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PYRAMID POWER Ten-year-old AndrewChan looks at a hologramof a jellyfish, created by placing a plastic pyramid over an iPad screen. Youth learnedhow to turn their smartphones and tablets into hologramprojectors at a Jan. 20workshop at North Vancouver City Library. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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Neighbourhoodplan forMoodyvilleEastDEVELOPMENT:WALKABLE COMMUNITY WITH LIVABLE STREETS ENVISIONED FOR AREA ABOVE LOW LEVEL ROAD

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Imagine a walkable, rideable European-inspiredneighbourhood, replete with built-in amenities,greenways and trail access, car-sharing and uniquesustainable housing types geared towards families.Welcome to Moodyville East.

Brent Toderian, speaking on behalf of developer SeacliffProperties, made a presentation to council Monday updat-ing plans for the swath of land located east of St. Davids

Avenue and south of East Second Street that’s a sub-area ofthe larger Moodyville planning area.

“We describe it as perhaps a once-in-a-generation oppor-tunity and maybe these kinds of conditions don’t even comealong that often,” he said. “We start off with this unprec-edented land assembly… as a city planner I’ve referred tothis kind of opportunity as a unicorn in the past because it

almost doesn’t exist.”Seacliff has assembled 52 of the 60 lots in the 8.5-acre

area and preliminary plans call for the creation of 340 newunits.

“I think it’s going to be a very interesting opportunitythat other jurisdictions will look to because the commonnarrative is that you can’t assemble single detached lotsand do this type of thing and the City of North Vancouvermay be the first municipality to prove that suggestion

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Final arguments havebegun for local govern-ments, First Nations andenvironmentalists intoKinder Morgan’s proposalfor a new pipeline fromAlberta to the BurrardInlet.

The National Energy Board,whichmust eventually recom-mend approval or rejection ofthe Trans Mountain pipeline,has been holding hearings forgroups granted intervenorstatus in Burnaby this week.

The Squamish Nationled its final arguments onThursday, stressing that theTrans Mountain proposalposed a direct threat to thenation’s traditional way of life,which is still practised andtied critically to the surround-ing environment.

“From a Squamish worldview, you cannot separatecultural and spiritual valuesfrom the lands and waters.

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In a downstairs roomat the back of WestVancouver secondary, twogroups of teens are bentover a collection of wires,gears and sensors, builtinto what look like partsfrom a Meccano set.

“Can you rubber bandit?” calls over teacher ToddAblett, as Joshua White andJesse Diaz, members of theafter-school robotics clubpuzzle over how to attach thenext part of the ‘bot.

On the table in front ofthem are containers withscrews, steel bushings andgears, extension wires andmotor controls that they’lluse to put together theirball-shooting robot fortheir upcoming roboticscompetition.

Diaz, in Grade 11, saidhe’s tinkered with electronicsbefore but “this is the firstyear I’ve tried competitiverobotics. I like to have ideasand turn them into real physi-cal objects.”

Ablett, a teacher whohas recently come to WestVancouver after years ofbuilding a successful roboticsprogram in the VancouverSchool District, recalls howhe started getting interestedin similar topics as a kid. “Iwas the first kid on my streetto have any Lego,” he said. “Ithink that was the start of amindset where I just wantedto put things together andfigure out how they work.”

Both White and Diaz saythey’re considering studyingengineering when they gradu-ate from high school.

The robotics club – whichcan easily run past 6 p.m.most nights – is a placewhere kids can experimentwith turning their ideas intoworking machines – building,tearing them apart when theydon’t work and trying a differ-ent approach.

About 15 kids – both boysand girls – are regulars in theafter-school robotics club.

Next year, those whochoose will be able to taketheir interest a step further,by incorporating roboticsinto their school program, as

robotics and three other pro-grams – dance, field hockeyand rugby – become the latestofferings in popular specialty“academies” in the WestVancouver School District.

West Vancouver – oneof the pioneers in offering spe-cialty programs – now offers10 different fee-paying “acad-emies” for students attendingany of its three high schools,including programs in hockey,soccer, baseball, basketball,rugby, field hockey, tennis,fencing, dance and mecha-tronic robotics.

North Vancouver SchoolDistrict also offers academies– in hockey, basketball, dance,field hockey, soccer and vol-leyball – as well as in digitalmedia and the Artists ForKids studio.

The academies combineregular academic coursesin the morning with inten-sive high-calibre training intheir specialty area in theafternoon.

The West Vancouverhockey program, run out ofHollyburn Country Club, wasthe first academy to get offthe ground in 2003.

Diane Nelson, a formerowner of a professional

women’s hockey team who isnow district principal of acad-emies, found the idea got anenthusiastic reception fromthe West Vancouver SchoolDistrict when she proposed it.Today, hockey academies arestill hugely popular programsin both school districts.

Thirteen-year-old Windsorstudent Andrew Martin isamong 70 students enrolledin North Vancouver’s hockeyacademy this year. Martinhas been playing hockeysince he first stood on skatesat North Vancouver’s Karen

Magnussen arena and hasplayed defence with teams inthe North Vancouver MinorHockey Association for sevenyears. Martin said he signedup for the academy becausehe wanted to get more icetime to work on his skills inareas like slap shots, skatingbackwards, power plays andcarrying the puck. So far, hesays, it’s working.

Most of the academiesin both school districts arefocused on team sports. Butthere are also other offerings,like Argyle’s digital media

academy – where studentslearn about animation includ-ing instruction from pros atcompanies like ElectronicArts – the new roboticsacademy at West Vancouversecondary, plus dance andarts programs.

Offering students anopportunity to excel in areasthey are passionate about fitsin with an increasing empha-sis in schools on individuallearning, says Arlene Martin,district principal who over-sees the academy programsfor the North VancouverSchool District.

The two school districtshave slightly different rulesfor their academies.

Students registered inother school districts andin private schools can signup for academies in NorthVancouver, although theydon’t make up a huge numberof students – about 40 overall.In West Vancouver, studentsmust be registered in oneof the local high schools,although occasional excep-tions are made for someprivate school students.

Many of the students whoenter the academies havealready trained in their area

– sometimes on high-perfor-mance sports teams – outsideof school. The academiesoffer those students a chanceto boost their skills with high-level coaches, and in somecases prepare to win spots onnational teams.

TwoWest Vancouverhockey academy graduates –Griffin Reinhart and MorganRielly – were selected fourthand fifth overall in the 2012National Hockey Leaguedraft (by New York Islandersand Toronto Maple Leafs,respectively). Rielly is nowa mainstay on the bluelinefor the Leafs while Reinhartwas traded to the EdmontonOilers last summer and wasrecalled by the club on Fridayafter spending some time inthe minors.

Colton Sissons, a gradu-ate of the North Vancouverhockey academy, has playedgames for the NashvillePredators.

And two graduates ofNorth Vancouver’s volleyballacademy – Shae Harris andSarah Chase – are nowmem-bers of the national seniorwomen’s B team while alsoplaying NCAA volleyball onfull scholarships.

Not all kids who sign up forthe academies are destinedto make national teams or goon to elite levels in the field.“You might not be an Olympicathlete but you might be acoach, or a referee,” saidNelson. They also learn skillslike leadership and working ina team that will help them inother career paths.

There are tryouts for somesports academies– like soccer,basketball and hockey – sokids can be grouped accord-ing to their skill levels. Severalacademies have separatestreams for elite-levelathletes.

Students registered inacademies are expected tokeep their marks up. But thereare also less tangible require-ments. “For me the biggestpiece is the social responsibil-ity,” said Nelson.

More than 200 students areenrolled in West Vancouveracademies. In the NorthVancouver School District,that numbers is up above 500– and growing. “I had a callfrom Germany this week froma student who is interestedin being in our internationalprogram and interested inbeing part of our basketballacademy,” said Arlene Martin.

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Students Jesse Diaz and Joshua White work with teacher Todd Ablett to build a robot at West Vancouver secondary’s after-school robotics club. A new robotics academy will be offered in September. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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Fencing students Emi Kelly and Nicola Cheng practisetheir form. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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At a recent open housefor academies in NorthVancouver, about 800 peopleshowed up – including fami-lies with kids still in grades 4and 5 and parents from otherschool districts. “They’re allinterested in finding ways tochallenge their children,” saidMartin.

For most of the athleticacademies, the schooldistricts partner withorganizations experiencedin offering students high-level training in their sport.Other programs – like WestVancouver’s new robotics pro-gram – have been developedlocally.

The fencing academy inWest Vancouver, taught byCanadian national championand World Cup medallist IgorGantsevich, is the only one ofits kind in Canada.

One student was so pas-sionate about the sport hemoved from Alberta to WestVancouver to participate inthe academy.

“The sport attracts veryunique kids,” said Gantsevich– often including high aca-demic achievers. One studentwho was in the program lastyear was a nationally rankedchess player – perhaps notsurprising as fencing involves“a huge mental component,”said Gantsevich, “in terms ofmental preparation and deal-ing with pressure.”

In the Eagle HarbourMontessori School gym thisweek, about 14 students were

learning that calm concentra-tion as they tried to scorepoints on their opponents.

There was the clack, clackof metal on metal as fencersparried, half crouching, theirfeet shuffling forward, theirépées (swords) seeking anopening. Students wore whiteKevlar fencing jackets andlarge metal fencing masks forprotection. Thin wires ranfrom the tip of their épées to alead attached to an electronicscoring system. There was asudden run, a lunge and thescoring system beeped.

Emi Kelly, a Grade 12student at Rockridge, saidfencing teaches how to movefast on your feet – both liter-ally and metaphorically.

Fencers also know theycan’t use the same strategieswith different opponents –learning how to adapt quicklyis another skill.

Hunter Morris, a 16-year-old Sentinel student,started fencing with a NorthVancouver recreation pro-gram when he was nine. Thisyear, he was one of the topeight fencers in the world at arecent European world circuitevent and has qualified forthe national team for the thirdyear in a row. He’ll representCanada at the upcoming PanAmerican championships andthe world championships inFrance.

Fencing is a unique sportbecause of “the thinking itrequires,” he said. “It’s likephysical chess” – which

non-coincidentally, he’s alsopretty good at.

There’s no getting aroundthe fact the academy pro-grams come with significantcosts. The programs arerun on a break-even basis,but full-time programs inWest Vancouver can still setfamilies back $525 a month(or $5,250 a year). In NorthVancouver, where academiesrun every other afternoon,the top fees are $2,500 a year.That money goes to covercosts of equipment, rental offacilities, coaching and bus-sing. Programs that run lessoften or have fewer coach-ing and equipment costs areslightly less expensive.

“I won’t deny these pro-grams are expensive,” saidNelson. “We do all we can tokeep the costs as low as wepossibly can.”

Rob Millard, president ofthe West Vancouver TeachersAssociation, said teachers aresupportive of the academies.The programs help attractstudents to local schooldistricts, which translates tomore funding for local schoolsin general, he said. In an idealworld, such programs wouldbe publicly funded, he said.But that’s not reality.

Those lucky enoughto afford it can reap seri-ous rewards in terms ofconfidence and a sense ofcommunity with otherswho share their passion,said Nelson: “These kids aretransformed.”

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ment, the assembly of lands in the area represents thelargest assembly in the city since the early 1980s and cre-ates special opportunities for the city and the applicant.

“...there’s an opportunity on the City’s side to increaseneighbourhood walkability and to provide enhanced univer-sal access on the Spirit Trail between Lower Lonsdale andMoodyville Park.”

During his presentation, Toderian discussed the idea of“amenities built in.”

Along with working with city staff on a realigned andimproved Spirit Trail in the area he discussed incorporatingthe Dutch “woonerf model” in the development — whichcreates living streets as shared social spaces that are usedby pedestrians, cyclists and cars.

“The idea of treating lanes as not just places to move andpark cars but an actual amenity area particularly for fami-lies — we are very excited about piloting this maybe for thefirst time a Canadian city to do a true woonerf,” Toderiansaid.

Plans also call for creating community green spaces,such as gardens, and breaking up larger blocks throughpedestrian pathways and connections and greater greenwaypassages linking to the Spirit Trail.

“So the point is we are trying to build amenity into theneighbourhood. As we densify we make this that density islivable through these kinds of amenities.”

The project is also focused on being a model greencommunity and is exploring the possibility of incorporating“passive housing,” which are ultra low-energy units.

“We want to take an approach that looks at the bestideas for a made-in-North Vancouver solution to somethingthat could be a model not only for the city but beyond.”

Also important, said Toderian, is offering a rich variety

of housing types, includingstacked townhouses, rowhouses and townhouses,affordable options lock-offsuites

“We’re emphasizing fami-lies in particular but alsomethods of affordability.”

Coun. Rod Clark worriedabout the loss of affordablehousing in the Moodyvillearea with new development.

“Going forward I wouldlike to know what you will have in the way of rental unitsand how affordable they are going to be.”

Coun. Pam Bookham asked about the plan to addressthe issue between the residential interface and the water-front industrial areas “which basally gave rise to this wholechange.”

“We’re trying to do a design that recognizes that theneighbourhood used to look in that direction, the view hasnow been affected, the intensity of the industrial uses hasbeen increased and so we’d be looking for creative ways to

not only soften that impact, address issues through thedesign of the units… and essentially reorient the relation-ship inward towards the neighbourhood because it used tobe views outward and now we are looking for a design that’sabout amenities internal to the neighbourhood. So it’s a bitof rethink,” said Toderian.

Moodyville pre-zoning will be brought to a public hearingin early 2016. Specific details on the southeast Moodyvillesub-area development and design controls will be availablewhen bylaws are brought to council for first reading.

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The controversial $13-million programwas launched by the Harper governmentin 2012, not coincidentally at a time whenConservatives were feeling aggrieved atenvironmentalists for poking sticks at theirfavoured pipeline and energy projects.

Revenue Canada was the governmentarm used to wield the hammer on groupsthe Conservative regime considered a painin the political butt. But the rules werenever evenly applied. Conservative-leaninggroups granted charitable status – like theFraser Institute – were not placed under

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Environmental groups were targetedfirst. But later the audits expanded toinclude groups involved in issues like pov-erty and human rights as well.

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Learning to lovepets inadog-eat-dogworld

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Pet lovers, I finally getwhere you're comingfrom.

You choose your favouritetype of domesticated animal,buy a whole pack of themand then let them loose in thehouse. You feed them, makesure the conditions are ripefor growth and then watchthem develop, learn, explore,and slowly eat each otheruntil one champion emerges.

And then you love thatone forever. Right? At leastthat’s how it went for me.Maybe I should back up a bit.

I’d never owned any typeof animal until last month. Myparents weren’t pet peopleso we never had one in thehouse while I was growing up.I was happy with this arrange-ment – owning a pet neverseemed like a good idea.

I had lots of friends whohad dogs and when I’d visittheir houses it always struckme – and I mean no offencehere – that their dogs wereabout as smart as your aver-age potted fern. But muchlouder.

Typical visits went like

this: I’d ring the doorbell andthe dog would immediatelystart barking like mad as if itcouldn’t in its wildest dreamsimagine that this bell thatrang many times a day wasRINGING AGAIN RIGHT NOW!

Barkbarkbarkbarkbark!This insane barking was

immediately accompanied bythe sound of paws blastingacross linoleum and a loudthump as the dog slammedinto the door and attemptedto solve the age-old riddle ofhow to open it. I know – clawit! Scratchscratchscratch!

Eventually the door

would open – the scratchingworked! – and the dog wouldstart applying the samejumping/clawing/barkingtreatment to my leg. Biggerdogs could reach nearly up tomy waist, which was slightlyterrifying given that, as amale youth, my brain waslocated very close by.

My host would finally cluein that I was not enjoying allthe attention after I washedmy hands for the 37th time,and then the dog would belocked in a basement so thatwe could focus our attentionon the important boyhoodwork of sharing burps andsuppressing feelings.

Cats weren’t any better.Aside from the fact that onesent me to hospital witha severe asthma attack, Icouldn’t understand the

appeal of owning a pet thatclearly lived life by the credo“If I was big enough to eatyou, I would.”

And don’t even get mestarted on rabbits, animalsthat also can kill me withtheir dander (from the Frenchword dandere, meaning “skinsoup”) but also a speciesthat is so seemingly daft andsex-craved they could pass assenators.

As an adult my stance hassoftened a little bit as I’ve got-ten to know pets owned byfriends. My neighbours own acat that is very friendly to myfamily and spends most of itstime jumping from treetopsto rooftops like a characterfrom Crouching Tiger HiddenDragon.

If a burglar ever tried tobreak into our house in the

middle of the night I suspectI would find the crook in themorning lying in our gardenmoaning incoherently about afur-ninja.

I’ve even cuddled up to adog or two. You pretty muchhave to learn how to dothat if you’re going to haveany kind of social life in theVancouver area where theyhand out free dogs at theairport to anyone who canprove ownership of a pair ofyoga pants.

This all led up to myfirst-ever pets. As is often thecase, it was a Christmas giftfor my kids, but I ended upassuming the role of primarycaregiver. The animals? Apack of tadpole shrimps(Latin name triop, meaning“hell no, you’re not going togrow those in my kitchen”).

The gift appeared to benothing more than a bag ofdirt, but after a few days ina small tank of water thelittle swimmers miraculouslyappeared. The instructionswarned that the triopsneeded heat and light, andthat on occasion one of the

group would grow faster thanthe rest and then eat all of itsbuddies.

That’s what happenedin our tank, and I fell in lovewith our little triop champ,a.k.a. Shrimp Bizkit. Oneday while I was at work hisheat lamp got turned off bymistake. I came home to findhim lying motionless on thebottom of the tank.

Through tears I disposedof him the only way I knewhow – tossed in a light garlicbutter sauce.

Just kidding. I flushed him.No one in the family seemedto mind the loss much exceptfor me. Maybe, after all theseyears, I’m a pet man after all.

Some of those super dogscan do amazing things likehelp kids learn to read or sniffout bombs. It’d be neat tohave one of those. Or maybeI could start smaller, stickwith the sea creatures. On mylast trip to the grocery storeI noticed some live lobstersswimming around. Some ofthe best pets, I’ve heard, aresold by the pound.

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Braemar, Argyle parents:‘We are stronger united’An open letter to theparents, students and staff ofArgyle secondary:

Dear Neighbours:An intense and uncom-

fortable conflict has existedbetween our communitiesover the past three months.

With the decision by theDistrict of North Vancouvercouncil to reject the rezon-ing application of Braemarelementary, we hope we canproceed forward and mendfences rather than widen thedivide.

We may have opposingviews on this issue, but wehave a common goal: thewell-being of our children andcommunity. We are not youradversaries but rather yourfriends, colleagues, and mostof all, your neighbours.

A lot has been saidbetween our communitiesduring the process and webelieve these words havebeen fuelled by a lack of openand accountable consulta-tion. For Braemar catchmentresidents, consultation bythe North Vancouver SchoolDistrict began and ended inSeptember 2006. We have hadno responses from the NVSDto our legitimate concernsover the impact of land sales

while you have been engagedas recently as October 2015.To put it in another sense, allthe Braemar students whowere in kindergarten at thetime of our only consultationare now in high school. Alot has changed in the pastnine and a half years, but ouropposition to the sale of pub-lic lands has never swayed.

Regardless of the accu-racy of the informationyou received or the lack ofinformation we received, it istime for a new and construc-tive dialogue – one thatstrengthens our communityand values.

As a starting point, weknow we can agree on threebasic facts:1. Argyle secondary needs tobe rebuilt immediately.2. The responsibility forfunding such capital proj-ects is that of the provincialgovernment.3. Public lands are a finiteasset, held by the public forthe use of the public.

We understand andsupport your drive tohave Argyle rebuilt. Theprovincial government hasacknowledged 128 schoolsthroughout British Columbia,including several othersin North Vancouver, are

seismically unsafe, yet hasrefused to act. This inactionis unconscionable.

Instead, the provincialgovernment has deferredtheir funding responsibili-ties to local school districts;agencies with limited meansto raise money. This has ledmany school districts acrossthe province to sell their lim-ited public assets to make upthe shortfall. We oppose sucha strategy and worry aboutwhat this strategy means forfuture generations, especiallyin the face of projected popu-lation growth.

We are stronger unitedthan we will ever be divided.Imagine the impact we couldhave if instead of arguingamongst our neighboursover unpopular proposals,we banded together and senta very clear message to theprovincial government thatthey can no longer defer theirresponsibility to the taxpay-ers and future generations.We will stand with you,shoulder to shoulder, and yellthis at the top of our lungsso that our unified voice canecho though the halls of thelegislature.Chris Martin for Braemarelementary catchmentparents and residents

QUOTES OF THE WEEK:If we don’t know about those things, it can snowball and we can

have an incident where someone is injured or killed as a result.”

—Conservationofficer ToddHunterwarningabout cougar sightings in theWoodlandsarea (fromaJan. 17 news story).

He was a kid who if you had a daughter you wouldn’t mind yourdaughter marrying.”

—NorthWestGiants coach JonCalvano remembering24-year-oldMatthewHutchinson, victimof anapparentdoublemurder-suicide inupstateNewYork lastweekend (fromaJan. 20news story).

I never intended to hurt anyone.”

—Trail vandal TinekeKraal apologizingat her court sentencingThursday (fromaJan. 22news story).

Dear Editor:I was disappointed by

your Jan. 20 editorial Old vs.New School supporting theproposal to sell school landsto a developer in order topartially fund the rebuildingof Argyle school. I do agreewith the position of the NorthShore News, however, thatthe underlying problem is thelamentable underfunding ofeducation by the provincialgovernment. But selling offNorth Vancouver public landsis not the answer, in my view.

The fact that the schooldistrict is struggling to find

funds to rebuild Argyle dem-onstrates that once publiclands are sold off, compa-rable lands will never bepurchased to replace them.Once public lands are soldto the private sector, they’regone forever. And the unfor-tunate precedent of sellingpublic lands to meet budgetshortfalls will only encouragefuture councils to sell capitalassets to meet short-termbudget problems.

In support of selling offthe lands, the editorial statesthat the “land in question,after being purchased by

the school district in the1960s, had never beenused as anything but adeciduous backdrop for theneighbours.” Hurray for thevisionary school district ofa half century ago, whichrealized that future demandson public lands are unknow-able; and a Bronx cheer forthe News, which, apparently,can’t imagine that futureNorth Vancouverites mightwant the land for a goodpublic purpose that we can’tyet imagine.Allan McDonellNorth Vancouver

School land sales not the answer

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North Vancouver RCMPis warning women to bealert after a couple of bra-zen groping incidents inthe Central Lonsdale area.

The first attack was at 6

p.m. on Jan. 11, when amaleapproached a female walkingnorthbound in the 1700-blockof Lonsdale Avenue, grabbedthe woman from behind, puthis hand between her legs

and groped her. In the secondattack, at about 2 a.m. onJan. 19, a male approached afemale in the 100-block of East15th Street and grabbed herbuttocks once. In both cases

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A lawsuit pitting the Tsleil-Waututh Nation againstthe National EnergyBoard, Trans Mountainand the federal govern-ment is being put onhold so the feds and FirstNation can meet face toface for the first time onthe matter.

The lawsuit, filed by theTsleil-Waututh, alleges Crownfailed to meet its duty toconsult the First Nation overthe Trans Mountain pipelineproposal’s review process.The federal governmentsought and won a three-monthadjournment of the caseFriday with the blessing ofTsleil-Waututh, in hopes it willput the two sides on the pathto reconciliation.

“The government’s pledgeto engage us on a nation-to-nation basis is heartening.We have been asking for thisfor a very long time,” saidTsleil-Waututh Chief Maureen

Thomas in a statement follow-ing the adjournment. “I lookforward to sitting down ingood faith with the Crown.”

In Federal Court on Fridaymorning, government lawyerPeter Southey said he wasacting on instructions fromAttorney General JodyWilson-Raybould, taking directionfrom themandate letter shereceived from PrimeMinisterJustin Trudeau upon acceptingthe post.

That mandate included“reviewing any existing litiga-tion between the Crown andFirst Nations.”

“This should include earlydecisions to end appeals orpositions that are not consis-tent with our commitments,the Charter or our values,”Trudeau wrote in the letter.

The Attorney General’soffice has until April 22 todecide whether it will amend,pursue or drop its position inthe case.

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From the Squamish perspec-tive, you can’t just count thefish in an area and call thata value to be assessed anddetermine whether the effectis adverse or not by the num-ber of fish that may be killedby the project,” said AaronBruce, a Squamish Nationlawyer. “Only Squamish cantruly understand it. We wantto have that conversation withthe Crown and industry so wecan protect these values inthe best way possible. It’s oursacred duty as Squamish toprotect these values for futuregenerations.”

The Squamish Nation wasnever consulted about thosevalues prior to the reviewprocess being drawn up,Bruce said. The proposal to

triple the amount of dilutedbitumen being shipped viaBurrard Inlet also unrealisti-cally minimized the risks of acatastrophe, Bruce said, anddid not focus on the impacts.

In its presentation onFriday morning, the Districtof West Vancouver urged NEBto reject Kinder Morgan’spipeline expansion plan, say-ing increased tanker trafficin Burrard Inlet would meanincreased risks, costs andenvironmental damage to themunicipality without benefit.

Municipal lawyer MaeganGiltrow told the panel the wayauthorities dealt with the rela-tively small-scale oil spill fromtheMarathassa in April 2015gave the municipality no con-fidence cleanup of an oil spillwould be properly handled.

It was not until almost 22

hours after the spill was ini-tially detected that the CoastGuard provided information tothe municipality on the extentof the spill, said Giltrow. Bythat time, she said, “the spillwas 500 metres from the shoreof West Vancouver.”

Federal authorities incharge of the cleanup onlyagreed to make sure globulesof oil were removed from thebeach after the municipalityinsisted, said Giltrow. WestVancouver beaches weren’treopened by local healthauthorities until three weeksafter the command centre incharge of the spill cleanuphad already been shut down,she said. Giltrow said with theseven-fold increase in tankertraffic expected if the pipelineis approved, “the evidence isthe risk will go up.”

West Vancouver is alsoconcerned about the potentialimpact of increased noise,light and air pollution fromtanker traffic that will pass bythe municipality and anchor infront of its shores.

Environment Canadahas concluded the pipelineproposal has significantlyunderestimated the level ofparticulate and nitrous oxidethat would be released intothe air if the pipeline expan-sion goes ahead, according toGiltrow.

The City of NorthVancouver will deliver itsfinal arguments against theproject onMondaymorning;Tsleil-Waututh Nation and theDistrict of North Vancouverare scheduled for Tuesday;North Shore NO PipelineExpansion for Wednesday.

Air quality threatened:WV

ongoing NEB process, which iscurrently receiving final argu-ments from intervenors and isscheduled to end in late Maywith a recommendation fromthe board either to approve orreject the pipeline, is not yetclear.

“That’s somethingthe courts identified as a

problem,” said Eugene Kung,lawyer for the nation’s SacredTrust Initiative. “I think it is animportant disconnect to seethe federal government on onehand asking the court to stopthis process while movingahead with the other process.”

The pipeline review oughtto bemore along the linesthe one the Tsleil-WaututhNation conducted themselves,

council member CharleneAleck said, referencing severalthousand pages of expertassessment that approachesthe proposal from amuchwider perspective includingpotential climate impacts andshipping risks.

“They’ve got some speed-bumps ahead of them,” Alecksaid.

Earlier in the week,

Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish andMusqueam nations releaseda joint statement appeal-ing directly to the Trudeaugovernment to “honour itscommitment to implement theUN Declaration on the Rightsof Indigenous Peoples andforge a new nation-to-nationrelationship with Musqueam,Squamish and Tsleil-Waututhby rejecting the project.”

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Handwritten, unsigned and unaddressed, the writer urgedthe then visibly pregnant senior meteorologist to cease beingon-air immediately, referring to her growing body as “gross,”and comparing it to the “Hindenburg,” among other negativecharacterizations.

No stranger to viewer feedback, the veteran broadcaster hadheard it all; however in this case found herself troubled by thewriter’s view on both a personal and societal level.

Gordon decided to discuss the letter with her co-workers aspart of a post-Global BC News Hour web-only segment, calledNews Hour Plus, which offers audience members a glimpsebehind the scenes as well as a chance to experience the on-airhosts in a more conversational atmosphere. The resultingconversation, had between Gordon and supportive peers SquireBarnes and Robin Stickley (filling in for regular anchor ChrisGailus that evening), immediately went viral. Posted in March2015, the video, News Hour Plus: Kristi Gordon Deals with aHater, currently has loggedmillions of views.

“At the time I mentioned that yes, we’re not listening, butto be honest, I went home that night after getting the letter andI double-checkedmyself in the mirror to make sure that mybutt wasn’t too big and askedmy husband, ‘Am I not seeingit? Am I getting too big for television? Should I get off TV? AmI really looking disgusting. . . . or do I just look like a normalpregnancy?’” recalls the North Vancouver married mother to twoboys, ages four and six months.

“You start to second guess yourself even if you think you’rethe most confident person and you can handle it,” she adds.

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While Gordon doesn’t haveany experiences with an eatingdisorder, she’s lending hervoice to the event as a publicfigure who experienced weightstigma. “What I bring to thetable for this discussion is myexperience with body shamingand bullying from that side ofthings,” she says.

Looking back, Gordonrealized she had experiencedsimilar body shaming fouryears prior during her firstpregnancy, albeit on a smallerscale as she had been on a dif-ferent show at the time.

“People have a tendencyto write in and complainsometimes. But it was more sowhen I was pregnant, I wouldget quite a few letters. And at

the time, I told people at workhere and there, but for themost part I didn’t tell anyone.I was a bit ashamed I guessand hurt by them. But again,you’re not in this industryunless you can handle thatkind of thing. You have to bestrong and confident other-wise you just wouldn’t getanything done,” she says.

So, Gordon plugged along,doing her best to ignore the

nasty comments andmoveforward.

After announcing hersecond pregnancy on air atthree months, Gordon real-ized she was apprehensive.Further discussing the news,again in a News Hour Plussegment with her co-workers,she mentioned somethingalong the lines of, “be kind tome this time as I go throughpregnancy,” and for the first

time officially referenced thehurtful feedback she hadpreviously received.

Following the announce-ment Gordon was pleased asshe didn’t receive any negativecomments for a while, how-ever as soon as she startedto show, everything changed.“The amount of emails grewwith my belly,” she says.

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Heat and ice are effective painkillers

Heat and ice packs arecommon remedies usedat home to treat injuries,either before or after pro-fessional therapy.

They are generally usedto treat traumatic soft tissueinjuries, such as whiplashfrom a car accident, or jointissues, such as rotator cuffstrains to the shoulder, liga-ment injuries to the knees, orfor general back pain. In manycases heat and ice applicationwill help to relieve pain, butit is important to know howto apply these two effectivepainkillers.

In general, cold packscan be applied as soon as aninjury occurs. When injuriesare treated immediately withcold packs the treatment hasseveral benefits: bleeding is

reduced, it stops or reducesinflammation, muscle spasmsare reduced, and the coldnumbs the area where thepack is applied so the painis reduced. The advantage ofice over medicinal painkill-ers is that it can be appliedlocally to the injured area. Inaddition, it does not have thesedative effects common withpainkillers.

Ice packs can be appliedsafely for 10 to 20 minutes;however, care should betaken not to let melted icewater drip over the injuredarea, particularly if thereare stitches or the wound isexposed. There is danger ofinfection setting in if the wateris allowed to drip on the rawwound, so it is advisable touse a plastic cover for thepack.

Injuries should only betreated with heat packs aftera few days. Heat produces avasodilatory response in theblood vessels causing moreblood to rush in. When thereis swelling in an injured areathere is already a surplus ofblood, so adding heat canincrease the pressure on thepain fibres.

It is usually safe to applyheat packs after 48 hours, butensure all the swelling is gone,and that can take as long as a

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The benefits of applyingheat are various; it can reducepain, the increased blood flowhelps in the healing process ofthe tissues that are damaged,and it really can feel great!Heat is especially effective atreducing muscle stiffness andis generally more effective

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Keep in mind that each ofus responds to heat and coldin our own way. What maygive great relief to one personmight be quite irritating toanother. Therefore, followthese guidelines, but also findout what works best for you.

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It occurs to me that fruitwines don’t always getthe respect they deserve,although in many casesthere may well be goodreason.

However, a consistent andprolific exception is ElephantIsland Orchard Wines whomake a remarkable array ofboth orchard fruit and grapewines, as well as a few otherthings. Even though B.C.’sfruit wine industry continuesto spawn wineries in someremarkable places (one of thenewest is in Prince George)few display the range anddepth offered by this quality-driven Naramata producer,which depends very much onits own, home-grown fruit.

The latest to cross mypalate had me rushing for my

gold star stickers: ElephantIsland Framboise 2014.

Slightly fortified, at just16 per cent, this qualifies asa dessert wine and it’s a realtreat. Remarkable, pure andunadulterated raspberry,with that perfect edge of tart-ness for added authenticity,it’s bursting with intensityand juicy acidity for a power-ful, long-lasting aftertaste.You could add it to sparklingwine, splash some over icecream, or pair it with a darkchocolate tart. Then again,you could also just sip itin front of a fire ($18.99, 92points).

Not to be overlooked arethe grape wines, includingthe following:

I Told You So Viognier2014: Lifted orange, peachand floral notes before afleshy and quite viscous, gen-erous palate with tropical andspicy notes wrapped in juicyacidity, with an assist froma splash of Sauvignon Blanc($20, 91 points). Think sau-téed scallops with a dash oforange butter. A rising star inthe South Okanagan, anotherwinery that continues toimpress is Maverick Estate,which has just released itsfirst Syrah. The Rhone varietyis proving to be a winner for

the folks in the Okanaganwho know how to do it right,and that would now verydefinitely include BertusAlbertyn at Maverick.

Maverick Syrah 2013(South Okanagan): I lovethe way that B.C. winemakersare shaping their own destinywhen it comes to Syrah,looking for a path that’snot inclined towards moreextracted “Shiraz” styles,though still quite generous.

Case in point, this varietallycorrect, very expressive andwell-balanced wine, withblack pepper and olive noteswrapped in red berries andraspberry tones on the plushpalate, with just a hint ofmeatiness and herbal touchwith good fruit-acid balance,supple tannins and a long,peppery end ($32, 92 points).

Still in B.C., I love beingreminded of the wines thatreally put the Okanagan onthe map, and one of them

was surely Tinhorn Creek’sGewurztraminer. Back in theday, hard to believe now,perhaps, but before we gotall hot and sweaty aboutChardonnay, Gewurztraminer(along with Pinot Blanc) wasone of the most widely madeand successful varieties.

Tinhorn CreekGewurztraminer 2014:This really is a great reminderof the wine (along withMerlot) that first put Tinhorn

on the map. It has that clas-sic rose petal that you hopefor in the aroma, along withtropical notes, followed bya lush palate of lychee andginger spice, and a touchof citrus and a spicy hintto close (BCLS $15.99, 92points). Think spicier plates.

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Time to reviewyourbank arrangements

MoneyMattersMike Grenby

It can pay to check yourbanking arrangements– especially in thesedays of very low interestrates.

Whether you deal witha bank, trust company orcredit union, either at thebranch or online, check intothe best ways to maximizeyour interest – and minimizeor avoid service charges.

I just found I can earnmore interest if I set upa new, no-service-chargeaccount and have at least$1,000 a month automati-cally transferred into anyof my accounts at the sameplace.

And if I use the debitcard that comes with theaccount, I can earn a two-per-cent discount on mypurchases.

I admit I just happened tostumble across this promo-tion when I was checkingmy balance online. A betterapproach would be to reviewall banking arrangementsat least every six months(no later than every year)

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Also remember you canoften bargain with yourbanker for a higher rateon savings, a lower rate onloans and reduction or elimi-nation of service charges.

The banking industrycertainly doesn’t promotethis. But it’s a competitivebusiness. And the banks etc.will often give a little extra –provided you ask. What haveyou got to lose? The worstthat can happen is a “no.”

Of course, the more youcan offer, the more likelythe response will be a “yes.”Typical deal sweetenersinclude offering to con-solidate in one place thedifferent savings, invest-ments and loans you hold atvarious places.

Start by shopping aroundto see who has the best dealon saving, borrowing andgeneral banking services.Find out what the mostcompetitive place will doto get your business – andthen present this offerto your present bankinginstitution(s) to see if youcan get a better or at least acomparable deal. If not, thenconsider switching.

Over the years, the differ-ence can really add up.

Mike Grenby is a columnistand independent personalfinancial advisor; he’llanswer questions in thiscolumn as space allows butcannot reply personally.Email [email protected].

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VOLUNTEER Habitat for Humanity NorthVancouver ReStore is located at 126 HarbourAve., North Vancouver. Volunteers are neededfor a variety of tasks. Open to the public Mondayto Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays, 10 a.m.-5p.m. Refer to the website for further details:habitatgv.ca

REHABILITATION VOLUNTEER Assist withwalking and exercise program by encouragingresidents to participate in rehab activities; escortresidents to and from activation area and assistwith set up and storage of the equipment.

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Civilian keeperof community’scultural heritage

When Ian Macdonald retired from International Forest Products in 1991, he learned to express his love of the natural worldin art, with wood as his medium. This cedar and copper mask was made after he found a piece of cedar on the beach atCourtenay. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

“I may be the only civil-ian in West Vancouverwho was shot at – notonce, but twice – duringthe war.”

Of Ian Macdonald’s firstencounter with the Canadianmilitary, a youthful escapadeinvolving the Lions GateBridge, the less said the bet-ter. He is more forthcomingabout the second episode.

“Old Man Forbes was abeachcomber. His name wasNorman but everyone knewhim as Old Man Forbes, andhe always called me ‘kid.’One summer day he said,

‘Come out after supper,kid. We’ll get some logs offPassage Island.’”

Ian’s job as apprenticebeachcomber was to row, orswim, to the logs and tie on arope. Forbes would haul thelogs off the shore in his tug-boat and add them to his logboom at West Bay. Dusk wasshading to dark when thetug and its tail of logs passedPoint Atkinson light stationand the army camp.

“There was a cannon onthe point, a small one, andwe could see the soldierswere aiming that cannon atus. They fired across ourbow and a geyser of waterblew up 40 or 50 feet in frontof us.”

Next came a patrol boatto remind Old Man Forbesto use his running lights.“There’s a war on, youknow.”

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in homes carved out of theforest west of Sentinel Hill.Together, Ian’s father Donaldand his uncle built the housein West Bay where Ian wouldgrow up.

Ian bussed to schooland back home every day.With children attendingeither Pauline Johnsonor Hollyburn elementaryschools, and convergingat West Vancouver highschool, lifelong friendshipswere formed in classroomsand on playgrounds. In thesummers, Ian and his palswould be at the beach, not aparent in sight all day long.After school, they wouldstop at the Hollyburn Grillor Penguin Dairy beforegoing off to play ball atJohn Lawson Park or to arehearsal with the WestVancouver Boys Band.

“The best thing aboutgrowing up in WestVancouver is that you kneweveryone. It was a moreinnocent time,” Ian reflects.

On the bus going hometo West Bay for supper, “weknew all the bus drivers byname, everyone riding thebus and their stops.”

Ian graduated from WestVancouver high school in1949, going into forestry likehis father before him, spend-ing his career flying in andout of logging camps alongthe B.C. coast, frequentlyat the controls of his ownaircraft in the early years.

“I saw so much of theWest Coast in my work.The loggers and tug boat-ers intrigued me and theirstories got me interestedin history. I joined WestVancouver Historical Societybecause of my interest in

history and because I loveWest Vancouver.”

When Ian retiredfrom International ForestProducts in 1991, he learnedto express his love of thenatural world in art, withwood as his medium. Of acedar and copper mask hemade, Ian says, “I found thisfine piece of cedar on thebeach at Courtenay. I likeworking with things fromnature.”

Ian’s interest in historyand love for West Vancouverled him to give back to hiscommunity. For almosttwo decades, he served oncommissions and commit-tees for parks, environmentand heritage. He belongsto the Lighthouse ParkPreservation Society andis a life member of WestVancouver Historical Society.This level of public participa-tion carries its own history– another gift to the commu-nity Ian served so well.

The Ian Macdonald oftoday – pillar of the com-munity whose volunteercontributions helped shapeWest Vancouver, gifted artist,and great grandfather sev-eral times over – is the boywho rode the bus to schooland back to his West Bayhome every day. Like othersof his vintage, Ian is a keeperof West Vancouver’s culturaland social heritage.

Their stories andmemories, unique to eachindividual, are the irreplace-able threads in the tapestrythat is West Vancouver,each one contributing to thelegacy we bequeath to futuregenerations.

• • •Heinz Berger, recognizedinternationally for introduc-ing the concept of adventure

playgrounds, and for hispioneering work in the hor-ticulture industry, diedJan. 14 at his home in WestVancouver. He was 92.

West Vancouver wouldnot look the way it looks, ifnot for Heinz Berger.

The seawalk. The pitchand putt golf course and thefitness circuit at Ambleside.The recreation complexand seniors’ activity centre.Parks and children’s “play-scapes” from Glenmore toHorseshoe Bay.

Heinz Berger wasresponsible for creatingor improving these ameni-ties, and for many otherinnovations that defined thecommunity during his 22years with the municipal-ity’s parks and recreationdepartment.

A founding member of theB.C. Society of LandscapeArchitects (Life Member No.0004), Heinz and colleaguesPhilip Tattersfield and ErniePitt developed the horticul-tural apprentice curriculumat BCIT, the foundation ofB.C.’s landscape and produc-tion training programs.

His friend Frank Kurusczworked with Heinz in WestVancouver’s parks and recre-ation department.

“Heinz Berger was apioneer in using natu-ral materials and highlyrespected across Canada forhis work in parks. The bestuse for the community wasalways his priority.”

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ANNUAL WRITINGCONTESTThe North ShoreWriters’ Association will run its20th annual writing contestfor fiction, non-fiction andpoetry. First prizes of $100 willbe awarded in each category.Entry deadline is Feb. 29.nswriters.org

RETAIL EMPLOYMENTPROGRAM FOR YOUNGADULTSAges 15-30 areinvited to a free three-monthprogram that providesimmigrant young adultswith employment processknowledge and retail-specifictraining starting Monday, Jan.25, 9:30 a.m. at the YWCAWorkBC Employment ServicesCentre, 106-980West First St.,North Vancouver. Registrationrequired. 778-927-2931

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MULGRAVE SCHOOLLECTURE SERIES What ishuman consciousness? A fieldreview of Dr. Sam Parnia, TomShroder and Robert Lanza willbe presentedMonday, Jan. 25,1:20 p.m. at 2330 Cypress BowlLane, West Vancouver.

B.C. CLIMATE LEADERSHIPPLANThe Cool North ShoreSociety hosts a facilitatedand interactive discussion onB.C.’s Climate Leadership Plan,Tuesday, Jan. 26, 6:30-9 p.m. atNorth Vancouver City Library,120West 14th St. Admission $10.climateleadership.eventbrite.ca

CAPILANO UNIVERSELECTURE SERIES — FROMEDEN TO ISISA presentationon the eternal war for controlof the imagination, revealingsome of the ways thatimagination’s power has been

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WHY IT MATTERSTALK Author, educator,environmentalist and formercollege president MitchellThomashowwill talk aboutthe future of environmentallearning at the BlueShoreFinancial Centre for thePerforming Arts at CapilanoUniversity, 2055 Purcell Way,North Vancouver. Thomashowwill explain how educatorsand citizens alike canmeetthe environmental challenges

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BIRD’S-EYE VIEW Nature enthusiasts, including Al Grass (left), gathered atMaplewood Flats in North Vancouver on Jan. 9 to take part in the first monthly bird count of2016. More than 40 naturalists took inventory of the different bird species wintering in thearea. Join Al Grass the second Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. for a free guided naturewalk at the conservation area. Meet at the Wild Bird Trust site office, located at 2645 DollartonHwy. Visitwildbirdtrust.org for more information. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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COMPUTER BASICS A gentleintroductory class on how touse a mouse and keyboard,open and close a program, useWindows and take a first steponto the Internet Friday, Jan.29, 2-4 p.m. at West VancouverMemorial Library, 1950 MarineDr. Register at the computingcentre. 604-925-7400westvanlibrary.ca

CONVERSATION WITHTHE MAYORS LUNCHEONA conversation with NorthVancouver City Mayor DarrellMussatto and District MayorRichard Walton on issuesand hot topics of the seasonaffecting business Friday,Jan. 29, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. atSeymour Golf & County Club,3723 Mount Seymour Pkwy.,North Vancouver. $69/$49.nvchamber.ca

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Scot dreamed of ruling his own fiefdom

MITCHELL SMYTHMeridianWriters’Group

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.— Gregor McGregorhelped Simón Bolívarwrest Venezuela from theSpanish. This gave himbig ideas.

After Bolívar wasproclaimed president ofVenezuela in 1813, theambitious Scot decidedhe wanted to rule his owncountry, too. So he sailed forFlorida. “And he did have hisown country. For a while,”says Steve Sansbury, AmeliaIsland historian and guide inthe local historical museum.

It was a small country,admittedly: 20 kilometreslong by three kilometreswide. McGregor called it theRepublic of the Floridas;today it’s known as AmeliaIsland, on the northeastcoast of Florida, just south ofthe Georgia state line.

Sansbury points to a flag– a green cross on a whiteground – on the wall of themuseum. “That’s GregorMcGregor’s flag,” he says.“Or should I say Sir GeneralGregor McGregor? He wasfond of titles, some of themself-bestowed.” He had beena general, at 25, in Bolivar’sarmy, but the knighthoodwas entirely fictitious.

His Amelia Islandadventure began in 1817.“McGregor arrived one Junemorning with 50 men” saysSansbury. “But the Spanish,who had a garrison here,had been told that he had athousand soldiers; they gaveup without firing a shot.”

Just like that, McGregorhad his own country. Butit seems he soon got boredwith it – and he ran out ofmoney, so his men couldn’tbe paid. And he couldn’t con-trol the pirates, who roamedAmelia Island at will. So aftera few months he took downhis flag and left, “to becomea corsair, which was a niceword for pirate,” Sansburysays.

(To this day Amelia Islandthrives on its piracy legacy.The gift shops are full of buc-caneering tourist junk, andmanikins of pirates are allover the place.)

At least when he wasruler of the Republic of theFloridas McGregor had agenuine piece of real estate.His next venture featured afictitious land. He sailed forLondon, where he appearedin an extravagant uniform,

calling himself the Caziqueof Poyais and selling dreamsof a non-existent country inCentral America.

For those buying in,Poyais “was to be theirUtopia, a place where theycould make plenty of moneywithout having to work,”says Sansbury. In Poyais,McGregor promised, he hadestablished a capital city. Allhe needed now was people.

He sold bonds, commis-sions in the Poyaisian army,trade contracts and landlots to English and Scottishwould-be emigrants, raisingwhat would today be mil-lions of dollars.

And so, in 1822, two shipsdeparted from England,crowded with eager settlers.“But there was no Utopia.McGregor dumped them inthe jungle,” says Sansbury.Some made it back toEngland to blow the whistle,but the Cazique had skippedthe country.

Not only was McGregornever brought to justice foreither his Poyais fraud orhis piracy but, after morebuccaneering adventures, heasked for and, thanks to hisprevious service to Bolívar,was granted a pension in

Venezuela, where he died,peacefully, in 1845, aged 59.

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BEAUTY IN NATURE Landscape and wildlife photographers Adam Gibbs and Mark Daly are showing their workin a dual exhibit called Nature’s Splendor, Jan. 26-Feb. 12 at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Anopening reception will be held Tuesday, Jan. 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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SHRED FOR THE CAUSELadies are invited to ski orsnowboard for a minimumdonation of $10Mondays,Jan. 25-March 28, 6-10 p.m.at Mount Seymour. Guestscan donate more if they wish,but $5 from every ticket willsupport Powell Place andSpringhouse women’s shelters.Guests can join theWomen’sPark Jam in the terrain parkfrom 7 to 9 p.m. followed byapres ski in the lodge. 604-986-2261 x212mountseymour.com

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NORTH SHORE PROSTATESUPPORT AND AWARENESSGROUPA cancer supportgroup where you can hearabout the latest medicalinformation will meet Tuesday,Jan. 26, 7-9 p.m. at Lions GateHospital, 231 East 15th St. Newmembers welcome. 604-986-9361 [email protected]

FORENSIC PSYCHIATRICNURSING PRESENTATIONThe North Shore SchizophreniaSociety will host a publiceducation lecture with CarolHobson, Wednesday, Jan. 27 at7:30 p.m. in the HOpe Centreatrium, 1337 St. Andrew’sAve., North Vancouver.Hobson will discuss thecomplexities of her work andwhat B.C. has to offer forensicpatients and challengeswith public perception.No registration required.northshoreschizophrenia.org

THE NORTH SHORESUPPORT GROUP OFTHE BC BALANCE ANDDIZZINESS DISORDERSSOCIETYwill meet Thursday,Jan. 28, 2 p.m. at theSummerhill PARC retirementresidence, 135West 15th St.,North Vancouver. KintecFootwear and Orthotics’ MattNeufeld will give a talk oneffects of footwear on gait andbalance. Everyone welcome.604-770-2131

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They call it Blue Monday,the third Monday in themonth of January.

It’s not called BlueMonday because the day isactually blue – but it surewould be nice to see someblue sky at this time of year!Rather, it is supposed to bethe most depressing dayof the year. There is even abizarre mathematical equa-tion that was used to come tothis conclusion.

Blue Monday may ormay not have any true meritworthy of a designation, butI have to admit, the Januaryblues do get to me. Being asun-worshiping, outdoor-living, animal-loving countrygirl, it’s challenging for meto remain indoors while therain pelts down endlesslyaround me. I’d rather haveblue skies and cool tem-peratures than grey skies andbalmy weather. “The coldnever bothered me anyway,”Frozen’s Queen Elsa so elo-quently said before turningand slamming the door onthe world.

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is a quote often attributed toWinston Churchill that goes,“The outside of a horse isgood for the inside of a man.”I’ll take that one step furtherand add dogs to that equa-tion. The outside of a dog isgood for the inside of anyone.

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Dogs are also socialicebreakers. Depression cancreate a fear of interactingwith people in social settings.But hanging out at a coffeeshop with a dog at your sideor going to a dog park willcertainly help you get overany feelings of seclusion andgain confidence to meet newpeople in social settings. Noone can resist saying helloto a happy, friendly dog andother dog owners love to talkabout their dogs.

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Sibling rivalries are anage-old phenomena, par-ticularly amongst twins,but not many battles playout on remote mountaintops perched above sheercliff faces and jaggedrocks.

For West Vancouver’s Tomand Liam Peiffer, however,the rivalry doesn’t travel tothe top of the cliff but carriesright over the edge and downthe mountain at breakneckspeed.

Both brothers, 18-year-old identical twins whograduated from Rockridgesecondary last year, are rightat the top of the rankings ofthe best junior freeride skiersin Canada.

The twins were born inUtah and their family movedto Switzerland for two yearswhen Tom and Liam were inelementary school. That’swhere Liam picked upfreeride skiing, a style popu-larized by snowboarders butsince adopted by skiers aswell that sees competitorsperform runs on natural,un-groomed terrain without aset course, goal or rules.

Tom, however, stuckmostly to racing inSwitzerland, only moving onto freeride when the familymoved to West Vancouverwhen the boys were 11.Tom and Liam learned theropes in Whistler’s MountainAdventure Program beforemoving up to the WhistlerFreeride Club where they’vehoned their skills for the pastfive years.

Throughout that time,Liam was always a little bitahead of Tom. Tom didn’t likethat.

“We both were equallygood at skiing but he alwaysdid a little better in competi-tions, he was always just alittle bit ahead of me,” saidTom. “Coming home from aski comp, (people would ask)‘How did Liam do?’ He won.

‘How did you do?’ I got third.”The gap between the

two skiers was particularlynoticeable last year whenLiam earned a spot on TeamCanada for the FreerideJunior World Championshipsheld in Andorra, a tiny moun-tain principality perchedbetween France and Spain.Tom, meanwhile, missedthe cut by one spot and wasforced to watch from homeas Liam placed 18th at thechampionships.

“I was the next guy in line.I just missed it,” said Tom,adding that he was still proudof the way his brother per-formed. “He skied an amazingline, awesome skiing, andthen on the last cliff came upa ski-length too short on thelanding.”

The tables began to turnsoon after, however, as Tom

earned his first big win at acompetition at Red MountainResort in Rossland.

“Last year when I landedmy first first-place at RedMountain, that was kind ofwhen it clicked,” Tom said.“That’s where the playingground leveled out for us. Weboth build off each other atthe end of the day.”

While Tom took gold,Liam finished out of the med-als. Since then the rivalry hasonly grown.

“Skiing with a sibling, youdefinitely have that competi-tion, just because you don’twant to be second place inthe family,” said Tom with alaugh. “Especially in com-petitions, I notice it from acompetitive standpoint. Sureyou want to do as best youcan amongst the entire fieldof skiers, but you also have

to worry about your brother.… It’s just kind of one ofthose things where we bothwant to win, but there’s onlyone first place.”

Adding to the intrigue isthat when they’re staringdown a cliff face, the twobrothers often have verydifferent ideas about the bestway to get down.

“I’d say I’m more a smoothstyle, like to use my edgesand turn. Kind of a lot morefluid,” said Tom. “Liam defi-nitely will choose that ‘go bigor go home, put it all on theline’ ski run. That’s kind ofhis style. It works really wellfor him because he pulls it offa lot of the time. He definitelylikes to go big. I’m not sayingI don’t, but I definitely havethe more racer technicalityin my skiing. … It’s awe-some watching him ski like

that because you definitelysee some pretty cool stuffhappen.”

Though their styles aredifferent, they also takeinspiration from each other

– neither one wants to be leftbehind.

“We definitely build off ofeach other,” said Tom. “He

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West Vancouver skier Tom Peiffer gets set for a training run less than a week before he was scheduled to leave for Andorra and the Freeride Junior WorldChampionships. Tom is making the trip one year after his twin brother Liam competed in the same event. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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does something, I’ll want todo it. I’ll do something, he’lltry to do it.”

There are, however, limitsto how far each of them willgo. That’s probably a goodthing when sibling rivalryspills out onto a cliff face.

“We both know our limitsand boundaries,” said Tom.“Some things look fun for himto hit and I look at them andI’m just like, ‘Dude, don’t doit. This is ridiculous.’ Andthen he miraculously pullsit off. And then I’ll be on topof a line and he’ll be like,‘You’re an idiot,’ and then Ido it. That’s where there’s afine line.”

After all these yearsTom finally has the upperhand, earning a berth in thisyear’s Freeride Junior WorldChampionships scheduledfor Jan. 26-29 at the exactsame Andorra venue thatLiam competed at last year.Liam isn’t too broken upabout not making the final

cut this year though – he’sgoing along this year asTom’s chaperone.

That’s going to be a lotof fun, Tom said, while alsoadding that it could be a bigadvantage for him when itcomes time to compete.

“It’s going to be reallynice to have someone whohas skied the terrain before,they know the mountain,they know what it’s like,” hesaid. “Where I’m starting toget nervous is I haven’t donea competition this big, and Idon’t know (the terrain). It’llbe nice because he knows it.”

While it’s been neat foreach twin to get a crack atthe world juniors, both arehoping to carry on in thesport and make a mark in thesenior ranks. Tom doesn’tsee this rivalry ending anytime soon.

“It definitely just getsmore competitive and moreintense the harder the com-petitions get and the biggerthey get,” he said. “That’skind of where the fun of it is.”

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