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JUMPFORJOY Radin Farvargan, 12, jumps the flames atAmblesideParkTuesday in anticipationofNorouz, the firstdayof spring and thebeginningof the Iranian solar calendar. ThePersianFire Festival celebrates harmony, joy andanewbeginning for theupcomingyear.Viewmore images at nsnews.com/photo-galleries. PHOTOCINDYGOODMAN
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The North Shore’s three mayors are roundly reject-ing a south-of-the-Fraser plan to put a $1-per trip tollon the Lions Gate Bridge and Ironworkers MemorialSecond Narrows Crossing.
Delta Mayor Lois Jackson made the suggestion of tollingall the Lower Mainland’s major bridges, saying it would bea fair and easily understood way of bringing in $378 millionannually to fund transportation infrastructure. Her com-munity is set to receive a new 10-lane, $3.5-billion bridge toreplace the Massey Tunnel.
But, the north-of-Burrard-Inlet mayors say the buck-a-bridge plan is arbitrary, punitive and not an equitable way tofund transportation.
“A dollar a bridge, to me, just doesn’t cut it. There’s justno logic behind it,” said District of North Vancouver MayorRichard Walton.
The plan would raise money from people who commute toVancouver in a north-south direction while collecting nothingfrom the people who drive east-west, despite the provincespending billions upgrading Highway 1 east of Vancouver, hesaid.
“Everyone along that corridor benefits from it at no cost.
Mayors rejectbuck-a-bridgetollingplan
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For the second time in as many weeks, a pile of cashhas been found by a citizen in North Vancouver andturned in to police.
In the latest incident, a North Vancouver man was walk-ing down the street in a well-known business district onTuesday when he stumbled upon a “substantial amountof money” on the sidewalk, said North Vancouver RCMPspokesman Cpl. Richard de Jong.
When he bent down to pick it up, the man realized it was“a lot of cash,” said De Jong.
At first the finder –described as a local resident about 30years old – thought the cash on the sidewalk might be part
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JANE [email protected]
The owner of a WestVancouver waterfronthome will be spared theprospect of dismantlingparts of her $5.79-mil-lion house – but only ifshe buys the land herhouse encroaches onfrom the municipality,for fair market value.
That’s the decision fromthe B.C. Court of Appeal ina long-running legal fightbetween homeowner JieLiu and the District of WestVancouver over 1,000 squarefeet of Liu’s multimillion-dollar home which encroachon public land.
The court case concernsa house at 2998 Park Lane,built in the 1940s, which sitsnext to municipal land usedas beach access at the footof 30th Street.
Over the years, partsof the home, including thecarport, family room, andfish ponds, were built ondistrict land.
Liu bought the propertyin 2011. She maintainedthe previous owner, RaoulTsakok, told her that thestructures had been permit-ted under a grandfatheragreement.
Soon after she bought thehouse, however, the munici-pality sent her a letter aboutthe encroachments and thetwo sides started negotiat-ing over the value of thepublic land covered by partsof Liu’s home and garden.
But after they failed toreach an agreement on a
price, in October 2012, themunicipality took the caseto court.
Municipal staff arguedsuccessive owners of theproperty had taken overpublic land for their privatebenefit.
Lawyers for Liu arguedthe district had authorizedthe structures, becausemunicipal staff knew aboutthem for decades and didn’tdo anything about them.
A B.C. Supreme Courtjustice ruled in Liu’s favourin July 2014, stating thebuildings that encroachedon public land appeared tohave been authorized by thedistrict.
But the municipalityappealed, and the appealcourt recently reversed thatdecision.
In a Feb. 29 decision,B.C. Court of Appeal CourtJustice Gregory Fitch wrotethat the previous judge hadmade a mistake in decidingthe building encroachments– which at some pointsintrude 30 feet into a 66-footpublic road allowance – hadbeen OK’d by the munici-pality, writing there was noevidence to back that up.
Fitch noted there are norecords to show when eitherthe house or encroachingstructures were built, butadded the district onlyacquired the road allowancefrom the province in 2004,so could not have taken anyaction prior to that time.
According to courtdocuments, before Liubought the property,she asked a friend with
real estate experience toview it with her. After heraised concerns aboutthe encroachments, theywent to the municipal hallbut were told by staff thedistrict had no informationabout encroachment issues,despite correspondenceon file between the munici-pality and previous owneron the topic. Liu went tothe district hall once morebefore the sale closed andwas told she should speakwith the municipality’s landand property agent, but hewas unavailable.
Liu’s lawyer told thecourt she would not havebought the property ifshe had known about theencroachment issues.
In the Court of Appeal
decision, Fitch wrotealthough the buildingsweren’t authorized, it wouldbe “premature to grant anorder that would entaildestruction and removal ofa large portion of Ms. Liu’shome,” especially as thebuildings aren’t interferingwith public access or futureplans of the municipality.
In a dissenting opin-ion, Justice David Frankeloffered a harsher assess-ment of Liu’s actions,saying she knew aboutthe encroachments beforeshe bought the house andshould have made moreeffort to find out whetherthey were authorized.
If Liu and the municipal-ity can’t agree on a fair pricefor the piece of municipal
land, it will be decided by aB.C. Supreme Court justice.
In 2012, when the twosides couldn’t agree on aprice, the municipality hadpegged the land value at$4.6 million, while Liu said itwas worth $3.6 million.
But land values in WestVancouver have gone up inthe past four years.
BC Assessment lists the2015 land value of Liu’sproperty, immediately adja-cent to the road allowance,at more than $5.2 million.
Mark Chan, director ofcorporate services for themunicipality, said in aninterview the district plansto keep a portion of the pub-lic property which containsa foot path and public beachaccess.
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Regional congestion strategy neededWhy would you then chargesomebody to go over a 75- or80-year-old bridge? It justdoesn’t make any sense,” hesaid.
According to the prov-ince, the average annualdaily traffic on the LionsGate is 60,700 vehicleswhile the Ironworkers takes117,800.
City of North VancouverMayor Darrell Mussattoagreed the idea wouldn’t
fly here.“You line up to get over
the Second Narrows Bridgefor 20 minutes and pay a dol-lar?” he asked.
West Vancouver MayorMike Smith said he under-stood Jackson’s perspective,given that four of the fiveexisting or soon-to-be-builtbrides over the Fraser Riverwill be tolled. But he saidhe couldn’t support NorthShore commuters paying anymore while our transporta-tion needs aren’t been met.
“We’re the only area inthe metro region that’s hadno new bridges and no rapidtransit for 60 or 70 years.Our traffic issues are gettingworse all the time,” he said.
Smith, Mussatto andWalton all said any newsystem of tolling would haveto be more along the lines ofroad or distance pricing forall users, as other moderncities are beginning to do.
“It has to be part of aregional congestion strategy.That, we’d be happy to talk
about, but just tolling ourbridges, which we’ve alreadypaid for through tolls, is notsomething we have an appe-tite for,” Smith said.
That is an even larger andmore complicated task suit-able for the medium or longterm, Mussatto said.
“It has to be well thoughtthrough. It has to bediscussed with the publicextensively. We need toconsult. That takes years.It doesn’t take weeks ormonths,” he said. “Right now,
we need to invest in publictransit in a big way.”
Mussatto said theprovince is showing a lackof leadership by lettingcongestion worsen whiletelling the mayors it’s up tothem to pay for their shareof any transportation systemimprovements with propertytaxes.
“I can tell you one thing:I am definitely, definitelyopposed to raising prop-erty taxes to pay more forTransLink,” he said.
Anappeal court judgehasordered aPark Lanehomeowner topay themunicipality fairmarketvalue for parts of thehome that encroachonadjacent public land. PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD
Beach access incursion costs ownerOwner of waterfront propertymust pay WV for encroachments
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of a prank, said de Jong.But when he realized the
wad of cash was for real, heturned it in to police.
Police don’t know whothe cash belongs to or whyit was lying on the sidewalk.
“Until we find out whothe owner is, all options areopen,” he said.
Anyone who thinks themoney is theirs and canprovide accurate detailsabout it – like how muchwas lost and where it was –can contact the RCMP, saidDe Jong.
De Jong said policearen’t disclosing all thedetails of exactly how muchcash was found or where inthe hopes they can find therightful owner.
“If it was you and youlost this amount of money,you’d want to come to thepolice to claim it,” he said.
He said nobody hascome forward to claim ityet.
On March 4, a NorthVancouver woman on herlunch break found $200hanging out of a bankmachine and also turnedin the stack of $20 bills topolice. She told police sheturned in the cash because“’I just realized that itwasn’t my money and theperson who lost it maybeneeded it more than I did,’”said De Jong.
In that case, the bankwas able to track downthe rightful owner of thecash using security videofootage.
De Jong acknowledgedit’s unusual to have the pub-lic turning in found moneyto the police, rather thanpocketing it.
“You like to think thatNorth Vancouver has acommunity of people withintegrity and an interest inhelping each other,” he said.“They did the right thing.”
Another question iswhy others are apparentlymisplacing significantamounts of cash. “That’sthe question of the day,”said de Jong. “Maybe it hap-pens more but people aren’tgoing to police about it.”
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City seekspublic input onproposedbuilding feehikeJEREMY [email protected]
How is the City ofNorth Vancouver goingto come up with $30million in the next 10years?
The best method is toask developers to dig a littledeeper, according to a con-sulting firm that addressedcouncil March 7.
With North Vancouverexpected to welcome 7,515new residents by 2025, theassociated cost on transpor-tation, parks, water, sewerand drainage is estimated at$30 million, according to aplanning firm’s report.
Levying heftier develop-ment cost charges couldoffset the price absorbed bythe city, according to SaraStevens, a planning consul-tant with Urban Systemswho spoke to councilMonday. Urban Systems wascontracted to review thecity’s DCC policy.
Development costcharges, or DCCs, is a pricedevelopers pay when build-ing on a previously vacantlot or replacing an old build-ing with something biggerand meant to house moreresidents.
“DCCs I think are one ofthe best tools that commu-nities can use to ensure that
existing taxpayers are notsaddled with the burden ofgrowth,” Stevens said.
For Mayor DarrellMussatto, the major issueis the cost faced by rentersand buyers.
“At the end of the day, doDCCs contribute to highercosts for units, whetherthey’re apartments or singlefamily homes?” he asked.
“We have not seen anydata out there that wouldsuggest that that’s the case.The market determineshow expensive a home is,”Stevens answered. “We tooka look at some of the homesthat were for sale in the city,and really, DCCs are onlyone per cent of the sellingcost.”
The city is now lookingfor the public’s response onthe issue.
If Urban Systems’ recom-mendations are followed,the biggest jump in DCCswould be on apartments,which would spike by about26 per cent. Duplexes andtownhouses would also hopup 26 per cent.
The rates on single-family lots would shoot upby approximately 15 percent, from $12,821 per lot to$14,749 per lot.
The raised city rateswould still be substantiallylower than the District of
North Vancouver’s rates,which in the case of apart-ments and townhouses areapproximately 50 per centhigher.
Enacting steeper devel-opment fees now is theequivalent to buying a barnlock when the horse is inthe next county, accordingto Coun. Rod Clark, whoasked why the issue wasn’tdiscussed prior to the influxof development in recentyears.
“It would seem to me, asa defender of the taxpayer’spurse, that we left somemoney on the table here,”Clark said.
The city’s current DCCpolicy was crafted in 1997by then-mayor John Loucks.
Coun. Pam Bookhamasked if DCCs accountedfor all the costs the citywill face by taking in newresidents.
“Can you say withcertainty that all this newdevelopment that is happen-ing is not imposing costsabove and beyond what theDCCs generate?” she asked.
North Vancouver waivesall DCCs for not-for-profithousing and has the optionof waiving DCCs for afford-able rental units.
Following public input,council could enact the newpolicy as early as spring.
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Molson Coors Canadahas pulled a controver-sial advertisement fromthe air and online afteraccusations it was encour-aging people to go skiingand snowboarding out ofbounds.
North Shore Rescueteam leader Mike Danks andthe B.C. Search and RescueAssociation both condemnedthe ad on Tuesday, whichasked viewers if they would“brave going out of bounds”and depicted a group of skiersand snowboarders skippingpast a resort boundary anddown a slope through thetrees to a waiting helicopter.
Sending the message thatout-of-bounds skiing andsnowboarding is cool wascontrary to everything thevolunteer rescue organiza-tions had been trying to getout to the public, they bothsaid.
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Burning bridges
Tolling all drivers $1 every timethey cross a bridge – some-thing Delta Mayor Lois Jacksonrecently trumpeted – is incon-venient, ineffective andmost of
all, inequitable.The notion a driver would have to
pay to go from Norgate to downtownVancouver but Coquitlam residents couldcruise all the way to English Bay for free isridiculous.
If Jackson is looking for all of MetroVancouver to help pick up the tab on thenew $3.5-billion Massey Bridge (whichwe’re tentatively calling The Lois Lanes)we can hardly blame her.
As ill-advised as we regard her com-ments, the real blame lies with ourprovince.
When Premier Christy Clark waselected, she proudly talked about her man-date. With the will of the province behind
her, we wonder why our premier seemspositively timid to touch our worseningtransportation problems.
We don’t need another transit referen-dum to find out if anyone is eager to paymore taxes. We need leadership, and thatdoesn’t mean an interchange here and abridge there.
While wemay disagree with Jackson,the most egregious comments in thisdebate were voiced by TransportationMinister Todd Stone, who said there was“plenty of time” to figure out a regionalstrategy to deal with congestion andinfrastructure.
Tell that to the folks crawling along onThe Cut. They’re the ones who are going tobe late for dinner.
Here in Metro Vancouver we have dailygridlock, frustration, and huge amountsof carbon dioxide being belched into theatmosphere: we have everything but time.
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North VancouverCity MayorDarrell Mussattois becoming a
one-man guardian of theenvironment.
When he’s not guardingthe taps to prevent us fromneedlessly watering ourgardens and washing ourcars in his role as chairmanof the Metro Vancouver utili-ties committee, he’s fightingunsightly cigarette butt pol-lution as the anti-litterbug.
As Jeremy Shepherdreported recently in thesepages, North Van’s mayor isproposing a province-widedeposit on all cigarettes of$1 per pack and 5 cents foreach butt returned.
The mayor (and who canblame him?) is fed up withpeople who think the worldis their ashtray and con-tinue to toss cigarette buttsonto the street, out of theircar windows, on the beachor in the tinder-dry forest.
On the one hand, youalmost feel sorry for thedwindling cult of smokerswho are increasingly chal-lenged to find a place to
smoke. Not to mention whatthey’re doing to their health.
I say “almost” becausethey don’t endear them-selves to the rest of us bybesmirching the landscapewith toxic waste. I especiallylove the ones who smokewith the windows down intheir cars and toss their litcigarettes onto the streetbecause they don’t wanttheir cars to smell or getcluttered by unsightly ciga-rette butts. Tough luck forthe rest of us.
And there must be a10th circle in hell for thoseremarkable individuals who
park their cars, open thecar door and dump theiroverloaded ashtrays ontothe street.
It’s enough to make somepeople behave with extremeprejudice: Such as one guy,a natty individual with ahandlebar moustache whowas out walking his twinborzois. He had a uniqueresponse to a smoker, whowas behind the wheel ofa late-model land yacht.Caddy Man stopped at alight, opened the door, anddumped about 50 butts ontothe pavement. Borzoi Mancarefully scooped up thebutts, knocked politely onthe Caddy’s window, and asit rolled down, proceededto pelt the guy in the carwith his own garbage. Thewindow went back
up immediately.Not recommended, of
course.Mayor Mussatto is
serious about this depositthing. If the province won’tgo for it, he’s consideringa local ban, if it’s legal. Idon’t see why not — if youcan regulate dog poop, whynot cigarette butts, whichare also right up there onthe obnoxious scale? And ifyou can’t protect your localenvironment without the OKfrom Christy Clark, what’swith that?
Of course, I’m not a law-yer. It’s probably a chartercase for some enterprisinglegal beagle.
The question is, wouldit even work? In a way, inan effort to clean up the air,we’ve brought this upon
ourselves, banishing smok-ers to the streets and thentaking away their ashtrays.Mayor Mussatto says wedon’t want to normalize ormaking smoking acceptable,but removing the ashtrayswithout an alternative leadsto littering. Apparentlysmokers don’t think it’s agood idea to deposit theirsmouldering cigarettes intotheir pockets. They like tolive dangerously, just notthat dangerously.
In fact, smokers maythink it’s OK to litter moreaggressively, if they’repaying $1 a pack for theprivilege. Sounds crazy, butthese are people who vol-untarily ingest thousands ofchemicals, including at least60 known to cause cancer.Talk about crazy.
I know, I know. If yousmoke, the last thing youwant to hear is some self-righteous drone going onabout your bad habit. Iused to smoke once myself,although that was so longago it was OK to smokeon the maternity wards ofhospitals.
Smokers, think aboutit for a minute — you’d beproviding binners and recy-cling jockeys with a wholenew source of income:gathering and recycling 500butts a day (which doesn’tseem like a stretch) wouldbe worth $25. Do the math.You could almost sup-port yourself: that’s $750 amonth, which is more thanyou get on welfare … andit’s income no one is goingto declare. Trust me on that.
Whatever Donald Trumpsays, civilization is pre-served through mutualco-operation. If we mutuallyassign toxic cigarette wasteto the recycling bin, that’sone for civilization.
Thanks in no small partto Darrell Mussatto, or ashe will be known going for-ward, Brother Nature.
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Province’s regressivetaxation hurts familiesDear Editor:
Despite MLA JaneThornwaite’s recent reportto the Deep Cove Crier, I amnot convinced of the overallmerits of the B.C. Liberals’latest “balanced” provincialbudget. Amongst my manyconcerns is the gradual shiftover the past decade or so ofprovincial revenue from pro-gressively calculated incometaxes to regressive taxation.With regressive taxation, theless a family has the morethat family hurts.
Sales tax is one of thebiggest culprits of regressivetaxation, though there aremany others: BC Hydro andICBC rates, for instance, havebeen inflated for years togenerate a net income for theprovince, effectively turningcrown corporations originallycreated to provide low costservices into profit-drivenenterprises; B.C. continues tohold the unflattering status
of being the only province inCanada to charge a flat-taxMSP premium, effective rateswhich are on the rise again;and the province turns ablind eye to the ethicallyquestionable practice ofspending millions of dollarspromoting gaming to collectbillions in gambling profitswhile the number of peopleaffected by problem gamblingskyrockets.
And then there are thehidden costs: The taxes thatnever were and yet still haveto be paid. These are paidby the parents and teach-ers dipping into their bankaccounts on a regular basisto answer the fundraisingcalls underfunded schoolsare constantly putting out.They are the charitabledonations to the local foodbank in an earnest attemptto subdue the hunger of hun-dreds of people left behindby a system that fails to
support them. Let’s not evenget into the costs we pay bynot addressing poverty withurgency: Higher crime rates,depressed communities, arepressed economy, lossof income tax revenue andproduction and a deepeningof the cycle of poverty. Allof this spells disaster for thefuture.
Poor fiscal managementisn’t just about spendingmoney on the wrong things:It’s also about collectingmoney from the wrong placesand failing to spend moneyon the right things. It is timeto do away with the hid-den costs and side fees andaccept higher income taxrates as a far healthier, moreprogressive, and cost effec-tive strategy for keeping theprovince ticking long-termwith the money we’re alreadypaying all year round.Bowinn MaNorth Vancouver
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NSN OPINION:Paul Sullivan: Bully For Bikes,But What About the Bridge?
ARNO S.:Why the negativity? Peopleriding bikes are a big part of the solution.By building safe cycling infrastructure,more people will ride bikes. This meansless people driving or taking transit, whichmeans less congestion and crowding.However, people cycling offer way morebenefits to society, like less noise andpollution, improved health, a more vibrantand livable city. For all this, $7 million issuper cheap. Note that recent research fromUBC shows that each kilometre driven costssociety $0.56 while each km cycled createsa $0.15 benefit to society. Cycling is a moneytree. What’s not to like?
ANDREW CHOBANIUK: Because thebenefits of cycling are fringe at bestwhen talking about the whole picture oftransportation in Vancouver yet they seemto get all the focus and hubbub. The biggestsingle difference that can be made to helpcongestion is more transit service. Buteven that still leaves places like the NorthShore stuck using infrastructure that wasbuilt in the ‘30s and ’50s. It’s 2016 and theNorth Shore is growing faster than bikelanes, buses, bridges and roads can keepup. Cycling is great, but it can’t solve theregion’s transportation problems.
CAJREIMER: I support the bike thing. Thatsaid, I believe the increase in the numberof new North Shore dwelling units with atleast one vehicle is growing faster than thenumber of dwelling units relying on onlya bicycle or transit for all transportation.Perhaps non-vehicle trips are increasing asa percentage but not as a raw number – andthat’s the count that matters. I believe theincrease in vehicle traffic congestion on theNorth Shore is far off-setting the reductionin greenhouse gas emissions from the useof transit and bikes. Sadly, no one has or isplanning to collect data in the near future tomake any evidence-based decisions so wejust keep on building, which makes matterseven worse. If we had a sold plan forimproving transit to/from the North Shore,I’d have hope; but we don’t have a plan orfunding.
BOB PUTNAM Traffic on the North Shore isbad. Barely a day goes by where it takes lessthan 45 minutes to get from West Van toSecond Narrows at about 3:00 PM. 40,000people are moving to Metro Vancouverevery year so do you think it’s going to getworse? The transit referendum was a farce.The fact that Christy Clark deferred a criticaldecision like transit funding to the people ofB.C. shows weak leadership. We know thatthe public is very bad at making decisionsthat are in their best interest. She shouldhave said, “This is a transit plan that theregion needs, here’s how it’s funded, 0.5 percent tax.” End of story.
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Housingmarket seriously overheatedDear Editor:
Overpriced housing inNorth Vancouver.
We are currently lookingto purchase a house in ourcommunity, but with the
prices that we are dealingwith these days we can’tafford to stay in the placewe have been living for thepast 25 years. There arehouses for sale (example
920 Melbourne Ave.) that arealmost $700,000 over the BCAssessment value for 2015.
What is happening?Daniela VahediNorth Vancouver
March 18, 2016
There’s a reason why the signage on mystorefront office at 3rd and Lonsdaledoesn’t mention the political party towhich I belong. And it has to do withwho pays the rent: you.
Though I ran in the last election as theLiberal candidate for North Vancouver,the moment I was elected my rolechanged. As the Member of Parliamentfor North Vancouver, my job is to serveall citizens of the riding – not just theones who voted Liberal.
In these hyper-partisan times it’seasy to forget that, in our system ofgovernment, Members of Parliamentare intended to be non-partisan inservice to their constituents.
That means all are equally welcometo visit my office or otherwise contactme and my constituency staff withquestions and issues related to theirdealings with the federal government.
EventhefurnitureThe two salaries of the constituencyoffice staff are paid for by taxpayers. Asis the heat, electricity, internet, etc. Thefurniture is even owned by taxpayers –much of it, in fact, passed down frommy Conservative predecessor.
While it’s my name on the sign outside,it truly is your office – and I encourageyou to think of it that way.
Keith DeBelser, a successfulbusinessperson, works in the office andis primarily responsible for addressingquestions about government programs,for working on individual constituentissues such as immigration and foroverall office management.
His colleague is Brittany Barnes.Brittany is the constituency assistantwith primary responsibility forcommunity outreach and forengagement with the variety ofconstituency organizations. Brittany’sa recent grad from Capilano Universitywhere she served as student unionpresident.
These two folks manage the officewhile I am in Ottawa – which, betweenSeptember and June, averages aboutthree of every four weeks. Betweenthem, I can proudly boast you havethe best constituency team this side ofHalifax.
ListeningpostFor me, the constituency office providesa key listening post to ensure that Istay on top of the everyday concerns ofpeople in North Vancouver. That’s why,when I’m not in Ottawa, it’s a priorityfor me to carve out time to be availableat the office.
Ottawa, rumour has it, can be a bit ofa bubble that suffers from “centre of
the universe syndrome”. And in myrole as Parliamentary Secretary to theMinister of Environment and ClimateChange there are days when myschedule is environment, environment,environment.
To be an effective MP, I need to begrounded in the reality that whilethe environment, climate change andthe future of our planet are criticallyimportant to the people of NorthVancouver, it is not the only thing onyour minds.
At a recent event on the North Shorecelebrating Nowruz, the Persian NewYear, I was struck by the range of issuespeople want to talk to me about.
One woman with whom I had a longconversation was particularly concernedabout the inadequacy of pensionsfor the large group of people nearingretirement who have been unable tosave enough to support themselves.Others at the event were concernedabout immigration, global affairs, jobsand the economy.
TworolesFrom time to time, confusion can ariseabout the non-partisan role of the MPbecause of my second role. Effectively,I am the leader in North Vancouver ofthe Liberal Party of Canada.
The Liberal Party has its own volunteer-supported riding association in NorthVancouver. It recruits supporters,raises funds for political activities bothbetween and during elections and stagesevents.
These events are completely differentfrom things like MP Town Halls (suchas the recent pre-budget communityconsultation I facilitated). MPevents are advertised broadly in theconstituency, are free of charge and areopen to everyone.
As I continue to learn on the job, I hopeI’m continuing to grow. Part of thatis not to take criticism of governmentpersonally.
Some chap named Winston Churchillsaid: “Criticism may not be agreeable,but it is necessary. It fulfills the samepurpose as pain in the human body. Itcalls attention to an unhealthy state ofthings.”
Criticisms, suggestions or problems- feel free to deliver them anytime tothe little storefront office at 3rd andLonsdale – the one with my name onthe sign.
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West Van resident KayleeWhittaker, pictured in 2013, urged council to redraft a bylaw that prohibitsownership of chickens. New regulations nowallowbackyard biddies. FILE PHOTOPAULMCGRATH
West Vanmakesway for fowl playANNA [email protected]
Don’t be surprised if yousee chickens trying tocross the Upper LevelsHighway – they’re mak-ing their way to WestVancouver where newbylaws can offer them apermanent residence.
Council unanimouslypassed a new bylaw March7 which allows a maximumof six chickens over fourmonths old in single fam-ily zones and a coop sizemeasuring no taller than twometres with a minimum floorspace of 4.3 square feet perchicken. Enclosures must fea-ture a coop as well as a run,both with solid roofs and beset back from property linesby approximately a metreand a half. Food must be keptindoors and enclosure areasmust be well maintained withnoise kept to a minimum.No roosters are allowed andslaughtering is not permittedon an owner’s property.
District staff pulled fromthe guidelines in Squamishand the cities of Vancouverand North Vancouver, givingthem a place to start.
“They took what theyknow about our geographyand our residents and putthe best set of regulationsforward for what they thinkthat we should have here inWest Van,” said Coun. NoraGambioli, who has been astrong supporter since theidea was hatched.
A $50 registration feewill be put in place, whichGambioli says shouldcover the cost of sendingbylaw officers out to doinspections.
A cluck of caution camefrom Coun. Michael Lewis.
He voted in favour, butwarned new owners of theresponsibility they’ll be tak-ing on.
“I would just caution any-one embarking upon keepingbackyard chickens that theydo their research. I don’tthink it’s as romantic, andas easy and carefree as onemight expect,” Lewis said. Heechoed concerns about thepets attracting wildlife andthe lack of regulation aroundelectric fencing to discour-age larger predators fromcatching a quick lunch.
Responding to the debateover fencing, Gambioli saidshe wouldn’t want to deterpotential farmers from keep-ing chickens, as was the casein Squamish. The municipal-ity’s “draconian” bylawsrequiring electric fencesdrove people to handle theirbusiness “under the coop”with few people, if any, reg-istering their hens with themunicipality, she said.
The City of NorthVancouver has put togetherhandbooks to advise ownerswith an overview of chickenfacts and how to best carefor feathered friends. Qualityof life standards are outlinedto give the fowls a comfort-able area to roam and roost.
“I think our staff is plan-ning on doing somethinglike that, apparently it hasworked quite well,” Gambiolisaid. “At least we’ve pavedthe way for the NorthVancouver District, now theydon’t have to reinvent thewheel, and they can copy ourstuff if they want.”
In 2013, West Vancouverresident, Kaylee Whittaker,pecked at the heartstringsof council by telling themabout her lifelong dream toown a chicken as a pet. Her
plea prompted West Van toredraft bylaws prohibitingownership of chickens.
District staff have beenplucking away since thebeginning of the year, craft-ing new regulations to allowWest Vancouver residents toown backyard chickens.
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Artists Meghan Carich and Lynda Mansonopened their joint art exhibition with a receptionMarch 8 atWest Vancouver’s Silk Purse Arts Centre. FromHere to There showcases Carich’s leather andmixedmediaspirit masks, which are intended to transport viewers to a timewhen humanity’s connection to naturalsurroundings was tied to identity, inviting people to examine their relationship to the world, the past, toothers and themselves. Manson’s acrylic skyscapes and paintings of nebula aim to ignite a sense of wonderand exploration, inspiring gallerygoers to look to the future and reach for the stars. The show continues toMarch 20. silkpurse.ca
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! Neworld Theatre presentsDoost, March 22-26 at TheCultch, 1895 Venables St., Vancouver. Tickets and info atthecultch.com.
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If you’re made for something, you always come backto it.
Mermaids slip back into the sea, Muhammad Ali climbedback into the ring, and this Tuesday night Camyar Chai returnsto Neworld Theatre.
When the curtain rises on Doost at 8 p.m., it will representnot only Chai’s 11-year journey back to the theatre company hefounded, but the culmination of a lifelong spiritual quest.
A storm has just passed when the playwright and actoranswers the phone in his Burnaby home to talk about Windsorsecondary, getting a part on The Beachcombers, and the threeyears he spent crafting the story of Doost, a Farsi word forfriend.
“That’s always a good story to tell when you have one
individual who can galvanize and create a movement,” heexplains.
For Chai, that one individual is Javad Nurbakhsh, a master ofthe Nimatullahi Sufi order, a mystical path to divine love.
The Sufi order was something Chai gravitated toward afteryears of reading sacred texts and seeking transcendence behindthe words.
He studied the Bible, Torah and Koran. He puzzled throughgnostic works and pursued both Buddhism and the BhagavadGita before coming to a realization: “They all said the same thingbut in different languages.”
After years of spiritual wandering, Chai found a home in theorder of Sufi. The order is about oneness, kindness and unity– three words that tend to precipitate a pronounced roll of theeyes, Chai acknowledges.
“People are very suspicious of any kind of spirituality orreligion because there’s so many negative things attached to it,”he explains, mentioning the extremism some associate with theMuslim faith.
Other reject spirituality as something corny, “Kumbayastuff,” Chai notes.
“Why are we rejecting those things right now?” he asks.“Why do we tend to be drawn… to things that are about fearand negativity?”
For the theatre to be valuable to a community – not merely adiversion – it has to be about what’s going on in the community“or maybe what’s not going on in the community,” Chai says.
The challenge of creating a linear story cloaked in non-linearmysticism sparked Chai to pen Doost.
“To say I’m doing it for everyone would be disingenuous,because how can you do a play that’s going to please everyone?Impossible,” he says. “There’s going to be a fusion of Persianmusic, flamenco and jazz. So that should whet somebody’sappetite to come and see what we’re up to.”
! ! !Ever since putting on plays in the family living room in Iran,
Chai has been enamoured with the illusion and substance oftheatre.
“I’ve just always enjoyed that live audience connection andthe feeling of living and breathing with a group of people in the
Doost co-director Chelsea Haberlin with performers Richard Newman, Nadeem Phillip, Vajieh Tiv, Maya Lee, Sam Bob and Keyvan Tiv. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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Mystical journeyCamyar Chai returns to Neworld Theatre 11 years after leaving the company
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GET WITH THE PROGRAM Ballet BC, featuring North Vancouver dancer Scott Fowler, presents Program 2 until March 19 at theQueen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets range from $30-$90 and can be purchased at ticketmaster.ca. PHOTO SUPPLIEDMICHAEL SLOBODIAN See more page 20
THISWEEKDanceROMEO AND JULIETWilliamShakespeare’s tragic tale of love, griefand redemption is dancedbyBallet Victoria tothe score of Sergei Prokofiev andoriginal newmusic Saturday,March 19 at NorthVancouver’sCentennial Theatre. (centennialtheatre.com)
PROGRAM2Ballet BC continues its 30th anniversary seasonat theQueenElizabeth Theatre untilMarch 19.Under the leadership of artistic director EmilyMolnar,Program2 features aworld premiere byFrench choreographerMedhiWalerski. For thisspecial commission, Ballet BC is joined by artistsof theArts Umbrella GraduateDance Program toexpand the cast of dancers. (balletbc.com).
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Celebrating the creative and cultural diversityof the French-speakingworld, FestivalDiverCiné is an annual festival of acclaimednewcinema from the international communityof countries andgovernments linkedby theiruse of French as a common language andbytheir shared values. The festival is organizedby the Embassy of France in Canada andtheDepartment of CanadianHeritage, andis presented inVancouver in partnershipwith TheCinematheque,March 18-19 and 26.(thecinematheque.ca)
ONLY YESTERDAYNever released theatrically inNorthAmerica,this StudioGhibli feature about a youngwomanescaping the city and re-evaluating her lifescreens untilMarch 26 at Vancity Theatre.English dubbed version:March 19, 22, 23 and 26;Japanesewith English subtitles:March 21 and 24.(viff.org)
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Playconfirmsthepowerofstorytelling! UBCTheatre presentsTheArabianNights, untilApril 2 at the FredericWoodTheatre at UBC. Tickets:$24.50/$16.50/$11.50 atubctheatretickets.com.
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Aladdin and Sinbad arethe more widely knownstories from the book oftales One Thousand andOne Nights, a collectionof Middle Eastern andSouth Asian folklore com-piled in Arabic duringthe Islamic Golden Age.
It’s from these stories thatTony Award-winning theatredirector and playwright,Mary Zimmerman, craftedher latest script, The ArabianNights.
The play is beingperformed by UBC’s interme-diate and final year theatrestudents, and among the16-person cast is NorthVancouver’s Parmiss Sehat.She plays the character ofDunyazade, sister to the maincharacter, Scheherazade,who has married the madKing Shahryar. The kingweds a bride at dawn andbeheads her by dusk, butScheherazade is able to pro-long her stay in the kingdomby telling him stories.
“Through these stories,she’s teaching him about allthese things that he doesn’tembody at the start of theplay,” explained Sehat. “She
teaches him things likemercy and generosity andkindness, and it’s interestingbecause the way Zimmermanhas written it … there’s lots
of framed stories throughoutthe play.”
Set on a backdrop ofrich blue hues and deca-dent brocade fabrics, the
power of storytelling isdemonstrated by taking theaudience through a dramatic
North Vancouver’s Parmiss Sehat, along with Francis Winter and Elizabeth Willow, star in the UBC Theatre production of TheArabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman. PHOTO SUPPLIED EMILY COOPER
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Withering heroine can’t save teen sci-fi! TheDivergent Series:Allegiant. DirectedbyRobertSchwentke. Starring ShaileneWoodley andTheo James.Rating: 4 (out of 10)
JULIE CRAWFORDContributing writer
It’s hard not to root forDivergent, the tag-alongcousin to the HungerGames franchise.
After all, both series arebased on best-selling teennovels, featuring kick-buttheroines trying to effectchange in dystopian worlds.
So why does JLaw getall the love when ShaileneWoodley can’t even score acool nickname? (Probablybecause her name would beShWoo, not cool at all.)
But Allegiant, the firsthalf of the Divergent Series’farewell, does nothing tocommend Woodley, or setthe series apart from othersin the genre, weighed downas it is by a too-long runtime (over two hours) andmore nonsensical twists andturns than there are futur-istic costume changes forleading lady Woodley.
In the third – and weak-est – film of the series, TrisPrior (Woodley) and beauFour (Theo James) areweary of the leadership in
walled, post-apocalypticChicago, where one corruptleader (Kate Winslet) hasbeen replaced by another,Four’s mother Evelyn(Naomi Watts). The couplefinds an opportunity toventure beyond the wallsin search for a better lifeoutside, only to discovera pustule-ridden land withblood-red rivers known asthe Fringe. Bummer.
We don’t tarry long,however, before being trans-ported even further into thefuture and to a place knownas The Bureau of GeneticWelfare, led by an overlykindly director named David(Jeff Daniels). Four smells arat right away; Tris drinksthe Kool-Aid, seduced bythe fact that David deemsher “pure” and tells her sheholds the secrets to human-kind. “You saved a city,” hecajoles, “now help me savethe world.”
That’s right: theDivergent group, whichincludes Tris’ brother Caleb(Ansel Elgort), pal Christina(Zoe Kravitz) and comicrelief Peter (Miles Teller),are split into factions again,Pure and Damaged. Thereisn’t time to extrapolatehow our society alreadyweeds out less desirabletraits with author Veronica
Roth’s vision of the future,because we’re too busyflying in space pods, takingside trips to steal children,outrunning clouds of brightorange gas, and getting intolots and lots of fistfights,though it’s not always clearwhy.
A super-cool over-the-wall stunt is ruined by thegroaner line, “we’re gonnabe OK,” which any self-respecting movie fan knowsmeans imminent death.Some impressive computer-generated effects areovershadowed by equallyhorrendous green-screenmoments. Worse still isthe unconvincing civil warbetween Evelyn and Amityleader Joanna (OctaviaSpencer) and the lack ofmotivation or rationale formuch of what transpires.
Tris has gone from boldto blah: she’s stopped call-ing the shots and is led byDavid and Four. Romance isdialed down, too, since sheand Four can’t even find adecent place to make out in,and Four is casting sidewaysglances at that angry-look-ing gal.
With a wandering story-line and a withering heroine,it remains to be seen howmany fans will stick aroundfor the finale.
Shailene Woodley (Tris) and Andy Bean (Romit) star in The Divergent Series: Allegiant.PHOTO SUPPLIED MURRAY CLOSE
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WORDS IN MOTION North Shore author AislinnHunter’s award-winning novel TheWorld Before Uswillbe interpreted by Anusha Fernando, artistic director ofShakti Dance Society, in the style of Bharata Natyam, atWords in Motion, March 18 and 19 at the Chan Centre forthe Performing Arts. Presented by The Chan Centre, inpartnership with The Dance Centre, Words in Motion pairsthree B.C.-based authors with local choreographers to createnew performance works. Visit chancentre.com for ticketsand info. PHOTO SUPPLIED
and playful adventure. Sehatpoured her all into rehears-als, saying the play was aphysically exhausting but funexperience to wrap up hertime at UBC.
“It’s going to be a veryentertaining play, not tosay that it doesn’t havegreat messages or that youwon’t be able to take awayanything from it, because it’sriddled with morals. It’s justa fun play to be a part of, aswell as watch. It’s got lots ofsinging and dancing.”
Sehat said her charac-ter, described as a child inthe text, is used as a ployto delay her sister’s deathin many situations, but isalso applied as a learningmechanism for the king inthe nightly tales. The youngcharacter holds the nextplace in line for whom theking is to marry next, andrepresents purity and inno-cence throughout her timeon stage.
“The king will even say, ifyou’re going to tell an inap-propriate story then maybewe should tell this little girlto get out of the room. And(Scheherazade) says no,you’ve got to keep her herebecause these stories may belicentious or lewd to those
pure of mind, everything ispure,” she said, impersonat-ing the characters.
She emphasized that oralstorytelling is an importantinstrument of communica-tion to focus on. Throughouther training, she has seenhow her work in theatre cancontribute to the impact astory can have.
“We hear and we tellstories when we’re kids. Aswe grow older, and especiallywhat this play is showing,is that that measure neverloses its value. We can
always be affected throughstories,” she said. “I thinkthat it’s an incredible exam-ple for theatre in general, andhow it is useful.”
Graduating in May, Sehatand her class are enjoyingthe atmosphere of their finalyear. She said the tone haschanged and feels that theenvironment is more profes-sional. The instructors haveencouraged them to trustin their capabilities at thispoint, to ask fewer questions,and to conduct themselvesas if they had been hired.
“I feel like that gives theactor a lot more room andresponsibility, in a way, butin a really great way,” shelaughed.
Moving forward, thegraduating class thatSehat is part of has formedtheir own startup theatrecompany called Gas PedalProductions. They havealready performed their orig-inal work of comedy at UBC,and will be taking it to theVancouver Fringe Festival toshowcase their fresh talentin September.
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same room,” Chai says.“There’s an immediate
magic element of theatrewhere you have to convincepeople to suspend theirdisbelief,” he says. “There’sa bit of a rush to that as well,because you could fail quiteeasily.”
His understanding oftheatre was shaped in part byGary Zimmerman’s tutelageduring Chai’s days as a stu-dent at Windsor secondary.
“I wasn’t a jock and Ialways was very expressive,”Chai explains of his attractionto the drama program.
Watching Zimmerman takecare with every aspect of theschool’s theatre productionshelped Chai with the foundingof Neworld.
“I didn’t see the kind oftheatre that I was interestedin,” he says of founding thecompany. “I quickly realizedthat as assimilated as I wantto be, there are other peoplewho will still see me as the
other because I have immi-grated, I’m Iranian.”
During Chai’s tenure withNeworld, the company pro-duced an adaptation of Crimeand Punishment and Devil BoxCabaret.
After nearly a decade withNeworld, Chai decided tomove on.
“When a companybecomes about one personit can get quite stale and notbe inclusive in the way that Iliked it to be,” he says. “It washard, it was very hard leaving
something that you’ve built.”On Tuesday night, Chai is
scheduled to return, bearinga message from his journeydown the Sufi path.
“I’m just a student on thatpath, I certainly can’t speakfor that order,” he says. “Butwhat I do know is that oneof the big lessons is thatthis is not about convincinganybody that our path is theright path. … As long as thedestination is love and kind-ness then however you getthere is a Sufi path.”
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Last summer, Monica Sullivanstarted, and then quickly tripled,her equine family.
In June, the West Vancouver resi-dent had zero horses and little interestin ever acquiring one. But by October,she was the proud owner of threerescue horses.
It all started with a mare namedConnie, whom Sullivan encountered inthe Okanagan Valley where she has asummer home.
“The horse was in a lot of medicaldistress, almost to the point of death,and nobody really had the resources totake her in,” she recalls.
Fortunately, Sullivan found a stablein the Summerland area that special-izes in high-needs rescue horses andbegan boarding Connie there.
Next came Gunner, a middle-agedthoroughbred who used to race in theUnited States.
“Some of these horses, due to verystrict confinement, have a lot of healthissues and he definitely falls into thatcategory,” Sullivan says.
Horses are social animals andGunner made a perfect companion forConnie.
Sullivan’s third four-legged chargecame from a large herd of feral horsesthat live in the area around herPenticton summer home. For manyresidents, these free-roaming animalsare considered a nuisance, but she’snever felt that way.
“We’ve always loved having thesehorses there,” she says.
Two years ago, she spotted acharming little white foal among thegroup. Then last fall, at a time whenmeasures were being taken to managethe region’s feral horse population, she
took the opportunity to adopt that foal,whom she named Crazygood.
All three horses now board in thesame Summerland stable and Sullivanvisits them regularly year-round.
In December, she was inspired tocreate a calendar to help raise moneyfor other rescue horses. Through thatendeavour, she rediscovered a formerhobby – painting. Realizing her paint-ings of horses might translate well intoother areas, such as fashion and homedécor, she made a few T-shirts and pil-lows printed with her art.
“The results were actually quiteinteresting and I got a lot of commentson it from people who encouraged meto take it further,” she says.
So she made a website for her cre-ative business, Horse Eye Designs, andheld a small art show at a Vancouvergallery. Next up, she and her friend andfellow artist, Kim Aelicks, are hosting ajoint show and sale at the North ShoreWinter Club on March 23.
“The product line right now consistsof paintings, cushions, T-shirts, jewelry,memory boxes,” Sullivan says.
Once her images are transferredonto the clothing and accessories, shethen further customizes the pieceswith paint touch ups or upcycledmaterials. All the products are inspiredby rescue horses – hers and others atthe Summerland stable – and, as thename of her business suggests, theitems depict the horse’s eyes, a featureSullivan has always been drawn to.
“I find the entire horse beautiful, butthere’s something magical about theireyes.”
Connie, Gunner and Crazygood arenot her first horses. Sullivan grew up ina rural area of northern Saskatchewan.Her father had a dairy farm and they
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Paintings, shirts and pillows are among the Horse Eye Designs products that Monica Sullivanwill be selling March 23 at the North Shore Winter Club. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN
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owned a couple of largeworkhorses.
“So that’s where thewhole love affair with ani-mals began,” she says.
In recent months, she hasbeen focusing on handlingand walking her two young-est rescues, particularly theferal one who had never
before worn a halter.“Really, all I’m doing right
now is building trust withthe two younger horsesand then we’re hoping thatthis week they’ll start beingtrained to get them ready forriding.”
Training horses for ridingis beyond Sullivan’s scopeof expertise, so she plansto leave that task up to the
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“I’ll never be able to ridehim,” Sullivan says. “He’sjust going to be a companionhorse, but he serves thatpurpose very, very nicely.”
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MotownMeltdown returns this weekend
! Motown Meltdown,presented by Nicola WealthManagement, in supportof Seva Canada, Saturday,March 19 at Vancouver’sCommodore Ballroom.Doors: 7 p.m. Show: 8 p.m.Tickets: $32 via ticketmaster.ca, or $42 at the door. Info:seva.ca/motownmeltdown.htm.
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It was an incrediblytough decision.
Invited to perform at thisyear’s Motown Meltdown, anannual night of soul musictaking place Saturday nightat Vancouver’s CommodoreBallroom in support of SevaCanada, a Vancouver-basedcharitable organizationworking to restore sight andprevent blindness in thedeveloping world, featuredartist Krystle Dos Santoswas perplexed when pressedto choose what song shewanted to sing.
“It was so hard,” laughsthe singer-songwriter
on being sent such animpressive list of songs.Overwhelmed by the pos-sibilities, she eventuallytook the plunge and couldn’tbe more pleased, settlingon Stevie Wonder’s 1970
classic, “Signed, Sealed,Delivered I’m Yours.”
The Edmonton native andcurrent West End residentis making her MotownMeltdown debut this yearand is among the diverse
array of featured vocal-ists set to take the stagethis weekend, backed by astellar, 12-piece band com-prised of veteran sessionmusicians. Featured artists(a number of North Shore
residents among them),include Alexander A-trainBoynton Jr., Joani Bye, LeoraCashe, Candus Churchill,Oliver Conway, Olivia SteeleFalconer, Warren DeanFlandez, Al Harlow, Angela
Kelman, Linda Kidder, JaneMortifee, Marcus Mosely,Tom Pickett, Will Sanders,David Steele, Shari Ulrichand Garfield Wilson.
Following her perfor-mance at Motown Meltdown,Dos Santos will head off toSurrey’s The Taphouse forher second performanceof the evening, joining theTen Souljers, just one of themany ensembles she playswith. She also performswith Edmonton-based TheBlack Mambas and playsFriday nights at Vancouver’sBelmont Bar with TheSmokin’ Soul Experience.
“The energy is cyclical,right? It’s amazing how youcan put out a lot, but youcan’t put out quite as muchif it’s not coming back toyou. I just find that the inter-action and the energy thatpeople give back to you iscontagious and completelyaddictive, really,” she says,of her love for performing.
Drawing on a host ofgenres – jazz, soul, pop, funkand blues included – for heroriginal songs as well ascovers, Dos Santos enjoysbringing classic music tomodern audiences, whetherthey’re familiar with it ornot.
Krystle Dos Santos will perform Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours” at her Motown Meltdown debut March19 at The Commodore. PHOTO SUPPLIED ADELE THOMAS
Krystle DosSantos amongfeatured artists
See Dos Santos page 29
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centennialtheatre.comAPlay, aPieandaPint:NoMean Feat performs a livelyand lyrical repertoire rich inold-time southern AppalachiantunesWednesday, April 13 atnoon. The showwill be followedby ameat or veggie pie and abeverage. Tickets: $25/$22/$10.LaGazzaLadraOverture:TheWest Coast SymphonyOrchestra and guests performSunday,March 20, 2 p.m.Admission by donation at thedoor.KAY MEEK CENTRE1700Mathers Ave., WestVancouver. 604-981-6335kaymeekcentre.comParva—Live inConcert:Parvaperforms traditional Persianmusic Saturday,March 26 at7:30 p.m. Tickets: $65/$55/$45.LYNN VALLEY COMMUNITYROOM1277 LynnValley Rd., NorthVancouver.FridayNightLive:An improvcomedy variety show for allages every Friday at 7:30 p.m.Schedule: March 18, ShaliniKumar (singer/songwriter);March 25, Christopher Arruda(musician); andApril 1, CarolynNeapole (singer/songwriter).Tickets: $10 at the door. Info:fnlnorthvan.com.MOUNT SEYMOUR UNITEDCHURCH1200 Parkgate Ave., North
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TheatreDEEP COVE SHAW THEATRE4360Gallant Ave., NorthVancouver. 604-929-3200deepcovestage.comRelativelySpeaking:A comedyof errors April 1, 2, 6-9 and 13-16at 8 p.m. Tickets: $18/$16.PRESENTATION HOUSETHEATRE333 Chesterfield Ave., NorthVancouver. Tickets: 604-990-3474 phtheatre.orgSalCaponeTheLamentableTragedy:A theatricalpowerhouse that follows ayoung hip hop group caught inthe aftermath of a violent policeshootingMarch 29 (preview),30, April 1 and 2 at 8 p.m., March30-April 1 at 1 p.m. andApril 2 at2 p.m. Tickets: $15-$28.
ClubsandpubsHUGO’S RESTAURANT5775Marine Dr., WestVancouver. 604-281-2111LiveMusicSaturdays, 7:30-9:30p.m. Schedule: March 19, K.P.Duty (country/pop duo); March26, BrianDenHertog and JillRussell (originalmusic folk duo).
OthereventsCENTENNIAL THEATRE2300 Lonsdale Ave., NorthVancouver. 604-984-4484centennialtheatre.comVancouver IranianFilmpresents a screening of I amNot Salvador—Man SalvadorNistamSunday,March 27 at 3p.m. and The Bodyguardwillshow at 7 p.m. Tickets: $12.FERRY BUILDING GALLERY1414 Argyle Ave., WestVancouver. Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closedMondays. 604-925-7290ferrybuildinggallery.comArtsConnectionNetworkingSalon forArtists:SaraRobichaud of Golden Paintspresents the A to Z of acrylicsWednesday,March 30 from 10a.m. to noon. Fee: $10.KAY MEEK CENTRE1700Mathers Ave., WestVancouver. 604-981-6335kaymeekcentre.comFilm: Jimmy’s Hall will bescreened Tuesday,March 29 at7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10/$7.WEST VANCOUVERMEMORIAL LIBRARY1950Marine Dr., WestVancouver. 604-925-7400westvanlibrary.caAuthors inourCommunity:Sachi Rummel shares herstory Hiroshima:Memoirs of aSurvivorWednesday,March 30,7-8:30 p.m.
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“It’s such amazing art ...that isn’t quite as celebratedas it used to be. It’s reallycool to be able to bring thatkind of stuff back,” she says.
On the first Tuesday ofevery month Dos Santoscan be found with her band,the Lovemakers, runningUnderneath The HarlemMoon, a cabaret-styleshow at Gastown’s Guilt& Company. The conceptgrew out of her experiencesthree years ago when shewent in search of inspira-tion and influence for futurecreative projects, travel-ling to Memphis, Chicago,New York, Philadelphia andAustin.
“I really wanted thatsort of eastern, southernAmerican influence. WhatI saw was they really gettogether, the top-notchmusicians who play and gotouring, they come togetheras a community and theydo poetry and they doawesome jams and songstogether. I came back toVancouver with the sameintention and the same goalin mind,” she says.
Underneath The HarlemMoon has been runningfor the last two years andDos Santos’ goal is to buildcommunity and bring peopletogether who either don’tknow each other or typicallydon’t get to share stages,and showcase their talents.The cabaret night might seea musical theatre dancertake the stage with a jazz
singer, or a tap dancer witha flute player, as overall hergoal is to create, “unusualand interesting combina-tions where people canreally collaborate and jamtogether.”
“Sometimes it breaksout into a dance party andsometimes it’s just peoplereally grooving to some neo-soul from the early 2000s– Jill Scott and Erykah Badu.It’s kind of like my guiltypleasure place where I get toexperiment and bring peoplein so that they can do theexact same thing,” she says.
The next edition ofUnderneath The HarlemMoon will take place April 5and will have a classic soultheme.
Apart from maintaining abusy performance schedule,Dos Santos is continuing todevelop plans for her nextalbum – most likely a brassyblues, soulful affair – thatwill serve as a follow to her2011 Fame Fatale and 2008eponymous releases.
“‘I’ve been writing witha couple of local Vancouverpeople and with some peo-ple from my Edmonton teamas well. We’ve just beenpounding away, really tryingto find that specific sound,but still working at it. I’vegot a couple of songs sittingin the bank, waiting to cometogether. You’ve got to getthat group, sometimes youget those one or two songsthat really work togetherand you just have to keep onbuilding the bigger picture,”she says.
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Blending value, practi-cality and fun, the 2016Honda Fit is the leader inthe subcompact segment.
If you are looking to getthe most for your dollaron your first car or want todownsize without sacrific-ing practicality, the Honda
Fit may be the car for you.It competes with the likes ofFord Fiesta, Hyundai Accentand Nissan Versa Note.
Honda introduced the all-new third generation Fit lastyear, so 2016 sees no signifi-cant changes. This new modelevolved from the award-winning foundation andadded fresh styling, a morerefined driving experience,
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This enhanced handling isreflected by the Fit’s sportierexterior. The headlights areslimmer and integrate into thesolid grille. The lower intakes
Honda still performsmagic
If you’re in the market for a first car or interested in downsizing, the Honda Fit may be the vehicle for you. Now in its third generation, the subcompact wasclearly designed with the goal of maximizing versatility and space. It is available at Pacific Honda in the Northshore Auto Mall. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
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We are told that the con-nected car is the wave of thefuture. Right now, automakersand governments alike arethrowing cash at the problemof the autonomous car. Soon,they say, we’ll all be ableto summon a safe little podto the curb, curl up insidewithout the encumbrance ofa steering wheel, and hurtle
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Escape the prison lurking in your pockettoward our destination on a cloud ofefficient electrons, all without liftingour eyes from a tiny screen.
Nuts to that. True, commut-ing is a joyless time-suck, and nothaving to spend your life at thewheel, grinding your teeth at thetraffic report, would be a boon formost people. The autonomous carwill open up transportation for theelderly, cut down on drinking anddriving, reduce pedestrian fatalities,maybe make our roads a safer place.
But it’ll also be another dayspent indoors in a cage of our ownmaking. We’ve built these miracu-lous little boxes of stimulation andconvinced ourselves that we’restill connected to each other, stillhuddled around the campfire in thedark, telling the important stories,listening to each other.
The fact is, we all carry a prisonin our pocket, one that makesus miserable. Ten million tinyOzymandiases, all digitally proclaim-ing, “Look on my works, ye mighty,and despair.” We see friends, co-workers, acquaintances, celebrities,every one of them presenting theirbest side, carefully crafting a digitallife that only shows the positives.We measure ourselves against theseartifices, ask others to vote on howhappy we should be. At mealtimes,instead of talking, fingers itch tocheck our statuses. How do we rate?
Nuts, as I’ve said, to that.Because you can break free.
You can get up early, crank overthe engine and run. Run from theelectronic swamp and its poisonousmiasma, run to the hills, to the flowof the road and the reassuring real-ness of the landscape. This really isthe best place on Earth, and all youhave to do is look up for a minute.
So, I run. In everything from aborrowed Jaguar convertible to myown Cheerios-strewn Subaru. Shootpast the traffic, out into the wild:life begins beyond Pemberton. It’snot the road as your own privateracetrack, it’s the tarmac’d interiorof this province as the best therapyyou can buy.
There are trails to be found outhere, campsites to chart. BritishColumbia is a place that rewardsthe explorer, and you don’t needthe months-long expedition nor themule-train those early pioneers did.Now, this whole place is open topretty much anyone: when you turnthe keys in the ignition, you openthe door to a kingdom three timesthe size of Texas.
The car is freedom, it prettymuch always has been. Before, itwas the chance to explore, to getout of the little valley where youmight have otherwise been stuckand see the big city. It was thechance to open up the cornersof the world, expand your mind,democratise travel.
Now, it’s perhaps the last escapefrom a future spent dabbing at atouchscreen like some dopamine-demented lab rat. No Service. No
Facebook. No Twitter feed crammedwith 140-character oversimplifica-tions or nuclear-strength narcissism.
The marketers want to turn thecar into the same sanitized, joylessexperience you get from modern airtravel. It’ll be easier, cheaper, lesschallenging. You won’t have to let goof your electronic crutch.
But nuts to that. Get up early,grab your keys, pick up a friend to
keep you company – shared experi-ence, the landscape unfolding outin front of the windshield. Don’tworry about capturing what you’reseeing so someone else can hold upa yardstick to it.
Going for a drive for no reasoncomes with the best reason thereis. It’s a chance to get clear of thebuzzing and leave the electronic fogbehind. The sun comes up, gilding
the coastal mountains in goldenglory. Behind me, people are wak-ing up, reaching for their phones,checking their email to see how theyshould feel today.
The road stretches out ahead,promising the lone and level sandsof the desert. Empty your head ofthe modern cacophony; fill yourheart with something real.
The car has always symbolized freedom – a chance to explore, open up the corners of the world and expand yourmind, writes columnist Brendan McAleer. PHOTO SUPPLIED BRENDAN MCALEER
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are more aggressive and thehood slopes smoothly intothe windshield.
The creases draw youreye along the sides and thetapered roofline ends in asmall spoiler. To match itsfresh styling, the Fit is avail-able in several vibrant colouroptions.
Complementing the newexterior, the cabin featuresupgraded soft-touch materi-als and a sophisticated blackwith silver accent design.
PERFORMANCEWhile customers of sub-
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This upgraded enginecan be mated to two newlydeveloped transmissions.Standard is a slick-shiftingsix-speed manual, but anall-new continuously variabletransmission is available ifyou prefer a more traditionalapproach. Both are designedto increase performance andefficiency over the previousmodel.
The joy of driving theFit comes from its handling,which boasts a sharp steeringand predicable tracking. Theride is surprisingly comfort-able and smooth for a smallvehicle. Also, outward vis-ibility is excellent, allowingyou to precisely clip the apex
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Even the base modelFit comes equipped with afive-inch colour LCD screen.Get the higher model and thescreen grows to a seven-inchtouchscreen running the next-generation HondaLink and ahigh-definition liquid crystaldisplay. Unfortunately, the
The Fit is not a premium car but Honda’s use of soft-touch materials and a standard LCDscreen make it feel like it belongs in a higher cost bracket. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
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absence of easy-to-use knobsfor controlling the radio mayfrustrate some buyers.
The highlight of the Fit isits second row Magic Seat.
While the Fit offers abest-in-class 52.7 cubic feet ofcargo space, it’s the innova-tive design that truly excitespotential buyers. The 60/40split rear seat folds flat intothe floor, or if you just needheight and not so muchlength, the seat bottoms flipup for tall objects. For evenmore versatility, the frontpassenger seat can fold flat tocreate an absolute cavern.
The wind noise is morenoticeable, however, leadingto suspicion that there mayhave been some cost reduc-tion measures.
FEATURESThe Fit is available in
four trim levels with startingprices ranging from $14,730 to$21,530.
Standard equipmentincludes auto on-off head-lights, LED brake lights,a rearview camera, andBluetooth.
Additional features,available as options or onhigher trims, include keylessentry with push-button start,heated leather seats, leather-wrapped steering wheel,satellite navigation with voicerecognition, and a moonroof.
Fuel economy numbers
(litres/100 kilometres)for manual transmissionequipped Fits are 8.1 city,6.5 highway and 7.3 com-bined. CVT models return7.3 city, 6.1 highway and 6.8combined.
THUMBS UPThe Fit is economical and
fun-to-drive, but what trulysets it apart is its practicality.
THUMBS DOWNThere is little to complain
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THE BOTTOM LINEThe Honda Fit is an excel-
lent pick for anyone lookingfor a practical, stylish, funsmall car.
CompetitorsFORD FIESTA
Ford’s smallest and leastexpensive car, the Fiesta,offers similar qualities toothers in this category.However, if you want seriousperformance from your sub-compact, the Fiesta ST is thecar for you.
Available as a hatchbackor sedan, starting prices forthe Ford Fiesta range from$14,999 to $24,599.
HYUNDAI ACCENTThe Accent has come
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The highlight of the Fit is its second rowMagic Seat, which can be flipped and folded to makeroom for cargo of all shapes and sizes.
The Fit’s upgraded interior is clad in black with sophisticatedsilver accents. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN
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