and 2021. Over 100 years, wildfire activity saw declines alongside an increasingly wet climate. But in 2005, those trends reversed.

While overall rainfall remained steady, it increasingly fell in seasonal bursts outside of the fire season. A rapid rise in warming due to human-caused climate change, meanwhile, drove high rates of evaporation in B.C.’s forests, leaving them primed to burn in the spring and summer months, the study found.

“We’re finding that drought is not letting up,” said Lori Daniels, a professor in the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Forestry and a co-author on the study.

“We’ve had these prolonged droughts and these very hot, dry springs and summers that are coinciding with these extreme fire seasons.”

Some regions of B.C. saw slight deviations from the provincial trend. The province’s coastal zone saw the largest temperature increase at 1.25 C, but higher levels of forest moisture, a lack of lightning strikes and extensive land clearing buffered some of the potential rise in wildfires, according to the study. But the authors warned that “fire winds” — warm and dry outflow winds from the Interior — should put people living in the area on “heightened alert.”

In B.C.’s central region, where summer lightning is abundant, the study found a 0.98 C increase between 1970 and 2021 alongside an abrupt decline in summer precipitation and forest moisture. That all translated into increased wildfire activity, the researchers found.

“Given the current and projected climate trajectory, it is likely that the potential for wildfire will continue to increase in the upcoming century, even under the most optimistic climate scenario,” wrote the authors.

Infestation, firefighting and logging has made fires worse The wildfire risk that comes from drying out of B.C.’s forests has only been made worse by pine beetle infestations and land-use practices, which for, decades, have favoured extinguishing fires at any cost.

When fire is allowed to burn regularly during shoulder seasons, Daniels says it opens up the land for a mixed species forest, rich in biodiversity. It also creates breaks in the landscape that can stop bigger fires once they have started and gives firefighters anchor points to fight fires once they become more aggressive.

“We’ve unintentionally made ourselves more vulnerable,” she said. At the same time, Daniels said clear-cut logging practices also leave large openings in the forest, making them prone to drought. In those openings, slash piles only add to the buildup of wood fuel.

“There’s so much wood left behind that they’re

An aircraft drops fire retardant on a fast moving fire near Horseshoe Bay in June. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN continuing, fires are spreading right through them and not slowing down,” she said.

Where trees are replanted, industry has favoured stands of single conifer species, which are more fire prone than the deciduous trees kept at bay through thinning and herbicides, said the researcher.

The drying effect of higher temperatures driven by climate change and the historical footprint of firefighting and logging on the ground, has led to an uptick in large, high severity wildfires over the past 20 years, the study found.

The authors said they were unsurprised by the surge in fire activity over the past two decades.

“What is surprising, however, is the early onset of the increase in wildfire activity around the year 2000 – decades earlier than anticipated – and the sheer magnitude of fire-season severity,” they wrote.

A record rise in area burned In B.C., where fires tend to burn later into the fall, the province continues to set its own grim record this year, with the 2023 wildfire season so far having burned an area equal to about 60 per cent of Vancouver Island.

Earlier this month, provincial Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma said that although “the end is near” for B.C.’s fire season, the “sleeping giant” in the season of natural disasters is drought. About 80 per cent of B.C. was under Level Four or Five drought conditions, the two highest designations.

B.C. has seen four of its most destructive wildfire seasons since 2017. Three of those saw more than a million hectares of forest burn across the province. By comparison, between 1919 and 2016, only three wildfires seasons burned more than half a million hectares, according to the study. That’s left researchers to conclude that B.C. will join a shortlist of global hot spots for wildfire over the coming decades.

“British Columbia is alongside California, Australia and the Mediterranean countries in southern Europe where catastrophic fire driven by climate change superimposed on decades of land-use practices has made our ecosystems more vulnerable,” said Daniels.

“They burn through our ecosystems and into our communities with tremendous devastating losses. So this is it.

This is our new reality.”

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Owner believes attack targeted Continued from A16 afternoon and made a report, she said.

There’s nothing to suggest the incident was either targeted or random, said Sgt. Mark McLean, spokesperson for West Vancouver Police Department.

“There’s no CCTV or video,” he said.

“The area was widely canvassed to search for witnesses or video.”

There are no suspects, McLean added.

“The restaurant hasn’t received any specific threats.”

According to police records, there’s only been one noise complaint made against the business, which was reported in early August.

At the scene, Karimi said the attending police officer told her the act looked targeted.

“Someone was there to hurt us,” the owner said.

Restaurant relies on local support, owner says Without a clear explanation, Karimi speculates that the vandalism could be retaliation for some of the local marketing they do. On a few occasions, JJ’s has put flyers on car windshields in Caulfeild Village and Horseshoe Bay. “I apologize if that makes you upset,” she

said, adding that it is one of the few effective ways that she’s been able to use to attract more local customers to her restaurant.

And while most residents in the neighbourhood like having a restaurant in the area, some would prefer there were no businesses there at all, Karimi said.

“Next to us is a daycare … somebody told the daycare that, ‘We pay $5 or $6 million for our houses, not to have little kids running around and making noise,’” she said.

JJ’s isn’t particularly loud, but it is a restaurant where people talk and music sometimes plays, Karimi added.

The first-time restaurant owner – who opened JJ’s nearly two years ago – underscored that she relies on support from locals.

“We’re not looking to become millionaires. It’s just a small business run by a single-mom. And we employ people, we pay our taxes, help the community have somewhere [to go] – imagine those snowy days that they don’t want to drive,” Karimi said. “We’re really an asset to the community and we need to be supported by the community.”

Anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage in the area overnight on Sept. 6, or who saw anything suspicious, is asked to call West Vancouver police.

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Restoration of West Vancouver Welcome Figure complete NICK LABA

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Welcome back.

The restoration of West Vancouver’s most iconic piece of Indigenous art has been unveiled.

After a thorough sanding, shaping, washing and painting, the Welcome Figure at Ambleside Beach stands free once more, as scaffolding around the totem pole has been removed for the first time since the work began in March. Now, the five-metre figure stands refreshed to its former glory at the hands of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) master carver and Elder, Sequiliem (Stan Joseph), who first created the artwork in 2001 as a gift to the District of West Vancouver.

After initially being approached by a district committee for a welcome figure more than two decades ago, Joseph spent two months working on the pole, carefully carving details from a 1,200-year-old log of western red cedar from Hollyburn Mountain.

Joesph said that he knew almost immediately that the figure would be a grandmother. “Grandmothers are the most welcoming of people,” he told the North Shore News in March.

Initially, the carving drew shocked

Scaffolding has been removed from around the restored Welcome Figure at Ambleside Beach in West Vancouver. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN reactions from locals, in the Squamish community and West Vancouver council alike, because female totems were almost never seen. But for Joseph – who reflected on his own memories of his grandmother always greeting him at her home with tea and biscuits – he couldn’t imagine a more welcoming figure.

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Stranger attacks rare, police say Continued from A4 two more women there.

Police arrived on the scene and there was a confrontation, said McLean.

Officers then used a police dog to take the man into custody.

Fortunately, none of the victims suffered significant injuries, said McLean, adding they were treated at the scene by ambulance paramedics.

Police don’t know yet if North Shore transit riders wait for their bus in West mental illness or substance Vancouver. MIKE WAKEFIELD, NSN FILES use could be factors in the the people on the bus,” he said. assaults.

It isn’t the first time this year that Quinn Dalton Barry of no fixed address stranger attacks have happened on the West has now been charged with four counts of Vancouver Transit system. assault and one count of break and enter. He In July, a local real estate agent raised has been remanded in custody until his next concerns after she was hit by another pascourt appearance Oct. 4.

Police are continuing to investigate what senger after getting off the bus. might have prompted the attacks, said In April, the Amalgamated Transit Union McLean.

134, representing West Vancouver Transit Stranger attacks in West Vancouver are drivers, voiced concerns after a bloody fight extremely rare, he said. broke out on the 250 bus near Marine Drive “It’s not like you’re driving through the and 20th Street after a man was told to stop downtown core. It was quite shocking for harassing other passengers.

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Truth and Reconciliation: The vital role Indigenous art plays MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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As Truth and Reconciliation Day nears, those in North Vancouver and beyond will be looking for ways to better educate themselves on and engage with Indigenous culture, history and traditions. For some that might mean visiting the library and making use of their vast resources, for others it might mean taking a quiet moment to reflect.

Ask the Indigenous community themselves, however, and they will tell you that engaging with art, in all its forms, is the one-stop-shop for education, reflection, and reconciliation.

“Artworks are holders of knowledge, and our weavers, our artists, our painters and carvers, are therefore important knowledge holders,” said Tseil-Waututh artist and weaver Angela George.

Embedded within artworks are the tales and traditions that have been passed down

from generation to generation, said George.

Artwork is storytelling, and storytelling has always been an incredibly important part of Coast Salish culture.

“These artists have that role and responsibility to uphold the authentic knowledge of the people they represent and the communities they represent,” she said.

“We’re reinstating our oral traditions, and artwork is bringing that out. It’s showing the ancient trails to the places where we gathered medicine, it shows our connection to the land or connection to the water and says, without words, how and why that is important.”

George’s mural at The Shipyards, made in collaboration with Musqueam weaver and designer Debra Sparrow and Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) weaver Chief Janice George, is an example of this. The piece, part of a wider Blanketing the City series, tells the story of the rescue efforts carried out by Indigenous first responders in the Great Vancouver Fire of 1886.

George’s visual stories and those of her

Artist Candy Thomas of the Tsweil-Waututh Nation says art can help give people a sense of pride and bring awareness to Indigenous issues. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN contemporaries are becoming more prominent as the city works to implement more Indigenous public art.

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Since January this year First Nations art has welcomed commuters to the Continued on page A40

On Truth and Reconciliation Day, and as part of the ongoing journey of reconciliation, we pause to recognize and honour residential school survivors, those who were lost, and their families.

Neptune Terminals values the traditional knowledge of the Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish Peoples, and their stewardship of the lands and waters. We are proud to operate within their traditional territories.

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NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION Continued from page A39 TransLink SeaBus terminals, while two new sculptures at West Vancouver’s Park Royal shopping centre, by two Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) artists, join the ever-growing collection of public art on the North Shore.

Candy Thomas, an artist from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, said the works are a visual reminder of the city’s Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish and Musqueam history, each a preservation of Indigenous culture.

“Having these works out in public makes everybody feel good, it makes them feel proud. It makes them feel like they actually belong here now,” she said.

In other cases artwork can help shed light on Indigenous issues. Thomas is behind the large-scale mural artwork in Metro Vancouver’s sθәqәlxenәm ts’exwts’áxwi7 Rainbow Park, a piece designed to honour and raise awareness for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

“Artwork in this case spreads awareness, and also helps those who have lost their loved ones to heal,” she said.

“It’s not just a painting, this isn’t just art

for art’s sake. It has more meaning than that because there’s the connection to our land, and our prayers and our thoughts, and our families. Knowing where we come from and the things we’re all going through, and being able to share that with everybody, is really important.”

George said there are multiple ways to engage with Indigenous art this Truth and Reconciliation Day. If not via giving more attention and thought to the public pieces scattered throughout the city, than by attending an exhibit, perusing online, or contacting the artists themselves.

“Artwork will always be relevant, because it’s holding knowledge and it’s sharing knowledge, but in a way that the viewer is going to interpret it and see it,” she said.

“I think it’s really important to be respectful of the ancestors of the land, and to learn from the genuine knowledge holders that are there. This is a narrative that needs to be told by them.”

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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Ferry Building Gallery shows Indigenous reflections on ‘home’ BRENT RICHTER

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Most any public event or meeting today starts with a land acknowledgement, recognizing the Indigenous Nations on whose territory people have gathered

It’s a reminder that, no matter how we came to our “home” here, the word takes a different meaning for the First Peoples. It is in that spirit that that the Ferry Building Gallery has launched “Reflecting on Home,” one of the first major shows featuring the work of Indigenous artists since its reopening.

For Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) artist Xwalacktun (Rick Harry), the concept came easily. The land where the gallery sits has been lived on by his people for generations upon generations. Not far away was where they would go to place the burial boxes of those who had moved on to the spirit world.

“There were homes here,” he said, gesturing to the land around the gallery. “It

all connects to why there’s that site there.

To me that’s like home, whether we’re here physically or spiritually.”

The concept is maybe best demonstrated in his piece Ambleside Park/ Swaywi, a silkscreen print depicting a traditional canoe landing on the beach, just steps away. A partially constructed Lions Gate Bridge is visible in the background. It’s maybe the most recognizable structure built on the West Coast after the arrival of settlers, yet it seems out of place.

The figures in the canoe don’t have faces, untethering them from any specific time or generation.

“The ones before, now, and for the future,” Xwalacktun says.

Xwalacktun’s mother is from Xwemelch’stn, a village that once stretched from what is today the Capilano 5 reserve to well beyond Ambleside Park. His father was from a line of hereditary chiefs living near the Seymour River. Xwalacktun himself grew up in a longstanding village site Continued on page A41

The District of West Vancouver honours the lost children and survivors of Residential School and their families, culture, languages, and communities on this day and every day.

We respect Indigenous ways of knowing, and are committed to truth and reconciliation with our actions and our words. We reflect and remember as we stand in unity with Indigenous people.

Horseshoe Bay-based Kwakwaka’wakw and Squamish artist Klatle-bhi reflects on his red cedar veil mask The Appearance of Ani’sla’ga at the Ferry Building Gallery. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

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my heart.”

Klatle-bhi said he hopes the show will inspire other artists, particularly young ones, who can continue building a body of work that draws on the North Shore and its history.

“I hope it will raise people’s vibration within themselves – their spiritual vibration to keep them happy, to keep them aligned, to keep them connected to all of the things that we’re we normally take for granted,” he said.

While the concept of home for the Squamish artists is deep and broad, times have changed and newcomers now also use the same term for the very same places, Xwalacktun acknowledged.

He chose which pieces to show, in part, because he hopes they send a message.

“Everybody’s home here now, because no one’s going to leave, right? So we all need to come together as one and just have an understanding of who we are as Squamish,” he said. “We’ve got to work together, pull together, maintain balance together.”

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Continued from page A40 near what is today the District of Squamish.

“When we say ‘home’ for Squamish, Squamish is quite big,” he said. “I’ve been hunting and fishing and paddling all over this area.”

Horseshoe Bay-based Kwakwaka’wakw and Squamish artist Klatle-bhi chose three To be asked to pieces to be be one of the displayed, each artists who are inspired by the represented, oral histories and it meant quite animals of the North Shore. a bit. It really To him, the spoke to me in significance of my heart. “home” is being SḴWX̱WÚ7MESH ÚXWUMIXW shown along fel(SQUAMISH NATION) low North Shore ARTIST XWALACKTUN (RICK HARRY) artists whom he revers.

“We have lots of great artists in this community,” he said. “To be asked to be one of the artists who are represented, it meant quite a bit. It really spoke to me in

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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a time of reflection and action

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My parents had such strength to survive abuse and starvation in the Indian Residential School system.

I can’t understand the cruelty that happened to them. When I think about them, the words “miraculous” and “courageous” come to mind. This is why, as an adult now, understanding truly what happened is so difficult to even talk about.

September itself is a triggering month because our children had to prepare to go back to school and some of our TsleilWaututh survivors still have physical memory responses of the trauma of having to go back to residential school.

This is a time of reflection, truths, and action. Now is the time to teach the truth of Canada’s colonial history and genocide of

Indigenous peoples. Canadians need to educate themselves about Indigenous peoples, gain an understanding of Aboriginal Rights and Title, the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIPA), and our right to self-determination.

When I think of families who are here on the North Shore, I encourage them to teach the next generations with compassion and truth. We have a collective responsibility to make systemic change.

When I think about the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, it’s not just about wearing an orange shirt for one day out of the year. When we talk about allyship, reconciliation is an action that happens every single day. There are so many areas where individuals and organizations can do their due diligence. Ask yourself: Are you truthfully Continued on page 43

Reconciliation is an action that happens every single day says Andrea Aleck, Health and Wellness director for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

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Teaching history helps future generations nurture their gifts

Continued from page A42 walking alongside Indigenous people and engaging with Indigenous people to make honest, effective change?

We are starting the discovery interview process with our Tsleil-Waututh survivors of the St. Paul’s Indian Residential School.

I reflect upon how we can continue to strengthen our community and ensure our survivors are safe, supported, and how we can collectively heal as a community.

Within our TWN Health and Wellness department, we’ve developed a cultural

framework that guides our services. We take a strength-based approach to build on the cultural and spiritual practices that we continue today. We have a two-eyed seeing model: incorporating traditional and Western medical approaches to care, providing wraparound services to include the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of a person. Our programs are community-driven and community-based, and it’s imperative that we continue to embed our Tsleil-Waututh values, culture, language, and spirituality in our programming.

I am teaching my son and my grandson my family’s history and our history as TsleilWaututh people. I’m teaching them how to nurture their gifts and their position in this world – this is my role and the collective responsibility of community as knowledge keepers, to share the sacredness of who we are. My hope is that all of our Tsleil-Waututh generations embrace their culture, practice their spirituality and language, and grow in beautiful ways that nurture their gifts and they too will continue the role as stewards of the land, linguists, knowledge keepers,

and Elders.

Andrea Aleck is a Tsleil-Waututh Nation member and Director of the Health and Wellness Department, ćećǝwǝt lelǝm Helping House, səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation).

Learn more about supporting Tsleil-Waututh Nation survivors via the Tsleil-Waututh Nation Residential School Survivors Fund: twnation. ca/how-to-support-twn/ The National Residential Schools Crisis Line is available 24/7 for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of residential school experiences: 1-866-925-4419.

Interactive workshop taking place at Ferry Building Gallery Oct. 1 Continued from page A41 That message goes especially so when it comes to protecting the environment, Xwalacktun said.

Leigh-Anne Niehaus, community arts supervisor for the gallery, said there have been hopes to put on such a show since 2019. It was delayed by the pandemic and

the long-running renovation of the Ferry Building Gallery, which is one of the older colonial buildings still standing in West Van. “Let’s just take a moment to acknowledge the history of this land, before the Ferry Building Gallery was here, and the people that took care of it,” she said. I hope

that [visitors] learn a little bit … whether it’s about the symbolism or the hand carved wood, or the grains of cedar. Just take a moment and learn a bit about our local Nations’ culture.”

On Oct. 1, an interactive hands-on workshop Working with Heart, Storytelling, and Art, will be taking place inside the gallery,

presented by renowned artist and educator Splash (Aaron Nelson Moody). Other artists featured in the show include Yul Baker, Brandon Hall, Ts:simtelot (Ocean Hyland), Ses Siyam (Ray Natraoro) and Anjeannete Dawson.

Reflecting on Home runs at the Ferry Building Gallery until Oct. 15.

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SFU, Tsleil-Waututh Nation sign agreement to advance reconciliation ABHINAYA NATESH

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Representatives from səlilwətaɬ (the Tsleil-Waututh Nation) have signed a Relationship Protocol agreement with Simon Fraser University (SFU) to work together, strengthen their relationship and advance reconciliation.

As part of the agreement, formally signed on Sept. 6, both the parties will come together at least once a year to review and evaluate activities and identify new initiatives to build an inclusive future, a news release noted.

The agreement outlines areas of shared interests, including exploring opportunities to partner with different departments at the university on variety of cultural, economic and social development, health and environmental projects, building on the Indigenous languages program, which can be regarded as a worldwide model for Indigenous languages revitalization and working together to develop research projects that would benefit both parties.

The signing took place at SFU’s Indigenous

Representatives from səlilwətaɬ (the Tsleil-Waututh Nation) signed a Relationship Protocol agreement with Simon Fraser University (SFU) to advance reconciliation on Sept. 6, 2023.

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Garden during the first week of fall semester classes, and in the same month as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Sept. 30.

The university, as part of the agreement, will also be working towards representing Tsleil-Waututh content, history and hən̓qə ̓ min̓əm̓ language in its materials, departments, acknowledgements, and curriculum as well as increasing the presence

of Tsleil-Waututh artwork and public signage throughout campuses within the TsleilWaututh territory.

The two parties will also be working together towards strengthen services and programs at SFU for TWN and Indigenous students, developing and implementing Tsleil-Waututh student and staff recruitment and retention initiatives and supporting

Tsleil-Waututh Nation moving forward with good governance principles to value sustainable economic development that provides economic, ecological, health and social benefits to the community.

“As an Indigenous government, education is a core value of səlilwətaɬ [Tsleil-Waututh Nation],” said Tsleil-Waututh Nation Chief Jennifer (Jen) Thomas “For too long we have been invisible on our own lands, including within the academic institutions that were established around us. This Agreement with SFU symbolizes a significant shift in our relationship, one that is based on mutual respect, true inclusivity, and collaboration to advance our respective goals together.”

“Our work with Host Nations is incredibly important to SFU’s ongoing commitment to Uphold Truth and Reconciliation,” said Joy Johnson, SFU president and vice-chancellor.

“With the signing of this protocol agreement, we hope to continue and strengthen our partnership with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and create new ways for us to walk the path of Reconciliation at SFU.”

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The crux and re-imagining of convenience cooking LAURA MARIE NEUBERT

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For most of us, a paradigm shift in values and lifestyle is required if we are to assume responsibility for the health of our bodies and minds. I have spent years re-educating myself, reprioritizing my time and, most importantly, believing that what I now know to be true about our food system places a burden of responsibility on me to spend more time doing and less time conveniencing.

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With the NHL season fast approaching, here is a photo of a former NHL centreman Clint Smith coaching a group of young skaters at the dedication ceremony of the Capilano Winter Club in February of 1956.

Smith played for the New York Rangers for seven seasons starting in 1936, winning the Stanley Cup in 1940 and the Lady Byng Trophy twice. He finished his career with Chicago and then retired to Vancouver to coach.

He was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991 and was one of the founding members of the B.C. Hockey Benevolent Association.

Visit monova.ca for more information about the history of the North Shore and to learn about MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver now open Thursday to Sunday in The Shipyards. Currently, MONOVA: Archives of North Vancouver at 3203 Institute Rd. in Lynn Valley is open by appointment only. Contact: archives@monova.ca

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It has taken the industrial food system three generations to convince us that convenience is good for us. Indeed, when the “freedom from the kitchen” movement began after the Second World War, it created a positive and much-needed momentum that led ultimately, to great strides in equality between the sexes, allowing homemakers to opt for paid vocations and greater freedom of choice.

Somewhere along the line, however, good intentions became bad practice, and today we are consuming far too much processed and convenience foods high in unhealthy fats, simple carbohydrates, refined sugar and salt, and low in nutrition.

Happily, we can take back control of our health and still enjoy convenience in the kitchen, if we go back in time somewhat and re-write some vintage fast food recipes using current science and accurate information about how processed foods affect our health.

This week I revisited some fun, old, time-saving comfort food recipe booklets from the ’50s and ’60s, and challenged myself to swap out the old for the new.

I started with 75 per cent plants (preferably local and organic) and 25 per cent pasture-raised protein (preferably 100 per cent grass-fed and finished), used only healthy fat heated to temperatures below 163 C, and then optimized preparation and cooking to use as few cooking methods and pots as possible, to save time.

Two dishes that caught my attention were the iconic pork chops smothered with canned mushroom soup gravy, and a layered hamburger-meat casserole held together by canned tomato soup. The pork chop dish was a bit too meat-centric for the quantity of mushrooms and produce than I had on-hand, so I opted for the casserole.

The original recipe, from the 1950s, featured layers of white potato, celery,

Restaurant-worthy convenience food, as beautiful as it is nutritious. LAURA MARIE NEUBERT ground beef and highly processed canned tomato soup, simmered together in a 350 F oven. My updated version featured a vastly more nutrient-dense palette of sweet potato, yellow onion, garlic, fennel bulb and greens, carrots, 100 per cent grass-fed and finished bison, and a pureed quart of gorgeous peachy-tasting beefsteak tomatoes that I hot-water processed in glass jars myself, in small batches this summer.

A glug of extra virgin olive oil swept around the sides and bottom of the enamelled casserole dish kept ingredients from sticking. A soup spoon full of homemade steak spice plus another of plump and juicy sweet fennel seeds (harvested before, kept frozen for handy use) mixed into the bison, kicked things up more than a notch. A flourish of sea salt with chopped, fresh oregano and thyme comprised the final phyto-nutrient layer.

The whole dish took about 15 minutes to prepare and assemble in satisfying strata, before simmering away under cover in the oven for almost two hours.

After resting, covered, for about 20 minutes, I spooned the layers into shallow bowls, allowing the fragrant tomato water broth to settle naturally for sipping with a spoon.

I did not recipe-test, or measure as I went. I used what was handy from our small garden, or purchased from organic sources that I trust. The casserole was inexpensive, beautiful, restaurant-worthy, uncommonly delicious and immensely nutritious. Most definitely it was convenient, leaving me plenty of time to do something else, or nothing at all.

Laura Marie Neubert is a West Vancouverbased urban permaculture designer. Learn more about permaculture by visiting her website upfrontandbeautiful.com, or email hello@upfrontandbeautiful.com.

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PUBLIC MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING SHORT TERM RENTALS AND BED AND BREAKFASTS - AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING BYLAW AND BUSINESS LICENCE BYLAW

When: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 7pm. Where: Council Chamber, 355 W. Queens Rd, North Vancouver, BC How: The Public Meeting and Public Hearing will be held in a hybrid format with a combination of in-person and electronic participation by some or all members of

council, staff and the public. The public are invited to attend at the Council Chamber where they will be able to see and hear the entire proceedings. Those wishing to view or to participate in the meetings electronically may do so at https://dnvorg.zoom.us/j/67910218298 or by phone by dialling 1-778-907-2071 and entering Meeting ID: 679 1021 8298.

Meeting: Amendments to the Business Licence Bylaw

Hearing: Amendments to the Zoning Bylaw

What: A Public Meeting for Bylaw 8632, which proposes to amend the Business

What: A Public Hearing for Bylaw 8631, which proposes to

• Adding definitions for: • Bed and Breakfast Operator; • Principal Residence; • Short Term Rental; and, • Short Term Rental Operator.

• Replacing the definition of Bed and Breakfast;

Licence Bylaw by:

• Adding regulations for Short Term Rentals: • Requirement to be located in the principal residence of the owner or tenant; • Limit of six guests; • Adding regulations for Short Term Rentals and Bed and Breakfasts: • Emergency contact information requirement; • Information on relevant District of North Vancouver bylaws requirement; • Must provide a valid business licence number in advertising, listings, or promotional material; • Licence Inspector must be provided with a written description of the proposed rental and detailed plans of proposed off-street parking prior to operating; • Requirement to post a fire safety plan by all entrances and exits, and have a smoke alarm and fire extinguisher on each floor as well as a carbon monoxide detector on each floor that contains a gas appliance; • Testing, inspection and maintenance requirements for life safety equipment; and, • Requirement to produce inspection, testing and maintenance records to the Inspector upon request.

amend the Zoning Bylaw by:

• Adding definitions for Principal Residence and Short Term Rental; • Replacing Part 4 Section 405 Home Occupations, subsection (h) regarding the number of home occupations permitted at the same premises; • Adding regulations for Short Term Rentals: • Principal residence requirement; • Prohibition of Short Term Rentals in permitted caretaker dwelling units and non-market housing units; • Maximum of six guests; • Requirement for one off-street parking stall; • Adding Short Term Rental businesses to the list of permitted Accessory Uses in Part 5 Residential Zone Regulations; and, • Adding designated expressions and fines for ticketing violations of the Short Term Rental provisions in the Zoning Bylaw.

When and How can I provide input? We welcome your input on October 10, 2023 at 7pm. You may sign up to speak at the meeting and hearing by

contacting the Municipal Clerk at signup@dnv.org prior to 3pm on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. You may also provide a written submission at any time prior to the close of the public meeting and public hearing by sending it to the Municipal Clerk at input@dnv.org or by mail to Municipal Clerk, 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, BC, V7N 4N5. After the speakers list has been exhausted, there will be an opportunity for additional speakers who had not signed up in advance to make submissions. Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public concerning this proposal after the conclusion of the public meeting and public hearing.

Need more info? Relevant background material and copies of the bylaws are available for review at the Clerk’s Office, 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, BC, Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm, except holidays, from September 26, 2023 to October 10, 2023 or online at DNV.org/public-hearing

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A 33-year-old man who drove dangerously through several North Vancouver streets, including running red lights, rear-ending another vehicle and swerving erratically into oncoming lanes of traffic in a stolen minivan, has been handed a three-year driving ban.

Jackson Andrew Leo of North Vancouver was handed the ban on Sept. 7, along with a sentence of time already served in jail, after pleading guilty to dangerous driving and possession of a stolen vehicle.

According to Crown prosecutor Lisa Falloon, the driving drama began around 7 p.m. on the evening of Feb. 16 when a citizen called police to report a vehicle driving erratically, heading eastbound on West Third Street. Minutes later, a second call came in from a driver who described

a Chrysler Pacifica with no license plates driving dangerously close to his rear bumper and rear-ending him as he drove with his wife.

Crown prosecutors described the driver as driving erratically down both West Third and West First streets and Esplanade Avenue in North Vancouver, running a red light south on Chesterfield Avenue, and driving over a curb and through a boulevard garden.

One witness who saw Leo drive through the garden asked the driver if he was alright, according to prosecutors.

“The driver indicated he was waiting for some friends and needed a cigarette,” the prosecutor said.

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Continued from A48 in and out of traffic. Officers described the Chrysler as eastbound on Third Street, increasing speed and moving into oncoming traffic and swerving, said Falloon.

The minivan was later located at a Petro-Canada gas station on Mountain Highway. According to CCTV footage, the Chrysler Pacifica had been stolen from the Foundation Auto dealership near Capilano Mall earlier in the day.

Leo was identified through video footage from the mall and video taken by the passenger of the car he rear-ended.

According to the judge’s decision, Leo

has previous convictions for assault, threatening, robbery, taking part in a riot, and break-and-enter.

Leo’s defence lawyer said he grew up in North Vancouver but had been living at a homeless shelter on the North Shore on and off for the last couple of years. The defence lawyer said Leo began using heroin at 18, shortly after his foster mother died of cancer. Most recently, Leo has been making efforts to deal with his drug addictions, said the lawyer.

In addition to the driving ban, Leo was sentenced to the 24 days he has already served in jail.

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REMEMBRANCES IN MEMORIAM

Each Loss Each loss is very different, The pain is so severe.

Will I ever stop missing This one I loved so dear?

Good times we had together, The moments that we shared We didn’t have to tell each other How much we really cared.

I never dreamed you’d go away, Never thought of sorrow.

So sure you’d always be here Took for granted each tomorrow.

Now, He’s called you home, I’m sad and I shed tears.

Yet I’m glad He loaned you to me And we had these many years.

OBITUARIES

Fleming, Robert Roy May 21, 1952 - September 14, 2023

Carolyn Margaret Huget March 22, 1931 – September 29, 2016 My darling, I don’t want you cold Confined in space and rarefied.

I want you here beside me Warm and loving As you were.

Lovingly remembered by husband Ray and “daughter” Dawn

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It is with heavy hearts we share that our beautiful Bobby said goodbye to us for the final time on September 14, 2023. He leaves to mourn his wife of 47 years Monica, son Jeffrey (Rebecca), daughter Aubrey, and sister Dianne (Barry) Boucher.

Bob is also survived by his parents Lorne and Shirley Fleming, Aunt Norma Wood, Monica’s siblings, and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Bob grew up in Regina and Saskatoon and moved to North Vancouver, British Columbia with his family when he was 14 years old. His first real adventure began when he got a job on a cargo ship and set off for Australia at age 21. Even though he was seasick for a week, that did not stop his love of the ocean and boating.

Upon returning to Canada, Bob was an entrepreneur and owned many businesses throughout the years. No matter what Bob did, his first and foremost love was his family. He was happiest with his wife and kids going on grand adventures in British Columbia and Northern Canada. Nonacho Lake, Wollaston Lake, and Reindeer Lake were his favourite spots for fishing and camping. Bob and Jeff were known to fish well past suppertime, and fishing together was something they enjoyed right up until the last few months of Bob’s life.

Now my life is all confused Since you went away.

You took a part of me And for help I daily pray.

But when God sent you to me He never said that you were mine, That I could keep you always – Only borrowed for a time.

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DUNPHY, Beverley September 9, 2023 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Beverley Lynne Dunphy, a beloved mother, grandmother, and friend who left us too soon at the age of 81. Bev is survived by her loving daughters Lisa and Rochelle; sons−in−law Todd and Terry; and her four adoring grandchildren Madeleine, Emma, Tynan, and Josh.

Her passport was her prized possession, with each stamp telling an adventurous story. But it wasn’t just the places Bev went that defined her; it was the people she met along the way. She cherished her friendships dearly, and her social calendar was always full. Bev’s zest for life was contagious. Rest in peace, dear Bev. You will be dearly missed, but your spirit will live on through the lives you touched.

Bob loved music and learned to appreciate classical music with his daughter, Aubrey, when she expressed interest in piano. Bob also loved listening to Aubrey sing in her choir.

Bob and Monica relocated to Okotoks in 2014 and found their forever home in the community. Bob’s family would like to thank the many nurses who provided their care, particularly home care nurses Jennifer Roach and Geertruida Wiegersma. Also Bob’s family doctor Dr. Gary Ray, and the many other doctors who helped Bob throughout his illness; Dr. Fayaz Harji, Dr. Joseph Lemire, Dr. Jonah Latsky, Dr. Jill Miranda Bishop, Dr. Patricia Tang, Dr. Rachid Mohamed, Dr. Ana-Maria Oelschig, and Dr. Mark Pho. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Trout Unlimited Canada (www.tucanada.org).

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

In Loving Memory of Laara K. Maxwell Early on September 25th, Laara K. Maxwell (nee Joanne Wawrykow) departed from this world peacefully at her residence, following a brief illness.

She leaves behind her husband and companion of 57 years, Saul Miller, her son, Garfield Lindsay Miller and his wife Ana, her brother, Joseph Wawrykow and his wife Diane, their son Nicholas, and her sister-in-law, Sharon Wolfe, along with her husband Paul and their children, Lisa, David, and Mitchell.

Born on November 27, 1944, in Winnipeg, MB, Laara was a beacon of brilliance from a young age.

At just 15, she was awarded a national high school scholarship, paving the way for her to graduate with honors from McGill University at the age of 19.

She went on to earn an MA in Psychology from Dalhousie University and a PhD in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics.

Laara’s career was diverse. She worked briefly as a futurist for CNRail, as a market researcher, then redirected her focus towards lifestyle and wellbeing. Certified as a teacher of the Alexander Technique, Laara had a profound interest in movement, dance, T’ai Chi, Eurythmy, numerology, and nutrition. She co-authored the book, “Food for Thought: A New Look at Food and Behavior”, and generously contributed her editing skills to many of her husband’s books and her son’s screenplays.

Laara’s younger years were characterized by her love for travel. While she embarked on numerous journeys across North America and Europe, her ultimate on-the-road experience was a two-year overland adventure with her husband, driving from England to India.

Laara’s legacy is characterized by her pursuit of knowledge, her passion for wellness, and the love and memories she shared with her family and friends. Her spirit, wisdom, and warmth will forever be remembered by those who knew her.

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CHARLTON, Diana M. January 1, 1944 − September 8, 2023

CUTHBERT, Gary Roland March 24, 1936 - September 6, 2023

It is with broken hearts that we announce the passing of Diana Marguerite Charlton (née Creasy) on September 8th, 2023, at the age of 79.

It is with great sadness we announce the loss of our beloved father Gary Roland Cuthbert who passed away at age 87 of West Vancouver, B.C.

Diana was born in Poole, County Dorset, England, on January 1st, 1944, to Max Terence Creasy and May Cecilia Creasy (née Hirons).

Diana met her first husband, David Charlton, in 1965 while living and working in Cambridge, England. They married in 1966 and emigrated to Canada in 1967, where they had three children: Christian, Martin and Hazel.

Diana’s career path started in the Hotel industry.

This included working at The Garden House Hotel (Cambridge), The Scole Inn (Norfolk), The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver and The Westin Bayshore Hotel.

She then joined the Foundation department at the Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver in 1992, where her years were pivotal in making a difference in the local community; fundraising not only for the hospital but also for many publicly funded healthcare facilities on the North Shore.

After retiring from the LGH Foundation in 2009, Diana filled her days playing bridge with friends, painting, knitting, writing biographies, travelling, watching movies and enjoying all types of exotic cuisine. She found her greatest joy while spending time with her family (especially the grandkids) in the warmth of the sun with a cup of coffee in hand.

Gracious, generous, supportive, compassionate, adventurous, creative, inclusive, stylish, organized and meticulous...she was all of these and more.

Predeceased by her younger brother Allan, first husband David Charlton and second partner in life Donald Heise; Diana is survived by her younger brother Paul Creasy (Pauline), three children: Christian, Martin (Tordes), Hazel (Adam Black); two stepchildren: Pam Pescott (Dan), Phillip Heise; and eleven grandchildren: Riel, Luca, Jasmine, Jada, Cooper, Riley, Mackenzie, Caitlin, Joanna, Samantha and Frankie.

Diana (Nana) will always be remembered for being the glue that bound our family together, and she was the most stylish matriarch you could ever envision. With her gorgeous curls, colourful scarves and signature style, she was always dressed for the occasion! She will be dearly missed by all.

Gary was born March 24, 1936, in Vancouver, BC. There he grew up, met and married the love of his life, Nellie Ann Stetsky and had two children (Karen and Albert). He joined CN Rail in 1959 starting out as a Timekeeper and became involved with the Union which led him to attend Union meetings in different cities across Canada. Gary was very active with Union work having held many titles and took great joy in representing Union members to defend their rights. He was good negotiator at work and promoted the pension plan to all new employees.

The family travelled across Canada and USA, spending many happy times on weekends and vacations camping and fishing. He volunteered his time in positions such as Boy Scout leader, Hockey coach, and was a member of Toastmasters. He was also involved with the Lions Club community activities, Union work with CBRT & GW and was a Member of Good Sam trailer club.

After 32 years of working, Gary retired early at 53 and travelled around the USA settling in Vancouver, B.C. For over 10 years, Gary volunteered at the North Shore Community Harvest Project, ‘Extending a Hand Up’ to those in need making a positive impact in his community.

Best words that describe Gary is he’s very friendly, outgoing, loves to laugh and talk and make people feel good. He was very generous with his time, energy, money and always willing to give a hand to anyone who needed help. He always had time for everyone.

Gary’s passing is mourned by his children Karen (Glyn) Cuthbert, Albert (Bert) Cuthbert, stepson Norman (Barbara) Murray, as well as 4 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife Nellie Ann Stetsky, parents Stuart and Olive Cuthbert and his fur baby dog Jack.

He will be greatly missed by all.

Private interment of ashes later. Our family would like to thank the all the outstanding staff of caregivers at Evergreen House. In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

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DOWLING, Marga, Catharina, Johanna Marga Catharina Johanna Dowling, 74, of North Vancouver passed away September 01, 2023 with her family by her side.

She was born to the late Anton and Wilhelmina Wierda June 27, 1949 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Marga emigrated to Vancouver, Canada in 1963 and received her Nurse’s Aide Certificate in her early 20’s where she successfully and joyfully served in several care homes on the North Shore and worked part-time at the Lynn Valley health food store. Endlessly generous and caring for the needy, she went on to volunteer in numerous causes and institutions including working in her two children’s schools, the North Shore Harvest Project, as a Shop Steward in her union, in her church coffee shop and thrift store and in many others causes. She loved to “adopt” folks who were in need. A lover of gardening, wildlife, art, music and great food she had a passion for the beautiful things in God’s creation.

She married the late Richard Dowling in 1967, who had emigrated from Glasgow, Scotland to North Vancouver. They met at the North Vancouver Legion dance hall. After marriage, Marga and Richard lived together in Burnaby for several years where they built a house, before relocating to Lynn Valley where they raised their family. Marga is survived by two children: Michael John Dowling of Coquitlam and Monique Gibson of North Vancouver. She is also survived by two grandchildren Taylor-Lynn Dalton, Monique’s daughter, as well as Benjamin Michael Dowling, Michael’s son. Marga was predeceased by her loving husband in 2010.

Marga had a sharp mind and wonderful sense of humour, and was a posterchild Dutch woman, keeping an immaculate, proud, and beautifully appointed home. She loved to cook for others and some of her famous delicious meals the children will miss were her macaroni and cheese, her nasi goring and her famous blueberry muffins that the children’s Scottish Grandfather could never get enough of. She loved to dance and play music in her home. As her health degraded, she used to say she didn’t want any fuss about her passing, and told the children that dad was visiting her regularly in the form of beautiful birds landing on her porch. She believed in God and felt she was already safe and free to join her husband in heaven when her time came. Her passing was relatively brief, and to her wishes.

Marga’s Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at 11 a.m. at the Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Avenue, North Vancouver, BC.

A memorial service will be held at First Memorial Funeral Home in North Vancouver. Please contact the family for details. If you wish to honour Diana, please consider donating in her name to cureibm.org, as there is currently no effective treatment or cure for Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM).

In lieu of sending flowers, the family asks that people make donations in support of The North Shore Harvest Project at: https://fundrazr.com/42H8W2?ref=ab_37R9IDNHk 0b37R9IDNHk0b

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REMEMBRANCES Obituaries KLIPPENSTEIN, Henry It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Henry Klippenstein on August 26, 2023 at the age of 93.

Henry passed away peacefully at his residence in Vancouver, B.C. Henry was predeceased by his parents Dietrich Klippenstein, Elizabeth (nee Isaak); brothers Frank (Clara), Dietrich (Helen); sisters Helen (Edgar Siemens) and Margaret (Dave Penner).

Left to cherish his memories are his wife, Louise; sons Blaine (Shirley), Kevin (Esa) (Walker) and daughter Julie (Jeff) (Andy); grandchildren Michelle (Ian), Katherine, Andrea; great grandchildren Hendrick, Ava and Nova; brothers Jake (Tilly), Walter (Mildred); brother-in-law Dave Penner and Edgar Siemens; and extended family.

Henry was born August 6, 1930, in Main Centre Saskatchewan. He married Louise in 1958 and they spent 64 years together.

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FORRESTER, Sheila January 18, 1933 − September 3, 2023 Sheila Forrester died peacefully at the Lynn Valley Care Centre. Predeceased by her mother, Sarah Forrester, and father, Edward Forrester. Left to mourn are her sister Patricia Mann of Edmonton, Alberta; brother Edward Forrester and Nedra of Hudsons Hope; and nieces and nephews. Sheila emigrated from Northern Ireland in 1953 with her family. She lived for a number of years in Edmonton before coming to North Vancouver, where she spent 45 years in the Lynn Valley area. Sheila worked for Dr. Philip Alderman and, after his retirement, for Dr. John Adare. She was known for her quick smile and caring manner. She also maintained a beautiful garden on Mountain Hwy. A private graveside memorial will held at Capilano Heights Cementary at a future date. Thank you to the staff at Lynn Valley Care Centre for the excellant care Sheila received these past 3 years.

Henry enjoyed golfing, writing, reading and being an active member of the Christian Community.

Henry dedicated his career to education: he taught at the R.D. Parker Collegiate High School in Thompson Mb and was later the principal at R.D. Parker; he continued his teaching career at the Sutherland High School North Vancouver, Hamilton Jr. Secondary North Vancouver and Shaunavon High School, Shaunavon Sk. Henry will be sadly missed by his family and friends.

A memorial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Mennonite Central Committee or the Union Gospel Mission.

MacLeod, Arthur Donald Arthur Donald MacLeod (known as Don) died on April 15, 2023 in St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, B.C. aged 95 yrs. He was born at home in Victoria, B.C. He was the fourth of five children. All have predeceased him.

He is survived by Dorothy, his wife of 55 years. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews and was particularly close to 2 nieces, Sally Swendseid of Calgary and her sister, Susan Wilkinson of Langley. He had many friends, past and present including the Johnstone’s of Kelowna.

SMITH, Robyn September 9, 1926 − August 28, 2023 Robyn Smith, peace activist and Raging Granny, died peacefully in Vancouver on August 28th, 2023. Raised in Ocean Falls, BC, Robyn settled in Vancouver after graduating from UBC in 1947 and married Dave in 1951. Robyn was an active volunteer most of her life, committing many years to the Canadian Voice of Women, UBC University Women’s Club, and the NDP. She helped found and lead the Vancouver Raging Grannies. Robyn explored the world with friends and family and as part of her commitment to peace activism. She ventured to Europe, Asia and across North America, including multiple trips to the Yukon, where most of her family lives. Robyn leaves behind her sons Barney (Aileen) and Fraser (Cara); five grandchildren, Brodie, Angus, Merran, Alex, and Amanda; and two great−grandchildren, Louis and Felix. Her husband, Dave, predeceased her in 2012. The family wishes to extend their gratitude to the caring, supportive staff at Hollyburn House and North Shore Hospice. No memorial is planned at this time. Friends are invited to share their memories at www.myalternatives.ca

Don was proud to be a student of Oak Bay High School in Victoria. He then went to Victoria College and UBC. He eventually moved to Qualicum Beach, B.C. to work. Then he and a friend would go to Mexico for the winter where they lived in a house on the beach. He eventually moved to West Vancouver where he met Dorothy and they lived there for the rest of his life.

His passion was golf and he often played with Ron, his younger brother who became a pro and had his PGA card. Don played golf with Bob Hope at Qualicum and won a Pro-Am tournament in Mexico. He also enjoyed playing bridge and became a life master. Other favourites were the Toronto Blue Jays baseball, his Scottie dogs, curling and walking on the seawall.

He travelled the world with Dorothy. They saw the world for 3 years by train, plane, ships and car. He loved life. But eventually his heart wore out and he died peacefully in his sleep.

At his request, there will be no service.

Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation if desired.

Sleep well my love.

One Final

PATE, Brian David February 11, 1928 - August 28, 2023 With heavy hearts and great sadness, the family of Brian announce his peaceful passing at age 95.

Brian was predeceased by his beloved wife, Margaret Jean (Foster). He leaves behind his loving family, Graham (Susan), Alan (Noreen), Geoff (Liam), Sue (Clair) and Martha (Ken) as well as 10 grandchildren (Megan, Kevin (Olivia), Michaela, Kinleigh, Ryan, Stephanie, Justin (Emily), Luke (Lillian), Jonathan and Jennifer (Ryan), and 3 great grandchildren (Raina, Jade and Holly).

Brian was born in Leyton, England on February 11, 1928.

He grew up in Chingford, England. Brian graduated with a BSc degree in Chemistry in 1949.

He married Margaret on July 7, 1951 in Chingford, England. Brian earned a MSc degree in Chemistry in 1951. In 1953, Brian and Margaret moved to Montreal. Brian completed a PhD in Chemistry in 1955. Three years later, Brian moved the family to the United States. He did postdoctoral research at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. In 1959, Brian worked as an associate professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington in St. Louis. In 1965, the family of seven moved to North Vancouver, BC. Brian worked at SFU and UBC as a professor of Chemistry.

He became the Associate Director of TRIUMF at UBC, and was the Director for the UBC program on PET. His interests included Nuclear Chemistry, Radiochemistry, and Analytical Chemistry.

Brian enjoyed numerous activities including sailing, hiking, camping, gardening and travelling. Brian and Margaret made visiting their family a priority. They were married for 69 years.

Brian was a member of the Nor-West Model Railway Club and NMRA, and co-founder of VanRail. He was a mentor and inspiration to many model railway enthusiasts over the years. Brian received some of the top awards in the NMRA for his model building skills.

Brian was passionate about science and enjoyed intellectual conversations. Brian was wise, caring and generous, and maintained his sense of humour until the end.

The family would like to express their gratitude for the compassionate care Brian received at Sunrise of Lynn Valley. To write a condolence or story please visit: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/north -vancouver-bc/brian-pate-11427026

As you share the stories and the memories of how they lived their lives and how very much they meant, may you find comfort...

Gift

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.

by DJ Kramer

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Antique, Estate and Collectable Show Sunday, Nov 13th 703 Terminal Ave Starts 10: am - 3 pm

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AGM October 10 at 7:30 pm Kiwanis Great Hall, 999 21st Street, West Vancouver (parking at West Van Rec Centre) The purposes of the Society are to promote the preservation, understanding and appreciation of the natural environment and special historical and cultural features of Cypress Provincial Park for the enjoyment of all as a public trust.

Join us at our annual AGM and hear Guest Speaker Ruth Simons discuss the significance of the Átl’ka7tsem / Howe Sound Biosphere Region, designated by UNESCO in 2021. Ruth is Executive Director of the Howe Sound Biosphere Region Initiative Society. For more information about the Biosphere, visit: https://www.howesoundbri.org/ For more information about FCPP please visit: https://cypresspark.ca

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The following vehicles will be sold, as per the Warehouse Lien Act; 1. The Following vehicle will be sold, 2006 BMW 750i VIN: WBAHN865X6DT61342 Registered owner: Crittenden Morash Jamie-Le Debt amount as of August 21st 2023, $8,952.47.

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