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West Vancouver fireinvestigators are stilllooking for clues as towhy a three-storey homeon Ansell Place went upin flames early Mondaymorning, sending oneman to hospital.

Firefighters were alertedto the blaze after a neighbourin the 8500-block of AnsellPlace woke up just before1 a.m. and heard noisesoutside.

“She looked out herwindow and saw flames inthe neighbours’ home,” saidWestVancouver Fire ChiefMartin Ernst.

Three fire trucks racedfrom the Gleneagles firestation to the scene north of

Horseshoe Bay, arriving inabout four minutes.

When fire crews arrived,big flames were alreadycoming through the roofand out of the windows, saidErnst.

Luckily the homeowner, aman in his 60s who had beenalone in the house when thefire broke out, had made itout without serious harm.

He was taken to hospitalsuffering from possiblesmoke inhalation.

WestVancouver crewscalled in three more firetrucks as backup from NorthVancouver to attack theblaze, which went on forabout four hours.

Eventually firefightersshifted their focus topreventing damage toneighbouring homes.

Ernst said the homesuffered severe structuraldamage in the blaze.

So far, investigatorshaven’t been able todetermine whether the home

House fire sendsman to hospitalHowe Soundhome destroyedin earlymorning blaze

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It’s not amalgamation.It’s not even a study intopotential amalgamation.

But City of NorthVancouver council hasgiven the OK for staff toinvestigate what level ofdetail a province-led studyinto restructuring the twomunicipalities to havemore shared services mightproduce, should one bedone.

Coun. Guy Heywoodbrought a motion deepbehind enemy lines to thecity’s council chambersMonday night, askingthe city to seek theprovince’s help in doing arestructuring study.

Joining the twomunicipalities, which weredivided up in 1907, haslong been perceived to onlybenefit the comparativelycash-poor District of North

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An injured hiker with abadly broken ankle had tobe airlifted from a popularNorth Shore mountainpeak Saturday.

B.C. Ambulance Servicealerted North Shore Rescuearound 2 p.m., reportingthe subject about 100metres below the summit ofHollyburn Mountain, andasked for help retrieving him.

The man was well-prepared for the icy hike upto the peak with cramponson his boots, but he slid intotrouble on the way backdown, according to DougPope, NSR search manager.

“In mountaineeringterms, he was performinga sitting glissade. In regularterms, that’s a butt-slidedown the snow. He still hadhis crampons on and one ofthe crampons caught on theice and wrenched and brokehis ankle and he wasn’tgoing anywhere,” Pope said.

B.C. Parks staff andCypress Mountain ski patrolmembers were the first toreach the injured 44-year-old.

“The team that was withhim did a really good job.They splinted his ankle,stabilized his leg and thenhelped him up to the summitarea.”

With heavy snowthreatening the helicopter’sability to land safely at thetop, the alternative wouldhave been a long and painfulstretcher-carry back to theCypress Mountain parkinglot, Pope said.

“It would have beendifficult in the icy conditionsand wouldn’t have been verycomfortable for the patientwho was in a lot of pain withthis severely broken ankle,”he said.

The lesson to be learnedfrom the call is to removecrampons if you are planningto come down a mountainon your rear end, Popeadded.

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City stafflookinginto studyJEREMYSHEPHERD

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District of NorthVancouver council gavefirst reading to a handfulof motions Monday night,which could result in asix-storey developmentjust west of the PhibbsExchange.

Slated for a March 25public hearing, the 112-unitdevelopment would spanfour lots between 1561 and1583 Oxford Street, totallingapproximately 24,111square feet.

The lots would needto be rezoned from single-family residential tocomprehensive development.The site would also requirean amendment to thedistrict’s recently adoptedofficial community plan.

The project is appropriatefor the area, according toCoun. Mike Little.

“If ever there was a placein the District of NorthVancouver to relax someof these issues, this is thespot,” he said. “This is not,for me, precedent-setting inthis area.This is more like apilot.”

Darwin Properties isstickhandling the project,which is touted to replenishthe district’s rental stock,

the vast majority of which ismore than 35 years old.

The details have yet tobe ironed out, but Darwinwould theoretically supplysome affordable rental unitsin exchange for the districtwaiving development costcharges. Darwin is workingwith B.C. Housing but noagreement has been finalizedregarding affordable units.

Council was unanimousin their support forthe project, but Littlewas concerned thedevelopment’s modestparking lot may end upoverflowing.

“I am very concernedthat we are going to under-build the parking on this,”he said, pointing out thatrevisiting the issue after theproject is complete would befutile.

Plans call for 87parking spots including70 underground spaces.Because of the opportunitiesfor building residents to usetransit, the project has alower than average parkingspot to unit ratio of 0.75 to1.

According to a staffreport, traffic conditionsin the surrounding area

are expected to operate atan acceptable level, withthe exception of MountainHighway and Main Street.That intersection is expectedto remain clogged due to theplethora of vehicles headingto the Second NarrowsIronworkers MemorialBridge.The area wouldlikely be congested “withor without the proposedproject,” according to thereport.

The surrounding networkwill experience little, if any,impact due to the project.

The project’s floor spaceratio, which measures floor

space against lot size, willlikely be a maximum of3.5, according to a districtreport.

In exchange for the boostin density, Darwin likely willpay the district a communityamenity contribution of$50,000, earmarked forpublic art.

The development willlikely feature a commercialcomponent such as a coffeeshop over an undergroundparking garage.

Mayor RichardWaltonand Couns. Lisa Muri andAlan Nixon did not attendthe meeting.

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Vancouver.The districtpassed a similar motion inFebruary.

When it became clearthat his original motionwouldn’t get the votes topass, Heywood tweakedit to appeal to Coun. RodClark, an amalgamationopponent who had said hecouldn’t support spendingtaxpayer dollars on a studythat would only look at theissue from “35,000 feet up.”

After the amendedmotion appeared doomedto fail and some proceduralwrangling, council settledon asking staff to look intothe matter.

But, regardless of whetherHeywood can find enoughvotes to make the studyhappen or what it mayconclude, amalgamation isstill a dirty word south of29th Street.

Coun. Pam Bookhamshowed some support forthe motion but only afterstating she was adamantlyopposed to any futureamalgamation on thegrounds that the city anddistrict had grown to have

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A sailor who enteredCanada as a crew memberaboard a freighterdocked at one of NorthVancouver’s port terminalswill be spending longerthan he planned in thecountry after borderservices inspectors seizeda computer containingchild pornography.

Huixing Liu, 38, was sentto jail for three months afterpleading guilty in NorthVancouver provincial courtFeb. 21 to possession ofchild pornography.

Liu was arrested Feb.18 by NorthVancouverRCMP following a routineinspection of the ship hewas on by Canada BorderServices.

Child pornography wasfound on his computer.

Liu was also placed onthree years’ probation withconditions banning himfrom parks, swimming areas,playgrounds, and areaswhere children under 16 arelikely to be present.While heis on probation, Liu is alsobanned from contact withanyone under 16.

It isn’t the first timecrewmembers fromfreighters docked at localport terminals have beenjailed for similar offences.

In 2011, a 25-year-oldU.S. sailor caught withhundreds of sexual images ofgirls between five and 10 onan external hard drive wassent to jail for 18 months.

He told officers abouthow he was able to accessthe pornography througha hidden relay system ofwebsites that allowed him tobrowse the images withoutbeing detected.

Last year, a 35-year-oldsailor onboard a Chinese-registered freighter was alsoarrested for having imagesof child pornography on hislaptop.

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Proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4779, 2014 (Marine Zones)

Notice is given that a PUBLIC HEARING will be held in the Council Chamber of the municipal hall of The Corporationof the District of West Vancouver at 750 17th Street, West Vancouver, BC onMonday, March 10, 2014 at 7 p.m. forthe purpose of allowing the public to make representations to the District of West Vancouver Council respectingmatters contained in the proposed bylaw as described below.

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Purpose: The proposal is to amend the Zoning Bylaw to include foreshore enhancement and shoreline protection works including associatedlandscaping, pedestrian walkways and intertidal habitat enhancement as permitted uses in the Marine Zones.

Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendment: If adopted, proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4779, 2014 wouldamend the Marine Zones (Marine Zones 1, 2 and 3) to add the following permitted uses:

• shoreline protection works and structures including breakwaters, berms, reefs, tombolas and islets constructed of rock, boulders, cobbles,gravels, sand, or other soil materials, but not including steel, concrete or masonry structures, gabions, groynes or revetments;

• landscaping and pedestrian walkways provided in connection with shoreline protection works and structures; and

• salt marshes and similar intertidal habitat enhancements not involving structures.

Enquiries: All enquiries regarding the proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment may be directed to theWest Vancouver Planning Department atmunicipal hall or by calling 604-925-7055.

Copies of the proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment and other relevant documents that the Council may consider in deciding whether to adopt thebylaw may be inspected from February 26, 2014 to March 10, 2014 at the municipal hall at 750 17th Street, West Vancouver, BC on regular busi-ness days (Monday to Friday except for statutory holidays) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

For convenience only, some of the documents may also be available for viewing on the District’s website at westvancouver.ca or at the West Van-couver Memorial Library at 1950 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC (phone 604-925-7400 for current information on Library hours of operation).

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment will be given an opportunity to beheard and to present written submissions at the Public Hearing on the above noted date.

Written submissions may, prior to the Public Hearing, be:

• sent by mail to Mayor and Council, District of West Vancouver, 750 17th Street, West Vancouver, BC V7V 3T3;

• sent by email to Mayor and Council at [email protected]; or

• delivered to the office of the Manager, Legislative Services/Municipal Clerk,at the District of West Vancouver Municipal Hall at 750 17th Street, West Vancouver, BC.

Such written submissions must be received no later than 4 p.m. on March 10, 2014. Technical issues affecting receipt of electronic submissionsmay occur so persons relying on this means of transmittal do so at their own risk. Written submissions received for the Public Hearing regardingthe proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment will be included in their entirety in the public information package for Council’s consideration and for thepublic record. Submissions received after the close of the Public Hearing will not be considered by Council.

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“fundamental culturaldifferences with respect tothe kind of communities weare and aspire to be.”

But given that a studymay lead to more efficientways of cost sharing,Bookham expressedsupport as a nod to thebusiness community thatroutinely pushes for anotherlook at amalgamation.

“They seem to thinkamalgamation is the answer.I think it is more likely whoyou put on council that isthe answer,” she said.

Coun. Craig Keatingnoted the district has ahost of public buildingsthat will one day need tobe replaced, includingseveral rec centres, libraries,fire halls and “miles andmiles” more roads andunderground pipes to servethe sprawling single-familyhome neighbourhoods.

Adding to that point,Mayor Darrell Mussatto,noted that the city has morethan $100-million in thebank with $80 million morestashed away in reserves forreplacing infrastructure.

“They want access to our

funds and I’m not on forthat,” he said. “Until thedistrict gets their financialhouse in order, until they’vedealt with their liabilitieslike concrete asbestos pipesthey have to replace, I’mnot interested in talking tothem.”

Beyond the usualargument that previousamalgamation attempts inOttawa, Halifax,Torontoand Calgary have resultedin higher costs, Mussattoalso noted that all high-density developmentthat would happen ina hypothetically unitedNorth Vancouver wouldhappen in the old city’slimits. Even with hisreputation as a “developerguy” Mussatto said, “therecomes a limit.”

But amalgamation, or atleast a detailed study intoshared services, had at leastone other champion oncouncil in Coun. Don Bell,who was once the district’smayor.

“Too often in the past,when I have discussed thiswith other political figureson the North Shore . .. the issue has been ‘Mymind’s made up. Don’t

bother confusing me withthe facts.’There’s almostan emotional response. Ithink what’s needed is arational response basedon facts. I think it neverhurts to do an update,” hesaid. “Let’s get the factsand let the facts speak forthemselves. Let’s do it inan unbiased way. Let’s getthe information and makeit available to the publicand have the discussionwith the public about (it).”

Heywood stressed thatthe old assumptions aboutamalgamation aren’tnecessarily true anymore.

“We’re not talking aboutamalgamation.We’retalking about opening thebooks, taking a look at howwe’re doing and looking athow we can do better,” hesaid. “The value of yourorganization is not what’sin your bank account.It’s the money you canget in the future.The cityand district tax rates havebeen indistinguishablefor years,” he said,though he concededthat district utility billsare higher because theymust serve single-familyneighbourhoods.

had smoke alarms.Ernst said based on

witness reports, investigatorssuspect the fire may havebeen started by electricalcauses on the side of thehome facing the water.

“We don’t think it’s asuspicious fire,” he said.

The home on AnsellPlace is near the northernboundary of

the municipality.Water to fight the fire

was drawn from municipalreservoirs, said Ernst. Headded that when firefightersare on a call, municipalstaff can monitor water useand turn on extra suppliesto boost water volume orpressure if needed.

That situation is inmarked contrast to a garagefire that broke out farthernorth at Strachan Point in

January. Homeowners thereare outside the municipalboundaries and rely on theirown water supply, which randry during the most recentfire, necessitating a fireboatto come fromVancouver tohelp with the blaze.

Ernst said homes thatlie outside of regular fireprotection zones generallyhave to pay higher insurancepremiums — if they caneven get insurance.

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North Shore needs more athletic fieldsDear Editor:

As co-ordinator ofathletics for 13 of thepublic and independenthigh schools on the NorthShore, I see first-hand theproblems our schools havein accommodating theirvarious outdoor sportsteams. During the fall andspring seasons, many of ourschools field between sevenand 10 teams that needto access grass (or turf)fields. Considering the vast

majority of our high schoolshave access to one grass orturf field, it is not possibleto accommodate all theseteams for practices andgames at their own school.

The NSSSAA isextremely fortunate tohave access to some NorthVancouver andWestVancouver parks in order torun our leagues. Withoutaccess to these fields, theparticipation rate of highschool athletes and the

variety of sports availablewould decrease by at leastone-half, if not two-thirds.And for this, we areextremely grateful.

With that being said,our athletes and leaguesstill suffer from the fact thatour current supply of fields,access to trails for mountainbiking, and deteriorating/inadequate track and fieldfacilities cannot meet ourathletes’ needs. Moreover,as a member of the North

Vancouver Sport Council,I know that the sameconcerns the NSSSAAfaces are similar to theconcerns faced by many (ifnot all) of the sport-usergroups across the NorthShore.

The North Shore needsmore fields.The NorthShore needs more athleticfacilities. Our local leaderslike to jump on the “GoGreen” bandwagon, butwhat is being done to

ensure that the residentsof the North Shore havemore access to enjoy activelifestyles and participateoutdoors?

When you look at (whatis left of) the North Shoremountains from the otherside of the water, you cansee a lot of development;unfortunately, none of itappears to be very green.Gerry KarvelisCo-ordinator of AthleticsNorthVancouver

Dear Editor:The transportation

congestion on MarineDrive, Capilano Road andLions Gate Bridge will begreatly exacerbated by the20-year development plan

for Lower Capilano Village.Our freedom of

access and enjoymentof the North Shore andVancouver will be greatlydiminished with increasingtraffic congestion; also fire,

rescue, ambulance servicesgreatly incumbered.

Welcome to the newAlcatraz of B.C. Can’t getin, can’t get out.Sally HoggNorth Vancouver

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Dear Editor:Re: Council Lacks

Vision in Scrapping ShipStern

In his March 2 letter tothe editor, all Peter Millerhas to offer is to threatenthe majority of council. For10 years he knew, as dideverybody else, that lack ofmoney will decide in whichdirection the ship sternwill sail. Did he present analternative, an estimate orraise any funds to save it?

Most likely not; all hemay have had were goodintentions. But goodintentions not realized arethe pavement of the roadto hell and that’s where theFlamborough Head nowwill sail.Edgar SpallekNorth Vancouver

Good intentionsnot enough tosave stern

Dear Editor:Roger Brooks shares a

vision of the shipyards andLower Lonsdale, and fixinga first impression “aboutas poor as I’ve ever seen inthe 1,000 cities I’ve workedin.”

Meanwhile Polygonis proposing a 17-storeyshadow caster on Site8 next to the shipyards.These two proposals couldnot be more disconnected.Robert ThompsonNorth Vancouver

Proposals disconnected


Walkable green spaces fast disappearing“If planners abandoned . . .unmeasurable objectives likesmart growth, livability andsustainability to focus on whatreally matters – mobility andaffordability – we could see arapidly improving situation inmany cities.”

— Alain Bertaud,Demographia Jan. 20, 2014

Acknowledging there isno silver bullet to increasethe supply of affordablehousing, Alain Bertaud,former Principal UrbanPlanner for theWorldBank, introduced the 10thAnnual DemographiaInternational HousingAffordability Survey.

Saying, “As a citydevelops, nothing is moreimportant than maintainingmobility and housingaffordability,” Bertaudmakes his case that planningconstraints cause a lack of“an elastic supply of land”and that failure to plan fortransportation infrastructureis a major contributor tounaffordable housing.

In his opinion, thesituation could be improvedif regulators maintained “asteady supply of developableland” but left “land andfloor consumption perdwelling to the market.”

Presumably, “market”means developer and buyer

demand.Bertaud is an expert

planner, so who am I to tiltat his windmills? But tilt Iwill.

My problem withthe “constraint” threadthroughout the report is thatthe authors don’t show howelastic boundaries can beprevented from devouringessential green spaces, parksand agricultural lands intheir path.

In response to populationand buyer demands, MetroVancouver history showsthat for more than eightdecades, urban plannershave been so unconstrainedthat forest stands, aboriginaland agricultural landshave lost out to ballooningresidential growth and tocommercial and industrialinterests.

In 1931, there wasWest

Vancouver’s extensiveBritish Propertiesdevelopment.

In 1948, NorthVancouver District andthe National Housing Actapproved Norman Hullah’s500-home Norgate Parkhousing neighbourhood.

In the mid-1990s, theSeymour area was undersiege from the CanadaMortgage and HousingCorp. until residents,encouraged by soon-to-beCoun. Lisa Muri, won theirfight against development inCove and Mountain forest.

From the mid-1950sonward, developments thatbegan with the British-Dutch Construction Co.and many other residentialand commercial developershave eaten up most ofRichmond’s Lulu Islandfarming and eco-sensitiveareas.

Just as disturbing, today’sbarely constrained urbangrowth is doing the samethroughout Delta and theFraserValley agriculturalheartland.

So my questions forBertaud are these:Whatprice market housing andmobility infrastructure ifwe cannot feed ourselves?What price have we paidif our parks are reduced topocket spaces and birds and

pollinating insects disappearfor lack of green space?

The England of today —poetWilliam Blake’s “greenand pleasant land” — isspending a fortune in itsattempt to repair decades ofunconstrained developmentsince the days of its “dark,satanic mills.”

Somewhat closerto home, a Feb. 3YaleUniversity educationalreport by Richard Conniffdescribes initiatives to“restore the pollinators thatare essential for world foodproduction” – http://e360.yale.edu/content/print.msp?id=2735 But there’sno need to travel any fartherthan a landscaped pathwaybetween two west-of-Lonsdale condo complexesto be reminded of theimportance of our fast-disappearing walkable greenspaces.That was where Isaw dozens of robins flyingamong the snow-cladbushes — I counted 23 andthere were more.

How many birds will bebooted out of the green-space abutting 161 EastKeith if the City of NorthVancouver sets a municipalprecedent by selling theboulevard to FDG PropertyManagement and, as Coun.Guy Heywood put it,council swaps “density for

market rental housing”?How many of those

90-plus units would meetthe federal income tohousing ratio — let aloneDemographia’s affordabilityguidelines of less than25 per cent of an urbanhousehold’s income?

I am not suggesting weput the welfare of birds andbees ahead of the needs ofrenters. But surely we canfind a better solution thana Hobson’s choice betweensoulless highrise density andripping up the verdant landsthat are so essential to ourown physical and mentalhealth — and to our ability

to feed ourselves.We ignore the abundant

evidence at our peril— evidence like theeditorial Building betterurban health in Englandwhich was published Feb.8 inThe Lancet Psychiatryjournal. Citing the CityHealth Check of “ninemost populated cities inEngland, including London,Manchester and Bristol”commissioned by theRoyal Institute of BritishArchitects, the editorialstated, “The report is awelcome addition to the

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This Development Variance Permit (DVP) wouldpermit the retention of an existing garage with alower floor. The upper level of the garage would beapproximately 600 sq. ft. with vehicular access from the lane. The lower floor would havepedestrian access from the yard and could be used for accessory uses, but not a separatedwelling unit. An existing 100 sq. ft. accessory shed would remain on the site.

This DVP would therefore allow for a two level garage (currently limited to one level) with acombined floor area for the garage and accessory shed of 1,000 sq.ft. (current maximum is 600sq. ft.).

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMITNO. DVP2013-00003

976 Cloverley Street, legally known as Lot 19,Block 2, DL 272, Plan 3875, as indicated on thesketch

Lane & Antonette Louise du Toit / Lane du Toit

Monday, March 10, 2014 at 7:30 pmCouncil Chamber at City Hall141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC

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This Public Meeting is held pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act. All persons who believe they may be affected bythe above proposal will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written or electronic (email)submissions should be sent to the attention of the City Clerk at [email protected] or by mail to City Clerk, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street,North Vancouver, BC, V7M 1H9. Electronic submissions should be received no later than 4:00 pm on Monday, March 10, 2014, to ensuretheir availability to Council at the Public Meeting. The proposed Development Variance Permit and relevant background material maybe inspected at the office of the City Clerk between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from February27, 2014. If you wish to view the material online, please visit www.cnv.org/publichearings. Please direct any inquiries to Karen Wong,Planning Technician, Community Development, at [email protected] or 604-982-3904.

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East Keith development nears

existing evidence fromthe medical communityshowing that the way citiesand towns are designed,planned and managed canhave an important effect onhealth.”

It is up to us to ensure

that the “important effect”is a positive one and that thelivability of our communitiesis not sacrificed to urbanplanners whose goal is toloosen the constraints inthe spurious claim that theyare providing affordablehousing.

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A 32-unit townhousedevelopment earmarkedfor East Keith Road andOrwell Street breezedthrough third readingat a District of NorthVancouver council meetingMonday.

With one moreaffirmative vote, developers

can put shovels in theground and turn six single-family lots into four, 40-foot-tall buildings arrangedaround a courtyard.

Neighbours hadexpressed concerns aboutworsening traffic congestionin 2013, but the additionallane through the CassiarTunnel has since easeddelays, according tocommunity planner

Casey Peters.The three-storey

townhouses would rangefrom 1,388 to 1,675 squarefeet.

The development wouldhave a floor space ratioof 0.8. FSR measures adevelopment’s total floorarea against the size of its lot.The neighbourhood calls foran FSR of 0.7.

The increase inresidential density meansthe developer will need topay the district a communityamenity contribution of$182,841.The money will

likely go toward public art orpark and trail improvements.

The developer willalso be required to donate$73,757 to the district’s dykeinfrastructure fund to guardagainst flooding.

Besides the six lots, thedevelopment also includesa small portion of roadallowance on the cornerof East Keith and OrwellStreet, allowing for a straightline across the development.

If the project is approvedthe area will be rezoned fromsingle family residential tocomprehensive development.

DNV gives third reading totownhouse complex at Orwell

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The amendment to “Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700” will have the effect of reclassifying the said property:

FROM RS-1 (ONE-UNIT RESIDENTIAL 1) ZONE

TO CD-652 (COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT 652) ZONE

to permit the construction of a new duplex with two accessory dwelling units (secondary suites). A total of fourparking stalls are proposed, with vehicle access from the lane.

This Public Hearing is held pursuant the provisions of the Local Government Act. All persons who believe they may be affected bythe above proposal will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written or electronic (email)submissions should be sent to the attention of the City Clerk at [email protected] or by mail to City Clerk, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street,North Vancouver, BC, V7M 1H9. Electronic submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm on Monday, March 10, 2014, to ensuretheir availability to Council at the Public Hearing. The proposed bylaw and relevant background material may be inspected at the officeof the City Clerk between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from February 27, 2014. If you wish toview the material online, please visit www.cnv.org/publichearings. Please direct any inquiries to Chris Wilkinson, Planner, CommunityDevelopment, at [email protected] or 604-990-4206.

“Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700, AmendmentBylaw, 2014, No. 8355” (CD-652)

1616 Mahon Avenue, Lot 4, except the north 15feet, Block 29, DL 548, Plan 957, as shown on thesketch

B. Mondizadeh / Domustix Development Corp.

Monday March 10, 2014 at 7:30 pmCouncil Chamber at City Hall, 141 West 14th StreetNorth Vancouver, BC

To receive representations in connection with thefollowing proposed amendment to “Zoning Bylaw,1995, No. 6700”

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Judge rejectsmouthwashargument

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A woman who arguedthat she failed aroadside Breathalyzertest because she usedmouthwash — notbecause she was drunk— has had her appealof a 90-day drivingban rejected by a B.C.Supreme Court justice.

Tina Anastasia LanziRicard was stopped ina roadblock by NorthVancouver RCMP on Nov.24, 2012 at around 11:30p.m.

The police officer atthe scene said he smelleda “strong odour of liquor”on Ricard’s breath, andthat she had a red face andbloodshot eyes.

The officer saidRicard told him she’dhad “half a glass of wine. . . an hour or two hoursprior,” according to courtdocuments.

Ricard failed tworoadside breath tests, andwas handed an immediate90-day driving suspension.

Ricard applied for a

review of the decision.At a hearing in

December 2012, Ricardgave her version of eventsin an affidavit, saying that“her eyes were bloodshotand her face red from thecombination of cryingand smoking” and thatthe police officer musthave confused that withsymptoms of being drunk.

She said she had alsoused mouthwash justprior to the first test andthat the police officer“must have confused thesmell of alcohol from themouthwash with the smellof alcohol on her breath.”

After the adjudicatorfor the province upheldthe driving ban, Ricardappealed to the court.

Ricard argued thatshe failed the first testbecause of the mouthwash.Because of that, sheargued she hadn’t beenprovided with the rightto two reliable tests andher driving ban should betossed out.

But the judge didn’tagree.

In upholding the 90-day ban, Justice Jane Dardiruled the Motor VehicleAct only requires that onetest be reliable.

She added she wasnot persuaded that itwas unreasonable for theadjudicator to uphold thedriving ban.

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Port MetroVancouveris celebrating anotherrecord-breaking year forgoods movement, thanksin large part to increasedoutput from terminals onthe North Shore.

Shipments ofmetallurgical coal, like thekind shipped from NeptuneTerminals, was almost 26million tonnes, about 14per cent above last year’snumbers. Potash, alsoshipped from Neptune,was up 20 per cent in thesame period. Other bulkmaterials, like the graincoming from RichardsonInternational and CargillCanada terminals on theNorth Shore, was up by 10per cent.

The growing numbersunderscore the importanceof the Low Level Roadexpansion project, whichis now about half done,according to RobinSilvester, the port’s chiefexecutive officer. But thereal jumps in growth willbe seen after expansion

projects at Richardsonand Neptune are up andrunning.

“We’re seeing some ofthat already with the growthin the numbers this year butI think we would expect tosee the numbers grow evenfurther when we see thosetwo projects come intocompletion over the next 12months,” he said.

Neptune’s newstacker reclaimer is dueto come online soon andshould, along with otherinvestments to the site,increase potash capacity by60-70 per cent and doublecoal export capacity.

“For Richardson, I thinkwe’re going to start seeingthe silos rise up out of theground in the not-too-distant future,” he said.

While the Neptuneand Richardson expansionprojects caught residentsand council off guard, theyshouldn’t have come as asurprise given that the pointof the Low Level Roadexpansion project was toincrease capacity, Silvestersaid.

To that end, Silvester

said there may be morechanges in the future,including updates to theLynntermWestgate terminalat the foot of MountainHighway and the largelyvacant space on Low LevelRoad at the foot of St.Patricks Avenue to takeadvantage of the growingdemand for resourcesextracted inWesternCanada, Silvester said.

“We need to make surewe have the capacity to grab

that opportunity.That’s allabout making the best useof the land we have, so Ithink, over time, we will seesomething.There’s nothingdefinite at the moment butwe would expect to seecontinuing densification andincreasingly efficient use ofland on the North Shore,”Silvester said.

The Richardson andNeptune expansions haveprompted requests fromresidents in Moodyville,

City of NorthVancouvercouncil andVancouverCoastal Health’s chiefmedical health officer forthe port to carry out a newhealth impact assessment.

But, Silvester said, eachexpansion project hasalready been studied tolook for potential healthand environmental impactsthat may come fromoperations, noise, dust andlight. Silvester reiteratedthe port’s previous position

that no further healthimpact assessment would becoming.

“The products that wehandle on the North Shorehave been handled therefor decades without anyevidence at all of negativeimpact.Whenever a project’sbeen brought forward, it’sbeen studied in detail tomake sure there will be nonegative impact so thereisn’t a trigger for anythingmore to happen and no oneshould have any concernwhatsoever,” Silvester said.

Construction for theLow Level Road has beena nuisance and somepeople will permanentlylose their inlet views whenRichardson’s new silosare complete, Silvesterconceded. But NorthVancouver residents willhave a new road, widerbike lanes, SpiritTrailconnections extending tothe Lynn Creek outflowand less noise from roadand trains on the other sideonce everything is done, headded.

“Construction work isalways an inconvenience butI think, once this project iscomplete, people will lookat it and say, ‘That’s actuallybeen a big improvement,’”he said.

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Coun. Pam Bookhammade a last ditch effortto save the stern Mondaynight, motioning council torescind the previous week’s5-2 vote to dispose of thestern, and asking staff toinvestigate keeping it on thewaterfront.

But, staff said, thecradle was only designedto last a year or two and isnow seven years old andposes a “moderate” risk tothe public. Extending itsstay would cost roughly$400,000 and the citywould still be on the hookfor $250,000 in the contractwith the firm hired todecontaminate and remove

it. Bookham said that cost“pales in comparison” toother proposed waterfrontprojects but the majority oncouncil would not “throwgood money after bad.”

Bookham’s motion onlyfound one flip-flopper inCoun. Guy Heywood andit went down 4-3, withBookham and Coun. DonBell in favour.

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The annual North Shore Girls Soccer Club U18 Graduation Event took place at Cheers Restaurant on thenight of Feb. 27. More than 100 girls, their coaches and managers, and club executives were on hand at the eventwhich celebrated the players’ final year of play in the girls division. Each girl received a graduation gift along with achance to win one of two grand prizes of a full makeover. A photo booth and slide show of the girls playing soccerover the years rounded out the great night.

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Growyour gardenback to life

Our winter-weary eyesyearn for spring’s arrivaland March is a busymonth with lengtheningdays that afford moretime in the garden, butgardening time is alwaysscarce when days get longand routines get busier.

If you’ve been growingalong with me this year, bynow you have completedmost structural pruning,transplanting, any renovationwork, mulching and mostother structural work in thegarden.

Spring’s approach meansthere will be a different kindof work about to happen.For example, there’s adifferent kind of pruningcoming as roses, sub-shrubsand ornamental grasseswill need a cut. Signs ofspring are everywhere, butbeware: in spring there willbe marauding green-washerscoming out of the busheslooking to promote all kindsof things but offering fewideas.With that thought inmind, here are some ideas togrow the garden in March.

Mulch all garden bedswith a coarse, organic,primarily wood-basedmaterial and enjoy nothaving to weed in summer.I prefer three-inch minusbark mulch instead of the

finer grades, preferably allDouglas fir, but a hemlock-fir mix at the three-inch sizeis nice too. Use what youlike, after all, you have tolook at it. Just rememberthat highly organic mulcheslike compost or manurefeed the soil better than anyother method, but thosemulches also grow weedseasily. For such mulchestopdress them around plantsand cover with a wood-basedmulch like bark to realizeall of the fertility and weedsuppression benefits.

Delay any fertilizationof lawn or garden untilmid-April to May to allowplant growth to develop andrainfall to subside, whichimproves the efficiencyof fertilizer uptake withless leaching into theenvironment. Regardless ofthe changing climate, we stillget a lot of rain in our region,and fertilizing the lawn andgarden when leaves havebarely developed and rainfallis heavy leads to fertilizerrunoff into our oceans,creating aquatic dead zones.

The spring fertilizing ritualis done just so our lawnscan be greener than greenand our farms can growfaster and faster to feed us.As a society, if we continueto apply chemical fertilizerin the realm of millions ofmetric tonnes annually wewill reap the consequence ofour vanity.When it comesto changing soil pH, limethe lawn or garden only ifyou understand and canaccurately measure the soil’spH. Otherwise it’s a shotin the dark and damagingto plants and the larger

environment.Plant spring colour in

the form of pansies, forcedspring bulbs and springblooming heathers plantedmostly around the frontentrance of the home tominimize cost and maximizevalue. A few choicecontainers will go a long wayto brightening up the frontdoor for visitors. And thereare lots of interesting andcolourful plants to be foundat local garden centres andbeyond.

Aerate the heck outof the lawn, followed by

topdressing with soil,soil amender/manureor coarse angular sand.Both operations must becompleted in sequence forany benefit to be realized.Aeration alone is damagingto lawn grass roots.Then, letthe grass grow, to develop alonger blade, deeper rootsand improved ability tooutcompete weeds. A longerblade and deeper roots alsogrows improved droughttolerance. Overseeding withnew lawn seed is sometimes

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A friend of mine whosefamily has an Xbox Onerecently told me herson detached the Kinectcamera almost as soon asthey got the new consolefor Christmas.

The Kinect’s cameraand microphone, whichare central to controllingthe Xbox One by voice andgesture commands, creepedhim out.

That paranoia might notbe so farfetched, at least ingeneral terms.There’s noevidence that the Kinect onyour Xbox is taking picturesof you and sending them tothe NSA, but its locationin living rooms, rec roomsand even bedrooms makesit a fine surveillance device.And the spies have noticed.

News surfaced last weekthat a British intelligenceagency had tapped intoYahoo’s webcam chatservice and retrieved stillimages and informationfrom millions of chatsaround the globe between2008 and 2010.Whether

or not the effort caught anyterrorists was not revealed,according to The Guardianwhich broke the story, butit did catch an awful lot ofpictures of naked peoplein front of their PCs,which tells you more aboutwebcam chats than youwant to know.

Yahoo told TheGuardian it knew nothingabout the intelligenceoperation and condemnedit as a violation of itsservice.Yahoo’s track recordon opposing governmentsurveillance apparentlysuggests its reaction issincere, even if it has beenslower than competitorslike Google in protecting itsservices against spying.

TheYahoo revelationhad me thinking aboutmy friend’s family andtheir wariness about theKinect. According toThe Guardian, that sameBritish snooping programconsidered the originalversion of the Kinect, thenavailable for the Xbox

360, as another deviceto snoop with. Nothingin the story suggests thatnotion was followed up onor succeeded. I contactedMicrosoft Canada forcomment and its PR folksreplied with much the sameanswer: they were unawareof such a spying programand strongly opposed anysuch action by government.Microsoft has joined othertech companies in theUnited States in callingfor strict controls ongovernment surveillancethrough the Internet.

I’m prepared to callMicrosoft equally sincerein its reply, if only becauseallowing a consumer device

to be part of a widespreadspying program wouldbe a public relationsnightmare that woulddestroy the Xbox as aproduct. Microsoft alsotakes pains to point outprivacy restrictions withXbox, telling TheVerge lastyear that it does not collectpersonal information aboutusers, including images, andsend it to corporate serversvia Kinect.TheVerge didpoint out, however, thatSkype, owned by Microsoft,long claimed its video andaudio chat communicationswere protected againstprying eyes, especially fromthe government. It turnsout Skype might have been

tapped by spies after all,and according to TheVergeMicrosoft doesn’t deny itwould allow governmentaccess to Skype based onindividual requests.

But as theYahoointercepts reveal, spiesdon’t need Kinect to spyon you.The laptop youalready own will do nicelythanks to its built-in cameraand microphone. ArsTechnica’s Nate Andersonwrote a disturbingpiece last year revealinghow hackers, includingunsophisticated teenageboys who purchase the rightsoftware, routinely infectand take over the laptopsof thousands of innocentvictims so they can watchthem through their laptopcameras. Referring totheir unknowing targets as“slaves,” they take picturesand record videos of theirvictims and post them andboast about them in onlineforums. As you can guess,young women are a keytarget demographic.

I’m not a youngwoman, but after readingAnderson’s story I put apiece of duct tape over mylaptop camera. I confess it’sstill there.

The surveillancecapabilities for bothgovernment spies and

private hackers of thegadgets we invite intoour lives again shows thedilemma that technologypresents us.The Kinectis an excellent device:the ability to control theXbox One through voicecommands, includingturning on your TV andsound system, is verycool.The same goesfor Skype,Yahoo chatsand the cameras on ourlaptops.They allow usunprecedented, instantcommunication withcolleagues, friends andloved ones.These areliberating tools that allowfor surprisingly humancontact (as theYahoo storyshows), and we are betteroff for them.

But be aware.Communicationstechnology is like a windowin your house. It lets thesun in. It also lets peoplepassing by look inside yourhome.

Go surf the Net. Playwith Kinect. Chat onYahoo.No one is watching you.

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Barry Link is editor of theVancouver Courier newspaperand a geek enthusiast. Emailhim at [email protected] follow him on Twitter @trueblinkit.

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The amendment to “Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700” will have the effect of reclassifying the said property:

FROM: RS-1 (ONE-UNIT RESIDENTIAL 1) ZONE

TO: CD-650 (COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT 650) ZONE

to permit the construction of a duplex with one accessory dwelling unit (secondary suite). Two parking stalls areproposed, with vehicle access from the lane.

This Public Hearing is held pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act. All persons who believe they may be affected bythe above proposal will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written or electronic (email)submissions should be sent to the attention of the City Clerk at [email protected] or by mail to City Clerk, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street,North Vancouver, BC, V7M 1H9. Electronic submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm on Monday, March 10, 2014, to ensuretheir availability to Council at the Public Hearing. The proposed Bylaw and relevant background material may be inspected at the officeof the City Clerk between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from February 27, 2014. If you wish toview the material online, please visit www.cnv.org/publichearings. Please direct any inquiries to Chris Wilkinson, Planner, CommunityDevelopment, at [email protected] or 604-990-4206.

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done in tandem withaeration and topdressing butoverseeding is only necessaryif there are large bare spots.Otherwise let the existinglawn grow in and takeadvantage of the aerationand topdressing.

Fertilizing at this time isnot needed.Wait until thegrass grows leaf blades longenough to uptake fertilizer.Edging of all lawns shouldbe done in March to providea good framework for thelawn over summer whiledelineating and sharpeningthe lawn’s edge.

Prune sub-shrubs likerosemary, thyme, lavender,Russian sage, Cistus speciesand so forth to promoteimproved foliage density insummer.Those plants canget a little tattered duringwinter and March is themonth to cut them backto buds or growths on the

lower part of the main stems,which will induce bushiness.

Power wash paving stonesto remove weeds from thejoints, weed by hand asneeded, allow pavers to dry,then apply polymeric sandinto the joints. Follow the

Have you ever wonderedhow bartenders makethose little rose garnishesor fruit rind twizzles thatarrive on the edge of yourcocktail?

The time and effortbartenders take to makethese creations for dinnerplates and beverages alwaysimpresses me.

Some of these littlegarnishes are quite easy tomake at home (if you’re inthe mood to impress yourneighbours). But really, Ihave tried one or two andbelieve it or not, there are afew that even I can do.

So next time you whipup that lemon drop martini,why not try one of theseto slip on the edge of yourfavourite guest’s glass?

Lemon/LimeTwistThis is supposedly

one of the easiest cocktailgarnishes to make. I tried itand my husband was evenimpressed.

Next time you’re in yourlocal grocery store, pick upa few large-size lemons.Youwill also require a lemon orlime zester that can be foundin any kitchen supply ordepartment store.

Hold the lemon in yourleft hand and with the zesterin your right hand, start atthe top of the lemon andscrape the zester around inconcentric circles all the waydown the lemon.The bestscenario is to do it all in onepiece.

Once you have your

lemon zest, curl it arounda bamboo skewer as tightlyas possible. Gently pull itoff the skewer and cut itinto small pieces to use as atwist garnish on the rim of amartini glass or champagneflute.

Orange Peel RoseRoses are always pretty

but when they’re madeespecially for a garnishthey are something tobe admired.This is noexception. It may lookdifficult to make at first butafter a couple of tries you’llbe an expert.

First, using a small paringknife, make an orange peelapproximately one-inch wideand three to four incheslong. Once you have yourpeel, carefully roll it in yourhand, skin side out, into acylinder. Be sure to push upthe centre roll so it takes onthe appearance of a rose.

Once you’re satisfied withthe size and shape of therose you can either secureit with a small toothpick or

make an incision through allthe layers on the bottom andgently place it on a glass rim.

Star FruitI saved the easiest for last.If you happen to see star

fruit at your local grocerystore or specialty grocer besure to pick up a few.Thesebeauties make wonderful

garnishes and all you have todo is simply slice them intoone-quarter-inch slices andinsert them on the edge ofa glass.

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We are blessed on theNorth Shore with a finediversity of finches.

Finches are noted fortheir short, thick bills, anadaptation for seed crackingor even hard-shelled insects.There are three main billtypes: large thick bills,like the evening grosbeak;sparrow or canary-like, likethe goldfinch; and crossbills,mandibles crossed over attips

Finches are some of ourmost colourful residentbirds coming in shades ofred, orange and yellow, withmales more colourful thanfemales. Our finches alsohave beautiful distinctivevoices, which are helpful inidentification. For example,you can tell a house finchfrom a purple finch astheir songs are completelydifferent.

The most recentbird checklist for theConservation Area atMaplewood Flats lists 10species. Some, like thepurple finch, are residentswhile others, like the black-headed grosbeak, are anessentially summer species.

For all those whomaintain backyard bird

feeders, the colourful housefinch is a familiar bird. Itis also seen in forest edgesand weedy patches. Fincheslove many of our weeds, likedandelions. Colour in thisspecies is quite variable fromred to orange and yellow formales. Females are brown-streaked while seeds are amainstay of the house finch.Don’t be surprised to seethem feeding on flowers oreven visiting hummingbirdfeeders.

For the past several yearswe’ve seen many pine siskinson the North Shore, butlately they’ve been scarce.Fluctuations like this arenormal for what are calledirruptive species, somethingthought to be driven by

natural food crops (likealder or birch).The siskin isa streaky brown finch withyellow wing bars and a voicethat sounds like someonedrawing their thumb acrossa plastic comb. Look forsiskins feeding in alder trees,along with goldfinches andredpolls.

The American goldfinch,cousin to the pine siskin, issometimes called the wildcanary. In summer the maleis bright yellow with a blackcap and wings, and a pinkbill.The flight song is a lively“potato chip.” A favouritefood of the goldfinch isthistle seeds. In winter/spring, watch for goldfinchesin alder or birch trees.

Redpolls are relativesof siskins and goldfinches,and sometimes traveltogether with them. Thename comes from theirpinkish-coloured cap orpoll.The species recordedfor the conservation areais the common redpoll. Alarge robin-sized and verybeautiful finch is the rose-red male pine grosbeak, thefemale is grey. Both havewhite wing bars.While abird of mountain trails,(like at Mount Seymour

Provincial Park), it is alsoseen at lower elevations.Like other finches, it is alsoa fruit eater — crab applesand hawthorns are twofavourites. It’s a quiet bird sowatch carefully in the rightbushes.

Speaking of grosbeaks,there are two other specieson the checklist with thatname: the evening grosbeakand the black-headedgrosbeak (seen in spring andsummer only).The eveningis yellow, with bright yelloweyebrows and white wingpatches and a huge greenishbill.The female is a dulleryellow. They feed on fruits,insects and conifer seeds.

Another irruptivespecies is the black-headedgrosbeak.With its orangebreast, black head andwhite-spotted black wingsit’s unmistakable.Watchfor it in early May when itreturns from its neo-tropicalwintering grounds.

The crossbills are verydistinctive and uniquegroups of finches.Theircrossed bills are anadaptation for extractingseeds from conifer cones.Our common species is thered crossbill and its colour

can vary from brick red toorange and yellow. The callis an easy one to remember:“kip, kip, kip” or “chiff, chiff,chiff.” At the conservationarea they are sometimesseen on the beach, possiblygetting salt. Snowshoersand cross-country skiersshould watch for them alongmountain trails.

The white-wingedcrossbill is a locally rarespecies that should bewatched for, especially inspruce trees, which is afavourite seed.Two otherfinch species on the list arethe grey-crowned rosy finch,and lazuli buntings, both ofwhich are listed as rare.

One of the best aids for

learning to identify birds byear is A Beginners Guideto B.C. Bird Song by JohnNeville and Mel Coulson(Neville Recording). Checkwith your local wild birdstore. It is excellent.

Al Grass is a naturalist withWild BirdTrust of B.C.,which offers free walks atThe Conservation Area atMaplewood Flats on thesecond Saturday of everymonth.The next walk willbe Saturday,March 8 at 10a.m.where participants willsearch for finches and otherwinter passerines that call thearea home.Meet atWBT’s siteoffice,2645 Dollarton Hwy.Walks go rain or shine.

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THE CANADIANIRANIANFOUNDATIONYOUTHGROUP will celebrateInternationalWomen’s Daywith a panel of successfulwomen in the communitySaturday, March 8, 11:30a.m. atWestVancouverCommunity Centre, 2121Marine Dr. Hear stories ofhow these women reachedtheir goals. $7/$5.604-696-1121cifyg.brownpapertickets.com

WINE,WOMEN ANDPOLITICS Celebratewomen in politics onInternational Women’s Day,including men who supportwomen, Saturday, March 8,3:30-5:30 p.m. at the GrouseInn, 1633 Capilano Rd.,North Vancouver. [email protected]

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Whenkids don’t listenMany years ago I heard astory about an eight-year-old I will call Dylan.

Dylan was playing inhis friend’s backyard. Helived two doors down fromDylan’s home. At around 5p.m. Dylan’s mother leanedout the back door and calledhim to come home. Dylankept on playing. About 10minutes later, she againcalled him and he ignoredthe call.When, five minuteslater she again called, Dylansaid goodbye to his buddyand got ready to go home.As he was leaving, hisfriend’s Mom asked him whyhe didn’t go home the firsttime he was called. “Becauseshe never means it until thethird time,” was his reply.

Parents often complainthat their kids don’t listenand heed. Often the reasonis that they know you don’tmean it.They learn thatwhen your tone of voicechanges, when you use theirmiddle name (TheresaChristine, get home rightnow!), or after three timescalling you mean it.

Kids learn fromexperience so we need todecide what we are teachingthem. If Dylan’s mother

had called him for dinnerand then went ahead andserved the family he wouldhave quickly learned thatwhen she calls him there is areason.

Mind you, if you havealways called him multipletimes, you need to let himknow that the rules havechanged.To suddenlychange and say nothing tothe child is unfair.

So sit down and tell thekids that the game is over.You will call them once andthen get on with your day.

Or you can move close tothem and call. If they ignoreyou, walk up to them, taketheir hand and say, “whenI call you, I expect you tocome.”You do this even if

they are busy playing withtheir friends.

Sometimes, the problemis that they are engaged inan activity that is difficultto stop. So give a warningcall. “Dylan, I am goingto call you for dinner infive minutes.”That giveshim time to close his videogame and save it or towrap up activities with hisfriends.Then call him infive minutes and proceed toserve dinner.

How do the adults inyour family call each otherand respond? Do you callanother adult for dinnerand receive no response ora mumble that gives you noinformation about when youmight see them? If it takesnumerous requests to get allthe adults to the dinner tableor to the door and ready toleave when going out, thenthat is what your child islearning.

Yelling down the hall isnot usually very effective.Calling your kids worksbetter if you go close to themand use a quieter voice.

When my children wereyoung and playing outsideI bought a bell. At dinnertime I would ring the bell

and they knew that meantthey needed to wrap up theiractivity and head home.

I also used the bell insidethe house. Actually, I havefound that a dinner bell givesa universal message. AnytimeI have ever rung a bell folksof all ages show up expectingthat it is mealtime.

When you call the kidsbecause it’s dinner timeor time to leave the house,make sure that you are alsoready. It’s not fair to callthem and then have them sitand wait while you put onyour makeup or check youremail.

Be clear with yourchildren about yourexpectations when you callthem. Be respectful and givethem some notice whenthey are truly engaged in anactivity. Make sure you aremodeling the behaviour youwant from the kids and beready for them when you docall them.

Kathy Lynn is a professionalspeaker and author ofWho’sIn Charge Anyway?,ButNobodyTold Me I’d EverHave to Leave Home andVivela Différence.Read more atparentingtoday.ca.

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Family history seeped in tea

Over a cup of delicateand grassy Nepalese JunChiyabari tea, KanakTanna speaks to me ofher childhood on a teaplantation in Uganda.

“We used to runthrough the fields pluckingthe tea leaves,” recountsKanak. “We’d eat themthere, just like that.Thiswas before people reallytalked about those plants,about what benefits theyhave.”

Kanak is now thematriarch of the Tannafamily, owners andoperators of the long-standing Tea Time shop onLonsdale Avenue. Her son,Akshai Tanna, is the shop’sprincipal, having taken thereigns a few years backfrom his father, Jitendra,who still mans the fortthe odd Saturday to givehis son a break from thedemands of a thriving retailbusiness.

The Tanna familyhistory is steeped in tea.Akshai’s grandparents weretea agents in Western India,importing high qualityblack teas from Assam, afamed growing region inIndia’s extreme Northeast,flanked by Bangladesh andBhutan.

The entrepreneursrelocated their family firstto Africa and eventuallyto Europe, settling in theU.K.

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The shop sells loose teasand a thoughtful collectionof tea paraphernalia,from infusers and pots tothe uniquely gourd-likevessels traditionally usedto prepare and drinkYerbamate, a bitter tea hailingfrom South America.

Absent at Tea Timeis a bustling servicebar with tea baristasconcocting café-inspiredbeverages, like the now-ubiquitous red tea latté orEarl Grey misto. For theTannas, there is elegance,refinement, and, ultimately,satisfaction to be foundin the simplicity of pure,high-quality tea.

The bells and whistlesintroduced by the newwave of tea-centric retailersthat can command $5 fora 12-ounce, tea-infusedbeverage are simply notpart of the Tea Timeparadigm.

“We’re about keepingtea accessible, at justpennies a cup,” saysJitendra, noting that manyteas of the green, red, andherbal variety can be re-steeped several times overto offer exceptional valuefor the investment.

All of the teas sold atTea Time are responsiblyproduced, meaning thatfamilies working onthe tea plantations thatsupply the shop are fairlycompensated for theirlabour. Flavoured teas, of

which Tea Time sells many,are produced without theuse of artificial ingredientsor chemically extractedflavours. Akshai pulls awooden box of marzipan-flavoured rooibos from ashelf to illustrate the point.

Unfurling the baginside, the concentratedand perfumed scent ofalmonds immediatelyfills the air.The brick-redfibres of the tea (properlya tisane, or herbal tea)are accented by toastedalmond slivers and small,delicious nuggets ofmarzipan.When steeped,the mixture yields adeep orange liquor witha complexly herbaceousinitial flavour that soongives way to luxuriousnotes of nutty confection.

The combined teaknowledge of the Tanna

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Sample boasts scent of orchid

Recipes owe their flavour to oatmeal

family is staggering; eachof them can wax lyricalabout the products in theirshop, about contemporarymethods of production,about the traditions thataccompany teas fromvarious regions of theglobe, and yet there is anotable lack of pretentionin the sharing of thisinformation.

For example, at onepoint in my visit I askedAkshai to name the mostexclusive tea for sale inthe shop, expecting himto perhaps pull their rareGyokuro green tea fromthe shelf and remarkon its tightly regulated,shade grown pedigree andtraditionally hefty pricetag.

Instead, my questionis met with a quizzicallook and a request for

clarification. I realize laterthat my query must haveseemed absurd to someonewho has made significantefforts to provide nothingbut the world’s best teas,painstakingly sourced,vetted for responsiblepractices, and priced ina way that respects tea’shistorical accessibility.

The short answer tomy question is, of course,that all of these teas areexclusive, each offering asatisfying cup in its ownright. Rare, storied teas areavailable here, to be sure; aKeemun from the Chineseprovince of Anhui boaststiny, perfectly symmetrical,hand-sorted leaves thatimpart the subtlest notes oforchid.

But Akshai introducesme instead to Tea Time’sEarl Grey Cream, oneof the shop’s best sellers.

The familiar, citrusy notesof Earl Grey’s definingbergamot componentsupport mouth-wateringundertones of vanillaand caramel.The brewis at once opulent andaccessible, exotic and yetstrangely familiar. It isalso only $6.50 for a 50-gram bag, which will yielddozens of cups of tea.

Time to put the kettleon.

Tea Time is locatedat 1418 Lonsdale Ave. inNorth Vancouver. 604-990-1414

Chris Dagenais servedas a manager for severalrestaurants downtown andon the North Shore.Aself-described wine fanatic,he earned his sommelierdiploma in 2001. Contact:[email protected].

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A warm, comforting bowlof oatmeal laced withbrown sugar and creamis a lovely way to start awinter day.

Oatmeal is a versatileingredient to use in baked

goods lending a chewy,nutty element to the finishedproduct. Be sure to useregular (old-fashioned) orquick-cooking oats in theserecipes, not the instantvarieties. Steel-cut oats arealso unsuitable for use inbaked goods (but they makeamazing hot oatmeal).

Raspberry OatmealMuffins

1 cup rolled oats1 cup buttermilk½ cup firmly packed lightbrown sugar1 large egg½ cup butter, meltedand cooled½ tsp vanilla

1 cup all-purpose flour1 tsp baking powder½ tsp baking soda1/8 tsp salt1 cup fresh or frozenraspberries or blueberries(if using frozen, do notthaw before adding tobatter)Granulated sugar tosprinkle tops of muffins

In a large bowl, stirtogether the oats andbuttermilk and let sit atroom temperature for onehour. Preheat oven to 400°C. Line 12 muffin cups withpaper liners. Add the brownsugar, egg, melted butterand vanilla to the oatmealmixture and stir to combine

well. In a small bowl, whisktogether the flour, bakingpowder, baking soda andsalt; add to wet ingredientsand stir until just barelycombined, then gently foldin berries.

Divide the batter evenlybetween the prepared muffincups and sprinkle a bit ofgranulated sugar on top ofeach one. Bake for about20 minutes or until goldenand tops spring back whentouched. Serve warm. Makes12 muffins.

Caramel PumpkinOatmeal Bars

2 cups all-purpose flour2 cups rolled oats1½ cups firmly packedbrown sugar1 tsp baking soda¼ tsp salt1½ tsp cinnamon½ tsp ground ginger¼ tsp ground nutmeg1 cup butter, melted

1 cup canned pumpkinpurée (not pumpkin piefilling)1 tsp vanilla24 vanilla caramels,unwrapped2Tbsp milk

Preheat oven to 350° C.Mix dry ingredients together(flour through nutmeg) ina large bowl; add the butterand stir until the mixtureforms coarse crumbs.Reserve 2¼ cups for thetopping; add the pumpkinand vanilla to the remainderin the bowl and stir tocombine well.

Press evenly into thebottom of a greased andparchment-lined 13x9-inchbaking dish (leave a coupleof inches of parchmenthanging over the sides of thepan to use as handles whenremoving bars).

Microwave the caramelsand milk together in amedium microwave-safe

bowl on high for two tothree minutes until caramelsare completely melted,stirring after each minute.Remove from microwaveand let stand for oneminute, then pour over thepumpkin mixture in the pan,spreading evenly to withinhalf an inch of the edges.Sprinkle reserved crumbsevenly over top and pressdown very lightly.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutesuntil light brown. Cool in thepan on a wire rack, then liftout of pan with parchmentpaper and cut into bars.Makes about 24 bars.

View a recipe for“Awesome OatmealCookies”with this columnonline at nsnews.com.

Angela Shellard is a self-described foodie.She has doneinformal catering for variousfunctions.Contact:[email protected].

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CHESS CLUB All levelsare welcome to play chessMondays andWednesdays,1-4 p.m. at ParkgateCommunity Centre,3625 Banff Court, NorthVancouver. 604-983-6350myparkgate.com

CIRCLE DANCE Learneasy dances with music andsteps from many traditionsthe secondWednesday ofeach month, 7-9 p.m. (arrive6:45 p.m.). Admission bydonation. Registration andlocation:Wendy Anne, 604-988-3522.

DEEP COVE LADIES’LIONS CLUB meets at6:30 p.m. on the secondand lastWednesday of eachmonth at Lions Garey HamCourt, 936 Bowron Court,NorthVancouver. Newmembers are welcome. SallyScott, 604-924-1923.

DIGITAL BUDDIESSign up for one-on-oneappointments to learn howto use email more effectivelyWednesdays, 3:30-5:30 and

Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.-12:30p.m. atWestVancouverMemorial Library, 1950Marine Dr. 604-925-7405westvanlibrary.ca

THE DUTCHKOFFIECLUB meets thethirdWednesday of everymonth, 10 a.m. to noon atthe food court, Park Royal,south mall,WestVancouver.Meet new people and keepup your Dutch languageor improve it.The clubwelcomes Flemish andSouth African people also.Used Dutch magazinesand books will be available.Henk, 604-987-4978 Nel,604-987-6879.

GLENEAGLESSCOTTISH COUNTRYDANCE CLUBExperienced classes everyWednesday, 7:30-9:30 p.m.at Hollyburn elementary,1329 Duchess Ave.,WestVancouver. 604-925-9333

NORTH SHORECHAMBERORCHESTRA meetsWednesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m.at Sutherland Secondary,1860 Sutherland Ave.,NorthVancouver and islooking for new stringplayers (especially bass

players). [email protected]

NORTH SHORECHORUS meetsWednesdays, 7:15-9:45p.m., at Mount SeymourUnited Church, 1200Parkgate Ave., NorthVancouver. New membersare welcome. 604-985-2559nschorus.com or [email protected]

Thursdays

CHANCEL CHOIR Newmembers are invited to jointhe choir, which practisesonThursdays, 7:30-9:30p.m. at St. Andrew’sUnited Church, 1044 St.Georges Ave. No experiencenecessary. 604-985-0408st-andrews-united.ca

COMMUNITYCONNECTIONSPROGRAM Make anewcomer feel morewelcome in the community.North Shore MulticulturalSociety (207-123 East 15thSt., NorthVan) is lookingfor volunteers to participatein community events withnewcomers. Recruitment isongoing. 604-988-2931 [email protected]

COMMUNITY LUNCHCome and enjoy lunchwith other people in theneighbourhood,Thursdays,noon to 1 p.m. Hosted bythe Sharing AbundanceAssociation at St. Andrew’sUnited Church, 1044St. Georges Ave., NorthVancouver. Free, butdonations are gratefullyaccepted. 604-985-0709st-andrews-united.ca

DUPLICATE BRIDGEEveryTuesday andThursday, 12:45-4 p.m.in the Cedarview Roomat Delbrook CommunityCentre, 600West QueensRd., NorthVancouver.Drop-in fee: $2. 604-987-7529

MAKE CYCLINGBETTER HUB —YourCycling Connection meetsthe secondThursday ofevery month, 6:30-8:30p.m. at NorthVancouver

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Canada’s win in themen’s Olympic goldmedal hockey gamedidn’t just offer themembers of North VanWolf Pack inspiration asthey were battling fortheir playoff lives lastweek.

It also offered themdistraction.

Looking for theirfirst playoff series win infranchise history, the Packhosted the Delta Ice Hawkson Saturday, Feb. 22 forgame three of their sevengame series, tied 1-1 at thattime. Disaster struck in thesecond period.

“We hadn’t given upfour goals in a periodall year and then all ofa sudden in the second,whatever happened, theygot four goals just bang-bang-bang-bang in 10

or 12 minutes,” recallsWolf Pack head coach andgeneral manager MattSamson.

The outburst gave Deltaa 5-2 lead in the pivotalgame, and though NorthVan battled back to sendit into overtime, the IceHawks won it in the extraframe to take an importantlead in the series.

“It was tough,” saysSamson. “That thirdperiod we were all overthem, just chance afterchance.”

It was the kind ofheartbreaking loss thatcould completely throwoff a team like the WolfPack that had never beforegotten out of the firstround of the PJHL playoffs.But there wasn’t anothergame for three days sothe Pack was allowed toregroup and shake off theloss, helped by the Olympicfinal which had them fired

back up less than six hoursafter their own tough loss.

“The boys watched thatand had some fun, had aday off,” says Samson. “Wehad a practice Monday andwe stayed really positive.”Those good vibes stayedwith them for the rest ofthe series as the Pack wenton to win three straight,including a convincing 5-2win in Delta in Game 4, acrucial 3-2 overtime winin front of a raucous homecrowd Saturday night andanother tense 4-3 road winSunday to finish off the IceHawks.

Jamie Creamore scoredthe overtime winner inGame 5 that gave the WolfPack control in the series.

“Game 5, that overtimewin, I was so happy,”says Samson. “That wasprobably the happiest I’veever been as a coach.”

Marcus Houck scored apair in Game 6, including

the winner, as the WolfPack finally won a playoffseries in their sixth season.

“(Sunday) was notnecessarily elation, morelike relief,” says Samson.“It’s definitely been along time coming. It justfeels like a weight off ofour shoulders. . . . If wedidn’t do that this year itwould have been a very bigdisappointment.”

Offensive leadersHouck, Spencer Quon,Dyllan Quon and MitchellCrisanti all racked upbig points for North Vanbut the team also got thesecondary scoring neededto win a playoff series, saysSamson.

“We got an overtimewinner from (Quinton)Vitek, who had one goalall year.We got a big goalfrom (Taylor) Tanti, we gotan overtime winner fromCreamore, who’s on ourthird line.We had scoring

from all four lines inRound 1 and we had someproduction from our D aswell.”

It wasn’t easy though,as Delta put up a strongfight in what was by far themost entertaining seriesof the opening round.TheIce Hawks were led by20-year-old veteran MakBarden and 17-year-oldrookie Colton Kroeker.

“Mak Barden had anincredible series,” saidSamson. “That guy wasthe best player on the iceconvincingly for eitherteam. He was a threatevery time he was on theice. He probably played30 minutes the last threegames.We tried to get amatchup against him butwhen he doesn’t come offthe ice, it’s hard.”

Kroeker, meanwhile,a draft pick of the WHL’s

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Today marks thebeginning of a provincialbasketball tournamentthat will see two long-timeNorthVancouver rivalsfighting for the covetedchampionship.

SaintThomas Aquinassecondary andWindsorsecondary are two of thefavourites for the trophy atthis year’s B.C. SecondarySchool AA Girls BasketballChampionships.The years-long rivalry is sure to makefor exciting basketball if thetwo meet in the fateful finalgame.

“Whenever we meet, it’s awar,” said STA’s head coachAnthony Beyrouti. “(Thegirls) have been competingagainst each other sinceGrade 8, so when we playagainst them, we play harderagainst them, and they playharder against us,” he added.

In the last five games,each contest has beenclose, with STA winning aDecember 2013 one-pointovertime squeaker, andWindsor winning the lasttwo rivalry games by three

points or fewer.Talking about why

the games are so close,Windsor’s head coach PeterSprogis pointed to thecountering skills of bothteams. “We have some bigpeople, big posts and weboth have good shooters.We’re pretty much evenlymatched,” said Sprogis,adding that the deeperbench of STA has giventhem an edge overWindsor.

The stars of both teamsare their point guards.

STA’sVanessa Bottesellehas an ability to createscoring chances by drivingin deep past would-bedefenders.

On the other side of thecourt,Windsor’s SherrieErrico leads the team with agood outside-inside scoringstrategy that is hard to beatwhen it’s working, accordingto Sprogis.

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Regina Pats, came out ofnowhere to almost stealthe show as an affiliateplayer. He only played sixregular season games withthe team and barely playedin Game 1 of the playoffs,but blossomed in Game 2when paired with Barden.

“After the first gamewe were kind of like, ‘Oh,that Kroeker kid is notbad. He got a few shifts.’And after Game 2 whenhe scored a hat trick wewere like, ‘Yeah, he’s prettygood,’” says Samson. Ina lucky break for the WolfPack, Kroeker missedgames 5 and 6 due to priorcommitments with theDelta U18 Wild, his regularteam this season.

“In three games he got10 points and six goals,”says Samson. “He’s stillthe leading scorer in theleague for playoffs. He’s agood player. I don’t thinkwe’ll see him in our leaguenext year. I wish him thebest of luck in his careerand future but I was notunhappy to see that hisname was not on the lineupsheet on Saturday.”

Next up for the WolfPack will be a meeting with

the Richmond Sockeyes inthe conference finals. First-place Richmond easilydispatched fourth-placeGrandview in the openinground.

The Sockeyes are led onoffence by a pair of rookies,John Wesley and AydenMacDonald, and rely on astrong defensive group andgood goaltending to shutdown opposing teams.

“We know Richmondis a solid team, they don’tallow a lot of goals,” saysSamson. “They’ve gottwo very good 20-year-olddefencemen back therewho are very steady.Theyprotect the middle of theice well, they keep theshots to the outside.We’regoing to have to workfor our chances.They’rea good transition team— they’ll burn you throughthe neutral zone if you’recaught flat-footed or you’renot responsible in termsof your forecheck or yourstructure in the neutralzone. . . .They’re a skilledteam, they’re pretty deep.We know they can put thepuck in the net.They’repretty balanced.”

All that being said,Samson thinks his teamcan keep up with

the Sockeyes.“Two of our top three

or four games of thewhole year were played inRichmond. One was anovertime loss, another wasa win,” he says. “They’rea little less physical thanDelta. I think we can useour size and physicalityagainst them and wearthem down a bit.”

Game 1 is Thursday inRichmond while Game 2is back at Harry JeromeArena Saturday nightstarting at 7 p.m. Samsonsays he’s hoping foranother big crowd as theWolf Pack hit home icefor the first time ever as aconference finalist.

“We had our best crowdof the year on Saturday andwe fed off that. Hopefullywe can get some morepeople to come out. Nowthat the Canucks areplaying so bad they can seesome entertaining hockeyhere,” he says with a laugh,adding that the team isn’tcontent just to have gottenout of the first round.Theywant more.

“We’re relieved, we gotthis done.Yes, we’re happyand we’ll celebrate, havesome fun. But there arebigger things ahead.”

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The coaches fromboth teams were quickto praise the skills of theother squad, with Sprogisapplauding Botteselle’s courtpenetration and the overalltough defence of STAand Beyrouti proclaimingthatWindsor’s Errico is“arguably the best player inthe province.”

“Errico is tough, so it’sfun to watch (Errico andBotteselle) go against eachother, as every step of theway it’s back and forth andis just very entertaining,”said Beyrouti.

Though there is a lotof anticipation of the finalgame this Saturday takingplace between the twoNorthVancouver titans, bothcoaches are more hesitantto call an STA-Windsorshowdown just yet. Both

Beyrouti and Sprogis areconcerned about Burnaby’sSt.Thomas More school,though both admit theywould love to go head-to-head against their old rivalsin the championship game.

“I anticipate a closegame,” said Sprogis abouta possible final showdownagainst STA. “I have no

doubts, unless we getreally lucky or (STA) getsunlucky.”

“(The game) would benothing less than a reallyclose game, just like the lasttimes we’ve played, thoughwe’re looking to take care ofbusiness from the beginningand really just focus ongetting to the end,”

said Beyrouti.The championship

takes place at the LangleyEvent Centre, withWindsorstarting off the provincialcompetition against PrinceRupert’s Charles HaysSecondary at 10:15 a.m.,while St.Thomas Aquinaswill face off againstTrail’sJ.L. Crowe at 3:30 p.m.

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