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West Vancouver went green and got gold.

Last week, the dis-trict made a presentation at the Sixth Global Forum on Human Settlement, an international event hosted by the United Nations Environment Program.

Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, Coun. Trish Panz, district manager of sustainability Stephen Jenkins and community leader Tarah Stafford attended the event to dis-cuss West Van’s citizen-led working groups. The presentation focused on the municipality’s programs, such as the environmental initiative unfold-ing on Eagle Island.

Half of West Van’s greenhouse gas emissions come from heat-ing homes. Last November, with the help of West Vancouver Fire Department’s thermal imaging cam-era, 25 of the island’s 31 homes underwent energy audits.

Now the district is working with a group of British Columbia Institute of Technology students to seal air leaks in buildings.

At the event, West Vancouver was honoured as a recipient of the Medal Certificate and recognized by the UN as a Global Green City.

“The best protection of public and private assets happens when political leaders, professionals and volunteer experts come together,” Goldsmith-Jones said in a press release.

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Trish Panz, Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, Stephen Jenkins and Tara Stafford of the City of West Vancouver went to New York when West Van was recognized as a Global Green City. Submitted photo


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Squamish Nation members rejected a policy which would place more control of their lands in their council’s hands.

On April 7 and 8, the community voted on whether to enact the Squamish Land Code — a document which would take Squamish Nation land out of the Ministry of Indian Affairs and North Development’s gov-ernance and into that of the Nation’s council. If passed, the code would have allowed Squamish Nation to exercise control over its own jurisdic-tion, including reserve lands and resources.

But Squamish Nation mem-ber Jo-Ann Nahanee Mazie Baker said a lack of under-standing of the technical 112-page document and a mistrust of council led to the code’s downfall.

“The people have shouted out ‘you need to lis-ten to us,’” she said.

Before the vote, Baker was among a group of concerned members who thought the code gave council and chief too much power. She warned that under the code, council would have gov-erned all reserve land, which includes members’

homes. “What [council] needs to do is find another

way to progress,” Baker said.Squamish Nation has already started that pro-

cess, Chief Ian Campbell said. The next step is to go back to the people and see if they want to work on amending the land code or completely drop it, he said.

“I hope that the dialogue continues,” Campbell said.

Like Baker, Campbell thinks the complexity of the issue and depth of information led to the no vote. By voting down the code, the Nation has missed an opportunity to manage its reserve lands, he said. The code has checks and balances in place to make sure power is not abused, Campbell added.

“Accountability would not be to the Indian Act, it would be to the membership,” he said.

Although the code would have provided options for the Nation’s development plans, such as the 2004 Capilano Plan which featured resi-dential apartments between Park Royal South and Ambleside Park, its rejection doesn’t mean construction won’t go ahead, Campbell said.

“It’s business as usual. We will continue to work with the existing process,” Campbell said.

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Metro Vancouver voted Friday to seek binding arbitra-

tion to swiftly settle objections from Coquitlam to its proposed regional growth strategy, which now has the backing of all other cities.

The holdout council rejected the new plan as inconsistent, riddled with exemptions and vesting too much control in the hands of the regional board.

Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart wanted the region to pursue mediation instead but most directors voted to ask the province to impose a binding solution.

The master plan to control development would draw a new urban containment bound-ary to prevent sprawl, add mechanisms to limit the loss of industrial land and continue the region’s aims of protect-ing green space and farmland. It would replace the outdated Livable Region Strategic Plan.

Time is of the essence, regional planning committee chair Derek Corrrigan said, because civic elections are com-ing this fall.

Mediation could take until well past November, when a newly elected set of council-

lors and mayors will take over, potentially setting negotiations back years.

The process has already con-sumed several years, three sets of consultations, dozens of pub-lic meetings and thousands of hours of staff time.

Corrigan said Metro “bent over backwards” in a failed effort to accommodate Coquitlam.

Stewart – who admits some on his council oppose the entire concept of regional plan-ning – said so many conces-sions have been made to each city that the document is now little more than a conglomera-tion of local plans.

“I don’t think it’s a regional plan,” he said, pointing to the different land designations for golf courses in various cities around the region.

“I personally want the best RGS we can get – one that pro-tects the livability of our region and one that fixes the flaws in the current RGS.”

Coquitlam is accused of act-ing in bad faith by deciding late in the process – just in the last few months – that the plan is unpalatable and last month tabling a near-blanket rejection of it.

The request for binding arbitration was opposed by directors from Coquitlam and

Vancouver, as well as Surrey’s Marvin Hunt.

Port Moody Mayor Joe Trasolini said he also sup-ported Coquitlam’s request for the more conciliatory media-tion option, but disagreed the plan lacks merit. He added that cities have a responsibil-ity to work together to manage growth and protect green space.

Board chair Lois Jackson said it’s unfortunate the plan is now being held up by just one city.

Port Moody had also voted to reject the plan but gave a series of conditions on which it would accept.

Metro’s board agreed to the city’s demands it be exempted from targets for population, housing and job growth until construction of the Evergreen Line SkyTrain extension and Murray-Clarke Overpass are assured.

Trasolini said putting those concessions in the plan sends a message to the province and TransLink that the two trans-portation projects are critical.

Concerns of critics range from fears of more construction creeping higher up the moun-tains in West Vancouver to the possible loss of agricultural land in parts of Langley and Richmond.

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When Michael Burns walks outside his West Vancouver home, it’s not unusual for him to find plastic pel-

lets and metal caps on his lawn. In fact, he estimates he has collected more than 100 of them over the past few years.

What’s more upsetting, he says, is that he’s also seen dead crows and Steller Jays in the neighbourhood. So Burns has started a fight against what he says are the culprits — pellet and air guns.

“It seems really simple to me,” he says. “[West Van] needs to have a bylaw banning them.”

Like all local governments, the district is governed by the Firearms Act. An air or pel-let gun is only considered a firearm if it is designed or adapted to discharge a pellet at a muzzle velocity of more than 152.4 metres per second or more than 5.7 joules (4.2 foot-pounds).

If a pellet gun fires below that, a person can be charged with a crime if the pellet gun is dis-charged at another person with the intent to injure. Another case that could land someone jail time is if a pellet gun is used as an imita-tion firearm in situations such as a robbery.

This overriding legislation doesn’t address Burns’s concerns. Although, pellet and air guns may not be classified as firearms they are still powerful and dangerous, he says.

“You can’t contain them to your own prop-erty,” he adds. “Somebody is going to get hurt and property damage will be done.”

West Van needs to follow its neighbours’ footsteps, Burns says. Both the City and District of North Vancouver prohibit the dis-charge of air guns, air rifles, air pistols or spring guns within their boundaries. Fines for breaking the the rules reach up to $2,000.

Coun. Michael Smith agrees with Burns. He says such an issue comes down to good policy.

“It is something I think we should have, too,” Smith says.

West Van is researching Burns’s request, dis-trict spokesperson Jessica Delaney says. A staff report, outlining recommendations, is expected to hit council’s table in late May or June.

Calling for a pellet gun ban The district is reviewing its

bylaws regarding air guns

Michael Burns has found more than 100 plastic pellets on his property in West Vancouver. Greg Hoekstra photo

Next steps will be taken to the people, says Chief Campbell

“It’s business as usual. We will continue to

work with the existing process.”

Ian CampbellSquamish chief


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Bears disappeared from Britain before the Romans invaded, so while some Canadians shrug off their bear encounters,

Tony Webb is enthralled by them.“They are magnificent creatures,” the British

native says. “They are very intelligent.”But that doesn’t mean he wants them in his

backyard. In fact the North Van resident has dedicated a large chunk of his life to making sure people don’t attract them into their neighbour-hoods. Last year on the North Shore, 10 bears who had become habituated to humans and their waste were killed. This year Webb wants to get that number down to zero.

“This is probably the last place on earth where we have a chance to do it right,” he says in regard to coexisting with nature.

Black bears start to come out of hibernation around March. So far, Webb, who chairs the North Shore Black Bear Network, knows of four North Shore bear sightings. He’s placed signs let-

A bear’s picnic

After sleeping all winter, black bears are back looking for food

ting people know a bear is on the roam at four North Shore locations, including Mill Street up Mountain Highway and near North Vancouver’s Evelyn Park.

Bird feeders, outdoor freezers, fruit trees and barbecues all attract bears. Formaldehyde — which is the material some freezers and hot tub covers are made of — is also an attractant. The decomposition of the chemical emits the smell of formic acid, a smell bears mistake as juicy ant nests.

“A bear is basically a nose on four legs,” Webb says.

Residents can help save bears’ lives by simply putting out one’s garbage the morning of pick up, he notes, adding that bear-resistant garbage containers are also a good idea. These special-ized cans are available from the District of North Vancouver and are approved for pick-up service in the district.

For more information about the North Shore Black Bear Network or black bears call 604-990-BEAR (2327).

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It could be the battle anthem that serenades the Vancouver Canucks to the team’s first-ever Stanley Cup victory.

At least, that’s the dream, says North Vancouver-born songwriter David Coles.

Coles, better known to most as hip-hop artist Kyprios, recently recorded a new track called “How the West was One,” with his brother, Kevin, and Swollen Members producer Rob The Viking.

Last week the song, which pairs a hip-hop beat with trumpet right out of a spa-ghetti western film, was released online. Within 24 hours, it received upwards of 15,000 hits, spreading like wildfire on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

“We kind of just posted it, emailed it to a few people, and said ‘let’s see what it can do,’” said Coles Monday, during a tour stopover in Banff.

“I didn’t think it would take off like it did. We just kind of sat there and watched it happen.”

Once they realized “it had legs,” he said, they posted it to iTunes, and pledged to donate partial proceeds to Canuck Place Children’s Hospice.

A lifelong Canucks fan, Coles started working on the song to “commemorate the playoff run” of one of his favourite teams.

After opening for artist T-Pain at the Nanaimo Convention Centre at the end of March, Coles began penning lyrics on the ferry the next morn-ing, working in the name of past and present players alike.

The project, he said, served as a welcome and fun distraction from his hectic schedule of late, which has included work for an upcoming musi-cal production, touring western Canada, and

handling a lot of administrative work for the business-side of his music.

“It’s not that I don’t love all of that, but it’s not as much fun as releasing things... as putting things out there for the public to enjoy,” said

Coles. So far reaction to the song

has been overwhelmingly positive, although there have been a few naysayers, includ-ing those who criticize Coles’s decision to change the word “won” to “one” in the title.

“It’s meant as a play on words to suggest unity,” explained Coles. “As we go

on I think we’ll see that far more provinces and people will start identifying with this squad.”

The song has even caught the attention of local radio stations, the national sports press, and the Vancouver Canucks organization.

To date, four different stations have given it airtime, and it was also played at Rogers Arena during last Thurday’s home game against the Minnesota Wild.

Whether it becomes a playoff tradition or not remains to be seen.

But that’s certainly the dream, he says.“As a huge Canucks fan, that would be amaz-

ing.”

To hear the new Kyprios song “How the West was One” visit www.kyprios.com or check out the online version of this story at www.north-shoreoutlook.com. The song is also available for purchase on iTunes, with a portion of proceeds going to Canuck Place Children’s Hospice.

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Q: What are your predictions for the first round of the

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Q: Who is your favourite player?A: Kesler: All day,

every day. You can ask anybody that. Kes

is my dude.

Q: Will the Canucks bring home the Cup this year?A: I think they will,

but you never know what’s going to hap-pen. It’s tough to say, but I think this is a really special group

of players.

North Vancouver’s David Coles, aka Kyprios, had a chance to catch up with hockey legend Tiger Williams recently. Williams is one of many current and former Vancouver Canucks mentioned in Coles’s new track “How the West was One.” Submitted photo

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The federal government is leg-islating improvements to munici-pal infrastructure, such as sewage treatment requirements. Should the federal government help pay for the costs of these projects?

Canada’s long-term criti-cal infrastructure needs are not

being addressed in a meaningful way. The Canadian Federation of Municipalities estimates that approximate-ly $130 billion is needed over the next 30 years to mod-ernize our national infrastructure. In West Vancouver, the annual maintenance budget for infrastructure is $3

million, but the need is $10 million. That shortfall can-not be financed by municipalities and provinces alone. Canada needs a national strategy. A world-class infra-structure is critical to our productivity, competitive-ness, and quality of life.

Have you ever felt like not voting in an election and why? Absolutely. Access and convenience is sometimes tougher than it needs to be. Elections Canada needs better tools to do its job to improve that.

I have been turned off by the political process itself, by the politicians, by partisan fighting and pettiness, by the ruthlessness of personal attacks at the expense of substance, and by the utter cynicism of people who make promises and don’t keep them. The House of Commons as a circus is a depressing reality. That has sometimes made it hard to motivate myself to vote. But I do anyway. It is a solemn responsibility of our citizenship.

If you could travel in a time machine, where would you go? The deliberations that shaped Confederation in Quebec and Ontario from 1865-1867. The Fathers of Confederation went through a wrenching process of negotiation and compromise that has stood the test of time. The second would be to be by the side of my grandfather, Walter Veniez, as he fought in the trench-es in 1917 in the Battle of Passchendaele, in Belgium. Grandpa was buried alive twice and lost a large piece of his leg fighting with the Canadian Grenadier Guards.

The federal government is leg-islating improvements to munici-pal infrastructure, such as sewage treatment requirements. Should the federal government help pay for the costs of these projects? The federal government must help to pay for the projects. It is the price

of “keeping house”. Bridge openings are sexy. Hospital openings are sexy. Sewage lines, treatment plants and highway upkeep are not sexy but are just as important. Every government wants fresh, safe, clean water. Every government wants sewage to be dealt with in a safe and clean manner. We all want roads that are safe to drive on and won’t tear out the transmission from the vehicle due to potholes. This government has forgot-ten to chip in for these things until some of the areas became so neglected that the price tag went sky high.

Have you ever felt like not voting in an election and why? Yes, but then I made the effort to become better informed on the issues and candidates. I have never missed a vote. In the early 1980s I felt like I was the only person in Vancouver who wanted a new Cambie Street bridge. I went out in a deluge and voted. Since that day, every time I go over the Cambie Street bridge, I consider it to be “my bridge”.

If you could travel in a time machine, where would you go? I would like to be present at the Sermon on the Mount. I would want to hear first hand the call to love thy neighbor and thy enemy as thyself, this won-derful talk on the joys of peaceful living, sharing with one’s brothers and sisters, this beautiful lesson of social justice. It would be wonderful to share in that meal made possible from a small basket of loaves and fishes. I would be overjoyed to be in the presence of the Man who spoke such unforgettable and wonderful words and feel the excitement and humility of the crowd.

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The federal government is leg-islating improvements to munici-pal infrastructure, such as sewage treatment requirements. Should the federal government help pay for the costs of these projects?

When I was first elected in 2008, I committed to work close-

ly with First Nations, mayors, councils, and regional districts to understand local priorities. My staff and I travelled relentlessly, ensuring we were well positioned to anticipate the Economic Action Plan and advocate effectively for our communities. Close collaboration and communication generated over $250 million in Federal funding for our riding. Another benefit? My understanding how important it was for municipalities to receive Federal support for local infrastructure. Our Conservative Government, in the current Budget, com-mitted to legislate contributions from the Federal Gas Tax directly to municipalities for infrastructure.

Have you ever felt like not voting in an election and why? Heard in the Aquatic Centre locker room: “Why vote? It just encourages the politicians!” Funny comment, but bad advice. People like my late father, Stanley Weston, who was a prisoner of war, and my

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The federal government is legis-lating improvements to municipal infrastructure, such as sewage treat-ment requirements. Should the fed-eral government help pay for the costs of these projects? The Green Party has allotted $2.4 billon to this end. Vibrant cities are where the majority

of Canadians live – cities must remain viable to under-take the steps required to build a zero waste and carbon-neutral economy. Our most valued resource, people, is concentrated in the cities and these are the places where most ecological benefit can generate. Federal money must go into keeping what we have viable, not paying for more sprawl or to further pave habitat. Green Party platform items are common sense: we’ve invested this much in cit-ies to this point; they need to be maintained to guard our investment.

Have you ever felt like not voting in an election and why? Never. I always exercise the power that is offered to me in the spirit of egalitarianism and in solidarity with myfellow citizens. Voting is how we define and express our wishes and needs. To forego this privilege is an affront to community and common sense.

If you could travel in a time machine, where would you go? Forward in time to see if the efforts we make now to save humanity and restore biodiversity of the planet– perhaps 100 years from now to see if our actions correct anthropomorphic climate change and anthropomorphic radiation; I want to see humans live in harmony with other life forms on our planet. This planet is not all for us humans — we share it with billions of other life forms that work together to allow humans to survive. Systems that have evolved over thousands of years do not adapt well to abrupt changes; the future is where we will be judged.

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late uncle, Smokey Smith, Canada’s last surviving VictoriaCross holder, did not venerate war. But those who put themselves in harm’s way to serve Canada expect that we exercise democratic freedoms for which they fought. People around the world would give up their lives today for what we are tempted to take for granted.

If you could travel in a time machine, where would you go? I would go to Canada in 2031 to check on the world that we adults have left to my children, Shane, Jake, and Meimei, and to the other young people of today. I’d check on whether our economy had fulfilled the prom-ise of a Canada entering what should be its Magnificent Century. I’d like to know whether initiatives such as the International Youth Volunteers Forum, which I’ve planned for students all around our riding to take place May 28, 2011 (regardless of election results), has helped create a generation of Canadians who are bringing peace and prosperity to the world.


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There’s a change in Howe Sound. Residents in Lions Bay have spotted them. People in West Vancouver and on Bowen Island are talking about them. Then

there’s the boaters who have watched them play out in the waves. Scientists are trying to figure out why the Pacific white-sided dolphins are back. But there’s speculation it can be partly contrib-

uted to a small group of marine enthusiasts and a fish. This fish story starts in the early spring of 2006. West Vancouver resident John Matsen had been told herring were spotted

around the Squamish Terminals. Historically, herring are no stranger to Squamish’s shoreline. In the mid-60s, 2,000 tonnes of the silver-coloured fish came up Howe Sound to spawn. But runoff from the community’s former wood preservative plant killed hun-dreds of thousands of them and by the 70s the herring had all but disappeared.

So when the co-ordinator of Squamish Streamkeepers got the call that they were back, he was pretty excited. But when they went in search of the herring, what they found instead was a mysterious orange slime covering the pilings under the Squamish Terminals.

“We questioned whether it was fungus,” Matsen says.

Matsen turned to the Internet to find out what the slime was. He found his answer in a report about San Francisco’s subtidal habitat. The docu-ment, written by several marine biologists, high-lighted the need for the removal of creosote pilings from the bay. In it were notes on how creosote kills herring eggs and how, when the eggs are dead, they turn into an apricot-coloured goo.

That's when Matsen realized that what they'd seen on the pilings were millions of dead herring eggs. The herring had returned, laid their eggs on the pilings but the eggs had been killed by the creo-sote.

The Streamkeepers set about changing this. The next year, with the permission of Squamish Terminals, the Streamkeepers wrapped 60 of the east dock’s creosote-covered pilings with various

materials. In March, when they returned, the orga-nization discovered the eggs on the black landscap-ing fabric had successfully hatched; the eggs laid on plastic material didn’t boast the same survival rate.

“Each year [since 2006] we have doubled the amount of wrapping we have done,” Matsen says.

Last year, the herring switched their spawning location to the large concrete pilings under the west dock. Concrete has also proven to kill herring eggs. Fortunately, the Streamkeepers had wrapped 30 of these piles the year before. Between February and mid-April, the piles were spawned on four times. This year Matsen expects three spawnings.

What’s even better news is that the herring that spawned in 2007 have returned.

“We had great expectations when we started this, but we didn’t quite expect this would happen so dramatically,” Matsen says.

Other than the herring eggs covering pilings, a

big indicator that the Streamkeepers initiative is working are the dolphins.

“We originally had the idea to bring herring back for the salmon,” Matsen says. “We had no idea it would bring back the dolphins.”

During much of the 20th century, Pacific white-sided dolphins were thought to be an open-water species, says Andrew Trites, UBC’s director of the Marine Mammal Research Unit in the university’s Fisheries Centre. Before 1984, they had not been reported in the Strait of Georgia, but were com-mon along the outer coast. However, scientists did know that they once called the inner waters their home since archaeologists had discovered Pacific white-sided dolphin bones in First Nation middens – domestic waste dumps – along the strait.

In recent years, there have been a growing num-ber of dolphin sightings. This year three pods were reported in the strait. Whether they are all mem-

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“We have more questions than answers,” he says. “They haven’t had a lot of people studying them.”

Erin Rechsteiner is one of the few people in B.C. trying to find answers. It’s speculated that the Pacific white-sided dolphin population along B.C.’s coast sits at 24,000, but without enough information it is difficult to back that figure, she says, adding that estimates range from 12,000 to 50,000. What is known is that the survival rates among the young are low, Rechsteiner notes.

Last summer and early this year, the UBC stu-dent started a report on the diet, distribution and food requirement of the Pacific white-sided dolphins. By looking at the mammal’s dinner plate and how many calories it needs to function, Rechsteiner hopes to find clues to their lifestyles and possibly figure out if the dolphins are follow-ing specific prey types along the coast.

Dolphins need four to five times more calories per day than humans, Rechsteiner says. Herring are high in calories and lipids, such as Omega-3 fatty acids. Before they spawn, the fish’s fat count is at its highest, Rechsteiner says.

“I am learning a lot about fish,” she jokes.For five weeks last summer, Rechsteiner spent

12 hours a day trawling the sea on the hunt for feeding dolphins. When spotted, she would drag nets behind the boat which would pick up the scraps from the dolphins' meal, allowing her to figure out their menu. Rechsteiner is the first

person to ever collect fish scale samples from dolphins feeding in the Strait of Georgia. It is the same technique adopted by zoologist Kathy Heise, who studied Pacific white-sided dolphins for years after they caught her attention in 1986 while working as a lighthouse keeper.

Some of Rechsteiner’s most successful sightings occurred after her pilot field work project. On Jan. 28, around the same time that the herring were spawning in Squamish, Rechsteiner was out on a boat in Howe Sound surrounded by more than 150 dolphins. While no one can say for sure that the dolphins are back because of the growth in herring runs, it’s certainly a good guess.

“The dolphins are a good indicator of ecologic health,” she says. “My guess is if there are a lot of dolphin around there is a lot of herring around.”

By learning more about the dolphins we could learn more about the health of our local environ-ment, but without funding Rechsteiner is not sure if she will be able to continue her field work. She is currently on the hunt for grants.

“There is just so little known about them,” Rechsteiner says of her flippered friends.

As for the group behind the possible the surge of life in local waters, Matsen is now one of the world experts in herring spawning material, he jokes. Jokes aside, the Streamkeepers' work has caught the attention of the Department of Fisheries, among other organizations. A group of residents in Lions Bay is also interested in wrapping creosote pilings and Matsen has been in discussions with the Rotary Club in Pender Harbour. The creosote piles are a problem, but a problem that can be fixed, Matsen says.

“The best part of this fish tale is now we know the dynamics in the ocean are there,” Matsen says. “We are just help nature do its job.”

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Erin Rechsteiner is the first person to collect fish scale samples from dolphins feeding in the Strait of Georgia. Submitted photos

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A new search is underway for fresh pots of money to finance TransLink’s vision to expand transit across Metro Vancouver.

And it will include a hard look at ways to col-lect more cash from motorists while simultane-ously encouraging transit use and controlling congestion.

“People’s gut reaction to some of these will be extremely negative and hostile,” predicts North Vancouver District Mayor Richard Walton, who chairs the Mayors Council on Regional Transportation.

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A vehicle levy – which TransLink briefly pro-posed last fall but shelved – could charge more or less each year depending on engine size, car-bon footprint or mileage driven.

Tolling schemes can apply to just specific lanes rather than the entire system, or tolls could vary depending on the time of day to encourage travel at off-peak hours.

“There’s a whole supermarket of options you can look at,” he said.

Walton hopes public attitudes soften as people realize they may be able to change how they travel and avoid paying tolls, or choose to pay and benefit from improved travel times.

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Mayors last December refused to pass an expansion plan tabled by TransLink’s board that would have seen property taxes jacked signifi-cantly as an interim step.

The mayors had been pressured by the province to okay the tax hike to start paying TransLink’s promised share of the costs of the Evergreen Line, which is supposed to begin con-struction this year.

Walton is canvassing new transportation minister Blair Lekstrom to gauge the Christy Clark government’s willingness to approve new cash streams. The mayors previously wanted TransLink to get a share of future carbon tax increases, an idea that remains on their agenda.

Also to be considered, Walton said, is whether the province’s tolling policy should change.

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After watching her kidney function plummet over the course of five years, Jacks was given a new organ last year by her brother, Billy, sparing her from years of ongoing health problems and hard-ships.

“In 2009 my kidneys took a nosedive and I had no choice but to either go on dialysis or receive a transplant,” says Jacks, a former West Vancouver resident and renowned Canadian singer-song-writer.

“Dialysis will keep you alive, but it’s so hard on your body. Some people can’t even deal with it. It’s definitely not your best option.”

One year later and Jacks says the change in her quality of life has been dramatic.

“Now that I’ve gone through it I feel great. It’s such an amazing difference. I have so much more energy than I had before,” she says. “After a transplant you feel alive again. Before it was a feeling of just hanging on.”

Because of that, she’s now using her musical talents to raise awareness about the need for more organ donors in Canada.

“Like most people out there, I had no

idea about kidney disease. I didn’t know anyone who had kidney problems, and I certainly didn’t know anyone who had a kidney transplant,” says Jacks in an interview from her Sechelt home.

“But there are people out there who are desperately waiting for a kidney. I don’t think people are aware of how much organ donation is needed,” she says.

Many people live on dialysis for years before a suitable donor is found, says Jacks. But it doesn’t need to be this way. A healthy person can easily live on one kidney, she says. In fact, many people are born with only one kidney and never know it.

“I was affected not only physically, but emotionally. I felt like I was so lucky, and that I owed it to all the people I’d see in the clinic,” she says.

The Juno nominee has recorded solo albums and with the Poppy Family, as well as her first husband Terry Jacks. They may be known best for their album, Which Way are You Goin’ Billy?, named after the same brother who gave Jacks her new kidney.

This Sunday, Susan Jacks will do her part to help by playing a benefit concert for the Kidney Foundation at Coquitlam’s Red Robinson Theatre.

The show, she says, is primarily to spread the word that people can give the gift of life by registering as organ donors.

“I would like to see other people have the chance that I had,” says Jacks. “When you come face to face with your own mortality, some things change. There’s a whole new sense of what you’re here for.”

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Currently the alert program relies on the phonebook for its calls out. But as people replace their landlines with cellphones, it has become more difficult to reach community members, said Renata Elias, the office’s emergency planning officer.

“We are opening it up to everything,” she said.

This includes cellphones, e-mail, SMS texting and pag-ers. In an emergency, such as a missing person alert or chemi-cal spill, the rapid notification system sends out mass mes-sages to people in the affected area. The alert informs people on the nature of the situation and gives instructions on how to they can protect themselves.

The North Shore is one of two communities in the Lower Mainland to run the alert sys-tem, with New Westminster being the other. It’s paid for by Canexus Chemicals Canada Inc. Canexus produces sodium chlorate at a plant in North Vancouver.

Elias said the system has only been used twice — once for the 2005 landslide in North Vancouver and a year later for the near-hurricane force wind-storm.

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North Shore and First Nations police are are hit-ting up the Internet.

The Integrated First Nations Unit (IFNU), made up of West Vancouver Police, North Vancouver RCMP and First Nation members, has launched its own website and Facebook page. The site is an important tool for the unit’s work with the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, says West Van Cst. Jeff Palmer, who works with the IFNU.

“We really feel like the unit is establishing a place in both Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish , as being able to help out,” he says.

The three-year-old unit is one of two integrat-ed First Nations forces in B.C., Palmer notes. It’s mandate is to build communication and under-standing between police and First Nations. The

new website will inform community members about the unit and it’s ongo-ing investigations. It will also provide information on working with officers for community safety.

“This is kind of the next step,” Palmer says.

The unit regularly visits with social services in both communities. The unit not only gives officers the opportunity to learn about First Nations culture and society, but helps people under-stand what policing is about, Palmer says.

“It forms better working relationships,” he says.The new website includes community pro-

files of the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, upcoming community events, a photo gallery and community tips on protecting oneself against offences and other risks.

The site also outlines the units goals and objectives and community partnerships with the IFNU.

To check out the site visit http://ifnu.bc.rcmp.ca or go on Facebook and search IFNU.

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SEAN KOLENKOS T A F F R E P O R T E R

As the 24-hour news cycle has a tendency of doing, the latest noteworthy happening immedi-

ately takes its place atop the constant barrage of headlines and tickers.

Since the writ was dropped on March 26, the federal election campaign has assumed top spot in the national media, but as another 7.1-magintude tremor shook ravaged northeastern Japan late last week, the now month-long devasta-tion suffered by the island nation has some continuing to talk about measures B.C. has to address to ensure effective earthquake response.

“You can’t help, anyone I think, but be rattled with what we’re seeing in Japan, and we know how important it is for us to keep people safe,” says Taleeb Noormohamed, federal Liberal candi-date for North Vancouver.

“And I believe it’s the federal gov-ernment that should take the lead on creating a comprehensive strategy that includes all levels of government for disaster response.”

Noormohamed, who worked for the Ministry of Public Safety between 2005 and 2007, says Ottawa needs to connect at the municipal level and discuss with cities located in potential earthquake zones — like those on the North Shore — about what infrastructure upgrades could be supplied through various fund-ing agreements.

Andrew Saxton, North Van’s Conservative incumbent, stressed the need for strong municipal planning as the first step in all emergency situations. If need be, Saxton cited the federal government’s operations centre as the source in an over-arching, integrated scenario.

The provincial government has an extensive 15-year, $1.5-billion seis-mic school retrofit program underway, but Noormohamed feels port facilities, for instance, is one area the feds can become a player in earthquake pre-paredness. Funding to ensure structures such as large gantry cranes are secure or oil spill technology are potential avenues for investment.

The 9.0-magnitude earthquake on March 11 closed port facilities in Yokohama for 24 hours but resulted in little damage. A 6.8-magnitude quake in 1995, however, destroyed cranes and port berth infrastructure in Kobe.

Retired Admiral Roger Girouard, for-mer commander of the Canadian Pacific Fleet and commander of Maritime Forces Pacific in Victoria, says ports present difficulties in emergency pre-paredness because of their multi-juris-dictional nature.

Even in the relatively smaller case of a fire, he adds, response teams may have to deal with the RCMP, customs or the Department of National Defense.

“Agencies, large or small, have a leg-islated responsibility to be ready and everyone has a response plan right down to the town hall,” says Girouard,

“But they all exist as little silos that need to be integrated. It presents a huge vulnerability but I believe also presents an easy fix.”

Girouard believes “the best return on investment” for large-scale emergency strategic planning is a provincially-man-dated cell that oversees emergen-cy preparedness, specifically any action beyond the first respond-ers of police, fire or ambulance. Port Metro Vancouver has an emergency plan that considers federal, provincial and munici-

pal legislations, but Girouard warns that practice, not words, is the key to effective response. For example, approximately 100,000 troops have been deployed in Japan since the earthquake last month, the most since World War II, and doing so is a significant logistical undertaking.

The danger, however, in such strate-gizing is the typical “half-life” that exists in these discussions. To establish firm communication between all interested parties, there has to be a consistent level of information sharing that isn’t tied to specific events or conferences as is nor-mally the case.

Issues surrounding proprietary infor-mation in port facilities, details on cargo in particular, is also concern for some in the shipping business but Girouard says privacy guidelines can be built into emergency strategies and specific sce-narios can be established for when such information must be shared.

“People in this business want to get this stuff right but the capacity to engage is limited to the fly-by in town. The con-sistency isn’t what it should be,” he says.

“Working in the defense world and being told certain things aren’t your job leaves you wondering whose job it is. We need coordination, we need more eyes and ears and we need the resources to organize that. Who is going to herd all the cats, from the volunteers right up to agencies? All these silos are operating alone.”

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Best thing about tennis? “Competition. I love to win. I hate to lose.”

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Best thing about Collingwood? “I’d have to say the teachers. They really care about your success. They always have time for you.”

Favourite athlete? “Kobe Bryant. He pushes himself to be as good as he can be. I really look up to a player like that. I’ve seen the Lakers play twice; the last time was at spring break with my family.”

Plans after Grade 12? “I’m considering [U.S.] Division I schools for the [tennis] competition, Division III for academics. I haven’t decided.”

Best advice you’ve been given? “Always be the aggressor. Never hang back. Be the leader. Take charge. That’s the best advice given.”

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Miscisco’s field(s) of dreamsIt’s been 42 years since the first All Star Camps on the North Shore, and this year ‘Dynamic Dan’ plans to be as busy as ever

SEAN KOLENKOS T A F F R E P O R T E R

In 1963, Dan Miscisco, “Dyanimic Dan” to many, found himself in a very different

world than the one he had grown up in. A childhood on the base-ball diamonds of East Vancouver had taken the then-teenager south to Georgia to cut his teeth in the American minor leagues.

He was quite the pitcher in those days and the goal, like it was for many who toiled in those competitive farm systems, was the pros. Although the Civil Rights Movement was well underway, the team’s rickety bus still made two stops after each game – at one hotel for the black players and another for the white teammates.

“It was eye-opening,” he says, blue eyes looking down for a moment. “Coming from Vancouver I just wasn’t into not liking any-one.”

By 1965, Miscisco was back in Canada, playing for the Winnipeg Goldeyes. There he roomed with Steve Carlton, future four-time Cy Young winner and hall-of-famer. Carlton was eventually called up to the big club, the St. Louis Cardinals, and Miscisco went back west.

He took a teaching job at St. Anthony’s school in West Vancouver and quickly became the school’s basketball coach. Always the consummate competi-tor, Miscisco asked that first squad a seemingly simple question – “do you want to be the best?”

They answered yes, and decided to commit to two weeks of training that summer. It proved so popular amongst the youngsters that the neighbours started inquiring about whether their kids could take part. And thus began the now 42-year run of Miscisco’s All Star Camps.

Taking place in schools across the North Shore, the camps offer participants week-long sessions in football, basketball, volleyball and strength and conditioning. Camps

are held Monday to Friday for three and a half hours, either in the morning or the afternoon. Also offered are select all-day “combo camps,” where athletes have the chance to try their hand at a couple of sports.

It’s a substantial logistical under-taking – Miscisco offers more than 40 individual camps at six locations – but he says in the four decades-plus since he hatched the summer camps he’s seen three generations of kids, some from the same family, take part. And if they keep coming, he wants to be there.

“I’m now beginning to realize there have been hundreds of kids through these programs,” he says.

“And I realize I’ve been able to provide some inspiration to them. And I’ve loved being able to do that. It’s keeping me young.”

For those more comfortable in the classroom than the hardwood or the gridiron, Miscisco, 67, also offers “success” camps, where par-ticipants learn goal setting, motiva-tion and budgeting, amongst other lessons. Miscisco says all involved help plan and host a “success fair,” highlighting what they’ve learned throughout the week.

“It’s one of my core values; I always want to do a good job,” says Miscisco. “And I want to teach kids a recipe to succeed. If you want to be good, you’ve got to work. You have to find out what you’re willing to do that others won’t do. I guess I’m a pretty old-fashioned guy like that.”

All lead instructors for the camps are teachers. Fees include a snack; lunch is provided for those in the multi-sport or combo camps. To register for North Vancouver camps call 604-987-7529 or visit www.northvanrec.com. In West Vancouver, phone 604-981-1045, or www.sd45.bc.ca. Those interest-ed may also register by mail.

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“Dyanamic Dan” Miscisco’s been running his All Star Camps since he hung up his baseball cleats in the 1960s. He says the camps teach kids the importance of hard work and dedication. Rob Newell photo


The name is Luongo and the team is the Canucks.

So we’re talking hockey, right? Well, yes, except the Luongo this story

is about is not Roberto. The name is Lorenzo (Larry) Luongo.

It was Larry – not Roberto – who was the first Canucks Luongo when he began a 15-year career with the Vancouver club in 1972, shortly after captain Orland Kurtenbach and the boys began playing in the National Hockey League in 1970.

It’s true that this Luongo never wore goaltender’s pads, slipped on a goalie mask or laced on skates for the Canucks. No, he was the one who expertly repaired those pads and masks and sharpened all the skates. He was, as you can see, the team’s equipment manager.

And Larry even invented the goalie neck guard. Ahh, but we’re getting way ahead of ourselves.

Lorenzo Luongo was born in the south of Italy and arrived in the Vancouver area at 19. A shoemaker with Ralph’s Shoe Repair at Brentwood Mall for a few years, he ventured out on his own with Larry’s Shoe Repair in Westview Shopping Centre in 1968.

“I love to do things with my hands,” he acknowledges as we chat the other day. “Being a shoemaker – creating and making shoes for people that have a problem with their feet – that was my trade. I made all kinds of shoes from scratch. Fancy shoes for bands, for dancers, for you name it, I did it. I was the first guy to make shoes with denim.”

So he made shoes for the likes of Vancouver’s Andre Boudrias, Dennis Vervegaert, Don Lever and Bobby Lalonde (to say nothing of Bobby Orr and other NHLers as far east as Montreal, New York and Boston).

“They all used to come to me to get shoes made and they brought their equipment to me for repair.

“So Mr. Pat Dunn [who would be the Canucks’ trainer for 15 years] came to me and he said, ‘Larry, why don’t you work with us?’ I knew the old Griffiths family [Frank owned the Canucks from 1974-94]. They used to come to my shop and take me out for dinner. They want-ed me to take care of the team. They convinced me to work for them. They would pay me and everything. They

were very, very good. “The Canucks got me a seat right in

the press box. To me I was an ordinary guy. I didn’t need to be in the press box but they got me seated in the press box.

“But [at first] I didn’t want to travel because I had a young family and a business and my business was doing well.”

However, after three years working off and on with the Canucks without doing any travelling, he decided to go on the road as well.

“I was doing everything for them. I used to sharpen all their skates; do all the repair. I was buying equipment from Bauer, Cooper, Sherwood, every com-pany. I used to get all the sticks made for the guys. I used to curve their sticks, file their sticks. I used to get their pads made for them. The whole thing.”

His first trip was in January 1976 to Detroit, Washington, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Atlanta. North Van’s Ralph Bower of The Vancouver Sun, the only photog-rapher who ever really travelled with the team, was on that trip as well, and so the two got to know each other and became friends.

“I used to go on the road and help with our head trainer,” Luongo adds. “I was an assistant to Pat Dunn with inju-ries and stuff like that. I had my wife to run the store and I had my staff. I used to have good people, good shoemakers working for me. I would say, ‘I’m away for five days’ or ‘I’m away for three days.’ That’s how we did it. We did very well. We were good tradespeople, good shoemakers. It’s too bad that it’s a dying art.

“In the old days, I used to sharpen skates for Karen Magnussen and every pro you could think of. When she was in Boston, she used to fly her skates to Vancouver and her mom, Gloria, and her dad would being them to me to fix them up and sharpen them and send them to her.”

How about some Canuck road sto-ries? “Well,” he says, “Dressing rooms, hotels and airports. That’s what we did. It was fun. We spent a lot of time together in every place. Detroit was a very scary city but other than that we enjoyed every city we went to.”

And, oh yes, the neck guard.“I remember we were playing in

Vancouver and somebody shot the puck and [goalie] Gary Smith got hurt on his neck. I went into the dressing room right away and wrapped up a piece of foam with a piece of towel and made a neck guard for him. And guess what happened? The equipment companies patented it right away. I should have done it and made a million dollars. Now every goalie wears a neck guard. But I was the first guy to create a neck guard for the NHL.”

Luongo’s world changed dramatically on the evening of Dec. 31, 1985, when several businesses in the Westview mall went up in flames, including Larry’s Shoe Repair and Larry’s Sports.

“The Chinese restaurant next door to us caught on fire. The whole [east end of the] complex there burned down. Davis Insurance was above us. When the store burned down, I lost everything. We had all kinds of jerseys and pictures. I had jerseys from Bobby Orr and every guy you could think of. But with the fire, I lost them all. It’s too bad.

“I moved Larry’s Sports to 2029 Lonsdale, just across from London Drugs and opened in 1986 in May.”

So the shop has been there 25 years now and his boys, Frank and Danny, run the place. Larry drops in only occasionally. You see, for the past 16 years, he and business partner, Maxine Burrows, have been running a wine and spirits importing company out of an office on West 15th, just off Marine Drive.

It’s called Burrows, Luongo and Associates. With the NHL playoffs beginning and Alex Burrows, Roberto Luongo and the rest of the team the toast of the town, you can’t get more Canuckish than that, can you?

This is episode 417 from Len Corben’s treasure chest of stories – the great events and the quirky – that bring to life the North Shore’s rich sports history.

The Luongo you don’t knowRoberto was not the first Luongo with the Canucks; it was Larry

The first Luongo with the Canucks was Larry Luongo (above with Don Lever and Harold Snepsts in the mid-1970s and today holding a photo of Roberto Luongo). Larry’s Sports has been on Lonsdale for 25 years. Ralph Bower photo/ Len Corben photo

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A chance to crawl through the North Shore’s arts scene

GREG HOEKSTRAS T A F F R E P O R T E R

Pound for pound, it’s hard to top the North Shore’s vibrant arts community, says Norm Vipond.

From Deep Cove to Horseshoe Bay, our com-munity is dotted with deep pockets of creativ-ity — the studios of hundreds of painters, potters, photographers, sculptors, and craftsmen — where some of the finest work in the North America is created.

“The artist community on the North Shore is very strong, and the quality of work is very, very high,” says Vipond, current president of the North Shore Artists’ Guild. “But not everybody realizes that.”

Vipond says that’s why he decided to launch the North Shore Art Crawl — a free community arts festival in which artists and galleries open their doors to the public and showcase their work.

This weekend, April 16 and 17, more than 100 artists across West Vancouver and North Vancouver will take part in the inaugural event, inspired in part by Vancouver’s East Side

Cultural Crawl.“I hope the event will introduce the public

to the artists on the North Shore,” says Vipond, an impressionist painter who works out of 195 Studios in North Vancouver.

“It’s meant to celebrate the arts, to educate the public and, of course, to promote the artists.”

Vipond says the first-ever event has already exceeded his expectations, with 40 locations reg-istered to take part.

“I thought it would start out small, but the response from artists and galleries has been tre-mendous,” he says.

The North Shore Art Crawl has printed 10,000 brochures with maps and information about the 40 galleries and studios included on the tour. They are available in West Vancouver at the Silk Purse Gallery and the Ferry Building Gallery. In North Vancouver, pamphlets can be found at 32 Books, the Delbrook Community Centre, the Lynn Valley District Library, Opus Framing, the Parkgate Community Centre, and Cityscape Community Space.

Maps, profiles of participating artists, and other information is also available online at www.nsartcrawl.ca.

North Shore Art Crawl organizers North Shore Art Crawl organizers Norman Vipond and Sandrine Norman Vipond and Sandrine Pelissier in their Pemberton Ave. Pelissier in their Pemberton Ave. studio on Monday. studio on Monday. Rob Newell photoRob Newell photo


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It’s a Monday afternoon and the basement of Centennial Theatre is abuzz with excitement.

In the corner, two women are chatting and running fabric under sewing machines, while dozens of teenagers trickle in and out of dressing rooms in dental office uniforms, leather jackets, and leafy green face paint.

At stage level, tables are covered in colour-ful flowers, costumes, cables and theatre lights. A city skyline is projected on a blue backdrop, while an old aluminum watering can rests on the checkerboard floor of what will soon be Mushnik’s floral shop.

With only two days remaining before open-ing night of Windsor secondary’s performance of Little Shop of Horrors, energy is at an all-time high.

For half a century, Windsor has upheld a repu-tation as one of the North Shore’s finest schools for the fine arts.

Since opening its doors in 1961, the school has put on hundreds of performances, including seven full-scale musicals such as the one current-ly in the works.

Part of what makes Little Shop of Horrors so unique for a high school musical, say organizers,

is the size and scope of the production.With more than 60 students performing on

stage and another nine in the pit band, it has taken a small army of volunteers - mostly com-prised of parents - to pull together all the props, costumes, and set materials needed.

In additional, Windsor is also fortunate to have a number of highly regarded professionals working on the play, including theatre instructor Majorie Dunn, professional opera singer Adam Kozak, orchestral conductor Risa McDonell, and choreographer Julie Tomaino.

“For a high school performance I’d say it’s really professionally done,” said Grade 11 student Nicky Walsh on Monday, from beneath layers of makeup and drawn-on wrinkles for his role as Musnik the florist.

“Ms. McDonell in the pit band is phenomenal. She’s the best conductor I’ve ever worked with.”

Grade 12 student Jared Suitor, who plays the leading role of Seymour Krelborn, couldn’t agree more.

As a musician in a local rock band, Suitor has performed on stage many times in the past, but this is his first time acting.

“It’s different than playing music, because you have to focus on staying in character at all times, but I really like it,” he said. “I’ve really enjoyed working with our choreographer [Tomaino].

She’s incredible.”Devon Busswood, who plays the leading

female role of Audrey, has been in a number of previous performances, including Footlight Theatre’s The Sound of Music earlier this year and a past production of Oklahoma!.

She said what stands out for her about Little Shop is the play’s humour, quirkiness and the diversity of the musical numbers.

“It’s such a great, unique show and not enough people know about it,” said Busswood. “And we have an all-star cast. It’s not just a couple of lead characters. Everyone stands out, everyone is so talented.”

Little Shop of Horrors runs nightly at 7:30 p.m. to Saturday, April 16 at Centennial Theatre. Tickets, which are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students, are available online at www.centennialtheatre.com or through the box office at 604-984-4484. They can also be picked up at the school, located at 931 Broadview Drive in North Vancouver.

For more information on Windsor secondary, including a list of 50th anniversary celebrations scheduled to take place May 12 to May 15, visit www.nvsd44.bc.ca/schoolsites/windsor.aspx.

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The jury is in... On May 2, the North Vancouver Community Arts Council is holding a jury for its upcoming craft fairs. All exhibitors must be members of the North Vancouver Community Arts Council. Exhibitors’ art or crafts will be subject to the approval of a jury to ensure they are handmade by the submitting artist. Only arts and crafts accepted by the jury may be sold or exhibited. The jury will take place at CityScape Community Art Space, 335 Lonsdale Ave. in North Van. To book an appointment please call the North Vancouver Community Arts Council at 604-988-6844 or email [email protected]. Jury spaces are on a first come, first served basis.

Singing to their hearts’ contentWindsor secondary students continue 50-year tradition of musical excellence with Little Shop of Horrors

Windsor secondary students Nicky Walsh, Jared Suitor and Devon Busswood (from left) rehearse a scene from Little Shop of Horrors on Monday. The play runs nightly from Wednesday to Saturday at Centennial Theatre.Greg Hoekstra photo


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• A Textile Translation: Textile works by Fibre Essence, a textile collective of 14 artists, celebrating the Cherry Blossom Festival at the Silk Purse. Donations to Japanese relief.

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showcase original stories in poetic from alongside related drawings, paintings, embroi-deries and digital art. www.SeymourArtGallery.com.

APRIL 14-16• Biloxi Blues: A young WW

II army recruit goes through basic training and learns about Life and Love with a capital ‘L’. Deep Cove Shaw Theatre, 4360 Gallant Avenue. 8 p.m. Tickets: $16/$14 available at www.deep-covestage.com, in person at Deep Cove Pharmacy, or by calling 604-929-3200.

APRIL 14-16 & 20-23• If We are Women: Play by

Joanne McClelland Glass, The Theatre at Hendry Hall, North Vancouver. 8 p.m. $16 ($14 seniors/youth 18 and under). Reservations www.northvanplayers.ca or 604-983-2633.

APRIL 15• Music festival: NS

Registered Music Teachers pres-ents the 40th North Shore Music Festival at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, North Vancouver. Final concert, 7 p.m. Admission to concerts: $5 and $10. Information: Alice 604-987-1067 or Diana 604-929-1592.

APRIL 16, 17, 30 & MAY 1• Adult Art Workshops at

Maple Wood House: Well established, professional art-ists Nurieh Mozaari (www.nurieh-mozaari.com) and Leslie Redhead (leslieredheadart.blog-spot.com) lead weekend work-shops on abstract expressionist

painting and watercolour for beginners respectively. $150, sup-plies not included. Go to www.nvartscouncil.ca to register or call 604-988-6844.

APRIL 16-29• Caught in the Net: The

sequel to Run for your Wife is a comedy about a bigamist who is living two completely separate lives quite successfully until his children from both families meet on the internet. He plunges into a hole of his own making in an attempt to keep them apart. 8 p.m. Thursdays to Saturdays in the Kay Meek Centre.

APRIL 18• North Shore Writers’

Association: Guest speaker Annabel Lyon, author of The Golden Mean. Capilano Public Library, 7 to 9 p.m. Free for members, $5 for non-members. www.nswriters.bc.ca.

APRIL 21 • The Camino: Katy Hedalen,

soprano, and Steven Charles, guitar, celebrate Easter week at the Silk Purse. Follow along on the sacred journey of the Camino told through stories, songs and images. 10:30 a.m. Tix. $12/15. Reservations 604-925-7292

APRIL 19 TO MAY 1 • Blossoming: Jennifer Lamb

and Maryam Vancouver join together for a colourful celebra-tion of floral beauty at the Silk Purse Gallery. Opening reception Tuesday, April 19, 6-8 p.m.

APRIL 20 TO MAY 28• Jennifer Harwood

Waterworks: Landscape paint-ings thematically linked by the geographical setting of beaches in and around Vancouver. Lynn Valley Main Library. Opening reception Saturday, April 23, 2 to 4 p.m.

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Beautifully remodelled from bottom to top that beats a new house in one of the most demanding area, in Del-brook, almost 3000 sqft of high quality which fi ts 2 families, 2 brand new open kitchens with S/S appliances, new dark H/W fl oors for the entire house ,new windows with high-end coverings ,new plumbing & wiring, new roof and hot water heating system. Sitting on a newly Land Escaped lot, fi nally enjoy an out-door swimming pool on newly fenced and private backyard.

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Unique 2 bedroom west facing garden apartment. Renovated to the highest standards, with crown mouldings atop 10’ ceilings, high baseboards and an elegant mix of gleaming hardwood and Berber carpet fl ooring. A cozy fi replace and fully equipped galley kitchen and separate dining room opening onto a large, very private patio garden for Summer entertain-ing. The huge master bedroom has an adjacent offi ce space with patio access for a relaxed work environ-ment. Among the unique features is exclusive direct access to the lane. Offers great access for wheelchairs and unloading shopping. A great building in a great location. 102–1485 Duchess Avenue. See 21 photos at [email protected] http://moviet-ours.ca/1673js-duchess

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Super location! This unique 3 bedroom, south west

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03. Whytecliff / Horseshoe Bay

★ 765,000 6372 Bruce St .........Sat&Sun2-4

23. Westhill

★ 1,430,000 2554 Westhill Close ...Sun.2-4

27. Ambleside

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1 Bedroom Payments from Square feet Price/sq.ft.

Suite 203 - 1679 $309,900 $1040/month 601 $515 including net HST

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The West Vancouver Police, in partnership with the Park Royal

Mall, have planned the West Vancouver Police Family Carnival this coming week.

The event is at the back of the Park Royal South Mall behind Extra Foods. All fami-lies and youth are invited to attend and enjoy midway games, rides and treats.

Partial proceeds from this event will go towards youth programs in West Vancouver.

Thursday, April 14 from 3 to 10 p.m.

Friday, April 15 from 3 to 11 p.m.

Saturday, April 16 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Sunday, April 17 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For additional information on the West Vancouver Police Family Carnival, please call the West Vancouver Police at 604-925-7300 or visit the West Vancouver Police website at www.wvpd.ca.

West Van police host family carnival at Park Royal

Library comes alive with free programsThe West Vancouver Memorial Library

is offering a series of free events in the coming weeks. The library is at 1950

Marine Drive.

English CornerCome practice English conversation! Free,

no registration required.Fridays, May 6, 13, 20, 27, 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Silver Surfers Day Thursday, May 5. Learn a new skill,

expand your knowledge of technology, or just get your feet wet! Sessions include: Computers for Absolute Beginners, Library e-Books, Digital Photos for Beginners, Windows 7, Email, Twitter & Tweet, Ancestry Library Edition, Consumer Reports and Press Display. Call the Community Computing Centre at 604 925-7405m to register.

Opera Lecture Series with Nicolas

Krusek: Great Baroque OperasThis series will introduce listeners to some

of the best-loved Baroque operas, such as Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell. Attendees will also explore several of Handel’s finest masterpieces, including Julius Caesar and Xerxes.

Wednesdays, May 4,11,18, 25 and June 1, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

BOOKtopiaChildren’s Literature Festival promotes lit-

eracy, celebrates language arts and cultivates creative thought.

Feels So Write: Teen Authors ReadBOOKtopia is delighted to host an evening

of readings by secondary students from West Vancouver. This entertaining event will fea-ture poetry and prose readings, lively music, and good food and drink. This event is open to all. Bring friends and family (and cour-age) and stand up in front of an audience to

perform your work. Friday, May 6, 6:30 to 9 p.m.

BOOKtopia Puppet ShowThe librarians of West Vancouver Memorial

Library’s Youth Department have a reputa-tion for their fabulous puppet shows, and this year’s show offers an exciting twist on the beloved children’s folktale Little Red Riding Hood plus much more. Perfect for ages three and up. This event is free and open to all. Space is limited. Saturday, May 7. Doors open at 10 a.m.; show at 10:30.

BOOKtopia Goes to the MoviesFree Sunday afternoon screenings of

kids’ movies in the library. See your favou-rite children’s book on the big screen. Flipped, Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m. Tangled, Sunday, May 8, 2 p.m. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Sunday, May 15, 2 p.m. Complimentary popcorn will be served by the library’s Teen Advisory Group.

The annual Vancouver Sun Run takes over downtown Vancouver on Sunday April 17 and, as usual, the TransLink

family of companies is providing additional service to the event.

The event is expected to draw 55,000 run-ners, plus spectators, to the downtown core and with numerous street closures during the morning, public transit will be your best bet for getting downtown and back.

Because it’s a Sunday, Transit customers need only pay a single-zone fare of $2.50 for

adults and $1.75 for children, high school stu-dents with a valid GoCard, seniors aged 65 or better and HandyCard holders.

Canada Line will launch at its usual time of 5:05 a.m. and will provide additional service for inbound crowds.

West Vancouver Blue Bus will also operate the usual Sunday schedule, but add service in the morning from 25th and Marine and have extra buses available after the run.

SeaBus will begin service one hour ear-lier than normal, with the first sailing from

Lonsdale Quay at 7:02 a.m. There will be 15-minute service through the morning and early afternoon.

Coming in by bike? Space for up to 150 bikes will be available, free of charge, at the lot across from Rogers Arena on the east side of Carrall Street (near the finish line and a short SkyTrain hop from the start). Cyclists should remember that SkyTrain Attendants reserve the right to prevent bikes from being taken on trains until crowds diminish.

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Community CalendarAPRIL 15•Heritage Fair Fundraiser:

Lynn Valley Legion hosts evening of music, prizes and pub fair to raise money for student history projects. Starts at 6 p.m.; must be 19 and older. 604-990-3700 or email [email protected].

APRIL 16• Pioneer Park Project:

Lynn Valley Community Association in conjunction with the Lynn Valley Seniors Association are doing basic gardening work, pulling our invasive plants, planting natural vegetation, clean-ing litter and anything else that needs to be done with the support of the DNV Parks Department. Work for every level of physical ability, rain or shine. Sturdy boots or shoes, working clothes and gloves are recommend-ed, as it could be muddy! Refreshments will be provid-ed. 9 a.m. to

1 p.m. Meet at Pioneer Park. 604 984 8401.

• Plant Sale: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mollie Nye House, Lynn Valley. Master gardener demos, pottery sale, Black Bear Society, BBQ and, at 11 a.m., Mad Science show. 604-987-5820. www.mollie-nye.com

APRIL 16 AND 17•To celebrate its 25th birth-

day, Lonsdale Quay will be throwing a two-day party. On Sat, April 16, the Quay will be transformed into a car-nival, complete with games, bouncy castle, face paint-ing, balloons and a charity BBQ from 1 - 3 p.m. North Vancouver musician Ben Sigston will be perform-ing on the waterfront plaza, followed by the Vancouver Outreach Community Sweet Soul Gospel Choir at 3 p.m.

On Sun, April 17, the Quay and Capilano university will award a North Shore business student a scholar-ship of $500. More musical performances and another charity BBQ will also take place. Complete schedule of events available at www.lons-dalequay.com/events.cfm.

APRIL 18•North Vancouver All-

Candidates Meeting: 7 p.m. at Mt. Seymour United Church,

1200 Parkgate Avenue. Sponsored by the Seymour Community Association, Blueridge Community Association, Parkgate Community Services Society and Mt. Seymour United Church. Federal election can-didates in attendance.

APRIL 23•Vigil for Slaughtered

Sled Dogs: Speakers Mayor Darrell Mussatto, Crystal Arber, Libby Davies and oth-ers. 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Ship Builders’ Square, Lonsale Quay. Event is in support of legislation for tougher rules against animal cruelty. Dogs on leashes invited, too.

APRIL 27• Mediterranean Cooking

Class: Helen and Anastasia Koutailianos, cook book authors of ‘From the The Olive Grove’ share some of the Mediterranean reci-pes that have been handed down in their family, with olive oil as the central ingre-dient. 6:45 – 10:00 p.m. at Ambrosia Adventures in Cooking, 503 15th St., West Vancouver. 604-218-2084, www.abrosiaadventures.com. $92; cookbook included in the price.

• North Vancouver All-Candidates Meeting: 6:30 p.m. at Highlands United

Church, 3255 Edgemont Boulevard, Edgemont. Sponsored by North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce and Edgemont Community Association . Federal election candidates in attendance.

APRIL 28• Horseshoe Bay’s Taste in

the Bay: The Business Market is now open! To book your table and highlight your busi-ness, call Jan Skelly at 604-926-6614.

MAY 7•Burrard Yacht Club

Sailpast: Ceremonies and reception at the clubhouse, 10 Gostick Place, North Vancouver. Call 604-988-0817 or email [email protected] if you plan to attend.

MAY 14• Spring Fair: Games, inter-

national food fair, midway fun, toys, attic decor, bar-gain bling, craft sale and Art Off the Wall at Collingwood School in West Van. Fun for the whole family. Free shut-tle service from Park Royal North parking garage and St. David’s United Church from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. every half hour.

MAY 25•West Van Chamber

Golf Tournament: Gleneagles Golf Course. Enjoy a “networking” game of golf featuring a Texas Scramble, prizes for the longest drive, closest to the hole and a putting contest. Mayor Pam Goldsmith-Jones will be at the dinner.


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Firefighter recruitment on the North ShoreAs part of their recruitment

efforts to promote firefight-ing as a career to the next

generation, the Districts of North and West Vancouver, and the City of North Vancouver will host an information session and open house for potential candidates on Saturday, April 30 at the District of North Vancouver Fire Training Centre.

A variety of rewarding careers exist within the fire services depart-ments which may include firefight-er, fire inspector and mechanic.

Fire personnel and municipal staff will be on hand to provide information on the role of firefight-ers, qualifications required (e.g. skills and abilities, education), steps in the application process, and to answer questions about employ-

ment opportunities. Potential can-didates will have the opportunity to observe demonstrations.

Date: Saturday, April 30Time: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Place: District of North

Vancouver Fire Training Centre9, 00 St. Denis Avenue, North

VancouverThe Districts of North Vancouver

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of North Vancouver will be accept-ing applications for Firefighter posi-tions from July 4 to July 27.

www.dnv.org/careers, www.west-vancouver.ca/careers, www.cnv.org/careers

To help prepare for the firefighter physical capabilities test, the North Vancouver Recreation Commission is offering a boot camp. For more information call at 604-983-6406.

Metro Van waste diversionmeeting

While the Metro Vancouver

region as a whole has a current gar-bage diversion rate of 55 per cent, the waste diversion rate for the multi-family residential sector is only 16 percent.

With the majority of our growing pop-ulation expected to live in multi-family residential, how do we accelerate waste diversion in this sector? The multi-family residential sector faces unique challenges such as shared garbage bins, limited space for adding contain-ers to collect recy-clables or organics, and limited access for recycling collec-tion vehicles. How do we overcome these challenges and who needs to be involved?

These questions and others will be explored at a Future of the Region Sustainability Dialogue about multi-family recy-cling.

The event is April 19 at the Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver. Lunch is from 11:30 a.m. to noon, with the panel discussion to begin at noon. The panelists are:

• Ken Carrusca, division manager, Metro Vancouver

• Tony Gioventu, executive direc-tor, Condominium Home Owners’ Association (CHOA)

• Ralph D. McRae, chairman, Northwest Waste Solutions

• Marg Gordon, CEO, BC Apartment Owners and Managers Association

• Allen Lynch, Manager, North Shore Recycling Program

• Raqib Brian Burke, Zero Waste recycling pilot pro-gram coordinator, Quayside Village Cohousing.

For more infor-mation visit www.metrovancouver.


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