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The province and theLower Mainland’s mayorshave reached an apparentstalemate on the futureof the Lower Mainland’stransit and how to pay forit.

Transportation andInfrastructure MinisterTodd Stone held a pressconferenceThursday to saythe province is committedto holding a referendum onfuture transit projects andfunding, and that it will beup to theTransLink mayors’

council to come up witha question.The statementfollowed news that themayors’ council had met andagreed to formally opposethe referendum plan.

“They are the mayors.They have the responsibilityto lead as a region.While themayors have put numerousideas out there in terms ofwhat the priorities should befor each of their respectivecommunities, to date,they have not agreed on a

common vision, a total pricetag for that vision or how tospecifically pay for it,” Stonesaid.

A Broadway SkyTrainline, light rail lines in Surreyas well as improved bridges,more bus capacity or morefrequent service are all onmayors’ wish lists, Stonenoted.

Currently, mayors canonly influence the amount ofmoneyTransLink raises fromresidential and commercial

property taxes and passengerfares. Anything beyondthat, like vehicle levies, roadpricing or a new sales taxto be spent exclusively ontransportation infrastructurewould be up to the province.Stone said the referendum ismeant to put that decision-making power in the handsof taxpayers.

Speaking at a NorthVancouver Chamber ofCommerce function onThursday, both North

Vancouver mayors expressedfrustration at the province’sintransigence onTransLinkfunding.

“Somebody has to havethe guts to go to the publicand talk about all the varioussources of funding and doall of the groundwork,” saidNorthVancouver DistrictMayor RichardWalton, alsochairman of the mayors’council.

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Loss of 90-year-oldWV cottagelamentedJEREMY [email protected]

A 90-year-old WestVancouver waterfrontcottage and its 50-year-old garden are gonefollowing the district’sdecision to level theproperty.

Godfrey Lynum, 83,called the cottage home formore than 60 years afterbuying it from his father in1946. He paid approximately$30,000. Lynum sold thecottage to the district in2008 for $3.5 million.

“I’m very disappointedin what they did becauseI’ve been lobbying to try tosave the house and the secretgarden for between five and10 years,” Lynum said.

WestVancouver hasacquired 29 of 32 waterfrontparcels since 1975 in anattempt to usher modestdevelopment to thebeachside.

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Marge Millar’s listof volunteer work isimpressive, but there isone organization missingfrom her resume.

“If I was young againyou know what I’dvolunteer to do? NorthShore Rescue,” she says. “Ilike excitement.”

A longtime resident ofNorthVancouver, Millar isa retired nurse who lovesto travel and has spent timeworking in the Middle East.She says she’s an outgoingperson and that’s probablywhy she enjoys volunteeringso much.

“I like being out andabout with people,” sheexplains, adding now thatshe’s a widow the volunteerwork “fills in a lot of thatempty space.”

Four hours a week, andin between a plethora ofother commitments, Millarcan be found looking incar windows at local malls,aiming speed guns atpassing cars, or talking tolocal business owners aboutfraud.

Millar is a communitypolicing volunteer andparticipates in programssuch as SpeedWatch andLock Out Auto Crime.SpeedWatch helps collectdata for police aboutspeeding and distracteddrivers. As part of the LockOut Auto Crime program,Millar and other volunteerscheck cars in mall parkinglots for exposed valuablesand leave information forthose car owners about howto prevent theft from autos.

A friend introducedMillar to the communitypolicing volunteer programabout five years ago, andalthough she has neverhad any real interest in acareer in law enforcement,she jumped at the chanceto help out. She says shecan’t understand why morepeople don’t get involved,especially retirees who arelooking for something todo.

“It just broadens yourscope, your mind,” she saysof working with a diversegroup of volunteers.

Volunteering with theRCMP is another way ofserving the community,she adds, and notes: “I feel

at some point in time I’mgoing to probably needsome of this (policing), or(will) feel safer living inthe Lower Lonsdale areaif there’s people out andabout trying to make it asafer place to live.”

While statistics showthat the North Shore isrelatively safe, crime stillhappens and police can’tbe everywhere all the time.That’s where communitypolicing helps to fill the gap.

“It just goes hand inhand because it’s theeyes and ears, it’s thefeet that we don’t have,”explains Cpl. RichardDe Jong, media relationsofficer with the NorthVancouver RCMP. “Ifyou look at communitypolicing it’s really a wayof policing rather than apart of policing.” He saysit reinforces what policealready do.

Community policing hasbeen on the North Shorein various forms for sometime.

“I think historicallyit was never labelled ascommunity policing,” saysDe Jong. “We’ve given ita title that acknowledgesthe work that has beenhappening for years.”

That work includedthe contact with thecommunity that police onfoot patrol used to makenaturally just walking downthe street talking to people.De Jong says foot patrolsare community policingat its grassroots. Evenfarther back in history,RCMP connected with thecommunity to access localknowledge about the areaand its people.

“It’s not something thatwe do externally, it’s whowe are,” says De Jong. “Ittruly is the communityenhancing and supportingpolice.”

Community policingin its more structuredform has been in NorthVancouver for 20 years.The current RCMPprograms are active in boththe City and the Districtof NorthVancouver andare supported by bothmunicipalities. (WestVancouver does not havean RCMP detachment,so is not involved in theseparticular programs.)

“Community policing

has so many differentfaces,” says De Jong. “Itreally does augment andsupport policing, grassrootspolicing, without a doubt.”

Volunteer programsnow include SpeedWatch,IntersectionWatch, LockOut Auto Crime, andCitizens CrimeWatch,among others.

One of the newestprograms, called BusinessLink, is a service providedto all businesses in the cityor the district that sign upfor it. Member businessesreceive regular informationabout issues of crime orsecurity in their area.

“Basically it providesa real good two-way flowof information from theRCMP and then we takeany concerns they haveback to the RCMP, which

are addressed,” explainsDoug Gavin, who has beena community policingvolunteer for six years andis the co-ordinator of theBusiness Link program.The program currentlyhas about 300 memberbusinesses in both the cityand the district. Gavinrecounts an example ofwhen the Business Linknetwork helped quicklyspread information to itsmembers: About a yearago, a prankster was callingrestaurants in the area andtelling staff they needed totest their fire suppressionsystems. Improperly testinga fire suppression systemcould have resulted inflooding and extensivedamage to the restaurants.Business Link volunteersreceived the information

from the RCMP andwere able to inform localrestaurants before they gotthe call.

Although communitypolicing volunteers receivecomprehensive training sothey can work in a varietyof community policingprograms, they are nottrained as police and arenot members or employeesof the RCMP.They arenever armed.

“We don’t have anypolice powers, we’re not thepolice,” explains Gavin.

Patrol vans are clearlymarked and volunteers donot apprehend criminals orsuspects.

For example, whenmembers of the CitizensCrimeWatch program arepatrolling into the weehours of the morning, they

do not get out of theirvehicle.They watch forsigns of specific crimes(such as theft from autos)that have been identifiedas a potential problem incertain areas and reportany relevant observationsback to police.The vans areout on strategic nights butDe Jong won’t say exactlywhen.

“They’re out in a timely,organized fashion,” henotes, adding they are“extra eyes and ears” forpolice.

The group has fourvans in total, paid for bythe City and District ofNorthVancouver. Althoughthey do not apprehendcriminals, Citizens CrimeWatch volunteers havein the past helped whenthey came across injuredpeople. Once they assistedan assault victim theyencountered on one of theirpatrols.

Volunteers representa variety of ages andbackgrounds, and Gavinsays although they have hadvolunteers who went on tocareers in law enforcementthey are not wanna-be cops.The volunteers are retiredseniors, post-secondarystudents and others whosimply want to be involvedin their community.

“The diversity of ourvolunteers is just amazing,”says Gavin. “It’s a terrificway of putting somethingback into your communityand also have the privilegeof working with theRCMP.”

When asked what typeof skills would be good ina volunteer he respondsquickly: “Enthusiasm.”

“Enthusiasm anddedication,” adds De Jong.

Michael Chen is aNorthVancouver residentwho became enthusiasticabout law enforcementas a possible career afterattending an informationpresentation hosted by theVancouver Police at theJustice Institute of BritishColumbia about two yearsago.The speaker at thepresentation offered a listof the qualities needed tobe a good police officer,which included altruism,integrity, accountability,professionalism and respect.The list appealed to Chen.

“I felt those values arewhat make someone agood person,” he explains.“Basically I think the reason

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“To preserve the houseprobably wouldn’t havebeen the best use for it inthe context of activatingAmbleside,” said districtcommunications director JeffMcDonald.

Lynum met frequentlywith the district’s parksdepartment, including seniormanager Andrew Banks,about plans for the property.

There were no assurancesthe cottage would be saved,but Lynum said he hopedsomeone would devise animaginative solution.

Featuring Philippinemahogany and a wood-burning fireplace built by astonemason, Lynum said thecottage could have become ateahouse or a clubhouse forboaters. He’d even offered toput up $30,000 for repairs.

“It was like a very goodfriend of mine,” he said.

As a former forester,Lynum said the destructionof the garden was “terriblyironic.”

“I didn’t spend a lot oftime planting and nurturingthe trees to have somedamned idiots from the

Without looking into anynew sources of funding, theywill have no choice but toraise residential and businessproperty taxes to pay for themultibillion-dollar projects.

“Our view is that’s notequitable. It’s not the rightway to move. It needs to be arelationship between how farand how frequently peopletravel and what they pay tosubsidize the road systemand the transit system,” hesaid.

The road pricing model,Walton said, is “textbook” allover Europe.

Timing the referendumwith November’s municipalelections also createsan impractical deadlinewithout giving the mayorsany tools to educate andconsult with the public onthe options before them,Walton added. It took 32months of consultation withLos Angeles residents beforethey approved a .5 per centsales tax, which passed with67 per cent support,Waltonnoted.

“It can’t be done innine months with a forcedreferendum date withouta plan and without anyleadership. It simply ispoor planning. It doesn’tmatter whether you’re in

government or you’re inbusiness. It just isn’t the rightway to go about it. Simple asthat,” he said.

NorthVancouver CityMayor Darrell Mussattojoined in, noting that themayors have asked threesuccessive premiers tointroduce a vehicle levy tofund transit, and each turned

down their request. “Wecome up with solutions andthey won’t let us implementthem.That’s not goodgovernance and that has tochange,” Mussatto said.

The SeaBus andLonsdale Avenue busses arefrequently full to capacityand are badly in need ofreinvestment, Mussatto said.

Despite the impasse withno solution in sight, Stonestressed the importance ofgetting transit “right” for theLower Mainland.

“There’s a tremendousamount riding on this.We allcan agree on the fact there’supwards of a million morepeople expected to be in theregion over the next 20 or30 years.We can all agree onthe fact that from a livablecommunities perspective,getting transit andtransportation expansionright is critically important

to quality of life in all ofour communities,” he said,adding that the same goesfor goods movement andgrowing the economy.

Asked what thereferendum will be if themayors don’t come up with aunified vision and question,Stone’s response clarifiednothing.

“We’ll cross, no punintended, that bridge whenwe get to it,” he said.

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Off trackThe perpetual morass that is

TransLink planning is againveering off the rails thanks to the

province.Provincial transportation ministers love

to blame local mayors for not being ableto get their acts together and agree onTransLink priorities.

But the fact is, whenever the mayorshave agreed, the province has no problemwading in and overruling them.

Now with the province and Metromayors unable to agree on how to payfor transit in the future, the province isinsisting on a referendum — althoughwhat it will ask, nobody yet knows.

NorthVancouver District MayorRichardWalton, chair of the mayorscouncil, has called it ‘terribly thought-outlegislation.’

We’d say ‘thought-out’ is being overlycharitable.

The referendum is likely doomed to fail.Most people reflexively feel they pay

too many taxes (a thought that is absentwhen they have to cross a bridge or turnon their taps.)

Asking people if they’d like to pay morehas predictable results.

The history of asking people to vote oncherry-picked initiatives isn’t one rife withsuccess.

California has been driven to the brinkof bankruptcy and inability to functionby what’s been deemed ‘ballot-boxbudgeting.’

The basic problem remains that transitis expensive. It costs a lot of money andnobody wants to wear that.

Particularly the province, in whosejurisdiction the most sensible solutions lie.

That will likely continue to be the case,regardless of what does or doesn’t getasked on the ballot in November.

MAILBOX LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR must include your name, full address and telephone number. Send your letters via e-mail to: [email protected] North Shore News reserves the right to edit any and/or all letters to the editor based on length, clarity, legality and content.The News also reserves the right to publish any and/or all letters electronically.

LEC leads in low rates, innovation“If he followed the bookthere would be a lot ofpeople who wouldn’t behere today.”North Shore Rescue volunteerJeffYarnold recalls late teamleaderTim Jones’ tendency toassemble the team first and getauthorization later (from aJan.22 news story).

“Count the number ofempty storefronts. Half ofthem are empty.”Lower Lonsdale businessowner Joel Posluns, citingthe squeeze faced by LoLoestablishments in challenginghis assessment (from a Jan.19news story).

“It showed the law hadteeth.”Heritage advocate AdeleWederapplauds a court decision totemporarily halt the sale ofWestVancouver’s BinningHouse (from a Jan.24 newsstory).

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Dear Editor:Thank you for the

opportunity to respondto the Jan. 15 letter tothe editor, “LEC IgnoresTomorrow’s CreativeSolutions.”

While a provocativeheadline, unfortunately,it represents the oppositeof the Lonsdale EnergyCorporation’s direction,mission and achievements,and we are pleased toclarify.

The primary purposeof building an energynetwork and ensuring thatin-building heating systemsare designed and built tobe compatible with LEC’ssystem, is to ensure thatbuildings will be heatedwith the most appropriatesource of energy whether itis available currently or inthe future.

LEC is very proudof the fact that it canproactively utilize variousheating sources andalternate their use with noimpact to its customers.

Compared to thealternative of usingstand-alone in-buildingconventional boilers, theuse of centralized boilersprovides significant energyand emission reductions.In addition to high-efficiency condensingnatural gas boilers, for thelast five years, LEC hasbeen successfully usingsolar panels located onthe roof of the city libraryto produce heat. Fortwo years, LEC has alsobeen providing coolingservices. In this way, LECcan recover and use in itsnetwork the heat generatedduring the cooling process.

In the long-term, LECenvisions reducing theuse of natural gas boilersto provide heat duringperiods of high demandwhile increasingly usingalternative sources ofenergy to provide for itsbase load.

LEC is proud of its lowrates and has providedin public meetings toits regulator, the Cityof North Vancouver,significant documentationdemonstrating the fact thatLEC has one of the lowestrates in the region. LEC’srates are significantlylower than the cost ofusing electric baseboardsor stand-alone in-buildingboilers.

In fact, LEC hasrecently successfullyapplied to its regulator forthe permission to increase

its rates for the first time ina decade.

The letter stated thatLEC discourages theapplication of individualmetering and resourceconservation. In fact,LEC encourages both.Developers and users arecharged on the basis oftheir capacity requirementand consumption.

Developers that investin energy conservation toreduce a building’s demandbenefit by being charged alower connection fee.

With regard toindividual metering,LEC has made severalattempts to have suchmeters installed. However,at present, both usersand developers expressconcern with the cost ofinstalling and monitoringthese devices. LEC remains

hopeful that as the costof energy increases, thebenefits of monitoringindividual consumptionwill outweigh thoseconcerns.

The Lonsdale EnergyCorporation continuesto receive industryaccolades and interestfrom municipalities acrossCanada.We appreciate thatmisunderstandings mayarise due to the newnessand complexity of districtenergy, and we are alwaysavailable to address anyconcerns or confusion.

LEC enters the newyear celebrating its 10thanniversary, and weencourage the communityto learn more about thecity’s award-winningdistrict energy system.Ben Themensdirector, LEC

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North Shore Rescue teammember John Blowndidn’t plan on spendingSunday night crafting amessage to tell the worldabout the death of hismentor, leader, and verygood friend.

No, John Blown had justspent a day skiing on GrouseMountain with his nephewand was getting ready forbed, a busy work weekahead.

Then his pager went off.As an 11-year veteran ofthe search and rescue team,Blown was used to the pagerbuzzing and taking him awayfrom whatever he was doing.It’s what volunteer search-and-rescue team membersthe world over do: someonegets lost or hurt in somedangerous corner of thelandscape and they go findthem and bring them backto safety.

This message wasdifferent though. Checkyour email, it said. Blownthen opened the email fromhis NSR teammate Simon

Jackson.What he read didn’tjust shock him, but verynearly put him literally intoshock, shutting his bodydown.

Tim Jones was dead.After a few minutes

Blown started to regain hissenses and realized that hewould have to be the oneto spread the news of thedeath of the man who builtNSR into one of the greatestsearch and rescue outfits inthe world, the man who hadgone into those mountainshundreds and hundreds oftimes to find those in danger,the man who embodied

more than anyone elsethe rugged passion of themountains that give theNorth Shore its identity.

There were two NSRmembers who were typicallyresponsible for gettingmessages out on socialmedia. Blown was one, anatural choice given his dayjob as the managing directorof the marketing companythat he co-founded.Theother was Curtis Jones,Tim’sson. Curtis would be evenless able to function than hewas, Blown realized.

It was time. Rumourswere already leaking out andBlown was now receivingqueries from media outlets.But how do you announcethe sudden and shockingdeath of someone who wasnot just a community herobut also a great friend?

A year ago Blown madea personal plea to Jonesto come help him duringthe dangerous rescue ofsnowboarder SebastianBoucher.They miraculouslyfound Boucher at the

bottom of a waterfall twodays after he went missing,and Jones was the last onelifted to safety by an ArmedForces helicopter.

In 2007 Blown spent twonights in a claustrophobicsnow cave withTim Jonesand an injured snowshoer asavalanches tumbled aroundthem during the famousTheta Lake rescue.

“You go through thatwith someone and youdefinitely develop a specialkind of relationship andspecial bond,” says Blown.

Now that he was staringat an empty Facebook boxthat needed to be filled witha death notice, Blown didn’tknow what to do.

“Even writing a coherentsentence at that time wasdifficult,” he says. In the endthe message was blunt, muchof it copied and pasted fromthe original email that wassent to him by Jackson.

“It is with great sadnessand shock that I report thatTim Jones passed awaytonight. . . .”

Hitting the “Post” buttonwas tough though, as ifthe news might somehowchange as long as it wasn’tspread to too many people.But it had to be done. Click.

Even though he was theone who wrote the words,there was a part of Blownthat was hoping it wouldturn into one of thoseInternet hoaxes, that he’dshow up at Jones’ housethe next morning and therewould beTim ready foranother rescue, cussingBlown out all the while forgetting the story wrong.

“I was almost hopingit was some huge, hugemistake,” he says. “WhenI sent it out I was almostnot believing the messagemyself.”

Since that night themembers of North ShoreRescue have stopped talkingabout howTim Jones diedand instead focused on howhe lived. Not only did Jonesgo out on most of the callsNSR received, but he alsowas a very loud voice in

advocating for rescue teamsacross the province andeducating the public aboutthe need to be prepared

Themessage that shookmountains

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Port Metro Vancouverisn’t prepared to committo a full-blown healthimpact assessment forits expansion projectson the North Shore asrequested by the City ofNorth Vancouver.

But the port’smanagement is willing toco-operate and share studydata to help assuage publicconcerns.

Residents who live nearthe Low Level Road arehaving to contend with theexpansion of Neptune’scoal export terminal andRichardson’s grain silosas well as more rail linesand train traffic. But theprojects were approvedby Port Metro Vancouverwithout first showing theneighbouring residentswhat it would mean fortheir health.

Vancouver CoastalHealth’s chief public

health officer Dr. PatriciaDaly sat in on a recentmeeting of the LowLevel Road and PortArea Community LiaisonCommittee and joined inthe call for more scrutiny.

“I was asked whether Iwould recommend a studybe done and the answer isyes,” Daly said. “In orderto answer the public’squestions about whetherthere are any potentialimpacts for health fromthe expansion of the coalterminal at the port, therewould need to be a study.”

The port commissionedits own environmentalassessments beforeallowing the expansionprojects, but the data inthose studies hasn’t beenanalyzed by the healthauthority and there may begaps in the methodology,Daly said.

Paying for any furtherstudy, reporting or followup should come from thecoffers of the projects’proponents, she added.

“We’re not talkingabout millions of dollarsor hundreds of thousandsof dollars. It just needs tobe able to answer somekey questions and useappropriate data,” shesaid.

But many of theanswers the city, healthauthority and the publicare seeking are containedin the environmentalassessments, whichshowed no heightenedrisk from port expansion,said Darrell Desjardin,the port’s director ofenvironmental programs.

“Those projects did gothrough an environmentalassessment that didinclude an assessment ofthe projects’ impacts onhuman health, which werefocused on air quality,noise and light,” Desjardinsaid. “For those projectsthat already exist, we saywe’ve done that work.”

The CanadianEnvironmental AssessmentAct of 2012, which PortMetro Vancouver andits tenants are subjectto, requires proponentsdemonstrate their projectshave no significant adverseenvironmental effects.

Although there are noplans to “re-open” theoriginal environmentalassessment studies, theport would be glad toshare the data and inviteVancouver Coastal Healthto join in monitoring andanalyzing data collected,Desjardin said.

“If (the healthauthorities) want toparticipate in the follow-up monitoring andcompare the measuredconcentrations to assesshuman health risks, we’vesaid we’re perfectly opento that,” he said. “Whatwe’ve said is we’re going tobe open and transparent.We’re going to share theresults of the air qualitymonitoring and the noisemonitoring to demonstratethat these projects areeither resulting in adecrease of air emissionsor, in the case of noise,

being neutral.”The term “health

impact assessment” isrelatively new in Canadaand there are no setstandards on how oneshould be conducted,Desjardin said.

Generally, he said, theyare understood to look athealth impacts, taking intoaccount more than justemissions or particulate,but also how the projectfits into the health ofthe wider communityincluding what benefits itmay bring economically.

The news comes as

a disappointment tocommittee chairman TonyValente.

“If they’re not going todo it and they’re not goingto do what council and ourcommittee has requested,it sounds like they’re goingto have a difficult timegiving Dr. Daly the toolsthat she needs to answerthe people’s questionsabout ‘what are theimpacts of this on publichealth?’ he said.

“They have done a lotof great work but I thinkpeople want to know theanswer to that question.”

Port nixes call for health impact study

The mysteriouschemical leak that puta sheen on the waterof Deep Cove bayMonday appears to havestopped, but the causewill have to go down inthe books as unknown.

District of NorthVancouver environmentstaff searched theshoreline, creek and

storm drain outflows anduplands but had no luck.

“District staffconducted additionalinvestigation work(Tuesday andWednesday), and wereunable to locate anysource of the spill. Staffwill keep the file openin case new informationcomes to light,” read

a statement from JuliePavey, the district’smanager of environmentalsustainability.

“This presents a goodopportunity to remindpeople that nothingshould ever be disposedof in a storm drain asthey connect directly toour local waterways.”

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City hopedfor assessmentof coal, grainexpansions

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whenever they faced thedangers of the wild.

Jones had also recentlyreceived the OK from JohnBlown to start posting thingson Facebook.

“We didn’t give himaccess for a long time,” saysBlown. “We were afraid thathe might swear online.”

The stories NSRmembers tell aboutTimJones are incredible, andthey’re going to keep tellingthem to whoever will listen.They’re also going to keepdoing their jobs.They’ll do

all they can to stop peoplefrom getting themselves intotrouble, and when troubleinevitably arrives they’ll bethe ones crawling out ofbed, skipping out of work orracing away from their kid’ssoccer game to pull strangersto safety.

Tim Jones would insistupon it, says Blown.Theman who built North ShoreRescue into a tower ofstrength also did everythinghe could to ensure it wouldstay standing once he wasgone.That’s a message wecan all take comfort in.

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Trees in ‘poor condition’, says districtparks branch . . . slaughterthem,” Lynum said.

The lot had been verdantwith sequoia, Corneliancherry, willow trees,hawthorns and fig trees,Lynum said.

Some of them wereupwards of 30 years old,including a few that were

gifts from Lynum’s parents.“They were well worth

saving.Trees are worth a lotof money the older and thebigger they get.”

The district does notremove trees lightly, butit would not be in thecommunity’s interest tolandscape a park aroundovergrown trees that hadoccupied the lot, according

to McDonald. “They werein very poor condition,” hesaid. “They had not beenmaintained very well.”

The district arboristdescribed the garden as “aforested condition wherethe trees, due to lack ofmaintenance, were allcompeting with each other,”according to McDonald.

Dan Jepsen, a former

student of Lynum’stimber harvesting courseat BCIT, referred to thelot in its current state as a“wasteland.”

“The old timers inWestVan refer to his property asthe secret garden,” he said.“There’s no rebuilding it.”

Jepsen is hoping to meetwith Mayor Michael Smithto discussWestVancouver’s

handling of the situation.The garden had been

a sanctuary for severalneighbours, Lynum said.

Lynum has not seen thelot since it was leveled.

“I’ve never been back tothe area and I don’t intendgoing back,” he said.

Lynum said he decidedto discuss the possibilityof saving the cottageand grounds with themunicipality in his own waywhen he decided to sell.“And if I lost the battle, themunicipality would lose alot, too, because I had leftthem some money in my

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it appealed to me wasbecause it was a career thatreflected my values.”

Not long after that,Chen was reading astory in the North ShoreNews about an RCMPsummer student programand decided to sign up.Although he was 19 atthe time and a universitystudent, he was allowed toparticipate in the program,which was generallydesigned for high schoolstudents.While there, heheard about communitypolicing and knew hewanted to give it a try.

“The reason I gotinvolved was because I feltit was a great way to giveback to the community,”says Chen. “The workwe do, we’re pretty muchcitizens who are concernedabout communities, sothe reason we go out thereevery day is because wehave the interests of thecommunity in mind.”

Chen is now taking lawenforcement studies atthe Justice Institute andhopes to one day becomea police officer. “I thinkthe community reallyappreciates the work of theRCMP and the work thatwe volunteers do as well.”

He says he feelshumbled when peoplegive him and the othervolunteers a thumbs-upor a wave of support at aSpeedWatch or Intersection

Watch site. And whendrivers pull over to tellthem how they appreciatethe work they are doingChen says it’s clear thatmany people want to helpmake their community abetter place.

Unfortunately, not toomany people are aware ofcommunity policing, saysGavin, and the programsare in need of morevolunteers.

Among otherrequirements, communitypolicing volunteers mustbe 19 years of age orolder at the time of theirapplication.They mustbe Canadian citizens orlanded immigrants and theymust commit to at leastfour hours of volunteeringa week.That’s not a lot oftime, notes Millar. “If youcan just give us four hours,just for four hours, it makessuch a difference.”

De Jong agrees thatdespite the fairly long list ofprograms already in place,community policing hasgreat potential to grow.

“If we had twice thevolunteer staff we couldbe twice as effective in ourcommunity and have twicethe impact.”

For more informationabout community policingand how to volunteer, visitthe RCMP website or oneof the two communitypolicing offices locatedon Third Street in LowerLonsdale or onWestQueens Road.

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WHO:

WHAT:

1. The lifetime of the work is 10 years.

2. The total estimated cost of all the work is $41,000.

3. The share of the total cost that will be specifically chargedagainst the parcels benefitting or abutting from the work is$1,460.

4. The City’s share of the cost of the work is estimated to be$39,540. The City’s 2014-2023 Financial Plan includedfunding for Local Area Services that is available forappropriation. No addition to the municipal levy is requiredto support the work.

5. The Property Owners’ portion of the sidewalk cost of thisproject as per Schedule ‘A’ of “Local Area Service Bylaw,1991, No. 6194” is calculated at $36.30 per metre of taxable frontage for properties adjacent to theproposed work, and $29.70 per metre of taxable frontage for properties on the opposite side of thestreet from the proposed work.The special charges may be paid in 10 annual installments with interestcalculated at 3% above the Royal Bank prime rate in effect at billing date.

A petition against the Local Area Service has been mailed to owners of parcels benefitting from the work.

ALL persons desiring to petition AGAINST THE UNDERTAKING of this construction must do so on orbefore Tuesday, February 25th, 2014. Council can only be prevented from proceeding with the work if morethan 50% in number of the owners, representing at least 50% of the assessed value of the lands involvedfor this project, respond against the undertaking. In the case of joint ownership, both owners must sign,and where two or more persons are the owners of the property, a majority of them must sign the petition.Where the property is registered in the name of a limited company, an officer of the company must sign thepetition and show his or her position in the company.

If this initiative is successful, the pending Local Area Service Charges will become a charge against theproperty. These pending charges should be disclosed to prospective purchasers of the property.Please direct inquiries to BrianWillock, Engineering Parks & Environment at 604.982.3929 [email protected].

Local Area Service InitiativeTAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Section 213 of the Community Charter, as part of the Local Area ServiceInitiative, the Council of The Corporation of the City of North Vancouver proposes to construct a concretesidewalk and curb on the south side of 600 Block of East 19th Street between Sutherland Avenueand the north/south lane between East Grand Boulevard and Sutherland Avenue, as a specifiedarea project and to specifically charge the owners’ portion of the costs against the parcels benefitting fromthe work, indicated on the sketch below, as follows:

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Representatives of the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre hosted their 36th annual RobbieBurns Dinner on the evening of Jan. 15 to honour the memory of the famous Scottish poet.The KyleCeilidh Band provided Scottish musical flavour, as did a piper leading the haggis procession. Gueststook part in a bevy of toasts, participated in sing-a-longs and dancing as well as took in a performanceby the Gleneagles Scottish Country Dancers.

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AWestVancouver clinicalcounsellor has released anew book intended to helpthose experiencing thepain of a break-up or lostlove by offering a step-by-step way out of grief andinto life so they can loveagain.

Jo-AnneWeiler, presidentofTherahealth NetworkLtd., was inspired to writeBreak-Up Breakthrough andLearning to Love Again by herown experiences, and thoseof family, friends and clients.

The North Shore Newsrecently caught up with thefirst-time author to find outmore:North Shore News: What’syour background?Weiler: I have a mastersin psychology and in myclinical psychotherapypractice, I see individualsand couples who arelearning how to love eachother better.North Shore News: Whatinspired you to write thisbook?Weiler: In my practice I haveseen people repeat the samepatterns over and over again.Relationship break-ups areso hard to process at anyage — as a teen, early adult,

adult, mid-life and later life.As human beings we want tofeel better as soon as possibleso we tend to jump into thenext relationship right awayand miss the stage of self-discovery that should happenduring the healing process. Itis why we see such a massivepercentage of first marriagesfail in the current statistics,which suggest 40-50 percent of all marriages will endin divorce and 75 per cent ofsecond marriages will fail aswell.This tells us that peopleare not learning how to loveagain, they tend to just jumpinto the same dynamic andrepeat the same sad patterns.At the end of the day, weneed to learn about how tolove who we are so that wehave the capacity to lovesomeone else.North Shore News: Whatdid you hope to accomplishin writing this book?Weiler: This book isdesigned to help peoplemove on and learn to lovewell again. It is sad to thinkof the number of people whomiss out on life and can’tfully be present in a newrelationship because theyhave lost trust in themselvesand others.This book isdesigned to help people feelmore solid in themselves sothey become relationship-ready after their relationshipfailed.North Shore News: Whatare the common emotionsexperienced by people goingthrough break-ups?Weiler: Sadness, feelingoverwhelmed, anxiety, anger,frustration, peaceful, surprise— is there any emotion youdon’t feel? Many people gothrough the stages of grief.

North Shore News: Whatare some of the mistakespeople make when trying tomove on?Weiler: So many peopletend to repeat relationshippatterns over and over again.It’s so helpful to know yourpart in what went wrongso you can get better foryour next relationship. It’sa mistake to get stuck inresentment and blame orshame.

This book helps you fallin love with your core self sothat you aren’t so reactive.You will be able to say whatyou feel and what you need.It embraces attachmenttheory, family systems andtakes the reader right intothe process of dating again.North Shore News: Whatare some things people goingthrough break-ups shoulddo or keep in mind to staypositive?Weiler: This is the only timein your life you will get tosit back and discover beingwith you again! Embracethis time in your life. Goslowly through the stagesof grief and deepen yourpersonal learning so youcan get better at giving andreceiving love.When youreflect on all the people you

have been in relationshipswith over time, you will seeemotional patterns withinyourself showing up overand over again. Be curiousabout yourself and resist thetemptation to blame yourrelationship ending on yourformer partner.

Read the book and startdiscovering everything fromcommunication, how tohave tough conversations,deal with anger, developtrust, understand affairsand addiction, and how tobe wise in your choice ofyour next mate.The bookcovers body image, dating intoday’s world of texting and

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frozen emotionally whilethey are in the denial stagesof grief. It helps so much toengage them in some typeof 20-minute cardio habit,preferably working towardssome type of group activity— for example, things likea running group that NorthShore Athletics provides,where people can come and

be with others in a positiveoutdoor activity.North Shore News: Whodo you think could benefitfrom this book?Weiler: Actually, whowouldn’t? People from teens,early adult, adult, mid-life tolater life go through break-ups and they are all painful.We are meant to be inrelationships. No one shouldmiss out on life because they

haven’t regained trust inthemselves or others. Evenif you are in a committedrelationship right now, readthe book. It will help youdeepen your connection.Statistics tell us that you willlive longer if you are in acommitted relationship.

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Learning to love againafter a failed relationshipis probably the single mostimportant thing we do in

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Protesters outside NorthVancouver’s city hallon Monday night calledfor council to reverseits decision to scrap theFlamborough Head.

City council votedunanimously inSeptember to spend$250,000 to dismantlethe waterfront landmark.Heritage advocates havecampaigned to preservethe Victory ship stern sincethe results of the closed-door meeting were madepublic.

“It’s my belief thatthis iconic piece of

history belongs not onlyto the citizens of NorthVancouver but to allCanadians,” said JenniferClay, vice-president ofthe North Shore HeritagePreservation Society. “Thislast remaining Victory shiprepresents not only theimportant role of Canadain World War II as a majorsupplier of these vessels,but she also represents amajor change in societywhen women were firstallowed into the workforceas employees of theBurrard Dry Dock.

A decision to scrap thestern without any publicconsultation is wrong, shesaid. “With just a little

vision, it could become anintegral part of the NorthVancouver waterfront,” shesaid.

However, Mayor

Darrell Mussatto saidcouncil’s decision is notgoing to change. “It’s adifficult decision becausethis is a liability issue,” he

said. “The cradle was builtas a temporary structure.

“If we’re going to keepthe ship stern, we have toput a lot more money intoit . . . Otherwise we have todismantle it.”

Local resident GeorgePringle called for therelease of the staff reportpresented during theclosed-door discussion.The public should beaware of the expectedcosts of maintaining thestern, he said.

“I think that residentsneed to have all the facts,”he said.

Peter Miller, presidentof North Shore HeritagePreservation Society,

asked council to considerrelocating the stern to thewaterfront from its currentposition outside thePinnacle Hotel.

“The decks can offer anexhibit on the dockyards,the Flamborough Headitself and a viewing deckwith spectacular viewsacross the Vancouverharbour and city skyline,”he said.

Jay Straith, formerpresident of the ArtificialReef Society, said thatthe Flamborough Head isthe last bit of that kind oftechnology in the world.“When this goes, all thatis gone and it’s gone forgood.”

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AUTHORVISITYA author Eileen Cook willvisit theTeen Book ClubWednesday, Jan. 29, 3:30-5p.m. at NorthVancouverCity Library, 120West 14thSt. Open to teens Grade 7and up. nvcl.ca

BUSINESS AFTER FIVEJoin the NorthVancouverChamber of Commerce forappetizers and networkingwith optional night skiing/snowboarding afterwardWednesday, Jan. 29, 4-6p.m. in the Earl PletschRoom on Mount Seymour.Free for member, $25 forfuture members. business.nvchamber.ca/events/details/business-after-five-at-mt-seymour-182

OPEN HOUSE TheDistrict ofWestVancouveris exploring futureimprovements to the parkingarea and washroom facilitiesin Lighthouse Park andwould like the public’s inputWednesday, Jan. 29, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at GleneaglesCommunity Centre, 6262Marine Dr. [email protected]

PUBLICINFORMATIONMEETING LarcoInvestments Ltd. willhost a meeting to discussa rezoning developmentproposal for 2035 FullertonAve., NorthVancouverWednesday, Jan. 29, 6:30-9p.m. at Capilano Rugby

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THE ULTIMATETRAVELLER —REMOTE ISLANDWORLDS A series oftravel talks accompaniedby photographs with worldtraveller Peter LangerWednesdays, 7 p.m. at theFerry Building Gallery, 1414Argyle Ave.,WestVancouver.Schedule: Impressions ofSulawesi and Papua, Jan.29; Impressions of EastTimor, Feb. 5; Impressionsof the Philippines, Feb. 12;Impressions of Madagascar,Feb. 19 and Impressions ofSri Lanka, Feb. 26. Fee: $15per session. 604-925-7270ferrybuildinggallery.com

DRAFT OCP ANDDENSITY BONUSPOLICY A brief publicpresentation followed by aquestion and answer sessionwill take placeThursday,Jan. 30, 4-5 p.m. at NorthVan City Hall, 141W. 14thSt. 604-990-4240 cnv.org

DRAGONTAMING— HELPING KIDSMANAGE ANXIETYLearn how to help ananxious childThursday, Jan.30, 7-8 p.m. at Capilanolibrary, 3045 HighlandBlvd., NorthVancouver.Discover some simpleanxiety relieving techniques.Registration required. 604-987-4471 x8175 nvdpl.ca

IDEA PARTY Findyour passion and live yourdream with host JoyannaAnthony, Barbara Sher’sCanadian directorThursday,Jan. 30, 6-9 p.m. at INGDirect Cafe, 466 HoweSt.,Vancouver. Free.theideaparty.ca

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Turn those statements around and 60 per centof Canadians are retiringwhen they want, and72 per cent of retiredCanadians felt they didretire at the right time.

Nevertheless, youshould take an activerather than a passive role inplanning your finances tomake sure you are indeedin those majority groups.

And it’s worth lookingat the survey results behindthe sales pitches to seewhat you can learn fromthe experiences of yourcontemporaries — orfuture contemporaries.

“While 80 per centof Canadians nearingretirement believe they willchoose when they leavetheir careers, in reality 41per cent of retirees say theyleft sooner than expected,”says advisor.ca, citingRBC’s 2013 RetirementMyths and Realities Poll.

Some 41 per cent said

employers asked them toleave, while 22 per centcited health issues for theirearlier departure date.

Two-thirds of theretirees said they had oneyear or less notification; 20per cent had one month orno advance notice beforeretirement.

According to the poll,here are the top strategiesused by retirees if theyneeded to supplementretirement income:n Downsizeaccommodation (includingselling and renting), orstay in the home but livefrugally (tied at 79 per centof respondents).n Stay in the home and sellassets (44 per cent).n Borrow against homeequity (presumablyincluding a reversemortgage; 38 per cent).n Return to paid work (29per cent).n Rent out part of home(16 per cent).n Take out a loan but notagainst home equity (10per cent).n Ask a family memberfor financial help (five percent).

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2. The total estimated cost of all the work is $110,000.

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4. The City’s share of the cost of the work is estimated to be$107,810. The City’s 2014-2023 Financial Plan includedfunding for Local Area Services that is available forappropriation. No addition to the municipal levy is requiredto support the work.

5. The Property Owners’ portion of the sidewalk cost of thisproject as per Schedule ‘A’ of “Local Area Service Bylaw,1991, No. 6194” is calculated at $36.30 per metre of taxable frontage for properties adjacent to theproposed work and $29.70 per metre of taxable frontage for properties on the opposite side from theproposed work. The special charges may be paid in 10 annual installments with interest calculated at 3%above the Royal Bank prime rate in effect at billing date.

A petition against the Local Area Service has been mailed to owners of parcels benefitting from the work.

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One sure sign a country’sfortunes are on the rise iswhen they hold a tastingand half the city turnsout.

Such was the case lastweek when the Aussiesdecided to celebrateAustralia day in style, andpoured more than the odddrop to keep everyonehappy. Few countries havehad to bear the bruntof the recession as hasAustralia, which has seenits fortunes fade in theface of over-supply andwhat many perceived tobe a homogenization ofthe industry compoundedby a parade ofYellowTailwannabees.

However, this mostrecent tasting suggests thatit wouldn’t be too hard torekindle our love affair withDown Under for quite afew reasons, some of whichmay surprise you.Whilethe predictions of doomand gloom were swirling,Australian winemakers weretaking a long, hard look atwhat they could do better.And doing it.

I’m not here to dissShiraz. Chances are it willalways be king, and therewere some killer wines hereto prove that. But these daysthey’re much less extracted(“Less Parkerized,”quippedone winemaker), moreregionally focused, and inmany cases much moredrinkable (make that food-friendly).

The first surprise of theday came early on wheneveryone (as far as I couldtell) was wowed by thebeautifully balanced cherry-and plum-toned, gently spicyYangarra Estate OldVinesGrenache 2011 (McLarenVale). It was supple, roundedand elegant, perhaps furtherenhanced by its concreteegg ferment. And, if you’dpoured it a decade ago, it

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At times it seemedAustralia was awash in a seaof Cabernet Merlot, basedon a firm belief in somequarters that Cabernet was“incomplete” as a singlevariety. Referred to as “thedoughnut” it was remediedwith a good (sometimesexcessive) dollop of Merlot.Not only has that changedbut there were likely morebottles of Aussie Cab herethan we’ve seen in the entirelast 10 years.

Case in point: JimBarry’s “The Cover Drive”Cabernet Sauvignon 2011.Vibrant red and black noteson top followed by a well-balanced plummy palatewith some bramble andcedar notes before a longclose. A blend of Clare andCoonawarra fruit. (BCLS$29.99, 90 points).

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HONG KONG:When theboth revered and fearedMichelin Guide gavetiny backstreet dim sumspecialistTim HoWan oneof its coveted stars, no onewas more surprised thanthe restaurant’s chef-owner, Mak Kwai Pui.

In the early 2000s,Michelin was criticizedby everyday gourmetsand by professional criticsalike for ignoring street-level excellence in favourof glamorous, tower-toprestaurants with equallystratospheric prices.

The company deniedpaying any attention to this,but when it published its2009 Hong Kong Macauguide (its first bilingualguidebook) included in itwas a section of lower-pricedrestaurants.Tim HoWan,a 49-seat hole-in-the-wallin Kowloon’s Mong Kakdistrict, became possibly thecheapest Michelin restaurantever.Two could easily eattheir fill there for under $20.

“It was incredible,” grinschef Mak. “I’d never thoughtmy tiny restaurant could getsuch recognition.” Mak isnot, however, entirely newto the blessings that can bebestowed by the famousFrench guidebook series.Prior to startingTim HoWan he was the dim summaster at the Four SeasonsHotel’s Lung King Heen

restaurant, holder of threeMichelin stars.

Even before Michelindiscovered him, his premiseshad line-ups. Few HongKong people were interestedin the views of someforeign guidebook, but theconsequent media coveragebrought him a broaderclientele and spurred theopening of a second, slightlylarger branch in Sham ShuiPo, acrossVictoria Harbourfrom the original, althoughone no more glamorous thanthe first. In both, squaremelamine tables are coveredwith paper tablecloths, andpatrons tick off selections ona menu sheet printed in bothEnglish and Chinese.

The offerings are amixture of classic dimsum, including some verytraditional items not muchseen elsewhere. Old-fashioned gelatinous ricepancakes rolled and stuffedwith liver sit alongside chefMak’s own innovations, andperhaps the most popularof these is his version of theclassic barbecued pork bun,whose fragrant meat nowcomes in a sweet and crisppineapple bun shell.

Mak’s inspiration goeswell beyond Cantonesetraditions. Pretty little redjujubes and white osmanthusflowers float in cubes of jellygiven a golden hue withbrown sugar are similar toitems that more commonlymelt in the mouths ofShanghainese. Everything’stempting, but be sure toleave room at the end for thejelly-like tonic medlar andpetal cake.

“I don’t make things inthe ordinary way,” says Mak.“I just make them the way Ilike them.”

It’s clear that not just

Michelin reviewers, butmany other people likewhat Mak likes. Here inMong Kok, in the middleof the afternoon, despite theundistinguished side-streetlocation and light-industrialneighbours, there’s a queueoutside. People sit patientlyon violet-coloured plasticstools ticking off on sheetsof paper what they want toeat. At this branch the wait isabout one hour. At the onein Sham Shui Po, it’s muchlonger.

A third branch opened in2011 under the IFC Mall inCentral, and in mid-March2013Tim HoWan wentinternational, opening inSingapore.

If you go:Tim HoWan’s threeHong Kong locations:— 8, 2-20 KwongWaStreet, Mong Kok, Kowloon(phone 2332 2896)— 9-11 FukWing Street,Sham Shui Po(phone 2788 1226)— 12A Hong Kong Station(podium level), Central(phone 2332 3078)

For information ontravel in Hong Kongvisit the Hong KongTourism Board website atdiscoverhongkong.com.

— culturelocker.com

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Dogs communicatewithoutwordsIt was very unusualto find my dog Piperwaiting at the front doorwhen I walked into myhome.

Normally he lounges onhis bed until I walk intothe bedroom to greet him.Typically it is my youngestdog Raider who is anxiousto see me when I comehome.

“What’s up Piper?” Iasked as I rubbed his soft,liver-coloured head.

He looked at me withgreat eagerness in his eyesand ran up the stairs a fewsteps then looked backover his shoulder at me.It was almost as if he wasasking me to follow him,so I did.

He ran up a few moresteps then, again, lookedback to make sure I wasstill there, so I continuedto follow him.

At the top of the stairs

he began to slowly walkdown the hall, lookingback every few stepschecking to make sure Iwas right behind him.

Giggling to myself asI witnessed him luringme to the bedroom, Iinquired, “What’s goingon bud?”

Then at the entrancePiper stopped. He lookedup at me then back intothe bedroom. It’s almost

as if he was standingwith his paws on his hipssaying, “Look, just look atwhat that little hooligandid!”

While I was outRaider had gotten intothe bathroom garbageand dragged its contentsinto the bedroom. Hehad shredded Kleenex,cardboard tissue rollsand cotton swabs all overPiper’s bed and Piper’snose was obviously bentout of shape!

I laughed out loud, gavePiper a huge hug thencleaned up Raider’s mess.

I just love my dogsand after 10 years withthem I love even morehow they have learnedto communicate with meand how I have learned tolisten!

Piper is not an anomalyin his communicationabilities. All dogs try

on a daily basis tocommunicate with usand as humans we areeither aware of it, or not.Unfortunately most dogowners fall into the “ornot” category and overtime their dog simply givesup making the effort.

To dogs, body languageis their first choice ofcommunication. Theplacement of a tail, ear orposition of a body meansfar more to a dog thana bark or a whine. Andwhen those barks, whinesand growls are combinedwith body language whatthey are communicatingis different than what theyare saying by using theirbodies silently.

At times I am ingreat awe of the caninespecies. Here is a groupof creatures who, just likehumans, differ on theoutside in shape, size andcolour, yet they are ableto speak so clearly to oneanother without saying aword and, unlike humans,they all understand.

Humans are gifted in somany ways in our abilityto communicate with

one another, yet we failmiserably.

Conflict, anger, greedand deception are dailyoccurrences betweenhumans, whether it’stwo neighbours or twocountries.We just can’t getalong.We let judgementcloud our vision.Competition guides oursouls and domination isour goal.When words nolonger work we pull outweapons. The bigger theweapon, the louder thevoice and the demand tobe heard.

Yet dogs solve so muchwith no words at all. Aturn of a head and lookingthe other way can endconflict within secondsand two adversaries canbecome tolerant of eachother, even friendly.

I’d like to say theyput their egos aside, butdogs have no ego.Whena dog shows arrogance orintolerance, it is always areflection of its owner’sinner ego — always.

If the owner of anintolerant dog is awareenough of their emotionsand how they create their

own issues, they will lookwithin themselves andrealize that they live theirlives silently expectingconflict.

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Darwin Properties Ltd. and Dick Irwin Group are proposing to construct a new car sales andservice centre at 843-855 West 1st Street. Once built, the existing North Shore Kia at 725 MarineDrive will be closed and a new 5-storey (plus loft) mixed-use building comprising 100 residentialunits and commercial space on the ground floor will be constructed on the site. Parking willbe provided via an underground parkade accessed from the new Mosquito Creek bridge plussurface parking via Marine Drive.

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The Regular Council Meeting ofMONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014, will take place in the format of aCouncil Workshop.

Topic: Central Waterfront Area Vision, presented by Roger Brooks InternationalDate: February 3, 2014Time: 6:00 pmPlace: City Hall, Council Chamber, 141 West 14th Street

Purpose: In the fall of 2013, the City launched a vision and branding exercise focused on the CentralWaterfront Area. Following a public consultation process, led by Rogers Brooks, a vision for the CentralWaterfront Area has been created and a draft proposal will be presented for Council’s consideration.The Workshop is open to the public.

CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Darrell MussattoCouncillor Don BellCouncillor Pam BookhamCouncillor Linda BuchananCouncillor Rod ClarkCouncillor Guy HeywoodCouncillor Craig Keating

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The Sutherland seniorboys basketball teamhas seemingly found awinning mix.

With a team made upof a bunch of top-notchathletes, very few of whomcall basketball their No. 1game, the Sabres so far arefirmly entrenched in thetop 10 rankings for AAAschools in B.C. and arelooking like true contendersfor the provincial crown.

The team’s success is atestament to the multi-sportprowess exhibited by thisparticular group of Grade11 and 12 Sutherlandboys, said head coach BradThornhill.The basketballteam includes four playersfrom the Sabres soccerteam that won provincialAAA gold in the fall.

“We’ve got some greatsoccer guys, we’ve gotsome great rugby guys,our ultimate team isoutstanding and there’sa bunch of them on theteam,” he said. “We havean elite baseball pitcherplaying for us. It’s kindof a cool mix of a bunchof the guys from theneighbourhood.”

Making it all work,however, is one hoopsfanatic who claims ballabove all. Grade 12standout Graddy Zubaidiaverages nearly 30 points agame while shooting morethan 60 per cent from thefloor and leading the teamin rebounding.

“He’s always been avery good athlete and avery good player but thisyear he’s just taken it toa completely other level,”said Thornhill, who hasstuck with this group ofplayers since they startedplaying junior ball inGrade 9. “Graddy has achance of being a top twoor three scorer all time atour school, while leadingthe team in reboundingand playing very unselfishbasketball.”

With an inside-outsidegame, Zubaidi is a very

tough player to cover, saidThornhill.That was ondisplay Thursday night ashe helped lead the Sabresto a comfortable 74-50win over a toughWindsorDukes squad.

“He’s now developedhis game where he can hitthe outside shot, he candrive to the hoop, he canshoot the pull-up jumperand he’s excellent in thepost,” said Thornhill. “He’spretty much an impossibleguy to guard. If you put asmall, quick guy on him

likeWindsor did, he goesinside and scores layups. Ifyou put a big strong guy onhim, he takes him outsideand goes by him.”

With Zubaidi as thecenterpiece the team isfilled out by a bunch ofstrong athletes. Grade 12point guard Cole Kefferruns the show, a role heis very familiar with fromhis stints starring as adistributor in other sports.Keffer captained theSutherland soccer team thatwon gold and is also an elite

rugby player.“He’s basically the

batteries of our team,” saidThornhill. “He gets ourengine running. He’s beenamazing for us.”

Braeden Toikka plays akey role as well, taking histalents to the hardwoodwhen he is not starring forthe North Shore Twinsin baseball. Last summerToikka was dominant inleading the Junior Twins totheir first provincial title,and he’s transferred hispinpoint precision to the

basketball court.“He’s our best three-

point shooter, best freethrow shooter,” saidThornhill. “He’s alsodriving to the basket — he’ssort of developed that all-around game. He’s scoringa bunch for us.”

The Sabres are alsohelped out by a brand newtier system that breaksthe province into fourgroups instead of three.In recent years the Sabres

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have struggled against thebiggest schools in B.C. but

now there is a new AAAAleague that takes the topdogs into a new category,leaving the Sabres to scrap

with opponents their ownsize.

“In the past we’d be withthe big boys, the schools

with a ton of athletes,”said Thornhill. “We wereplaying against 6-9, 6-10guys on all those teams.We’d have a hard time withthose guys — Graddy is ourbiggest guy at 6-2. But atAAA we’re playing schoolsthat are our size and it’sa great fit. I’m really gladthey made it four tiers. Nowwe have a good, competitivechance of going to theB.C.’s and doing well.”

The new system alsoshrunk the size of the NorthShore leagues, leavingSutherland to competeagainst justWindsor,Rockridge and CarsonGraham for one provincialberth at AAA.The Sabreshave beaten them all oncealready but it will be aseason-long struggle to getthat one B.C. berth.Theteams will all meet againin regular season play andthen go through a double-knockout playoff.

“Beating one team onceis easy,” said Thornhill.“But beating the sameteam three or four times— everybody gets to knoweach other so well — it’s alot tougher.”

If they do emerge

from the North Shore,Thornhill thinks his Sabres,currently ranked No. 6 inthe province, have as gooda shot as any at winning thenewly revamped AAA tier.

“This is just an amazing

group of guys that all workhard, they all support eachother, they’re all totallycoachable and totallywilling to share together,”he said. “It’s as true of ateam as I’ve ever seen.”

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The Quinn KeastFoundation is offeringCanadian hoops fans achance to win a trip to seetwo homegrown talentsbattle it out in an NBAgame in Los Angeles.

North Vancouver’sRobert Sacré and his LosAngeles Lakers will hostKamloops native KellyOlynyk and his BostonCeltics on Feb. 21 and twolucky British Columbianswill be there to see itlive.The Foundation israffling off a prize packthat includes airfare fortwo from Vancouver toLos Angeles, two night’saccommodation in a hotel,two tickets to the game,autographed jerseys fromeach player and, based onplayer availability, a meetand greet with the twoCanadians.

Both Olynyk and Sacréstarred for the GonzagaBulldogs followingdominant high schoolcareers in B.C. Sacréplayed at Handsworth withQuinn Keast, a passionateplayer who was killed onthe night of his Grade 12graduation when he wasstruck by a bus.

Tickets, $20, will beon sale until Feb. 7 atvarious locations aroundthe Lower Mainland oronline. Entrants must beat least 19 years old andresidents of B.C. Proceedsfrom the raffle will goto Basketball B.C. Formore information on thefoundation or how andwhere to purchase tickets,visit quinnbasketball.net/raffle.

• • •West Vancouver swimmerEmily Overholt won a pair ofmedals at the 2014VictorianOpen Championships heldlast weekend in Melbourne,Australia.

Overholt, competingas part of the 15-memberCanadian junior team,claimed bronze in thewomen’s 400-metreindividual medley on Jan.17, finishing in a time offour minutes and 45.18seconds. It was the 16-year-old’s second fastest careertime in the event.

“It was a good raceconsidering we are inthe midst of some hardtraining,” Overholt said in aSwimming Canada release.“I went out very fast and

it was definitely hard tomaintain that pace thewhole time.”

One day later Overholtclimbed two steps upto earn gold as part ofCanada’s 4x200-m freestylerelay team along with LiliMargitai of Edmonton,Frédérique Cigna ofMontreal and KennedyGoss of Toronto.Theyscored a time of 8:11.34,

finishing more than threeseconds ahead of thesecond-place Australians.

• • •Vancouver rugby fanswill get a chance to seeCanada’s best, likelyincluding a few NorthShore standouts, when thesenior men’s national teamhosts Japan at Burnaby’sSwangard Stadium June7 as part of the PacificNations Cup.

Japan, ranked 14th inthe world, handed 15th-

ranked Canada its onlydefeat during the 2013Pacific Nation’s Cup at amatch played in Nagoya,Japan.The two teams havealso met in each of the lasttwo World Cups with bothmatches ending in ties.

The rosters will not beannounced until muchcloser to game time butseveral North Shoreplayers have starred forthe national team in recentyears. Last August WestVancouver’s Harry Jones

and Ryan Hamilton,North Vancouver’s JasonMarshall and Squamish’sJamie Cudmore — all ofwhom have suited up forthe North Shore’s CapilanoRugby Club — helpedCanada earn a berth in the2015 Rugby World Cup bytopping the United Statesin a two-game series.

— Compiled by Andy PrestEmail info about upcomingsporting events or recentresults to [email protected].

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