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TAX FREEFor the second straight year West Vancouver opts to freeze taxes in the municipality

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BUSINESS IS BLOOMINGSam Solis moved to B.C. for a job in forestry. But along the way, a new career took root

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waterKinder Morgan’s plan to twin its Trans Mountain pipeline would dramatically increase the amount of tankers and crude oil passing through Burrard Inlet. Today, The Outlook begins a three-part series looking at the logistics, risks, and politics involved.» Pages 10-12

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District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton is adding his voice to the grow-

ing chorus of B.C. mayors who say they were blindsided by RCMP pay raises in the new municipal policing agreement between the province and the federal government, signed last month.

Speaking to The Outlook Monday, Mayor Walton said he only learned of the surprise pay hikes last Thursday and has yet to consult with staff about the best course of action for the district.

Details about the pay increases — specifically how much money and over how long — have not been made public, but Mayor Walton is just the latest among Metro politi-cians, including Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie and Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender to raise concerns about the contract hikes.

Mayor Fassbender sent a let-ter on behalf of the Union of B.C. Municipalities to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews Friday – a day after the pay increases were revealed – expressing “our complete shock and surprise” and warning the incident will create “significant backlash” from councils and taxpayers.

Toews has said the municipalities were advised months ago that raises on the order of 1.5 per cent were pos-sible this year but the province and municipalities only learned of the pay package via the RCMP, rather than a formal notice from Ottawa.

All RCMP-patrolled B.C. munici-palities are expected to have signed the agreements by Ottawa’s end-of-April deadline to secure the Mounties in community detachments for the

next 20 years. But so far, neither the city nor the district of North Van have done so.

And while City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto told The Outlook Monday that he would need time to explore the contract in more detail, Mayor Walton said he doubted the district would meet the ratifica-tion deadline.

“We were given the indication that we needed to sign the agreement by the end of April but I don’t think there’s much chance of us doing that, quite frankly,” Walton said in a phone interview. “I don’t sign an agree-ment and I don’t think any of us do, until we’ve got most of our questions answered.”

Walton said that the district has a “significant number of questions and concerns and obviously this adds one more to the list.”

“We’re not in a rush to sign it quite frankly at all,” he continued.

“We’re not entirely pleased with what we’ve seen so far and there’s a lot of unan-swered questions that we need some comfort with.”

B.C. Justice Minister Shirley Bond said she was assured by Ottawa that administrative sav-ings totaling $195 million will partly flow to cit-

ies and could entirely offset the pay raises and possibly even lower their costs, but she would seek further details.

“I am deeply concerned about any potential impacts on our municipali-ties and that this information came as a surprise,” she said.

Several municipalities including Surrey, Kelowna and the Township of Langley have already ratified the RCMP agreement.

In the Lower Mainland, RCMP-policed municipalities will meet in Surrey on April 20 to discuss the contract and the pay raises.

Cities that sign the RCMP deal can still opt out at any time with two years’ notice, and a review of the contract is promised every five years.

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No tax increase for West Vancouver ‘We can operate this

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For the second straight year, West Vancouver council will not be raising taxes.

District staff initially proposed a 1.74-per-cent tax increase in January as part of its 2012 budget book. The bump in taxes was to reflect, amongst other things, a $1.8-million increase in sala-ries and benefits due to collective bar-

gaining commitments, legal and severance payments of $325,000 and a $956,000 increase in facilities and maintenance infrastructure costs.

But according to Coun. Bill Soprovich, he and the other members of council “wanted zero.”

“We can operate this com-munity by not raising taxes,” Soprovich said.

“And in my view there hasn’t been any major upsets in services. Staff went and found efficiencies and I believe in these tough economic times this is the right thing to do.”

Soprovich added that the dis-trict is continuing to save as well for large infrastructure costs such as the

$400-million Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant slated for completion in 2020.

According to a press release from district hall, staff cut proj-ects to ensure there was no tax bump. A projected surplus — gleaned from extra revenue streams such as building per-mits — will be used to fund cer-tain capital projects.

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His business card reads Buy the Bunch: Exquisite Arrangements, Gorgeous Bouquets. And next to his name is the

acronym AIFD. AIFD? “That’s the American Institute of Floral

Designers,” explains Sam Solis, sitting inside his fragrant live-work studio in North Vancouver. “It’s like the Oscars of this industry — I’m not kidding you.”

And to get the AIFD designation, florists must pass a comprehensive test, just like a lawyer must ace the bar exam.

For many, it’s a wilting experience. Solis took the test in 2009 inside a cavernous room in the historic Hilton Chicago.

First there’s a written exam. Next, comes the “live design session,” where candidates must con-coct five different arrangements Iron Chef-style.

Each candidate knows the five general catego-ries — wedding, sympathy, arrangement, flowers-to-wear and designer’s choice — before entering the room, but they don’t know specifically what they’ll be asked to create or which flowers they will be using until moments before the clock starts ticking.

“They call it the torture chamber,” Solis jokes. “It’s scary — it’s full of suspense.”

For instance, in the flowers-to-wear category, candidates could be asked to design a corsage, a boutonnière or a flower hair piece.

“You don’t know,” says Solis, from behind tor-toise-shell Ray-Ban eyeglasses.

Each florist works with the same flowers and foliage. Only certain tools are permitted, things like a floral knife, glue gun and wire cutter.

Solis vividly recalls his flower exam. “It was,” he pauses for a beat, “intense.”

In a room lined with rows of tables and buckets of flowers, the candidates had four hours to finish their arrangements.

“That’s when your creative juices come out.”

But it’s a delicate balancing act.“[You want to create] something that is differ-

ent and still says wedding,” he explains. The next day, eight judges grade the arrange-

ments on these criteria: category interpretation, scale, balance, line, colour, creativity, unity, focal emphasis, depth and mechanics.

Each arrangement is scored out of five — with five being excellent and one not acceptable.

“You have to pass all categories — you can’t even fail one.”

Final grades are then mailed out. Opening the AIFD-stamped envelope was

nerve-racking but when Solis saw the passing grades, he began celebrating.

“It’s unbelievable. Same feeling I had when I got married,” he says, smiling.

Solis received his gold AIFD pin at a ceremo-ny in Kansas the following year.

It was an evening to remember. And as expect-ed, the centerpieces at the gala evening were “ridiculously extravagant.”

Solis took his test along with 176 other aspiring arrangers from around the world.

Only 72 passed. “Not a lot of florists can claim that. You know

what they’ve been through — it’s tough.”But even with an AIFD designation, you still

need to be able to source the right flowers and then arrange them creatively — something Solis has become famous for.

“We use a lot of products in our arrangements, not a lot of greens and filler. Very lush, very opu-lent, very contemporary,” he says.

To do that, three times a week he attends a

flower auction in Burnaby that begins at 5 a.m. with flower “previews.”

Routinely there are 300 florists in the bidding gallery. “It can be a little stressful,” he says of the computer-based auction process. “[You] may not get what you are hoping for,” says Solis.

“If you’re desperate you press the button early and you will get it before others outbid you.”

But the risky business doesn’t end there. Once you’ve got a shop full of depreciating assets, you must be careful not to get stuck with “wastage.”

“We’re dealing with perishables, like fruits and vegetables. It’s tricky.”

“If you don’t have the product, customers don’t have anything to buy. It’s very visual.”

On this Friday afternoon, Solis is surrounded by flowers, some more exotic than others, like the Ranunculus from Israel that he purchased from a flower broker. The blooms, which he’s using for a movie industry job, cost about $3 apiece and are pink, orange and white.

“You don’t use cheap and common flowers — you use something special.”

He points to a bucket of Dubium, also grown in Israel.

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He then holds out some aromatic roses.

“They came from Colombia, smell it.”

“That’s what I like about this job. The pleasure of experiencing different colours, textures, scents of different species — the variety of our products. Locally grown and imports.”

A native of the Philippines with a degree in forestry, Solis relocated to Dubai for work in 1984 before moving his family to Vancouver in 1993. When he arrived here, he discovered he’d need to return to school to use his forestry degree. So, when he saw an ad for a job at a flower shop for a “plant maintenance person” — essentially a “bucket cleaner and flower pro-cessor,” he quips — he applied. And when there wasn’t a designer on duty, he tried his own cre-ations.

That led to him opening his own flower shop in East Van a few years later and his new career began to bloom. He launched his North Van shop on Feb. 13, 2012 — just a day before one of the busiest days in his industry.

Next month is the start of his favourite time of the year: wedding season. “It can be a little stressful, but I like weddings. Big, more exciting arrangements.”

And Mother’s Day is just around the corner too. “One of the biggest floral holidays of the year.”

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■ Limit heights and densities to levels that are in harmony with the existing village and reflective of resi-dents’ wishes.

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It was one of the least entertaining agenda items City of North Vancouver council voted on at its last meeting.

Following presentations from the local chap-ter of the Canadian Liberated Urban Chicken Klub — that’s right, CLUCK — who are seeking the inclusion of fowl to city backyards and the shockingly well-spoken students of St. Edmund’s elementary who wish to use McEvoy Park at recess, a quick vote on the format for the upcom-ing city-led Low Level Road public meeting felt a little routine. Boring, even.

In unanimous fashion, council opted to go with the standard arrangement for such sessions: presentations from city staff and the applicant (Port Metro Vancouver, in this case) to start, fol-lowed by questions from the public and council.

It’s a comfortable process, deputy city engineer Tony Barber told me in a recent phone interview. It makes clear the city is in charge of the meet-ing.

And Barber’s got a point. With mayor and council on hand to ask questions in coun-cil chambers — a venue, of course, intimately entwined with the municipality — the city will have the opportunity to lead a discussion at which a number of troubled residents will surely be on hand to voice their concerns one last time.

Unfortunately, the meeting comes at the end of a frustrating process that has, until the string of informative events hosted by Port Metro Vancouver last month, had many feeling they weren’t part of a project that will transform a piece of the community.

But the city and, one assumes, the other North Shore municipalities, want to hear from the public.

Each municipal election brings with it ubiquitous talk of low voter turnout and ways to get folks out to the polls. The city even financed a civic engagement task force to research and propose meth-ods that will entice people to become more active in civic life.

Yet some people say they still feel excluded from decision-making procedures and that any input they are able to give seems to only satisfy some bureaucratic engagement quota.

What, then, is missing?“There are concerns over the city’s process

including public input sessions that come once an issue is almost a done deal. It’s like checking the public process box. What we’re looking for is something more participatory,” said Benjamin Woodyatt, a founding member of the recently incorporated non-profit society North Vancouver Urban Forum.

“Democracy is more than voting every couple of years. It’s being part of a process along the way.”

The North Vancouver Urban Forum was cre-ated in the fall from an interest in the various development opportunities being discussed for the city’s waterfront.

Over coffee a few weeks ago, Woodyatt told me he felt the waterfront had “enormous poten-tial” but he and his urban forum counterparts were concerned the development of the area, specifically the oft-discussed plot known as Lot

5, would “exclude members of the public.”

To avoid that problem, the group designed a series of events aimed at cultivating ideas that could eventually be presented to council to help inform them on what the community envisions for the site. They asked council if the city would by inter-

ested in taking part in the events and supporting them financially, but were turned down for fear the city would be supporting a private venture.

That rejection led them to seek non-profit status in February and the events have continued with-out city funding.

“The act of incorporation is a symbolic first step,” Woodyatt said.

“It’s mostly about autonomy and solidifying ourselves to act as a serious participant in our activities with the city.”

North Vancouver City Voices, an even newer resident-led group, is offering a similar sentiment. I caught up with Amanda Nichol, former council hopeful and dedicated city hall watcher, to talk about why the group formed.

Concerns over density, in particular the rate the city is growing at (nearly seven per cent since 2006, but more than three per cent in the last year) and the need for a more measured approach to development are two pillars of the what they represent and form part of their week-ly discussions, she said.

But like the urban forum, Nichol said they’ve also discussed what they feel is a lack of conver-sation surrounding large municipal projects.

“We just a more robust conversation, which will get a more complete look at the city,” said Nichol.

“We should be talking at each step, before we get to the policy options.”

Of course, when you’re in the decision-making business, not everyone is going to like the calls you make. Bureaucrats and politicians know this well. And there are always options to voice one’s concerns — signing up for a delegation to coun-cil, for instance.

But these are busy times for the city. Significant projects loom large on the horizon: Harbourside, the Low Level Road, Harry Jerome complex and Onni’s Central Lonsdale proposal to name but a few. And residents know decisions are forthcoming.

So the issue facing city hall is not just the vote on each item, it’s how people will feel about the process once it’s done. They won’t — can’t — be perfect. But it is their responsibility to ensure they get as close as possible. That, above all else, is the job.


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B Seymour’s Pub owners Ray and Teri Short – three-time hosts of the Team Finn Wine Festival – are staunch supporters of the Sullivan family. C BC Public Guardian and Trustee solicitor and Team Finn rider Kimberley Norris, left, and friend Marie-Claire Himschoot get caught up in the festive décor of the wine festival. D Finn’s parents, Pat and Sam Sullivan, are overwhelmed by the generosity shown by the community through the donation of wine, food and auction items for the Team Finn Wine Festival. E For the third year running, brother and sister Armaan and Ameeqa Ali have been the driving force behind large-scale book donations to the Canucks Family Education Centre. They are expected to bring in around 4,000 books this year alone. F Rock and roller Red Robinson, left, joins Penthouse proprietor Danny Filippone at the grand re-opening party of his legendary lounge. G Jacqueline Filippone looks glam among all the feathers and sequins as she poses with the showgirls of the Penthouse lounge at the grand re-opening party.

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across the North Shore. First up, friends, family and colleagues of North Vancouverites Pat and Sam Sullivan packed Seymour’s Pub on April 4 for the third annual Team Finn Wine Festival. The Sullivan’s three-year-old son Finn passed away in 2008 from a rare form of cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma. Since then, the North Shore community has rallied around the family, helping them raise $1.2 million for the BC Cancer Foundation and BC Children’s Hospital. Next, it was time to re-open a classic as North Van’s Filippone family celebrated the re-opening of the legendary Penthouse lounge and club. And last, but not least, two Mulgrave students hit the books for a very good Canucks cause. Also a big thank you to Maria for her contributions to this week’s column.

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The Everest Spirit, an oil tanker the length of two and a half football fields, nudges slowly under the Second Narrows Bridge.

In its bowels is enough crude oil to fill more than 30 Olympic swimming pools, loading it down so that it sits 13 metres deep in the water, close to the carefully prescribed maxi-mum safe draft for the narrow, shallow channel.

The ship is one of 32 tankers that last year loaded crude from Burnaby's Westridge terminal, the end of an 1,100-kilometre pipeline that runs from northern Alberta southwest across B.C. to the Pacific.

But Kinder Morgan, which owns the Trans Mountain pipeline, has big plans to turn the current trickle of oil through Vancouver's harbour into a gusher.

It is expected to formally begin the process this spring to twin the pipeline and increase its cur-rent 300,000-barrel-per-day capacity to as much as 700,000.

Some would continue to flow to refineries in Burnaby and Washington State.

But export oil bound for tankers is projected to soar from a current 80,000 barrels per day to 450,000 if the project proceeds.

The number of tankers filling up in Burnaby could hit 288 in 2016, four times more than the record 69 crude tankers in 2010.

That prospect has alarmed environmental-ists who worry the risk of a catastrophic spill is increasing and say Metro Vancouverites never signed on to become Alberta's oil port.

"People are terrified about this," said Georgia Strait Alliance executive director Christianne Wilhelmson.

"If an accident happens, we live here. We're going to lose our orcas. We're going to lose our salmon. We're going to lose our businesses that rely on a pristine environment.

"It's simply not worth the risk."

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them through Boundary Pass and Haro Strait until they pass Race Rocks and reach the wider waters of Juan de Fuca Strait between Victoria and Washington's Olympic Peninsula.

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The tankers must sail with two pilots – highly trained experts on local waters – in addition to the ship's captain and navigation officer. The pilots command the vessel and don't depend on the ship's instruments – bringing their own lap-tops for GPS navigation and charting.

One monitors instruments and calls out any deviations from the precision course through the Second Narrows, while the other actually steers and monitors other conditions, such as wind and current.

If one of the tugs failed, the other two – or even just one larger tug – could control the tanker and tow it to safe anchorage, says Pacific Pilotage Authority president and CEO Kevin Obermeyer.

"It really is overkill," he said. "But it's overkill for a good reason."

Other regulations also apply.Tankers only move in daylight

with a minimum of one mile visibility, at a maximum of six knots, and only pass through the Second Narrows at slack tide.

And loaded tankers have the channel to themselves – all other ships must wait – all but elimi-nating the risk of collision.

"The tankers are probably the most protected species out there," Obermeyer said.

Some of the rules stem from an incident in 1978 when the freighter Japan Erica hit the Second Narrows railway bridge in heavy fog.

Pilots train for disaster using simulators, but the pilot-age authority has also staged live harbour tests to verify that tugs can indeed control an errant tanker with an engine or rudder failure.

Unlike the single-hulled Exxon Valdez, which spilled more than 230,000 barrels off Alaska in 1989, all tankers loading here must be double-hulled.

That's no panacea – double-hulled tankers have also breached and spilled – but it's another improvement shipping defenders point to as evi-dence the times have changed.

Indeed, through most of B.C.'s century-long history of safely moving oil on water, tankers did not have the benefit of tugs, pilots or modern navigational aids like GPS.

That trend is borne out in worldwide tanker accident statistics, which show spills in the 2000s released about a quarter as much oil as they did in the two previous decades and about one twelfth as much as the 1970s.

"I would say it's extremely safe," Obermeyer said. "Can I say we would never have an acci-dent? No, I can't say that."

BIGGER, DEEPERSo far, the largest tankers loading at Westridge

are Aframax class tankers like the Everest Spirit, which have a maximum capacity of 650,000 bar-rels.

In practice, they have been loaded to no more than 80 per cent full due to the draft limit – how

deep they can sit in the water without coming too close to the seabed in the Second Narrows.

Previously, tankers were allowed to load to 12.5 metres, but in 2010 the Pacific Pilotage Authority increased the draft limit to 13.5 metres.

Ships haven't yet loaded to that full depth – they've held back at around 13 metres to date – but they're expected to start going all the way later this spring, allowing more oil to be carried.

Still bigger ships may come if Kinder Morgan twins the pipeline.

The company has indicated it may seek per-mission to use giant Suezmax tankers that carry up to one million barrels – double as much as Aframax tankers.

The Second Narrows would have to be dredged deeper to accommodate them and ship-

ping authorities say all the other tanker safety require-ments would have to be reviewed and possibly strength-ened.

Dredging would be targeted at the edges of the channel – not actually increasing its maximum depth – and would be subject to an environmental review, according to Port Metro Vancouver harbour master Yoss Leclerc.

"We're not talking about huge dredging volumes," he said. "We are used to dredging in the river. This is nothing compa-rable to that."

Nor is it a certainty Suezmax tankers will come if Kinder

Morgan twins its pipe."They could do it with the Aframax," Leclerc

said. "The twinning doesn't necessarily mean big-ger ships are coming here."

Switching to the bigger capacity of Suezmax would be more efficient, cutting a shipper's cost by about $1.50 a barrel.

They're also preferable for voyages to Asia, rather than California, the destination of most of Vancouver's exported oil so far.

A former tanker captain himself, Leclerc says there are plenty of waterways in the world that are narrower but heavily used by tankers.

Gibraltar sees more tankers each day than the Second Narrows does in a year, he said.

"What we have here is really the leading edge in terms of safety and security," Leclerc said.

BEYOND THE HARBOURThere are other potential danger points along

the tanker route.A Pacific States/British Columbia Oil Spill

Task Force report in 2011 said there are risks associated with anchorages in the Gulf Islands where tankers might hole up during a storm.

It notes a bulk carrier in 2009 dragged anchor in high winds and was blown onto a rocky reef near Mayne Island.

"No oil was spilled, but the risk was high," the

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argues there’s a serious risk of a collision at the west-ern entrance to Juan de Fuca Strait, where ships converge in a narrower lane and local pilots are not required. He says any spill there would be disastrous to Swiftsure Bank, an area rich in sea life.

The task force report says much has been done to reduce oil spill risks by authorities on both sides of the border.

But it says more is still required to improve inter-national coordination of spill responses.

B.C. Chamber of Commerce president John Winter said he’s seen nothing yet to justify opposing Kinder Morgan’s plan for expanded oil exports.

“The track record is excellent,” he said. “Most of the people opposed to it never knew there was tank-er traffic in the first place.

“There’s risk in doing everything. If measures are put in place to minimize those risks to the extent possible I would think the review bodies will have no choice but to approve it.”

Environmental groups are not convinced, argu-ing the much greater number of tankers – potentially much bigger ones running deeper in the water than ever before – exposes the B.C. coast to much more danger.

“They’re increasing the risk dramatically,” said Wilhelmson of the Georgia Strait Alliance.

Nor is there comfort that B.C.’s tanker shipments have been safe to date.

“They’ve been lucky,” she said. “So far they haven’t had a spill. We’re overdue.”

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Tanker traffic increase waking up boating community TODD COYNES T A F F R E P O R T E R

Most local sea-goers say as long as the oil stays out of the water and the tugboats out of their

way, they could ignore the boom in tanker traffic the twinning of the Kinder Morgan pipeline would bring to the Burrard Inlet.

For many, the huge hollow-hulled vessels are more like slow scenery—at worst, navigational obstacles—than har-bour hazards.

But because of their considerable bulk and lack of maneuverability—the ves-sels in some cases reaching 250 metres long—some boaters complain the tank-ers are given free rein of the Burrard sea lane while smaller boats are pushed to the wayside and made to wait.

Still others who dock their boats on the inlet complain the increasingly pow-erful tugs needed to maneuver the tank-ers are churning up larger wakes, caus-ing damage to boats and making travel in and out of the inlet more dangerous.

Antonio Escala is the dock master of North Vancouver’s Mosquito Creek Marina.

“They create a lot of wave action. It’s unsettling for many of the customers especially the ones close to the outside of the dock,” Escala told The Outlook from the marina just west of Lonsdale Quay and the SeaBus terminal.

“They come so close and so fast,” he said.

Boats get scratched, ropes break and things fall into the water and are lost.

“Eventually it could become a real

problem when the traffic increases,” he added.

West of Mosquito Creek towards the Lions Gate Bridge is a yacht club with the same problem.

As commodore of the Burrard Yacht Club, Lea Bancroft said the negative impact of more tankers on the inlet would be twofold.

“Increased tanker traffic in the har-bour would really increase the wake problems we’re seeing,” Bancroft said.

Like his marina neighbour to the east, he’s had ongoing problems with harbour tugs racing around to maneuver tankers through the busy inlet and it seems to be getting worse.

“We’re fighting the same thing Mosquito Creek is. As these vessels have grown larger, the vessel requirements have grown larger and these larger tugs with higher and higher power are push-ing more water and traveling at faster speeds and creating more wake.”

By its own estimates, Seaspan Marine operates the lion’s share of the harbour tugs in Vancouver — “over 75 per cent are ours,” said Seaspan CEO Jonathan Whitworth in a phone interview with

The Outlook. That’s amounted to more than 10,000 escort trips in and 10,000 trips out from under the Second Narrows Bridge since 1970.

And while he maintains that in his three years at the marine operator he’s never heard a single complaint about tug activity in the inlet, he said the tugs are definitely getting much bigger and more powerful, singling out two new 6,000-horsepower harbour tugs Seaspan recently put into service in Vancouver, the biggest boats of their kind in the province.

And all that traffic on the inlet has caused another problem for small com-mercial and pleasure boaters: long waits at the bridges.

When a tanker’s moving through the narrows, all other vessels halt and wait for it to clear, by order of the harbour master.

“As Kinder Morgan has increased its tanker traffic, the problem’s actually become quite noticeably worse over the last couple years,” Bancroft said. “All traffic has to cease and desist transiting at both the First and Second Narrows.”

His counterpart at the Deep Cove Yacht Club, Commodore Phil Wolf agreed, saying the larger the capacity of the tanker, the less leeway given to the smaller operators in the area.

“And of course we’ve got spill kits at the ready should anything happen,” Wolf added.

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21 COMING EVENTSKerrisdale Antiques Fair. April 14&15,10-5pm. Kerrisdale Arena 5670 East Blvd, Vanc. Adm $7.

Show & SaleSat. April 28 10 AM - 5 PM Sun. April 29 10 AM - 4 PMAbby. Exhibition Park 32470

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BC ARTS AND CULTURE WEEK is coming! Celebrate the arts by at-tending the great events that are being presented in your community from April 22-28.

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61 ADVENTURES

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EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

106 AUTOMOTIVE

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108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

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ONTIME TRANPSPORT INC.,excellent reputation since 1986, requries fully equipped & fi nan-cially stable O/Os pulling their own Super Trains/Tri axle fl ats for steady hauls in Western Canada. You must have a clean Abstract, professional attitude & be fl uent in English. Please call us for more info 604-857-1191 or 1-800-961-3444. Thank-you for your interest.


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Van Kam Freightways’ group of companies requires Owner Op-erators and Class 1 Company drivers to be based out of our Surrey Terminal. Applicants must have winter and mountain driving exp./training.We offer above average rates and an excellent employee bene-fi ts package.Call Bev at 1-800-663-0900 or send a detailed resume and cur-rent driver’s abstract. (For owner operators, provide details of your truck) to:

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Van Kam is committed to Em-ployment Equity and Environ-mental Responsibility.Thank you for your interest however only those of interest to us will be contacted.

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124 FARM WORKERS

FARM worker required at Heppell’s Potato Corp. Surrey BC for approx. 25 weeks starting June 2012. Du-ties are planting, weeding, harvest-ing fi eld crops, grading, heavy lift-ing, packaging & general cleanup. Skills required are ability to work among others. Hourly rate of $10.25, 48-55 hrs/week, 6 days a week, 1 day off. Fax Resume 604-574-0553 or email [email protected]

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Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home

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$100-$400 CASH DAILYfor Landscaping Work!Competitive, Energetic,

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COMMERCIALROOF FOREMAN

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NEEDED. Heavy Equipment Tech-nicians and Maintenance personnel for expanding pipeline company in Olds, Alberta for work in shop and jobsites throughout Western Cana-da. Fax resume to 403-556-7582 or email:

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180 EDUCATION/TUTORING

TUTORS/TEACHERS Needed;gr. k-8 $25/hr; North and West Van-couver; University degree required; Must have experience working with children in a classroom or tutoring setting - teacher certifi cation an as-set; Call 1-877-864-4010 or apply www.acumeneducation.ca

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188 LEGAL SERVICES

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275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

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A full service Natural Foods retailer based on Vancouver Island with two stores, located Parksville and Qualicum Beach. We are looking for individuals interested in growing their careers with our company as we expand, while pro-moting healthy, low impact life styles.Applicants must:

- have retail grocery store experience- be willing to work full time- be looking for advancement opportunities- be willing to work fl exible hours

Successful applicants will likely have a management back-ground in produce or grocery retailing and be willing to relo-cate for career advancement, as we grow. Naked Naturals offers a competitive wage and benefi t pro-gram, with job security.Please make your applications to:Kris Baker - [email protected] - 250-594-0277


281 GARDENING

Always! Pwr. raking, grass cutting, fertilizing, hedging, pruning, Rub-bish rem. Free Est. 604-230-0627

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $180 or Well Rotted 10 yds - $200. 604-856-8877

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

GUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs Free Est, 20 yrs exp, Rain or shine. 7 days/week. Simon 604-230-0627

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

ADDITIONS, Renovations & New Construction. Concrete Forming & Framing Specialist. 604.218.3064

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300 LANDSCAPING

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* Gardening work* Lawn cutting * Trees, shrubs.* Property Maint., Fencing* Hedging & pruning* New Turf or lawn* Spring Clean-up

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320 MOVING & STORAGE

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable. Rates. Different From the Rest. 604-721-4555.

ABBA MOVERS & DEL. Res/com 1-4 ton truck, 1 man $35/hr, 2 men from $45. Honest, bsmt clean up. 25 yrs of experience.604-506-7576

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SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured

Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

329 PAINTING & DECORATINGAAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

AFFORDABLE INT/EXT painting. 30 yrs exp. Refs. Free est. Keith 604-433-2279 or 604-777-1223

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115 EDUCATION

130 HELP WANTED


329 PAINTING & DECORATING

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539Running this ad for 8yrs

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299,

2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring &

Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

338 PLUMBING

$36/HOUR. Local lic’d Plumber.Big & small jobs. Plumbing, heating, plugged drains, call (778)549-2234

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

AT NORTHWEST ROOFING Re-roofi ng, Repair & New Roof

Specialists. Work Guar. WCB.10% Senior’s. Disc. Jag 778-892-1530

GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, As-phalt Shingles, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters. $80. 604-240-5362

LEAKY ROOF? Call JJ ROOFING

Repairs, New & Re-Roof.Prompt Quality ServiceExcellent References

*Free Estimates *WCB Insured*Member BBB *Seniors DiscountCall Jas @ 604-726-6345

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NAHAL CONSTRUCTIONNew and Re-Roof Specialist

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Duroid.25 year of experience. Call for your FREE estimate. Jas 778-896-4065Bell 604-339-2765

356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

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604.220.JUNK(5865)Serving The

Lower Mainland Since 1988

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

Always! deliver Top soil, bark mulch, sand & gravel. 7days/wk. Simon 604-230-0627 will spread


372 SUNDECKS

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, gates, alum roof. 604-782-9108www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

374 TREE SERVICES

Tree removal done RIGHT!• Tree & Stump Removal

• Certifi ed Arborists • 20 yrs exp. • 60’ Bucket Truck

• Crown Reduction • Spiral Pruning • Land Clearing • Selective Logging

~ Fully Insured • Best Rates ~

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778 www.treeworksonline.ca

[email protected]% OFF with this AD

PETS

477 PETS

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are

Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at

fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

Cocker spaniel pups – purebred, no papers 1st shots, dewormed, ready to go now. $600. Call 604-888-0832

LAB/RETRIEVER born January 23 family raised. Dewormed. $400.604-491-5262. No Sun. calls please

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

Rottweiler Pups- PUREBRED, tails, dewclaws, shots, vet checked Health guarantee. Ready April 6th $650. to $1,000, 604 460 0804.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

518 BUILDING SUPPLIES

SAWMILLS from only $3997 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD:www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

548 FURNITURE

MATTRESSES staring at $99• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings

100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

560 MISC. FOR SALE

Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stair-lifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-981-5991

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

REAL ESTATE

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

DIY STEEL BUILDING DEALS! Many sizes and models. Make an offer on clearance buildings today and save thousands of dollars. FREE BROCHURE - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.

STEEL BUILDING - BLOWOUT SALE! 20X26 $5,199. 25X28 $5,799. 30X42 $8,390. 32X56 $11,700. 40X50 $14,480. 47X76 $20,325. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

✓CHECK CLASSIFIEDSbcclassified.com 604-575-5555

REAL ESTATE

626 HOUSES FOR SALE

625 FOR SALE BY OWNER

MERRITT SxS Duplex.DOWNTOWN. 1 Side newly decorated and vacant. Other side rented. Each side has4 bdrms, 3- 4 pce baths,

garden area & storage shed. $337,900. (604)534-2748.

627 HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES!Older House • Damaged House

Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments

Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms! CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE

HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYSwww.dannyevans.ca

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

696 OTHER AREAS

RURAL NOVA SCOTIA water front lots for sale. Country living at its best. Three bedroom apartments for rent. 45 miles to university town. www.sawmilllanding.com [email protected] 1.902.522.2343

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

Coquitlam CentreGREENBOROUGH APTS

“New Building”

1 bdrm - from $1025 /mth2 bdrm, 2 bth - from $1395/mth

Avail. immed. Centrally located. N/S, No dogs. Close to all amens &

transportation.Clubhouse facilities.

Phone (604)468-1698

NORTH VANCOUVER

CENTURY APT250 East 15th Ave.

Spacious 1 bdrooms avail. Bal-cony parking at back. Laundry fac. avail. Swim pool & sauna.

Call 604-830-7587www.aptrentals.com

NORTH VANCOUVERLAMPLIGHTER

One bedroom $950/mo.

Newly Renovated, 650sq.ft. Great Location.

Heat, Hot Water & TV Cable (basic) Included. Swimming Pool & Sauna.

Available April 1st.

Call 604-983-2283

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCINGNeed A Vehicle! Guaranteed Auto Loan. Apply Now, 1.877.680.1231 www.UapplyUdrive.ca

DreamCatcher Auto Loans“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-910-6402

www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557

GUARANTEEDAuto Loans or

We Will Pay You $1000All Makes, All Models.New & Used Inventory.

1-888-229-0744 or apply on line at: www.kiawest.com

(click credit approval)Must be employed w/ $1800/mo.

income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

SHIFT AUTO FINANCEGet Approved Today!

CREDIT DOESN’T MATTER..For The Best Interest Rate

Call: 1.877.941.4421www.ShiftAutoFinance.com

WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CRED-IT? Christmas in April, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888-593-6095.

818 CARS - DOMESTIC

2003 CHEVY MALIBU 110,000 km, auto, AirCared, good tires, $3000 obo. Call: (604)531-3251

2008 PONTIAC WAVE, 4 dr sedan, auto, high kms. runs/looks good, white, $3850 fi rm. 604-538-9257.

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

1996 SUZUKI Swift 2/dr car, auto, 4 cyl. 1.3L, stereo, passed AirCare for 2 yrs. $1250. Call (778) 551-1662.

2000 Honda AWD CRV- Standard, runs perfectly, new breaks all round, air cared. Mag wheels/snow tires avail. $5500 1 (604)796-9757

2001 BMW 330i 4 dr. sedan, blk. leather on blk. auto, local, 109k, sun. roof, all pwr. options. Very clean. $10,900 604.312.7415

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

1997 FLEETWOOD 27’ Class A Motorhome, self-contained,sleeps 6 b.i. generator, TV, lots of storage. $13,900/obo. 604-853-5528 Abbots

2003 Salem Light: Northwest Pkg, 22 ft, Sleeps 7,

1 bunk, Shower in & out. G.V.W. 3300. Lots of extras

$9,995.00 604-463-9428

2010 R-POD TRAILERLight weight, 2121 lbs. 18’ 4” in

length, towed w/ a Rav 4. Gold rated ECO Construction. Queen bed, 4 person dinette/double bed, Fridge, Stove, Micro./Conv. oven, A/C, Furnace, H/W, AC/DC, In-verter, Bath w/ shower, ext. Add-a-room. $13,900 ~ Save $1000’s

Call: 604-307-4357 or email: [email protected]

TRANSPORTATION

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

40’ DUTCH STAR with Cummings turbo diesel, less than 59,000 mi. Always stored indoors, looks like new, economical to operate, 2 slides, din. booth, 2 a/cond, 2 TV’s, 2 CD & 2 VHS players, ldry., pro-pane generator (6500W). Must be seen. 604-854-3266

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVALTOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES! 2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

Autos • Trucks• Equipment Removal

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.We pay Up To $500 CA$H

Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL

ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

604.683.2200

SCRAP BATTERIES WANT-ED We buy scrap batteriesfrom cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288The Scrapper

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2004 JEEP GRAND Cherokee Ltd. 4x4, auto, green, 126K, $6200 fi rm. Call 604-538-4883

851 TRUCKS & VANS

2008 Mazda B4000 SE+, Gold/Grey, 48K, auto, loaded, lk new, $13900, N.Delta, 778-855-3097

MARINE

912 BOATS

12’ DOUBLE HAUL Fiberglass boat, 3 seats, oars, rod holders & canopy. On eze-load trailer. Very safe. $3,200. 604-850-7143

NOTICE TO CREDITORSAND OTHERS

Re: Estate of DALE MICHAELCOCHLIN, Deceased.

Creditors and others having claimsagainst the Estate of Dale MichaelCochlin, formerly of Vancouver, BC are required to send them to the undersigned, c/o Open Door Law Corp. 125-1030 Denman St., Vancouver, BC V6G 2M6, on or before April 15, 2012, after which the Estate’s assets will be distrib-uted, having regard only to the claims that have been received. Hugh Michael Cochlin, Executor.

WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIENWhereas

Douglas Warren Stoveris indebted to

Mitchell’s Towing Ltd. for storage and towing on a

1968 Mercury CougarVin: 8F91C556375

A lien is claimed under the Act. There is presently an amount due and owing of $5,493.15 plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale. Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of May, 2012 or thereafter, the said vehicle will be sold. The Vehicle is currently stored at Elite Bailiff Services, 20473 Logan Avenue, Langley BC V3A 4L8. The Vehicle was placed in storage on November 28, 2011.

For more info. call Elite Bailiff Services at 604-539-9900

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A Unique Opportunity to Buy a Townhome in West Vancouver, Canada’s Most Sought-after CommunityThe Terraces at HighGrove, located in West Vancouver’s coveted British Properties’ enclave of Whitby Estates. Spectacular view terrace townhomes from 3,200 square feet. Only 18 homes will be offered.

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FROM $2.4 MILLION show home at 2701 highgrove place open weekends or by appointment for further informationcall shirley clarke 604 925 8002 [email protected]

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