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Debate heats up over proposed changes to short-term rental rules BRENT RICHTER

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Are short-term rentals like Airbnb and VRBO treasured guests in North Vancouver, or have they overstayed their welcome?

District of North Vancouver residents sounded off at an Oct. 10 public hearing about proposed new rules to legalize and regulate short-term rentals in the district, which are not currently permitted but rarely face enforcement.

As of Oct. 4, district staff had identified 1,018 short-term rental listings (up from 832 in May and almost double the count done in January), or about three per cent of the total number of homes in the district.

Almost 90 per cent of those listed are for the entire dwelling unit, rather than just a single room shared in an owner’s home.

Under the proposed rules, hosts would only be granted a licence if they are offering their

own principal residence for shortterm rentals. The rule would also apply to secondary suites, so hosts could not offer basement apartments or coach houses unless they live in them. “[It] is intended to help manage the neighbourhood impacts associated with short-term rentals and help ensure housing in the district is available for long-term renters and residents,” said Ryan Gilmore, district planner.

That, however, was a sticking point for a large contingent of residents who currently host short-term rentals in their secondary suites without permits.

The most common theme among them was that revenue they provide is now necessary for homeowners to cover their cost of living on the North Shore.

“Without the income from our short-term rental, we would not be anywhere financially solvent,” said Aaron Jonckheere, who told Continued on A36

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North Van MPs talk transit, housing at Chamber Q&A but there has to be a project and the project has to have a dollar number against it,” Wilkinson said, adding that the conversation needs to be advanced by having Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Rob Fleming and the province make a decision on the bridge.

“And that is something that I committed yesterday to [North Vancouver City] Mayor [Linda] Buchanan, to talk to Minister Fleming about this week,” he said.

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Members of North Vancouver’s business community have questions, and the region’s two federally elected representatives had answers.

On Friday, North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce hosted a “conversation with MPs” event at the Holiday Inn. In a moderated, question-and-answer format, queries submitted beforehand were put to Liberal MP for North Vancouver Jonathan Wilkinson and Liberal MP for Burnaby North-Seymour Terry Beech. Both politicians are also members of the federal cabinet, as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Minister of Citizens’ Services, respectively.

During the one-and-a-half hour chat, the two representatives talked though issues including debt from federal COVID-19 loans, the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, the federal government’s expanding role on housing, immigration and recent changes to electoral boundaries on the North Shore.

Near the top of the discussion, moderator and chamber CEO Patrick Stafford-Smith said North Vancouver is continuing to see good businesses move elsewhere due to high costs and the challenges of finding staff because they

Moderator and chamber CEO Patrick Stafford-Smith poses questions to Burnaby North-Seymour MP Terry Beech and North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson at a Q&A event hosted by North Vancouver Chamber on Friday, Oct. 13. NICK LABA / NSN can’t easily commute.

He asked: “What are the federal priorities, and your priorities, when it comes to investing in infrastructure and rapid transit in B.C., and specifically on the North Shore?”

Wilkinson replied that shortterm priorities are rapid buses and partial upgrades to the Upper Level Highway, but that the North Shore is going to need some form of dedicated rapid transit going forward. However, he noted the

significant challenge posed by the replacement of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge in the next 10 to 20 years.

“So the question is: should you try to accelerate the time that you’re actually going to replace the bridge and couple that with rapid transit? Or do you build some kind of a dedicated line that is irrespective of the bridge, which would be obviously less efficient, but pushes off the investment that would be required in terms of building a new

bridge?” Wilkinson said.

It’s up to the province and municipalities to identify projects before they can receive federal funding, and massive projects like that are also up against others in the region that could have a higher priority, he said. To be considered at the federal level, a budget has to be determined first.

“At the end of the day, we are very willing to go to bat at the federal level to secure federal support for a project,

‘Not every building needs to be its own unique snowflake,’ Beech says Next, Stafford-Smith said he was happy to finally see all levels of government recognizing that housing is a high-priority issue.

He highlighted federal levers such as the reduction of GST on rental development and the unused housing tax, as well as provincial housing targets and Metro Vancouver development charges.

“There’s this perception that everyone’s pulling in different directions, trying to do the same thing,” he said. “So how can … the higher-level, sober-second-thought federal government come in and help work with the provinces and municipalities to support attainable housing, and really ensure that all incentives fund what we Continued on A35

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Ex-WVPD officer among female cops alleging workplace harassment

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A former West Vancouver police officer is among six women who have launched a proposed class action lawsuit against 13 municipal governments, alleging they were subjected to sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination while on the job.

Cary Ryan worked as a police officer in the West Vancouver Police Department

from 2004 to 2009.

Ryan and the five other current and former municipal police officers allege in court documents filed Oct. 11 in B.C. Supreme Court that they experienced “gender and sexual orientation-based discrimination, harassment and bullying by other officers and management” at their workplace and that the governments they worked for failed to stop it.

As a result, the women have suffered

“serious physical and psychological damages, out-of-pocket expenses and loss of income” the lawsuit alleges.

The court documents name the District of West Vancouver, along with 12 other communities with municipal police forces, including Abbotsford, Central Saanich, Delta, Esquimalt, Nelson, New Westminster, Oak Bay, Port Moody, Saanich, Surrey, Vancouver and Victoria.

Among the allegations in the lawsuit

are that Ryan was subjected to harassment including “unwanted sexual touching and comments in the workplace” and “invitations for sex with co-workers” as well as to “graphic misogynistic photographs” of women.

When she complained to West Vancouver Police Department bosses about the harassment, she was told to “drop her complaints”, she alleges in the Continued on A27

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Three years after a grain silo collapse on the North Vancouver waterfront triggered a cascade of lawsuits, two of the main parties have agreed to settle out of court. But numerous third-party civil suits stemming from the industrial accident remain a “quagmire,” in the words of the B.C. Supreme Court justice managing the case.

On Sept. 11, 2020, one of Fibreco’s brand new grain silos collapsed during the commissioning phase. All of the new grain silos on the site had to be demolished, redesigned and rebuilt, an Oct. 4 ruling from B.C. Supreme Court notes.

In 2021, Fibreco sued AG Growth International, the company that designed and built the silos, along with its subsidiaries, alleging faulty engineering. Later that year, Fibreco also sued Marsh Canada, their insurance broker, after the insurers denied them coverage because, they maintained, Fibreco’s policy had expired. AGI joined Fibreco in that suit as a third party.

Fibreco’s main customer and partial funder of the silo project, AGT Food and Ingredients, also sued the waterfront terminal for their losses. The matter was scheduled to go to a 125-day trial starting in Vancouver this week, however AGI and Fibreco agreed in July that they would settle their claims against each other out of court.

Before the other suits can be heard, however, Fibreco sought a court order making the terms of their settlement confidential and permanently sealing affidavits filed by them. Marsh and AGT opposed the confidentiality order, given their ongoing legal disputes with Fibreco and AGI.

Previously, AGI provided Marsh with a redacted copy of the settlement agreement, which blacked out financial details.

In his Oct. 4, ruling, B.C. Supreme Court Justice David Masuhara acknowledged “the parties find themselves in a quagmire.”

Canadian courts are generally supportive of parties resolving their disputes without the public expense of a trial, and Masuhara acknowledged “settlement privilege” makes it more likely for parties to have successful negotiations if their communications are confidential and not disclosed or used against them.

But the courts must also balance those objectives with the public interest of keeping the court open to the public for scrutiny and, thereby, more accountable, Masuhara noted, and there are exceptions to “settlement privilege” when related third-party suits remain unresolved.

Fibreco and AGI failed to prove that openness poses a serious risk to any important public interest or even commercial interests beyond their own, Masuhara found.

Masuhara agreed with AGT’s arguments that the facts of the incident underlying the lawsuits “implicate the safety and reliability of critical infrastructure that supports the distribution of Canadian agriproducts through the largest port in the country.”

“The silo collapse has already been the subject of some media attention. How Fibreco and AGI – two parties at the heart of the design and construction of the project – have resolved their differences and attributed financial responsibility as between each other is a matter of public interest,” he wrote. And, Masuhara noted, AGI had already disclosed part of the Continued on A10

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West Vancouver councillors want to loosen leash on dog restrictions JANE SEYD

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Two West Vancouver councillors say it’s time to loosen the leash on bylaws that currently restrict where four-legged friends are allowed in the municipality.

Couns. Linda Watt and Christine Cassidy say they’ll bring forward a proposal at the Oct. 30 council meeting to make West Vancouver more dog friendly, including allowing dogs back into two areas of West Vancouver that are currently off-limits to canines: the Centennial Seawalk in Ambleside and Dundarave and Horseshoe Bay Park areas.

The two councillors say it’s time to let leashed dogs back onto popular walking areas frequented by pet owners. They also say it’s time to sniff out a long-term strategy for pet pooches that would make West Vancouver more dog friendly.

Currently dogs aren’t allowed on the Seawalk in West Vancouver – and must stay in the dog run area that is separated from the public walkway by

a chain link fence. Dogs are also not allowed within five metres of many other public areas in the municipality, including playgrounds, sport fields, golf courses, tennis courts, basketball courts, recreational swimming beaches and picnic areas.

According to a report from the two councillors, West Vancouver is one of only three Metro Vancouver municipalities which imposes a setback rule on where dogs are allowed. (Vancouver and Maple Ridge are the other two.)

But they note dogs are still allowed on the Seawall in the City of Vancouver.

Doing away with that setback rule would allow leashed dogs and their owners to walk on the outskirts of playgrounds and sports fields. The relaxation of the rules would not apply to commercial dog walkers.

“Parks and trails are where residents go to walk, hike, relax, socialize and, for dog owners, walk their dogs,” reads the notice of motion by the two councillors, who say the trend to smaller living spaces combined with an increase in dog ownership means West

Vancouver needs to keep up to date.

Council is expected to discuss the proposal at its Oct. 30 meeting.

In the past, the issue of where Fido should and shouldn’t be allowed has raised hackles in West Vancouver.

In 2010, council considered – then rolled over on – a pilot plan to allow man’s best friend access to the pedestrian-only section of the Seawalk.

Council of the day turned tail on the plan after a public backlash against the proposal.

Community opinion at the time was passionately divided between dog owners who said the bans effectively bar them from walking with their dogs along some of the nicest stretches of West Vancouver, and others who said they’d prefer their Seawalk strolls without being barked at, frightened by dogs, stepping into canine land mines or tripping over leashes.

The motion put forward for council discussion this time, however, points to council debate that specifically excludes additional formal public consultation.

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irbnb, as its name hints at, began as just an air mattress on a host’s floor. It, and other short-term rental companies, have grown massively outside that scope, with listings in 28,000 homes in British Columbia.

In the District of North Vancouver alone, the number of STRs has jumped from 653 in January to more than 1,000 this month.

In an acute rental housing crisis, STRs have clearly gotten out of hand.

Just as the District of North Vancouver is set to vote on bylaws that would limit STRs to a host’s principal residence, the province has announced legislation to severely curtail them across B.C. Municipalities have been loath to enforce their existing bylaws because the

size of the fines available to them does not nearly cover the cost of the bylaw investigation and court time required.

We are pleased to see the province stepping up with the investigative and enforcement tools that will make a difference. A scofflaw host won’t be incentivized to put their entire suite on the market for $300 per night if it means a fine of $3,000.

To be clear, not every amateur hotelier is going to offer their STR up for long-term rental, but these changes will help.

With the District of North Vancouver taking the lead locally and the province stepping up with support, there’s no excuse for the City of North Vancouver and District of West Vancouver councils.

It’s check-out time for short-term rentals.

Public should be told result of harassment complaint KIRK LAPOINTE

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The independent investigation into accusations of harassment and bullying of district staff by West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager has been completed and delivered to council.

It is in the public interest for the report to be publicly disclosed, but it won’t be.

It is also in the public interest for WorkSafe BC to be conducting its own investigation, but it also won’t be.

Power has a way of insulating itself when disclosure would be threatening or uncomfortable, and West Vancouver’s mayor and council are acting no differently in their recent treatment of a pushback from senior staff.

Earlier this month six councillors, but not Sager, were provided printed copies of the report. The reports were not electronically provided for a reason: they weren’t keepsakes. Councillors were required to return them so they could not share them.

The investigation was prompted by a single complaint but, like most such probes, expanded to examine statements the complainant provided about episodes involving other public servants.

Along the way, three sources told me, the complainant was interrogated by police, a highly unusual move that certainly would chill municipal officials from sharing information.

The six councillors have discussed the report in closed-door meetings without the

mayor present. (The report does chronicle another councillor’s behaviour but that hasn’t stopped that councillor from participating.) It would be fair to say that with the mayor’s alliances on council it is doubtful he doesn’t know what’s taking place in its deliberations on what it should say or do.

Not that there is much it can do.

Provincial law intersecting with this issue is weak.

In the resolution of some cases I’ve known about over the years, bosses are restricted from meeting employees unless there is a third party in the room. Won’t happen here. About the strongest council gesture would be censure, but even that would be quite the move given that the majority of the council was on Sager’s

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Most likely what will happen is that the complainant – who hasn’t seen the report, in fact – will be offered a severance package that includes a non-disclosure agreement and everyone will just attempt to move on.

One would think this is fertile ground for WorkSafe BC, but its legislation and regulation do not provide an obvious opportunity to investigate on its own. The employer or employee involved have to ask for one when there are issues of mental, as opposed to physical, health concerned.

In this case, the district as the employer is not going to WorkSafe BC – the priority inside municipal hall is to hold the line so Continued page A9

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Re: We’ll Do Whatever We Can To Bring The News To You, Oct. 11 column I have just finished reading my weekly North Shore News paper. I look forward to it every week, the flyers, letters to editor, local stories and the obituaries.

I was very happy to read this week’s column by editor Andy Prest in which he explained his diligence in following up on reader concerns about delays in receiving their paper and his enthusiasm over the fact that yes, some of us still like to read a newspaper.

Up until a year ago, I was living in a low-income family complex on the North Shore where delivery of the North Shore News was sporadic at best, and was disappointed every time I hustled off to the mail room only to find no paper.

I soon discovered that the couple who managed our building would gather up the entire stack as soon as it was delivered and proceed to dump them in the underground recycling bin. I believe they felt that papers and flyers were “messy” and they didn’t want to bother tidying up anything left behind. Shear laziness at our expense.

Fortunately, they are no longer

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managers there and I now reside in a lovely seniors building in Lynn Valley where my paper comes regularly. I thank you and your staff for continuing to provide us with an excellent community newspaper, which I spread out on my dining room table, and am happy to hear that you appreciate us appreciating you.

Heather Hunter North Vancouver

A TEENAGE ‘L’ DRIVER GOING 199 KM/H IS ‘ABSOLUTELY CRAZY’ Dear Editor:

Re: ‘L’ driver stopped after street racing 199 km/h in North Vancouver, Oct. 2 story I read your article about the teenager driving with his L going 199 kilometres per hour. I am a teenager who has my L. I am hoping to get my N soon. I thought this was absolutely crazy.

I can’t imagine ever driving that fast or ever driving without a supervisor in the car. I think he should have his licence fully taken away and not drive for several years, or ever, because he clearly has no respect for the rules.

He broke three violations on his L and a bunch of driving rules in general.

Joshua Noonan North Vancouver

Public money and trust at stake

Continued from A8 as to make the district legally safe. The employee won’t be going to WorkSafe BC, either, because the district will be protecting itself with the severance package.

The public should know the report’s findings and hear from the mayor about it.

It’s not only about taxpayers’ money with the severances and legal bills. It’s that we are entitled to know how the mayor comports himself with staff. If there’s no story here, show us; if there is, tell us how things will change.

On the same general topic: whatever happened to our fire and rescue chief?

Dave Clark was scheduled to retire next April. But a couple of months ago he went on holidays and didn’t return to the job, surprising his team.

When fire or police chiefs retire, there’s usually fanfare, appreciative statements at council, and an appropriately ceremonial send-off. In this case, there was simply a perfunctory note that he’d taken early retirement. And that was it.

••• Now, if you’re going to chronicle others’ errors, you have to admit your own. In my last column on the district’s five-year capital plan, I cited an expense of $476,000 in managing the parks, culture and community services. In fact, the expense was revenue. It didn’t change the column’s overall conclusion on district finances, but I regret to say I misread and misstated that element. Two other matters: I cited a $600,000 increase in costs for pier repairs; true, but elsewhere in the document it was explained that it is an insurance rebate.

And the mayor’s pet project of an outdoor fitness centre in Ambleside, I have since learned from the district, is the beneficiary of a $125,000 donation from Larco and a GoFundMe drive, so the cost to taxpayers will be mitigated.

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

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Even though Canada’s purpose-built rental housing stock grew last year at its fastest pace since 2014, vacancy rates fell to a two-decade low pushing up rents. The supply gap is growing rapidly and it’s hurting families.

Nowhere is the rental challenge more evident than here on the North Shore.

Precious little rental construction over the past 20 years, combined with an aging rental stock vulnerable to redevelopment is a recipe for the kind of social and economic stress now gnawing at our community.

Combatting the housing crisis is complex and multi-faceted, but a focus on increasing the supply of purpose-built rentals must be a critical component of any long-term plan. That’s why it is front and centre in the Government of Canada’s National Housing Strategy.

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through the Rental Construction Financing Initiative to support the Senakw (Sa-Naok) project—the largest First Nations economic development project in Canadian history. It aims to be the largest net-zero residential project in our country, creating 6,000 new homes just minutes from downtown Vancouver, of which 3,000 will be rental units.

Over the summer, the Government of Canada announced a commitment of nearly $500 million in low-interest, repayable loans for more than 1,100 purpose-built rentals in Vancouver. I am very pleased that $132 million dollars of this funding has been invested in 277 rental homes at three sites in both the City and District of North Vancouver.

More homes faster We need to work even more closely with municipalities to create a regulatory environment that is conducive to building more homes faster. That’s why, in March, the federal government launched the Housing Accelerator Fund – a $4 billion initiative designed to incent cities, towns and Indigenous governments to unlock new housing supply by speeding up development and approvals. This includes fixing out-of-date permitting systems, ending exclusionary zoning, introducing zoning reforms to build more density and incentivizing development close to public transit.

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Silo builder reports $70.7M in settlements

Continued from A5 financial terms of the settlement via a press release in July, which stated “AGI expects to record an additional pre-tax charge of approximately $15.6 million in the second quarter of 2023 in connection with the Fibreco settlement.”

In its quarterly financial disclosure statement the following month, AGI reported that it would have another cash settlement of $55.1 million in the third quarter of 2023, the judge noted.

“Though Fibreco and AGI have

not disclosed the financial terms of their settlement, they have already disclosed significant aspects of the settlement agreements to the public.

Fibreco cannot say that it has treated the entirety of the settlement agreements – which it now seeks to subject to a sealing order – as confidential,” Masuhara wrote.

The parties were in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Oct. 11 for Marsh’s lawyers to make arguments that the original, unredacted copies of

the settlement agreement should be disclosed to the other parties in the suit.

Eventually, the insurers ended up covering the costs for two of the silos to be rebuilt, the ruling notes, and the companies continue to negotiate.

None of the original claims have been tested in court.

Fibreco is seeking to have its case against Marsh heard in January 2024.

AGT and other parties are looking for trial dates later in the year.

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There are fewer entrances more iconic, welcoming and well-known than when Norm Peterson entered his beloved watering hole in the popular 1980s sitcom, Cheers.

And it’s precisely this feeling of gratitude and recognition that Kathryn Stanton and her husband and coworker Mark Warsaba want their customers to experience upon entering their newly opened Valhalla Pure Outfitters Store in North Vancouver this October 2023.

Located at 201 Bewicke Ave. in North Vancouver, this new Valhalla location will be a hub for friendly, neighbourhood gearheads who know the best trails around, the coolest little lakes, wicked crags, and the most epic backcountry skiing spots available.

“We want to create that community vibe where our customers are a part of our family,” Stanton says. “We want you to feel comfortable in that you’re not here just to shop, you are here to live your adventure and share your experiences.”

So what does that family feeling entail?

For starters, a 5,000 square-foot shop that’s bright, open, accessible and full of team members who know the West Coast mountains and trails like the back of their hands.

And because this location is independently operated and locally owned, the ability to pivot and respond to customer needs is endless.

Need a certain shoe width? Specific type of item made by a local vendor?

You’ll get it.

Try finding that in a big-box store.

But beyond that community feel is the goods themselves – and there are plenty.

The store offers a range of options, including good, better, best and premium brands across all categories – from affordable and reliable options for those starting

out, to high-end and top-of-the-line products from everyday names such as Arc’teryx, Patagonia, Solomon, Blundstone, and Black Diamond, as well as some more unique brands like Norrona and Ortovox.

And if you are looking to camp year round, Valhalla Pure Outfitters has your back through inventory that encompasses any challenge presented by life on the West Coast: cooking utensils, sleeping bags, personal flotation devices, paddles, knives, tents, climbing accessories, dehydrated food, GPSs, guidebooks, boundless apparel choices, maps and much more.

“We want to create a warm and inviting feel, like you’ve walked into a mountain cabin full of supplies,” Stanton says.

Having spent nearly three decades intermittently residing and raising their family on the North Shore, Stanton and Warsaba understand the unpredictability of nature’s playground, even for seasoned backcountry enthusiasts.

“Our objective extends beyond merely offering a shopping experience; we aim to create a comprehensive support system,” says Stanton.

With their dedication to offering world class service, community connections, sustainable practices, the couple plans to organize workshops and offer guided tours in the backcountry, equipment rentals and outdoor workshops, including in store seminars full of practical

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We want you to feel comfortable in that you’re not here just to shop, you are here to live your adventure and share your experiences.

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They also plan to create and support critical partnerships with key organizations, such as Search and Rescue, Avalanche Canada Alpine Club of Canada, and the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides.

As the 14th franchise within the Valhalla Pure Outfitters Network, Stanton and Warsaba are excited to be welcoming the North Shore outdoor athletic community to their store, where “everyone knows your name”.

Go to VPO.CA/stores/NorthVan for more details on the location, VPO loyalty Adventure Bucks, gear, and store hours.

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own pocket to fund the service, he added.

“When he stepped away from the board, he continued with driving and fundraising efforts,” Smith said. “He’s been a big part of this organization.”

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After his mother died of cancer, Garth Pinton was driven to do more for people suffering from the disease.

While she was fortunate to live near the BC Cancer building on West 10th Avenue in Vancouver, many have to travel much longer distances to receive treatment.

One day, Pinton was out in Delta, “And I thought, ‘How would you get here?’”

It was that experience which motivated him to co-found Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society in 2016. Over the past seven years, the service has grown from 12 drivers to a fleet of nearly 450 responding to more than 31,000 patient trip requests annually.

Now, Pinton is being recognized by the society as an Honourary Life Member for his many commitments and contributions.

The longtime North Vancouver resident and businessman served as VCDS’s inaugural president, and “didn’t let up when his term was done,” reads a statement from the society.

“Garth continued to personally drive patients, lead fundraising efforts, and liaised with donors in the years following, as VCDS grew,” the statement reads.

In September of 2015, the Canadian Cancer Society

Garth Pinton, founder and former president of the Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society, is being honoured with a lifetime membership. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN cancelled its driver program, which prompted Pinton – along with fellow volunteers George Garrett, a former broadcast journalist with CKNW, and John MacInnes – to take action.

Recognizing the ongoing need for a free service to take cancer patients to treatment, the trio put their heads together and got wheels in motion for VCDS the following February.

“They had the vision to say that, ‘We’re just going to do this,’” said Bob Smith, the society’s current president. At the beginning, Pinton and other founding members were paying from their

Early dedication of founders has led to long-term success of organization Sporting a black vest with the words “Honourary Life Member” embroidered on the chest, Pinton beams while recalling his work for the cancer drivers charity.

“I used to say at the end of the day, when I was driving a lot, ‘I feel bad that I feel so good,’” Pinton said. “Because it’s that rare charity where you’re actually looking into the eyes of those that you help.”

“We’re right there. And we’re a new face to tell their whole story to,” he said.

Patients appreciate the service, of course. But the families are especially grateful for the care that VCDS provides for their loved ones, Pinton explained.

Radiation therapy is five days a week, for four to six weeks, and drivers often wait while the patients are treated. From the outset, Pinton and his colleagues established checks for criminal and driving records.

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North Shore Rescue called out four times in one night JANE SEYD

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North Shore Rescue volunteers didn’t have a lot time for prepping the turkey after responding to four rescue calls Oct. 7. Three of the four calls were for rescues taking place at the same time.

Rescue crews were first called out that evening to help get an exhausted 55-yearold hiker off the BCMC trail on Grouse Mountain. District of the North Vancouver firefighters initially responded to the call about a hiker in distress who was experiencing leg cramps, and provided first aid.

But the hiker was unable to walk, and firefighters decided “a stretcher carry was not in the cards,” said Stan Sovdat, North Shore Rescue search manager.

A North Shore Rescue crew responded with Talon Helicopters and hoisted the hiker out to a waiting ambulance.

Shortly after 7 p.m., the rescue team was called out to assist Port Alberni Search and Rescue to do a night hoist of a hiker with a fractured arm on Mt. Arrowsmith.

The woman was hoisted into the

helicopter and taken to hospital in Nanaimo.

In December of 2022, North Shore Rescue became the only civilian rescue team granted permission to use Talon Helicopters’ hoist rescue system at night.

Previously, night hoists had only been carried out by the military. Since then, the North Shore team has regularly responded to requests for help with night hoists from other rescue teams, including one as far away as Nelson.

On Saturday, after that helicopter crew was dispatched to Vancouver Island, the rescue team learned another hiker, a 71-year-old woman, was progressing very slowly up the BCMC trail.

Every night, volunteers from the team do a sweep of the trail as darkness approaches, said Sovdat. In this case, the woman had recently had a hip replacement and had been on the trail for three hours. A ground team of two members was dispatched from the top of Grouse to give the hiker fluids and a headlamp and walked her out to the top.

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Continued from A15 Finally, a fourth call came in later that night for two hikers from Ukraine who had been caught in the dark near the Baden Powell Trail on Black Mountain in Cypress Provincial Park.

The couple had done the hike before about a month ago, said Sovdat, and had watched the sun set from Eagle Bluffs.

“They just didn’t expect it to get that dark” so quickly, he said.

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GOLDEN MOMENTS

Soccer teams achieve historic national championship double ANDY PREST

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They’re not only national champions, but they’ve also accomplished something no other club has done before.

Burnaby FC teams, including a large number of players from the North Shore, won gold in both the U17 boys and U17 girls divisions at the Canada Soccer Toyota National Championships held Oct. 4-9 in Moncton, N.B. Never before in that tournament has the same youth club won the boys and girls groups in the same age division in the same year.

The boys and girls teams have supported each other for years and were cheering for each other throughout the tournament, said Rio Yassin of West Vancouver, captain of the boys team.

“Our technical director [Lee Tregonning], he had two gold medals around his neck. That was pretty cool to see,” Yassin said with a laugh. “That was kind of the dream. One night we had dinner as

a whole club in Moncton and I had to give a speech, and the speech was, ‘I can’t wait to see gold medals around all of our necks.’”

Representing B.C. in the tournament, the girls went a perfect 5-0 in Moncton, clinching the national title with a thrilling win over Alberta’s Calgary West FC in the final. The two teams ended the game tied 2-2, with Burnaby FC pulling out the win with a 4-3 advantage in penalty kicks to earn gold at Croix Bleue Medavie Stadium. Moments later the boys hit the same pitch and earned the same glory, capping off an undefeated tournament with a 2-0 win over the Alberta representatives from Edmonton BTB SC. Hearing the final whistle blow was “pretty surreal,” Yassin said.

“All the hard work, it felt like it paid off in that moment,” he said.

“Of course you go to your buddies right away – all the hugs and tears of happiness. It’s that sense of accomplishment with all the rainy practices, all the snowy practices

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Burnaby FC teams celebrate gold medal wins in both the U17 girls and boys divisions at the Canada Soccer Toyota National Championships held Oct. 4-9 in Moncton, N.B. BURNABY FC and all the driving, all that, it felt like ‘we did it.’ It paid off.”

A number of players from North Vancouver and West Vancouver started playing for the club years ago when it was known as Mountain United, a joint North Shore and Burnaby team playing in the BC Soccer Premier League.

The club recently shifted solely to Burnaby and took on the new

name after North Van FC joined the BCSPL, but NVFC does not yet field a team at that age group, so the U17 North Shore players stuck with Burnaby FC. North Shore players on the boys team include Yassin, Justin George, Nick Belben, Logan Wickstone, Eric Town, Elias Bejaoui, Caden Ruby and Joseph Hare-Goss, as well as Charlie

Smith and Joey Buchanan from Squamish.

The girls team includes North Shore players Taryn Hunter, Giulia Falorni, Cassia Crozier, Amelia Bodie, Kaitlyn Takeuchi, Katie Connell, Bella Connell, Lily Bouvier, Malala Rabesoa, Orla Heather, Brinley Bjornson and Daira O’Keeffe.

The switch to Burnaby meant more travel for the North Shorebased players, but it did nothing to diminish the team bonds created over the years together, said Yassin.

“We like to call ourselves family – we do a family chant before every game, because we are really close on the field and off the field,” he said, adding his thanks to all of the coaches, team officials, and particularly family members who supported them over the years. “All the support has been so amazing.... A lot of our friends and family came to support us in Moncton as well, which was fantastic.”

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Connor Bedard has a hockey puck that can’t be replaced. White tape wraps around its edges. On the tape is written: “1st NHL Pt.”

At 15:37 in the second period of his debut in the world’s top professional hockey league, Bedard picked up his first point, with an assist on a goal from his Chicago Blackhawks teammate Ryan Donato. That goal would be the first of four in a row for his squad, which beat the Penguins 4-2 in Pittsburgh Oct. 10.

As has been the case with much of his budding career, his premier NHL performance was filled with talking points, even before he stepped onto the ice. Just after leaving the dressing room, Bedard did a quick 180 to retrieve his forgotten

hockey stick.

He’d need that for his first faceoff, which was against none other than his boyhood idol Sidney Crosby, who was the No. 1 draft pick to the NHL in 2005, when Bedard was two weeks old.

“Connor, welcome to the NHL, man,” said referee Kelly Sutherland of Richmond, B.C., before dropping the puck between the two generational talents to start the game.

Bedard lost that faceoff, winning only one of seven against Crosby, and two of 13 overall.

The young gun kept up the momentum after that initial game, scoring his first goal – a snappy wrap around to beat Boston Bruins goalie Linus Ullmark – in just his second NHL game, on Oct. 11.

Bedard picked up his third point of the season, an assist, Oct. 14 in a losing 3-2 matchup against Montreal.

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Continued from A23 masks,” says Jacquie McCarnan, a local real estate agent and founder of North Van Cares, who will be donning an elegant gown for the event.

Not knowing exactly who you’re rubbing shoulders with as the evening unfolds is considered part of the fun at the sophisticated Halloween for grown-ups.

A silent auction, live auction, charcuterie table of sumptuous snacks from Luxe Bites and dancing music by local band Dr. Jon’s Committee will all be part of the evening which runs from 7 to 11 p.m. There will also be some special surprises, which McCarnan is keeping under wraps until the evening.

The goal of the gala is to raise money for the North Van Cares non-profit, with a mission of supporting locals in need as well as contributing to other local charities and organizations that work on the North Shore.

“I think the big difference is we’re a super grassroots organization,” said McCarnan. “We are boots on the ground in North Vancouver. We don’t have a big bureaucracy. We’re nimble.”

North Van Cares was founded three

years ago by McCarnan at the height of the pandemic, when she was looking to help seniors access goods and services they might need, including grocery and prescription pick-ups. Two months later, she had more than 3,500 people signed up to a local Facebook page.

McCarnan inherited her own giving spirit from her mother, who she said instilled a sense of gratitude in her. Her own mother’s family had themselves been recipients of the Santa Claus Fund and “she never forgot that the kindness of strangers offered them joy and hope when it was scarce.”

Some of the group’s projects have been large and some have been small. The biggest to date was the effort that raised more than $140,000 for victims of the Lynn Valley library stabbing.

The group has also handed out 450 Christmas boxes over two years to those in need of a boost.

This year, the list of local causes the gala will benefit includes Backpack Buddies, North Shore Rescue, North Shore Black Bear Society, the Lookout Shelter and North Shore Volunteers for Seniors.

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Most and least expensive homes sold on the North Shore Kayu Batu decking, a hot tub, lush landscaping and mountain views.

Open concept with a bonus home office outbuilding, the townhouse is walking distance to Edgemont Village. It was most recently assessed at $1.87 million, and last sold in February 2017 for $1.8 million.

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As the real estate market heads into fall, it’s anyone’s guess about what’s around the corner.

Compared to both historical averages and 2022, sales on the North Shore are still down, said Calvin Lindberg, a real estate agent with Angell Hasman and Associates in West Vancouver. But listings, which have been very low this year so far, are creeping back up.

Open houses are busy, said Lindberg. For the most part, that hasn’t translated into a lot of sales.

But when a really desirable house comes along, “That’s when you’ll see multiple offers,” he said.

“So it’s kind of a mixed bag.”

According to Zealty.ca, Central and Lower Lonsdale and the Pemberton/Marine Drive corridor are hotspots for condos, while Lynn Valley, Grand Boulevard and Canyon Heights were popular with detached home buyers last month.

In West Vancouver, the British Properties and Caulfeild were on buyers’ radars for detached homes, while Ambleside was the hotspot for condos.

The median selling price for a detached home in North Vancouver was more than $2 million in September, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, while the median selling price of an apartment was $838,000. In West Vancouver, the median selling price of a detached home was a whopping $3,000,000 in September. The real estate board put the “benchmark” price of a typical single-family home in

This modern mansion at 770 Greenwood Rd. in West Vancouver’s British Properties sold for more than $15 million on Sept. 16. ZEALTY.CA North Vancouver at $2.27 million in September, while a typical home in West Vancouver went for $3.28 million.

Here are some of the most and least expensive homes to sell on the North Shore in August and September.

outdoor pool, sauna, steam room, wine and media rooms, triple garage and radiant heating, as well as stunning views over downtown Vancouver. The home was most recently assessed at $8.1 million, and last sold in March 2016 for $4.5 million.

Most expensive detached home The most expensive detached home to sell on the North Shore in the past two months was the largest sale of the year so far on the North Shore. That’s when a six-bedroom, eight-bath, three-storey home at 770 Greenwood Rd. in West Vancouver’s British Properties sold for more than $15 million on Sept. 16 after only five days on the market. Described as a modern-style concrete home of almost 10,000 square feet, the home was designed by Frits de Vries Architects and features an

Most expensive townhouse The most expensive townhouse to sell in the past two months is a one-of-a-kind mid-century modern Hollingsworth-designed home at 3708 Edgemont Blvd. in Edgemont Village that sold for just under $2.85M on Sept. 26 after just a week on the market.

Originally built in 1952, the home in a private setting has been extensively renovated but retains its MCM character. The two-level, four-bedroom, three-bathroom 2500-square-foot townhouse features 16-foot-high ceilings,

Most expensive apartment The most expensive apartment to sell on the North Shore in the past two months hasn’t even been built yet, but comes with luxury cred.

The three-bedroom, four-bathroom 5,700-square foot penthouse in the Sentinel development

by Denna Homes at 2501 – 200 Klahanie Court, overlooking the Lions Gate Bridge, sold for $5.7 million on Sept. 7. The two-level penthouse includes more than 3,000 square feet of interior space with floor-to-ceiling windows, oak floors, Gaggeneau appliances, private elevator and air conditioning. There’s also more than 2,600 square feet of outdoor space, including a 1,200-squarefoot private rooftop terrace and three additional decks with ocean, mountain and city views. Other amenities in the luxury development include electric charging for three vehicles, a gym and yoga studio and “dog wash.”

Most inexpensive detached home The most inexpensive detached home to sell in recent months on the North Shore is a three-bedroom, two-bathroom one-storey rancher at 1972 Garden Ave., off Capilano Road in North Vancouver.

The 1200-square-foot home built in

1973 sold for just under $1.47 million Sept. 4 after just a week on the market. Billed as a family “starter home,” the rancher comes with a cosy back yard in the “sought-after” catchment area for Capilano Elementary IB school. Skylights, new double-pane windows, new floors and hot water tank complete the package, along with a detached garage. Most recently assessed at $1.2 million, the home last sold in March 2021 for $1.18 million.

Most inexpensive townhouse The most inexpensive townhouse to sell on the North Shore in August and September was Unit 9 at 220 East 4th St., at the 43-yearold Custer Court building in North Vancouver’s Lower Lonsdale.

The one-storey, 784-square-foot corner unit sold for $615,000 on Aug. 21 after five days on the market. Featuring an open kitchen, natural gas fireplace, large dining and living area and a covered south-facing deck, the apartment is a walk to the Quay, the Shipyards District and the SeaBus. It was most recently assessed at $582,000.

Most inexpensive apartment The most inexpensive apartment to sell in North Vancouver was unit 214 – 155 East 5th St. in North Vancouver’s Winchester Estates building in Lower Lonsdale. The one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment sold Aug. 2 for $380,000 after only nine days on the market. This sale was a little out of the ordinary as buying the 700-square-foot apartment meant buying shares in an adult-only 55-year-old co-op building.

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‘This is about the collective experience of policewomen in B.C.’

Continued from A4 lawsuit. On other occasions, Ryan was asked to sign a document which described her complaints as “emotional”, the court documents allege.

Ryan was later diagnosed with clinical depression and left the force.

“My story is not unique,” Ryan said in an interview after the lawsuit was filed this week. “This is about the collective experience of policewomen in B.C. “It’s been happening for decades,” she said.

One Vancouver police officer named in the court documents alleges she was sent an explicit video in an email by a fellow officer and was routinely “fined” for minor or perceived infractions, which included demeaning domestic tasks like waiting on other officers.

Another Vancouver Police officer stated in the lawsuit a poster containing her photograph appeared in the forensic identification unit in August 2023 with the caption “swabbing penises for over 50 years.”

One former female Delta police officer alleges she was subjected to unwanted sexual touching and comments in the workplace and was also frequently compelled to play a game of ‘would you rather’ where questions of a sexual nature were asked of her.

Another officer, with the Central Saanich Police Services, said in the lawsuit she was exposed to routine ‘jokes’ about oral sex and was “frequently touched” on her buttocks by fellow officers.

A former New Westminster police officer said she was called a “hot mama” and had comments about her “childbearing hips” made by a male officer.

The women allege in the lawsuit that when they complained, they were subjected to retaliatory abuse, something Ryan alleges was part of her experience at the West Vancouver Police Department.

The women allege while working for the municipal police departments, they were treated differently from male officers, including being subject to sexually explicit comments, and comments dismissing their ability to do their jobs. They were also denied promotions, transfers to more desirable policing units, shifts or positions and passed over for complex files and tasks, in favour of their male colleagues, the lawsuit alleges.

In allowing the harassment to continue, and failing to enforce policies to prevent it, the municipalities named in the lawsuit – as well as the Attorney General and Minister of Public Safety – failed to minimize risk to the female police officers and permitted a workplace environment and culture that normalized the occurrence of gender-and-sexual orientation-based harassment and discrimination,” the lawsuit alleges.

“We all want to hold accountable these government authorities, who we’re saying have not fulfilled their contractual duty to provide us and the class members with a work environment that’s free of bullying,” said Ryan.

The women are seeking to have the lawsuit certified as a class action, which would allow other female officers to join the suit if they have experienced harassment on the job.

“The systemic nature of the harms committed by most or all of the defendants … is such that the questions of fact and law arising from these common issues overshadows the individual issues,” according to the lawsuit.

“The systemic decisions and priorities which created the specific culture of the police departments” were a “flagrant and vexatious pattern of behaviour on an institutional level” the lawsuit alleges.

Ryan, who has since moved to Nova Scotia, said her experience eventually drove her to quit policing.

“It’s either quit, or you kill yourself. And honestly, I did find myself in that place,” she said. “And I quit out of self-preservation.”

Ryan said the women launching the suit are seeking damages. But they are also hoping for bigger changes.

“We need legislative change; we need policy change.

It’s 2023. This is women’s rights. This is violence against

women. And we need these politicians not to turn the blind eye to this … “We know our experiences aren’t unique. These are the experiences of women in policing, in municipal police departments in B.C., and enough is enough.”

In a statement, the District of West Vancouver said, “As this matter is before the courts, we will not be commenting at this time.”

Ryan previously filed a B.C. Human Rights complaint about her treatment at the West Vancouver Police Department. But in 2015 the tribunal rejected that on technical grounds, saying Ryan had waited too long to file her complaint.

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Neighbours praised for saving Deep Cove home from fire BRENT RICHTER

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Damage is visible on the exterior of a house in Deep Cove following a fire Oct. 9. PAT BELL Derban said about 10 per cent of the home’s exterior was burned, but the structure is likely salvageable.

“Far more damaged was the interior with the smoke throughout the house and then water,” he said. “The residents will be out of the house for a while.”

Things could have been much worse had the neighbours not called for help so soon, Derban said.

“It’s amazing how fast it happens,” he said. “Luckily, they heard a couple of pops and saw the flames early. Minutes matter.

Seconds matter when it comes to fire extension and spread.”

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One of the first people on the scene was an off-duty district firefighter who lives nearby and was able to greet responding crews with a solid assessment of the situation, said Assistant Chief Dwayne Derban.

The fire had spread to both floors of the house and was extending into the attic, requiring crews to open up soffits. It took about 15 minutes to get the blaze under control, Derban said.

Luckily, the home’s owners and renters from the basement suite were all out at the time, and no one was injured.

After speaking with the fire investigator Oct. 10, Derban said there is no definite cause, but they are looking into the possibility of discarded ashes from a wood burning stove.

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Lime bike among haul pulled out in Deep Cove clean-up dive NICK LABA

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When Henry Wang ran into a guy who was travelling across Canada, picking up trash from various bodies of water along the way, the numbers didn’t hold much weight.

“I kind of laughed, and I went, ‘98 pounds in 99 dives, really?’”

Wang said.

A seasoned diver and North Vancouver resident, Wang knew a place where he thought there was probably some junk below the surface.

“So we went to Deep Cove government dock, and we pulled

up 1,300 pounds in one day,” Wang said. That dive in 2013 would be the first of 246 clean ups organized

by Wang in the following decade, for a total of 58,341 pounds (26,463 kilograms) of garbage removed.

As part of his Divers for Cleaner Lakes and Oceans organization, Wang, along with friends and other volunteers, have amassed a mountain of rubbish from sites including Lonsdale Quay, Fishermen’s Pier in West Vancouver, Cat Lake near Squamish, Sasamat Lake in Port Moody and Sayres Lake near Mission.

As it’s the place where the journey began, Deep Cove was a

fitting location for the outfit’s 10th anniversary. It’s also the place with the most interesting trash.

On Sept. 23, Wang dove back into the familiar waters along with a dozen other scuba divers and freedivers. They pulled out cellphones, a drone, sunglasses, rope, socks, sweaters, tires, a car battery, a fire extinguisher, boat anchors and a Lime bike.

None of these finds surprised Wang.

While many of the items are unintended deposits, much of Deep Cove’s collection is curated.

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These cellphones were retrieved on a Sept. 23 dive to clean up Deep Cove. Some were even reunited with their owners. HENRY WANG

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WHAT: A public hearing will be held regarding proposed: Heritage Revitalization Agreement Bylaw No. 5234, 2023; and Heritage Designation Bylaw No. 5235, 2023. A public meeting will be held concurrently.

WHEN: 7 p.m. on October 23, 2023 WHERE: Municipal Hall Council Chamber, 750 17th Street, and via WebEx electronic communication facilities. Attend in-person or via WebEx (visit westvancouver.ca/webex); or watch the hearing at westvancouver.ca/cc.

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PROPOSED HERITAGE REVITALIZATION AGREEMENT BYLAW NO. 5234, 2023: would allow for a Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA) between the property owners and the District to protect and revitalize the heritage asset onsite (the “Clegg House”). The HRA would allow for: subdivision of the site; relocation and restoration of the heritage house, creation of a stratified garden suite in the basement of the Clegg House, and construction of a garage/rental coach house on the southern lot (Lot A); construction of a new-single-family dwelling and detached garage on the northern lot (Lot B); and would authorize zoning bylaw variances to accommodate the development as incentive for legal protection of the Clegg House.

PROPOSED HERITAGE DESIGNATION BYLAW NO. 5235, 2023: would designate the Clegg House as a municipal heritage asset and would provide for ongoing legal protection of the Clegg House.

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PERMIT 22-074: would regulate the form and character of the proposed coach house and would allow for the proposed development next to a watercourse (Vinson Creek) with retention and enhancement of the riparian area.

COUNCIL WELCOMES YOUR INPUT: All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaws and development permit will be given an opportunity to present written submissions and to be heard during the public hearing and concurrent public meeting regarding the proposed bylaws and development permit. To participate in person, please attend the Council Chamber at the time listed above. To participate by electronic communication facilities, please call 604-925-7004 on October 23, 2023 to be added to the speakers list. Instructions on how to participate are available at westvancouver.ca/ph.

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Some items are trickier than others to haul out of the ocean Continued from A30 into the ocean,” he said. “The very first year we found a parking bollard … the kids managed to pull that out of the ground and carry it all the way down to the dock and then huck it in.”

“The next year we If it wasn’t for recovered an the interesting aluminum park aspect of diving bench that they for trash, never had to unbolt somewhere really knowing up the hill – I what I’m don’t know going to find, I where – and wouldn’t dive carry it down a anymore. really long way.

DIVER HENRY WANG Like it’s a huge

amount of effort to huck that in the ocean,” Wang said.

Returning the sunken Lime bike required some effort too.

Lime’s website has forms to fill out problems with a rental or to report a broken bike, “but there was no option to say, ‘Hey, I found your bike in the bottom of an ocean,’” Wang explained.

So he took to social media, posting videos tagging Lime and North Vancouver District, who organizes the bike-share program. After some back and forth, someone from Lime finally came to retrieve the soggy bike.

Trash recovery presents experienced divers with interesting challenges Wang’s self-described “weird hobby” of

underwater trash collection emerged from a state of having ticked every box on his diving list.

He formerly owned The Edge Diving Centre in North Van, but sold it in 2013.

Wang has done a lot of diving around the world, reaching the highest level of cave diving certification and being qualified to dive to extreme depths with a rebreather, an advanced device which recycles a diver’s air.

“I’ve pretty much accomplished everything that I want to do in diving,” Wang said.

“If it wasn’t for the interesting aspect of diving for trash, never really knowing what I’m going to find, I wouldn’t dive anymore.

“How often can I go to Whytecliff diving, seeing the same fish over and over again?” he said.

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miscellaneous hunks of junk out of the water presents interesting challenges in problem solving. “If I encounter 500 tires at Albert Dyck Lake in Abbotsford, how do I get those out? You have to create solutions.”

In this case, Wang and his team engineered a continuous loop of rope from the bottom to kayaks on top of the water.

Freedivers would guide the tires attached to the rope by carabiners to the surface, then let the empty carabiners loop back to the bottom.

“It was a conveyor belt of tires,” Wang said. “We got 55 tires out that day … If I was doing that on my own, I would have gotten maybe five or six.”

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Lime bike returned, slightly soggy Continued from A32 laudable endeavour, Wang has never thought to push any morals onto would-be litterers.

“I’m pulling stuff out of the water – take whatever message you want to get out of it,” he said. “I’m never going to convince the people who maliciously pollute.”

What has left an impression on Wang are some of people’s own clean up stories that they share online.

One time, a guy posted his experience of finding a 50-gallon oil barrel while camping in a remote area. In his post, the camper wrote ‘There was no option to say, ‘Hey, I found your bike in the bottom of an ocean,” says Henry Wang of the Lime bike that he was just going to website. COURTESY OF HENRY WANG leave it, at first. “But then it occurred to him how much detritus, Wang isn’t trying to convince anyeffort it takes for me to get trash out of the water. And he said, ‘Screw it,’ and ended up one to take action. carrying this thing a kilometre through the “But the people who have taken extraorbush back to his camp to get it out of the dinary efforts to remove things because environment,” Wang said. they’ve seen one of my pictures or videos …

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Throughout the month of October, Sons of Vancouver is dead set on giving guests chills up their spines, with a cocktail menu so morbid it would make a wicked witch cackle.

The North Vancouver We light it on craft distillery fire and pour it has brought back its back and forth. “haunted bar” It’s showy. It makes the drink for a third year, transforming warm, so on a the tasting cold night it’s room into a really nice to Halloweenthemed bar. have.

It pays BARTENDER AMANDA MACMULLIN homage to Vancouver’s long-lost The Dark Manor Inn, which was briefly opened by the same owners of The Shameful Tiki Room. Included in Sons of Vancouver’s décor are bloody skeletons, creepy photographs and a nine-foot coffin

table resurrected from the now-defunct bar.

Betwixt a festive fog, candlelight and cobwebs, staff will be dressed as slashers and spellcasters to serve a new cocktail list that features the distillery’s artisan spirits.

An Old Fashioned, featuring a pumpkin-spice infused whisky and amaretto, will be whimsically served in a jack-o-lantern, says bartender Amanda MacMullin, dressed as Lydia from Tim Burton’s 1988 classic Beetlejuice.

A Tootsie Roll Sour is made with a vodka infused with the chocolate-taffy treat. There’s also a riff on a Blazer, which will involve some pyrotechnics behind the bar.

“It’s got some apple brandy and it’s got some of our amaretto,” MacMullin said.

“We light it on fire and pour it back and forth.

“It’s showy. It makes the drink warm, so on a cold night it’s really nice to have,” she added. “It’s a spirit-forward drink as well.”

The signature drink of this year’s Halloween pop up is the Plasma Punch, a blood-red tropical beverage served tableside from an IV bag.

Candlelight and smoke from a fog machine obscures rows of bottles from behind the bar at Sons of Vancouver. NICK LABA / NSN For those who prefer their spirits sans-alcohol, Sons of Vancouver offers a raspberry-infused Vampire’s Kiss and a frozen lemon-almond drink, The Ice Witch.

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Data points to the fact that in order to keep up with housing demand in Canada – affordability aside – somewhere in the neighbourhood of $2 trillion in investment is needed to build three million new units, Beech said. In terms of 250unit condo towers, that’s the equivalent of hundreds going up every day for the next 10 years.

“We really need to start thinking about the systems that we have in place in order to get housing built – we can’t just keep relying on the current systems that we have,” he said.

“Not every building needs to be its own unique snowflake.

“That’s not to say that municipalities or regional governments should be sacrificing their design … but we need to think about ways that we can do it faster than we currently are,” Beech said.

Part of the reason why we’re facing these challenges is because the federal government has removed itself from the housing conversations for around 40 years, Wilkinson said.

“They essentially decided that housing was an area of provincial and municipal responsibility,” he said. “So we have aggregated a lot of pressure on the housing system that cannot be fully resolved in a very short period of time.”

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“We continue to see new Canadians in our community,” he said. I meet these people every day through Impact North Shore, who are underemployed doctors and engineers working, no offence, at London Drugs, and various other places completely available for the workforce. It’s a humiliating process,” he said.

Wilkinson highlighted the trades as an area that the federal government has been creating a dedicated stream to attract people to Canada. “We will need to continue to identify those spaces where we are really proactive about the skill sets that we want,” he said.

Closing out the Q&A, Stafford-Smith commented on the changes to the federal electoral boundaries on the North Shore – which add a significant chunk of West Van to Wilkinson’s riding – saying how there’s consensus in the chamber that the more North Vancouver can be in one jurisdiction, the better.

Surrey is the fastest-growing region in the province, Beech said, with ridings to Surrey’s east being pushed further east and the opposite on the west side.

With the changes, Beech loses the Lougheed Highway area from his Burnaby-Seymour riding, while gaining much of Lynn Valley, West Lynn and Lynnmour.

Wilkinson agreed that North Van and West Van are distinct communities, but pointed out people in North Vancouver will now have more representation coming from a second MP. “People in Lynn Valley actually get a great representative, in Terry Beech, and you end up having the ability to call on both of us in North Vancouver to actually do the work that needs to be done,” he said.

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Province introduces legislation meant to curtail short-term rentals “I think you’ll find there’s a tonne of secondary dwelling units that are not being rented out by choice, because people don’t want to deal with tenants because of the Residential Tenancy Act,” he said. “I am not in favour of limiting the manner in which people can rent their basement suites out because the RTA is horrible.”

Several short-term rental hosts noted that they are a boon to the tourism industry, while also offering temporary accommodations for people displaced by renovations or damage to their home.

Housing crisis Others, however, urged council to go ahead with the bylaws.

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Continued from A1 council he had spent more than $400,000 and five years getting his coach house approved and built. “While we’re going deeper into our line of credit each month, it’s not as bad as if we rented it long term.”

Mike Blomkamp said he was in favour of the district legalizing and regulating STRs, but he added it was a step too far to disallow homeowners from putting their basement suites and coach houses on Airbnb.

“I really don’t think it’s the responsibility or the burden of the single-family homeowner… to be able to provide their property as a rental housing or as the long-term rental housing stock. This should be the responsibility of the feds, the province, the local municipalities,” he said.

Erik Jensen warned that even if the district were to enforce short-term rental restrictions, it may do little to add supply to the secondary rental market.

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Gemma McDonnell, a senior manager with Mt. Seymour Resorts, said parts of the mountain business are now threatened by a lack of staffing, and told council to prioritize workforce housing over tourist housing.

“Affordable housing is essential to support North Vancouver’s economy and a healthy functioning society. It should not be viewed as a privilege available to community members who have the financial means to reside here,” she said.

Ian Carswell also advised council to consider the “macro” implications of $200 per night short-term rentals on the larger marker.

“This is not, in my eyes, supporting local housing in any way whatsoever,” he said. “The level of inflation that is running through the rental market in Vancouver right now is exceptional and extremely dangerous, in my view. It is not sustainable, and short-term rentals are like pouring petrol onto that fire.”

Airbnbs a nuisance Others told council to go ahead with the new rules as a means to deal with the nuisance problems that often come with short-term rentals – increased demands for street parking, strangers coming and going at all hours, partying vacationers, and cigarette butts and litter being left behind.

Thompson Brennan, who said he lives near a home with four separate shortThe level of term rentals in it, expressed inflation that is doubt that the restrictions running through would achieve the district’s the rental market housing goals, but he said, in Vancouver they might provide peace right now is for existing residents.

“This summer was hell exceptional.... It on earth for us and it turns is not sustainable, out for all our immediate and short-term neighbours,” he said. “It rentals are like changes the nature of a pouring petrol neighbourhood to have a short-term rental unit of onto that fire. that size next to anyone.”

RESIDENT IAN CARSWELL The sentiment was echoed by Maureen James, who said she didn’t want to see any more STRs cropping up.

“The homeowners running the short-term rentals do not see or experience these things,” she said. “They only see money in their bank accounts, and that’s offensive to me.”

If the bylaw passed, the district would spend much of 2024 communicating with short-term rental hosts about the rules in hopes of bringing them into compliance. Starting in 2025, the district will begin using revenues brought in from short-term rental licences to go after those still flouting the bylaw.

The province introduced legislation on Monday, intended to curtail STRs around B.C. by limiting them to the primary residence of hosts and giving municipalities more tools for investigation and enforcement.

With the public hearing now closed, council members are legally not allowed to accept any new comments on the matter until after they have voted on the proposed bylaws, which is tentatively scheduled for Nov. 6.

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Those who weren’t in the pumpkin patch, barreling their friends over with vegetables or posing for cheesy family photos, were riding ponies, stuffing their faces with freshly popped popcorn, or waiting in snaking queues to be defaced with frightful face paint and spooky tattoos. Live music kept the crowds entertained throughout the afternoon, with performances delivered by bands from a number of local schools.

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A: The sound your superannuated sofa makes when you flop down on it B: A speaker that works in concert with a sub-woofer C: A living street D: All of the above Since this is a column about active transportation, you probably guessed correctly. It’s a “living A rendering shows a part of the plans for the St. George street” – a translation of Rainway project in Vancouver. This image shows the woonerfs originating in the laneway between Fifth and Sixth Avenues looking south on Netherlands and Belgium.

St. George Street. CITY OF VANCOUVER Living streets include shared space for people, what they wanted to see on their street. trees, rain gardens, parklets, traffic calming, They also set design guidelines to ensure traffic diversion and lower speed limits. In access to all lanes and driveways, and for the city of Vancouver, their “rain city stratemergency vehicles and garbage collection. egy” merges with street design to create On balance, people agreed that what living streets. they gained in new common green space, One project in Vancouver’s Mount flood control, and traffic reduction was Pleasant neighbourhood recently caught of greater benefit than car storage and my eye. Residents on St. George Street through street convenience. originally wanted to daylight a stream Not only are living streets more pleasant covered by their street long ago. While the to live along, but also they are safer. Why? daylighting project was deemed unviable, Because eye contact and human interaction the impetus to honour the street’s watery are way more effective than impersonal heritage was transformed into a “rainway” signs with rules. It seems obvious, but we concept. Water basins, swales, gardens, and have used our streets for so long to zoom green spaces for people to enjoy and hang around in the metal growlers, perhaps we out in for ten blocks will pay homage to the have forgotten how to simply acknowledge stream locked below. each other and make space for trees, plants, More than homage, though, the rainstreamlets and all the critters that enjoy way turns rainwater run-off into a valued them as much as we do. Inadvertently, by resource that allows for water reuse, elimprioritizing vehicular movement, we gave inates the need for massive water piping projects as rain events become more violent up more than we got.

Should all local streets in North due to climate change, improves the natural Vancouver be woonerfs? I say yes. But let’s surroundings, mitigates the urban heat make a modest start by creating one as a island effect, and prevents flooding. demo. Perhaps another sainted roadway?

Right, so what does that all have to do How about St. Andrews from 24th down with transportation? The St. George living to Keith Road? Why St. Andrews? It is the street/rainway project incorporates active perfect street for a quiet local bikeway and transportation. One of its guiding principles is to ensure the safety of all road users. This has the space to accommodate more trees, bioswales, rain gardens, wider sidewalks resulted in some one-way streets in secand parklets in addition to parking. There’s tions, wider walking paths, traffic calming not much to lose and a whole lot to gain. and traffic diversion using parklets.

Let’s put the woo! into a woonerf here on Naturally, the idea of creating impedithe North Shore. ments to through travel was controversial.

Heather Drugge is a sustainable transporBut the citizens made these decisions tation advocate who has used her bike for together. The final design was arrived at by transportation for more than 20 years. She’s city-guided co-design sessions and public got an e-bike now, and maybe a jetpack next. consultation. In other words, residents and Northshoremoves@gmail.com regular street users gathered to explore

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Make hay … or festive pesto LAURA MARIE NEUBERT

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The change of weather got ahead of me a bit this year and I wasn’t able to late-summer cut the last wave of herbs in our herb spiral, or the fourth flush of holy basil growing under the faded tomato vines. With any luck I will get to them soon, and hang them to dry for gifting, and for use throughout the winter.

Women wartime workers

Photo: NVMA, 9618 Here is a picture of a group of Burrard Dry Dock employees taken in 1945. The women pictured are donning the now iconic outfit of the women wartime worker.

Central to this was the headscarf. Headscarves were essential for safety in industrial worksites as they kept women’s hair free of machinery, but also differentiated the women from their male counterparts who usually donned caps.

As a representation of femininity in the workplace, the headscarf soon became an essential feature of women’s war work propaganda, firmly enmeshing it as a long-lasting symbol of women’s contributions to the Second World War effort.

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“Make hay” though, they say, so I improvised and made Thanksgiving Mixed herb pesto with heart- and brain-healthy walnuts and pecorino cheese is super good for you. LAURA MARIE NEUBERT Pesto. Such a blessing, in hindsight, to have a variety lemon or vinegar, until after it has thawed, of fresh herbs at-hand in October, with otherwise the greens could oxidize and turn which to make a small-batch of gorgeous to brown before their time. and incredibly nutrient-dense mixed herb, My mixed herb pesto was dark green walnut and pecorino pesto to flavour and to begin with, because I used traditional enrich our Thanksgiving meal. so-called poultry herbs like sage and thyme, I made a jumbo patch in my large food in addition to basil. The traditional pesto processor, and froze it in 250-millilitre deli basil is the Genovese or sweet variety, cups. Making pesto for freezing is easy, just remember to omit any acid components like Continued on A41

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A little pesto goes a long way CROSSWORD

Continued from A40 but I prefer and used holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum), which tastes similar to popular basil, but is actually a mint-family plant that contains diverse and numerous beneficial phytochemicals, coveted by Ayurvedic practitioners.

To spice things up further, I added pineapple sage leaves and blossoms, lemon verbena leaves, and creeping winter savoury leaves and blossoms. The herb mixture was random, though the mixed herb to holy (or regular) basil ratio works best at two-thirds mixed herbs to one-third basil.

My goal was to produce a 250 ml pesto, so I worked backwards from my tried and true pesto recipe. Two cups by volume of herbs, 60 ml of olive oil (or as needed), onehalf cup by volume of walnuts – substantial health benefits and far less expensive than equally “oily” pine nuts (off-shore sources known to contain heavy metals) – one-quarter cup of grated pecorino cheese made from pasture-raised sheep milk (very low lactose), and a large pinch of sea salt (or to taste).

Anyone with a small food processor or a mortar and pestle can make pesto. Start by stripping the herb leaves and flowers from the stalks, and process or crush until reduced to small pieces.

Add the olive oil in a stream until the herbs move freely but are not soupy. Add the walnuts and process or crush until incorporated, then add the grated pecorino and salt. Process or crush just until combined as the small bits are lovely and provide colour and texture. If using right away, you might add the juice of half a lemon just before incorporating into your recipe, though I often use the pesto as-is without adding lemon at all.

For turkey dinners you can place the pesto between the skin and flesh of a whole bird to be roasted, use it as a stuffing layer in a turkey breast roulade (roll), incorporate into a light olive oil dressing for a pappardelle side dish, or drizzle over oven-roasted spaghetti squash. A little goes a very long way, so use a slight hand and quality olive oil to thin before using as a sauce or drizzle.

What I know for certain is that my mixed herb, walnut and pecorino pesto is a gorgeous good-for-you food that came from living soil in our home garden. For that, and for so many, many things, I am truly grateful.

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Continued from A13 commitment, they knew that they could pass that responsibility off to a very qualified individual,” he said, adding that drivers are also individually interviewed.

“There’s a compassion level that you need to see,” Pinton said. “The comments we get all the time are so positive about our drivers, and appreciative and thankful.”

Looking in With a career in the eyes of executive recruitthe patient ing that’s spanned you’re driving three decades, his volunteer resumé is all the is lengthy as well. reward I Pinton served on need. the board for the GARTH PINTON Greater Vancouver Food Bank for 12 years, and drove for the Canadian Cancer Society for five years before his time at VCDS.

Apart from his own motivation, Pinton said much of the momentum for success at VCDS is owed to co-founder and friend MacInnes, who died suddenly in 2017 after his own battle with cancer.

“George [Garrett] used to always call him the Energizer Bunny because he just had so much energy,” Pinton said. “He’d be knocking on doors. He and I did cheque presentations at fire halls.

“It was a vision and a mission that we felt critical to maintain,” Pinton continued.

“John MacInnes used always say to us, ‘This isn’t a one-year thing, guys. This is going to be the long term.’

“I’m sure he knows just how long-term this has become,” Pinton said. “We couldn’t be happier.”

As for his own honouring by the society, Pinton said it was totally unexpected.

“You’re not doing this thing for recognition,” he said. “Looking in the eyes of the patient you’re driving is all the reward I need.”

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CNV, Tsleil-Waututh among first to use digital housing permits BRENT RICHTER

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The City of North Vancouver and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) will be among the first in B.C. to adopt a digital permitting system for builders of new homes.

On Oct. 10, Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon announced 16 municipalities and First Nations that would help develop and pilot a new method of permitting intended to drastically cut down the amount of time it takes for new housing to be built.

“People will soon see new homes approved faster as we make good on our commitment to position B.C. as a North American leader in digital permitting and construction,” Kahlon said in a release.

Most B.C. jurisdictions still rely on paper-based application for new housing, which the ministry says can cause costly delays and slow approval times. Starting in March 2024, the province and its 16 partners included in the pilot project will begin testing the new system, which is expected to speed up processing times and automatically review plans to ensure they are compliant with the B.C. Building code.

The Ministry of Housing is also working with the National Research Council of Canada to make construction codes machine readable, which will allow for more automated and faster permit reviews in the future, the release states.

As the development of the new system begins, the province has struck a new digital

advisory council made up of development industry members to provide the province with advice on making B.C. a leader in digitizing permits.

City of North Vancouver Mayor Linda Buchanan welcomed the city’s inclusion in the project.

“In this critical time, it is imperative that we work together to tackle the housing crisis head on so we find housing solutions that support all members of the community – families, individuals, young people and seniors,” she said in a release.

North Vancouver-Lonsdale NDP MLA Bowinn Ma – who is almost nine months pregnant – noted that it takes less time to create a new human being than it does to get the permits for a home for them to live in.

“We’re in a housing crisis and the numbers aren’t adding up. More than 150,000

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The project has the support of the Urban Development Institute.

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Vancouver Island municipalities joining the pilot are Saanich, Campbell River, Nanaimo, Victoria, Cowichan Valley and Qualicum Beach. In the Interior, Kamloops and Kelowna have signed on.

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BRASS, Alice Rae January 23, 1926 − September 13, 2023

DEWEST, Lorna May 1, 1935 − October 10, 2023

My beautiful, wonderful, sweet, funny and extremely kind Auntie Alice passed away peacefully in her sleep on September 13, 2023.

She is now reunited with the love of her life, my uncle, Horace Norman Brass, along with my mother, Leanora Brabner and my Auntie’s little brother, Douglas Brabner.

May they all rest peacefully together.

No service by request.

Donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s/Dementia Foundation.

Lorna leaves behind a loving family who will miss her terribly. Predeceased by daughter Jane (Colin), survived by her loving husband of 67 years Van, grandchildren Cole and Kate, daughter Michele (Ron) and brother Charlie (Elaine).

She was the kindest and most gentle wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.

Lorna had a sense of humour and grace that carried her through her 88 years and up to her very final moments. All who knew her benefited from her kind and gentle ways.

Her kitchen table was a welcoming place to any kid, friend, neighbour, or business associate of Van’s. Lorna embraced all openly with a warm hug and a twinkle in her eye. She had the unique talent of attracting folks. On a bus, in a store, on a street corner while travelling, people sought out Lorna and shared information about their lives with her wherever she went.

BUTLER, Roderick Wildred January 24, 1951 − September 24, 2023 It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Roderick Wilfred Butler, who lived life on his own terms right to the end.

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Lorna and Van travelled extensively and had wonderful friends with whom they shared many adventures.

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GERMYN, Coby Lynn May 18, 1980 - August 25, 2023 We sadly announce Coby’s passing on August 25, 2023. She is survived by her father and stepmother, Ed and Karen Germyn; mother and stepfather, Sandy and Don Kerr; sister Krista and her two nieces; and her brother David.

As the daughter of the last caretaker of the Lynn Creek Watershed, the trails and creek became her playground with her two rescue dogs Roggie Doggy and Shaylee. This started her love of the outdoors and of animals.

The family moved to Church Street and Coby attended Lynn Valley Elementary and then Argyle Secondary School. At this time Coby’s love of art expanded to include photography and kickboxing.

Coby’s favorite jobs were as a vet tech, groomer, photo lab developer, and animal dietician. She eventually adopted her own rescue dog Merlin; her best friend, protector, and “vanping” buddy.

We thank the Lions Gate Hospital Staff for their support during this difficult time. A celebration of life will be held October 22nd for family and friends.

For time and location, please reach out to the family.

She left on her own terms with zero regrets. Her parting instructions were, "Enjoy your life. Grab on with both hands."

In death, as in life, Lorna refused to inconvenience anyone, and therefore, there will be no formal service. Instead, she requested a private family function, where there will be glasses raised to an amazing woman.

Cheers to a life very well lived.

We were all blessed for having known her.

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GERRITS, Cornelis Johannes (Gary) April 3, 1940 - October 5, 2023

HIDDLESTON, Ruth April 24, 1933 − October 13, 2023

Gary passed away peacefully at Lions Gate Hospital on October 5, 2023 after a short illness with cancer.

Ruth Hope Hiddleston passed away in her sleep on October 13, 2023. She was the eleventh of eleven children born to British−born Hugh Charles Musgrove Leir and Joyce Lane Hassell. Ruth is survived by her sons Blair and Craig and her grandchildren Reese and Leyton.

Gary came to Canada from Holland when he was nineteen and loved his beautiful new homeland.

He enjoyed playing tennis in Stanley Park and at the Jericho Tennis Club, and would play racquet sports his whole life..

Gary loved sports, watching, but participating was even better!

Gary’s career as a hairstylist in the Edgemont village in North Vancouver lasted over 40 years. His quick wit, warm, easy going personality and enthusiasm for sports endeared him to many.

Gary was born in Haarlem, Holland. He is predeceased by his parents Johannes and Allegonda Gerrits, and his sister Mary. He is survived by his siblings Betty (Walter) , Jan (Huda), Lidy (Willem), Gonny (Rob), brother-in-law Gerard, nieces and nephews and good friend Monica.

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HAHN, Michael Eric May 23, 1952 − September 30, 2023 We wish to announce the passing of Dr. Michael "Mike" Eric Hahn, who died peacefully on September 30th. Mike grew up in North Bay, Ontario, where he met his wife, Lee, of 48 years.

Mike was an accomplished doctor, having earned Doctor of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology degrees at the university of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. In 1985, Mike and Lee relocated to North Vancouver, where he became a predominate doctor at Lions Gate Hospital for over 35 years. He has four wonderful children − son Chris (deceased); daughter Kim, with her two sons with Kevin, Cole and Lennox, and her blended family with partner Shawn and son James; son Andrew and his wife Stephanie with granddaughter Kira; daughter Ashley and her husband Brandon with two granddaughters Maya and Mataya. He also had four siblings − Eileen, Donna, David and Helene.

Mike had many hobbies, including gardening, fishing, boating, golfing and playing games with his grandchildren. The family spent many years together at their lake home in West Kelowna. Mike was always kind, very generous, loving and loyal.

He will be truly loved and always missed by his family and friends.

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Ruth grew up in Penticton, BC, graduated from the University of Washington, and moved to Vancouver post−graduation to become a teacher.

Ruth met her husband Mitch Hiddleston at the Jericho Tennis Club and moved to West Vancouver to start a family. Ruth was a wonderful mother and wife, an avid golfer and bridge player, and great company to all. When not consumed with one of these activities, she was often reading or working on a crossword puzzle.

Ruth is now reunited with the love of her life, Mitch, her husband of 54 years, who passed in 2020.

At Ruth’s request, no memorial service will be held. Instead of flowers, please donate to a charity of your choice.

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HOLMES, Dolores Rose (nee Branca) March 6, 1929 - October 14, 2023 Dodo, as she was called by her loved ones, has passed on through the Pearly Gates to be with the Lord.

Dodo is predeceased by her parents, Angelo and Viola Branca and her husband, Patrick. She is survived by her children, Angelo, Patrick (Lisa), Luciana, Maria (Paul), Teresa, her grandchildren, Aliyah, Zak, Casey-Lu, Jack, Sam, Jeb, Jodi and Erin, her sister, Patricia, and her “children” Bob and Janet. She is also survived by many cousins and nieces and nephews in Vancouver, Ontario, Washington State, Michigan and Italy.

Dodo grew up in Hastings East (Cambridge Street) and Dunbar (24th Avenue).

She was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Point Grey campus, then attended Lone Mountain College in San Francisco, before going to Law School at UBC. After her admittance to the Bar in 1953, she joined her father’s law team. She enjoyed the experience and while there met her husband, Pat. Dodo and Pat settled into life in then far away Dollarton (Beachview Drive) in 1957 and never left the family home. It is there that she and Pat met long time friends and raised their kids with the Malcolms, the Lambs, the MacKenzies, the Fenneys, the Radatzkes, the Braidwoods, the Basarabs, the Robertsons, the Saunders, the Codvilles, the Lafavours and so many more. They were truly special times in a special place.

Dodo was appointed a Provincial Court Justice in 1975, working in Burnaby until her retirement in 1999. It is here she meet new friends and colleagues, Ken Page, Selwyn Romily, Nancy Morrison and Bill Diebolt. She was well respected by her fellow justices. She served as counsellor for several years after her retirement.

Dodo served on many boards: among them, Providence Health Care and Little Flower Alumni. Dodo loved and celebrated her Italian heritage and was a great hostess, her carol ship parties and gourmet dinners were legendary.

She enjoyed holidays with her family and friends in Whistler, Bates Beach, Palm Springs, Hawaii, Priest Lake and Westport, and in many other parts of the world.

She hosted several family reunions at her home and never missed a family reunion in Olympia with the Millers. Dodo was a consummate friend and enjoyed staying connected with old school friends.

PAKALNIS, Rimas T. October 28, 1956 − October 18, 2018 Our beloved Rimas, you will always be so well− loved and remembered − you are with us everywhere. You would be so proud of our family!

With all our love, Anna, Brodie, Kirby, Theo, Elena and Andrew.

May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of Despair

Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11:00 am on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 160 Mount Seymour Parkway, North Vancouver, Presider, Rev. Craig Scott with burial to take place at the North Vancouver Cemetery in North Vancouver, 1700 Lillooet Road, North Vancouver thereafter and reception at 12:30 pm at Holiday Inn, 700 Old Lillooet Road, North Vancouver.

In lieu of flowers, donations to “The Honourable A.E. Branca and Mrs. Branca Bursary’ at Simon Fraser University would be appreciated.

Angelo, Pat, Luciana, Maria and Teresa give a special thanks to mom’s trainer and care givers Wesley, Merren, Maria and Liza who helped mom stay living at home as long as she did as well as all the nurses on 7 West at Lions Gate Hospital who took such great care of mom in her last days.

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Obituaries TAYLOR, Thomas M. January 13, 1931 − October 5, 2023 Thomas Mackenzie Taylor of West Vancouver, British Columbia, passed away peacefully at home on October 5, 2023. He was in his 93rd year.

Thomas was predeceased by his brother, Chris.

He leaves behind his wife, Margaret; his son Paul, his wife Hu Yan, and their child Cecilia; and his other son Tom, his wife Sarah, and their children Mac and Charlie.

LINCOLN, Roy Gilbert Sepember 30, 1926 - September 15, 2023

RAY, William April 19, 1932 - October 3, 2023

Roy slipped away in the palliative care wing of Lions Gate Hospital early September 15, 2023, two weeks shy of his 97th birthday.

Bill Ray, age 91, passed away in his home on October 3rd of heart failure.

He was born in Calgary, the younger of two sons raised by English settlers.

He is survived by his loving wife Sylvia, stepdaughter Cheryl Young, and grandchildren, Nicole Bissell, Abriella Young, and Vanessa Young as well as other nieces, nephews and relatives.

He loved building things, taking them apart and putting them back together, especially cars and motorcycles. As a young man, he owned both and even rode motorcycles through the Calgary winter!

Roy left Calgary for Vancouver in 1948 and for most of the next ten years went back and forth from Vancouver to jobs up North, where he drove trucks on big infrastructure projects.

In October of 1957, a friend set him up on a blind date at The Breakers - and it worked! He married Beverley in September, 1958 and later adopted her three sons (Michael, John and Roy). They also had a son together (Chris) in 1961. After living most of the 1960s in Kitsilano, the family moved to North Vancouver in 1969.

Roy began working for the federal government in 1960 in a forestry research lab on the UBC campus. He became an engineering technician and stayed for 20 years. He finished his government service with a five-year stint in an entomology lab on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon.

He was always a good crib player. And a better piano player. He was full of music. He used his tenor voice in choirs and at the dinner table. He and Bev were members of the Vancouver Opera Association starting in the 1960s. The records they played filled the house with music on Sunday afternoons.

Roy and Bev were also square dancers, learning in the early 1970s and dancing for some 30 years, mostly as members of the West Van Weavers.

Bill grew up in West Vancouver where he lived his whole life. He was always extremely resourceful with a creative ability to make money. An example of this was at a very young age when he would cut trees down underneath power lines in the British Properties and sell them as West Vancouver’s first Christmas tree lot. His last and most successful business was Northridge Industries, which built and managed commercial and residential buildings throughout the Lower Mainland. Bill’s hard work and strong money management skills allowed him to retire at the youthful age of 50.

Bill and Sylvia spent their winters at their home in Rancho Mirage, California. Their summers were spent navigating the West Coast in their beloved boat, “Habibi”, which he built, and socializing with their friends from the West Vancouver Yacht Club.

He greatly enjoyed golf, badminton, tennis, fishing, and sudoku.

The family would like to send a heartfelt thank you to Diane Bloxham for her care of Bill during his later years.

A Funeral Mass will be held on October 27th at 11 AM at Christ the Redeemer Parish, 599 Keith Rd, West Vancouver with reception and burial to follow.

If friends so desire, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of their choice.

After returning from the prairies, Roy did another ten years of paid work, before volunteering at the Seniors Centre in West Van teaching people how to use computers. He later served on several committees at the Ambleview Housing Co-op, where he lived his last dozen years.

Glaucoma left Roy completely blind in the last two years of his life. And in the final months, he was mostly bedridden. Still he was full of joy, making jokes and singing songs. Bev called him the perfect husband. Roy died two days after his 65th wedding anniversary.

A memorial service will be held at 1:30 pm on October 22, 2023 at West Van United Church, 2062 Esquimalt Avenue, West Vancouver.

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Thomas spent his first several years in Kitsilano and the West End of Vancouver, before his family moved to West Vancouver, where he attended Pauline Johnson and West Vancouver Secondary Schools. He furthered his education at the University of British Columbia, where he met Margaret, and later gave years of service to the West Vancouver high schools.

Upon retiring, Tom dedicated time to the North Shore Retired Teachers Association and the West Vancouver Historical Society, serving as president and editor of the newsletter "Histrionics." He also authored the book, "Glimpses: West Vancouver through the eyes of the Paper and the Paperboy."

Thomas’s love of music and nature, his wit and humorous use of language remained throughout his life.

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OTHERS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE Others who have gone before Hold up my trembling hand.

They comfort me in the blind despair I cannot understand.

They suffer with me when I hurt, Weep with me in my pain, Remind me that we are not lost ...

Though I must now remain.

Those who’ve gone before me, Hear me when I cry.

Sing softly with me soothing chords Of unsung lullabies.

Mourn anniversaries never marked, A future I cannot keep.

They gently kiss the pain away, And love my heart to sleep.

The ones who’ve gone before me Hold me in my dreams.

They gently stroke my furrowed brow, And calm my silent screams.

They love me in my heartache, Wait quietly nearby., Hold patiently, one to another Till I join them by and by.

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Bill passed peacefully surrounded by family on October 5, 2023. He is survived by Maren (nee Christensen), his wife, best friend and loving partner of 66 years. He had four children, eight living grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.

It is with great sadness we announce the death of Maurits Vander Cruyssen (1938 - 2023) at age 85.

Survived by his loving wife of 62 years Francoise (Frances); sons Piet (Ann) and Bruno (Magda); daughters Sophie (William) and Sylvie (Derek); grandchildren Alexander (Chelsea), Cedric, Astrid, Lauriane, Luke and Christopher; and greatgranddaughter Reese.

Bill Thompson was born in Regina, SA in 1931, but was soon back in Belfast, N. Ireland from whence his parents had emigrated a few years earlier. They returned to Canada in 1937, settling in Calgary where Bill attended Crescent Heights High school.

He earned a degree in journalism at the University of Montana in 1956 and spent most of the next thirty years in the oil and gas, forestry and mining industries of Western Canada as a communications specialist. In 1957 he married Maren Christensen, settling in Calgary where the first two children were born. The family came to Vancouver in 1964 and Bill worked in pulp industry communications for six years before joining Placer Dome Inc. as head of Corporate Communications.

Two more babies arrived in Vancouver and in 1972 the family located in West Vancouver. Here, the children grew, graduated and married.

All established their own homes and raised families in the Lower Mainland. The children, Kristin (Peter Kelly), David Thompson (Brenda Wiebe), Michael (Lynne) Thompson and Kari (Glen Garratt), were and are - deeply loved and respected.

He took much pleasure in family gatherings where laughter, story-telling, skits and sour-note songs were regular ingredients, along with discussions on current events and politics. He enjoyed jokes, both the hearing and the telling. Through most of his life Bill enjoyed sports, joking that he was reasonably good at some of them. He played tennis into his mid-seventies.

He leaves Maren, whose steadfast strength, loyalty and love were only a few of the reasons for his long-standing and respectful references to her as “my better half”.

The family would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the many people who helped take care of Bill over these last few years. We are especially grateful to Dr. Anne Marie Thomsen, Dr. George Mak, Dr. Adam Chruscicki and the many wonderful people of the North Shore Palliative Care Team. Donations in Bill’s name can be made to BC Children’s Hospital or the charity of your choice.”

Born In Dendermonde, Belgium, Maurits was a successful businessman and optometrist. A natural born leader, he was active in many business, sports, and charitable organizations. At age 43, he immigrated with his family to Vancouver and started representing several European manufacturers. He travelled all over the world. He continued to serve his new community (Ambleside Tiddly Cove Lions Club, Knights of Columbus), developed great friendships, and helped so many people. He was also a keen sportsman all his life.

After a long illness, Maurits passed away on Thursday, October 12, at North Shore Hospice with his wife Frances by his side. He will be greatly missed. We will miss his indomitable determination, wisdom, and courage.

A Prayer Service (Rosary) will take place on Thursday, October 19 at 5:00 PM at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church in West Vancouver.

The Funeral Mass will take place on Friday, October 20 at 11:00 AM at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church followed by a reception. The family would like to warmly thank the caregivers and nurses at Vancouver Coastal Health, the firefighters of the West Vancouver Fire Department, the paramedics of North Shore Ambulance Service, Lions Gate Hospital, and the caregivers, nurses, and physicians at North Shore Hospice for all their loving care. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to any of the aforementioned organizations. Condolences to the family may be sent to McKenzie Funeral Services, 100 Park Royal South, West Vancouver, BC, V7T 1A2.

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