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EARLY morning fog shrouds Lions Gate Bridge Wednesday morning. Fortunately, the fog, icy weather and unprepared drivers did notcreate the traffic accidents that the new Port Mann Bridge experienced the same day.

RCMParrestaccusedID thiefJames [email protected]

A Montreal man whois wanted for crimesin two other provinceswas arrested last monthafter allegedly tryingto defraud a NorthVancouver store duringthe busy holidayshopping season.

The 49-year-old walkedinto the business in the 1900-block of Marine Drive Dec.12, asked for store credit andproduced what investigatorssay was stolen I.D. The man’sbehaviour aroused employees’suspicions, prompting them tocall police. North VancouverRCMP took the suspect intocustody, and have kept himbehind bars since, pending acourt appearance.

Boulos Khoury has beencharged with identity theftin the case. He’s wanted ontwo outstanding warrants inQuebec for possession andtraffickinginforgeddocumentsand on another warrant inAlberta for fraud. Khoury hasan extensive criminal record,according to police.

Suspected armed robber arrestedJane [email protected]

A Squamish man believed to be responsible for aseries of armed robberies, including four on theNorth Shore, has been arrested at the Peace Archborder crossing, on a warrant four decades old.

U.S. border officials arrested Thomas John Schwartz, 68, Dec.15 trying to cross into the United States in a taxicab.

Schwartz was wanted in the U.S. on a warrant dating back toJune 1972, when he allegedly deserted from the U.S. Air Force.

That was unusual in itself.

When authorities began investigating Schwartz’s background,they discovered he had been living in Squamish under the nameTom Stone. They also discovered Schwartz was wanted by policethroughout the Lower Mainland for a series of gunpoint robberies,committed over the past eight months.

“The whole story is fairly unusual,” said Const. Brian Montague,spokesman for the Vancouver Police Department. “Until we speak

to him, there’s a lot of unknowns.”Vancouver police, along with West Vancouver police and the

North Vancouver RCMP, issued a public appeal for informationDec. 13, following eight robberies of grocery stores believed to becommitted by the same man.

The arrest comes as a relief for all the agencies involved, saidConst. Jeff Palmer, a spokesman for the WVPD.

“Everybody was concerned that the pattern of the offences andthe level of violence involved was escalating,” he said. “Who knowswhere the next offence would pop up? . . . We’re grateful that theappeal for public assistance helped identify a suspect and grateful that

Squamish man arrested at U.S.border believed to be U.S. deserter

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The Year AheadThe Year AheadJeremy [email protected]

2012 was the year longboards rolled in theDistrict of North Vancouver while chickensroosted in the City of North Vancouver. Teachersstruck, crime rates dipped, old growth treestumbled, and one exotic fish fell out of a tree.

In 2013 we’ve got development details to settle in Amblesideand central Lonsdale, a teacher’s contract set to expire, a grainsilo coming under fire, and a controversial tax scheduled toharmonize for the last time.

JANUARYTake-home pay cheques will be lower for most in 2013 with

EI and CPP premiums going up Jan. 1.Workers taking home more than $47,400 will pay $891 in

employment insurance premiums, a $51 increase.Canadian Pension Plan premiums are also on the rise, with

workers making more than $51,100 paying $2,356 in 2013.

British Columbians will also pay an extra $60 on health-carepremiums for a family of three or more beginning Jan. 1. For asingle ratepayer, premiums are set to rise by $30.

And it’s more expensive to ride transit this year after a fareincrease took effect Jan. 1.

Almost all transit fares went up. Adult fares jumped by aquarter on one- and two-zone tickets, and went from $5 to$5.50 on three-zone fares.

One-zone monthly passes went from $81 to $91, with largerincreases for other monthly passes.

Following a record year in 2011, Neptune Terminals is lookingto upgrade its facilities to handle 18 million metric tonnes a year,a jump of six million tonnes.

Neptune applied to outfit its Low Level Road location witha 12-metre tall dumper, conveyors, and a new, longer shiploaderboom last June.

“I would expect that we would have a decision . . . by the endof January,” said Allan Baydala, the chief financial officer withPort Metro Vancouver.

The proposed expansion has run afoul of environmentalistswho contend that increased dependence on coal, even thesteelmaking coal shipped through Neptune, will accelerateglobal warming.

When measured by weight, coal accounts for approximatelyone quarter of PMV’s exports.

The concerns of local residents will be part of the equation,according to Baydala.

“It’s certainly a serious consideration in the process. But ourmandate . . . is to facilitate growth in support of the nation’sdomestic and international trade priorities.”

If approved, the improvements will create 185 permanentjobs, according to a release from Neptune.

Another proposal heading back to public consultationsearly in 2013 is the controversial $120-million expansion ofRichardson International’s grain-handling terminal along NorthVancouver’s Low Level Road.

If approved, the expansion would include an 80,000-tonneconcrete grain storage silo, increasing the port’s annual handlingcapacity to five million tonnes per year, a boost of two milliontonnes.

The possible 55-metre silo has been unpopular with somewaterfront residents.

At least two open houses will likely be held to review theproject’s site, as well as the mitigation of noise, dust andshading, according to Port Metro Vancouver representative JimCrandles.

The upgrade could mean 50 additional permanent jobs,according to a representative from Richardson.

FEBRUARYThe City and District of North Vancouver are studying the

costs of moving to an independent police force, similar to theWest Vancouver Police Department.

Shortly after signing off on the new 20-year RCMP contractlast summer, the two North Vancouvers commenced a studyto review the financial implications of moving to a NorthVancouver police force. The final report is set to be complete bythe end of February, according to District of North Vancouvercommunications officer Jeanine Bratina.

Both North Vancouver mayors were reluctant to sign the mostrecent RCMP contract due to concerns over spiralling costs.

The current contract cost may increase from $9.7 million in2011 to $14.6 million in 2014, according to David Stuart, thedistrict’s chief administrative officer.

A man who was released from a forensic psychiatric hospitalless than six months before his common-law wife was found deadof multiple stab wounds in West Vancouver’s Lighthouse Park isscheduled to be sentenced for manslaughter.

Alexander Lawrence LaGlace entered a guilty plea lastNovember while facing second-degree murder charges for thedeath of Tammy Cordone, whose body was found in a tent in theWest Vancouver park in 2009.

LaGlace is set to be sentenced in February, following thecompletion of a psychiatric report.

The Low Level Road is set to be raised and relocated to makeroom for two new rail lines this year. The city will contribute2.39 hectares of land underneath the road for the $104-millionproject.

Port Metro Vancouver is planning to select a main contractorfor the job in February.

The vegetation is scheduled to be removed from the area byMarch 15 with construction revving up afterwards, accordingto Cindy McCarthy, communications adviser with Port MetroVancouver.

The project is scheduled to be completed by the fall of2014.

A second public hearing for the controversial Onnidevelopment at the Lonsdale Safeway site is tentatively scheduledfor February, despite previous claims that the deal was dead.

Onni has proposed building 344 condo units in two towersmeasuring 180 and 240 feet in height, atop a commercial podiumincluding a new grocery store, as well as 40,000 square feet ofoffice space.

Citing abuse from council, company president Rossano DeCotiis announced plans to withdraw the proposal in Decemberbut the project is still on council’s books.

The project has earned the endorsement of the NorthVancouver Chamber of Commerce while raising the ire of manycitizens, including approximately 1,000 who signed a petition

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he’s in custody.”Incidents started on March 31 last year when a man walked into

a West Vancouver Safeway on Marine Drive, pulled out a gun anddemanded money. Frightened staff handed over cash and the manfled. In another robbery caught on surveillance video on May 6,a man tried to rob the Queensdale Market in North Vancouver,striking the store manager over the head with a weapon when hewas confronted. On May 12, according to court documents, a manapproached a customer service clerk at Extra Foods, pulled out a gunand forced the clerk into an office where he got her to hand over$13,000 in cash before fleeing.

Other holdups allegedly committed by Schwartz include therobbery of SuperValu in Edgemont Village in May, of an IGA

Marketplace store in Vancouver Oct. 11, and two robberies ofChoices markets in Burnaby and Vancouver on Oct. 26 and Nov.17. A final robbery allegedly happened at the Toys-R-Us store onBrooksbank Ave. Dec. 1.

Two days after police appealed for information, Schwartz tried tocross the border in a taxi. According to U.S. court documents, hetold border officials he didn’t have a passport but did have a birthcertificate and U.S. military discharge papers. When asked where hewas going, Schwartz said he was “relocating. He said he had beengone for 40 years and changed his name while in Canada,” accordingto court papers.

According to court documents, Schwartz was a staff sergeant withthe U.S. Air Force when he went AWOL and crossed into Canada inJune of 1972. He later changed his named to Tom Stone.

An extradition hearing has been scheduled for March.

West Van stock promoter banned for lifeJane [email protected]

THE B.C. Securities Commission has permanentlybanned a West Vancouver stock promoter from itsmarkets and fined him $700,000 after concludinghe lied to investors to get them to fork over $1.74million.

Myron Sullivan II, also known as Fred Myron George Sullivan,was handed the penalty Dec. 13.

A securities commission panel said Sullivan lied to investorswhile promoting Global Response Group Corp., a company ownedby Sullivan that he claimed possessed special oil spill clean-up andfirefighting technology.

Securities commission documents said Sullivan repeatedly made

false statements to investors between 2008 and 2011, telling themthe company would soon go public and be traded at a specifiedprice on the NASDAQ, Hong Kong and London stock exchanges.He also told investors the company had sold its technology to theChinese National Petroleum Company.

But none of that was true.In fact, “Sullivan had done nothing to prepare (Global Response

Group) for a stock exchange listing and had not approached anyexchange about a public listing, for good reason: (the company)was in no position to go public,” according to securities commissiondocuments. “It had no audited financial statements. It needed majorfunding before it could meet listing criteria. Sullivan did not have theskills necessary to take the company public and (the company) hadno other management with those skills.”

Sullivan simply “made up” the predicted share prices he gave toinvestors, the securities commission added.

None of the people who gave money to Sullivan ever saw anyof it back. Of the $1.74 million he received, Sullivan took at least$58,000 for personal uses, according to securities commissiondocuments. He also spent the money on business related activitiesand “had patents and technology that could have been a successful

business in more capable hands.”The securities commission panel banned both Sullivan and two

companies he controls from trading on the stock exchange andordered them to pay back investors as well as the fine. Sullivan wasalso banned from acting in a management or consulting role inconnection with the securities market.

The website for Global Response Group lists a mailbox at a UPSstore in West Vancouver as the address for the company.

The website still lists details of Sullivan’s supposed robotic spillclean-up technology and instructs potential investors to contact himfor direction to company lawyers in Irvine, California.

Alleged armed robberies include 4 on N. ShoreFrom page 1

Securities commission concludesMyron Sullivan II lied to investors


Ferry talesAS British Columbians start

to debate the future of ourtroubled ferry service, we

would be well served as passengers,voters and taxpayers to come to gripswith the implications of the decisionwe face.

When public ferry service beganin the middle of last century, wewere told it was part of the highwaysystem — and that it would betreated as such indefinitely. With thepromise of steadily expanding serviceand subsidized fares, communitiesblossomed along the coast, growingin size and in economic output in away they couldn’t have without thefleet.

But in recent years, that promisehas become harder and harder tokeep. The legacy of governmentmismanagement, skyrocketing fuel

prices and a growing debt have madethe service increasingly unsustainable.

B.C. Ferries has been told to slashruns and find “efficiencies” to makeup the difference, but cutbacks alonewon’t solve the problem. Boats andterminals continue to age, fuel pricesshow no sign of retreating, and debt-servicing costs are bound by necessityto rise. Meanwhile, there is little roomto push up fares further, as they riskpricing the service out of the market.

British Columbians are faced witha bleak choice: Either we put anever-larger share of the tax pie intoour ferries, or we allow our coastalcommunities to wither — which woulditself come at a cost to the economy.

The decision is by no means an easyone, but we must at least understandwhat is at stake before we begin theprocess of choosing.

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VIEWPOINT

“There is nothing elsein municipal politics thatattracts concern and angstlike parking.”

City of North VancouverCoun. Craig Keating discussesthe central Lonsdale residentswho have reported jockeyingfor parking spots with LionsGate Hospital employees(from a Jan. 4 news story).

• • •“You did it in front of

your own children. That’sreprehensible to me.”

Judge Doug Moss soundsappalled while handing asix-month conditional jailsentence to Ryan McCaffery.McCaffery beat anotherdriver with an aluminumbaseball bat during a road-rage confrontation in NorthVancouver (from a Jan. 2news story).

• • •“We just say ‘it’s freezing,

get in here.’”Lookout Society shelter

liaison David Newberrytalks about the need to gethomeless people indoorsduring cold weather (from aJan. 2 news story).

You said it

Make safety orientation part of ski passDear Editor:

I am writing to comment on your Dec. 28 story, Outof Bounds Boarder Needs Rescue, and in response to theletter from Natasha Reid published on the Viewpointpage of the same date.

Firstly, I would like to commend the professionalismand skill of the North Shore Rescue volunteers who,time and again, risk life and limb to rescue these idiots.While it is noble for NSR to refuse fines or fees for theservices they provide, as they say it may cause people tohesitate to call for help, to me this reasoning is faulty.

If people know they will be held responsible for theiractions and fined, maybe they wouldn’t willfully leave theclearly marked trails. As noted in the story, in a previousrescue of an out-of-bounds snowboarder additional costswere involved, not only for Cypress Mountain, but alsoin the use of a Canadian Forces Cormorant helicopter

to retrieve him.Secondly, I take issue with Ms. Reid’s letter. Her

point is non-sequitur. Much time, effort and expensegoes into providing places where people can safely pursueand enjoy a healthy lifestyle. However, our mountains,trails, and back-country are very dangerous places forthe unskilled, unprepared or just plain stupid — such asthe jogger who decided to go for a little run in his shortsand T-shirt at dusk in late November without knowingthe trails or the terrain. The rules and boundaries put inplace are to ensure the safety of all.

Lastly, whether or not one has a healthy lifestylehas nothing to do with the issue. As part of my healthylifestyle, I ride a bicycle, but this doesn’t mean I canride my bike the wrong way on Highway 1. It wouldendanger myself, and others. But, according to Ms.Reid, all is forgiven because I’m physically active.

I would encourage Ms. Reid to look at this “biggerpicture:” Rescuers, both human and animal, risk andsometimes lose their lives for others. If Ms. Reid is“just as happy to pay for the costs of search and rescueoperations . . . as I am for my tax dollars to pay for thecosts associated with sedentary lifestyles. . . .” perhapsshe’ll be happy paying for the funerals and continuedsupport of the families of those who sacrifice their livesthrough brave service. Or is that just another “cost-of-doing-business” of healthy lifestyles?

My suggestion is that all users of the trails and snowruns be required, each year, to pay a modest fee and takea 60-90 minute course on safety, the dangers of goingout-of-bounds, and a basic orientation of the area. Onlythen should they be allowed to use these facilities.Steve KefferNorth Vancouver

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“Sorry,” said the staffer, lugging a large sack out from the back, “this is the onlysize we have.” It was well over twice our regular size, and more than $50.

“No,” I said, “I just can’t afford that right now.” She offered to find us a vet withsmall bags in stock, and while she was on the phone, a young man neither of us had

seen before strode up to the counter. He slid $25 onto it and asked if that was aboutthe difference between the two sizes. When I agreed it was, he headed for the doorwith a big smile and a “Merry Christmas!” We gushed our surprised thanks and bestChristmas wishes as he quickly left, my friend being moved to tears.

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Get me a frickin’ beer on the way out, 2012I’VE never got intothe practice of makingNew Year’s resolutions,but after a few dayssurrounded by myfriends and familythis holiday seasonI’ve come to betterappreciate a few thingsthat are important tome.

The time spent withfriends and loved ones hasprompted me to make afew changes in my life. I’mnot sure if I’m getting theconcept of the resolutionquite right but, as far as Ican tell, I’m supposed tomake changes that will helpme become a better, happierperson.

So here it goes, my firstcrack at resolutions. Aftereach one I’ll give the oddsthat I’ll be able to carry itthrough. Here’s to a new mein 2013!

Resolution 1: Drink morebeer.

With a young toddler sonat home and a wife pregnantwith boy No. 2, 2012 sawa drastic reduction in mybeer intake. That all changedwhen Christmas party seasonrolled around. I’d say mybeer intake tripled fromNovember to December buteven that isn’t getting it right— three times zero is stillzero.

The last few weeks havebeen great — I’d almostforgotten how much I lovethe wild little pleasures oflife, like tasting a fresh newgolden ale, yelling along withsongs and dropping things.

“Hark now hear, the

angels sing/a new beerpoured today. And I willdrink forever more/becauseof Christmas ale.”

Chances of this resolutionsticking: low.

They can’t drink alcoholand one isn’t even born yetbut I know those rascally kidsof mine are going to get theirhands on my beer moneysomehow this year. Plus,kids have this annoying littlehabit of requiring you to besteady handed for things likethrowing around a football,changing diapers or drivinghome from the hospital. Afull beer-naissance might haveto wait a few more years.

Resolution 2: Swear more.Nothing brings out the

f-bombs, the OMGs and theHMOSMGFSBs like talkingabout your fantasy footballlosses (if you’re wondering,that’s Holy Mother of SweetMerciful Giant Flipping SuckBalls. And yes, flipping is justa placeholder). It was duringa festive discussion of stupidEli Manning and his fantasyfootball playoff bed-wettinglast week that I rediscoveredhow much fun it is todrop a few naughty words

into casual conversation.Of course, beer was alsoinvolved.

Chances of this resolutionsticking: very fricking low.

Again, won’t somebodyplease think of the children?I’m already on high imitationalert with my two-year-oldand sadly that’s not aboutto change. Whatever I say,he says. Every parent likelyknows the horror of having atoddler run the house singing“DA-mitt, DA-mitt, DA-mitt” like it’s a Christmascarol. Even innocuous wordscan be scary —a few days agomy son said the word “bit”about 20 times in a row.Only it didn’t exactly soundlike “bit.” It was more like aRussian version of bit.

All parents know thefeeling of trying not to laughwhen their young child sayssomething offensive yethilarious. As much as it goesagainst my own laissez-faire attitude, I can’t startswearing more and thenhave my toddler son callinghis favourite teddy bear abunghole. I don’t even thinkfake swearing is going cut it— no one wants to be thedad on playground with theonly kid running aroundyelling “codswallop.”

Resolution 3: Do fewerchores.

I know she’s been busybeing a mom and creatinglife and blah blah, but mywife really milks the wholepregnancy thing. It wasbad enough when she waspregnant with baby No. 1and hormones suddenly madeher averse to dish soap. Thenhormones made her averse tomoving more than two feetaway from the couch. Then

hormones made her averse toeven cleaning her own pukebucket.

Now with pregnancy No.2 there’s a toddler to contendwith. The latest thing thatthose wacky hormones havetaken away from her is hertolerance of — you’re notgoing to believe this — thesmell of poop. That meansI’m on permanent diaperduty whenever I’m in noserange. This arrangementstinks and I want out.

Chances of this resolution

sticking: Super stinking low.Who am I kidding — even

when my wife couldn’t walktwo steps without having herbarf button pushed by ourunborn baby she still did 90per cent of the work aroundhere. Heck, my toddleralready does almost as muchas me now. He’ll get outthe dustpan and brush andsweep the front hall just forfun. He sure didn’t get thatgene from me — I may haveto get a DNA check on ourmailman to see if his double

helix is unusually clean.Well, there they are —

some sensible resolutions thatare, alas, doomed to fail. Myfinal resolution should be tonever try to make resolutionsagain — it’s harder than Iexpected. I guess, sadly, Imay not be a drunker, lazier,swearier person in 2013.

But somehow I stillfeel like it’s going to be afantastic year — and I hopeit is for you and your familytoo.

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Laugh All You WantAndy Prest

Dear Editor:We live in a beautiful protected valley and

highrises would ruin the rolling valley hillsideviews especially from the core town area, notto mention how much darker it would be dueto the shadows from the highrises blocking thesunshine. The feeling and the beauty we loveand moved here for would change so much.

It would be a real shame to the landscape anduniqueness of Lynn Valley.

I recall the district telling McDonald’s to golow or go home. Please do not ruin our valley.We have already given up a huge area of thevalley to high-density zoned infrastructure.Jikky MiddletonNorth Vancouver

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calling on council to reject the proposal.

In West Vancouver, the early portion of 2013 is earmarkedfor public feedback on the plans to redesign the 1300-block ofMarine Drive.

Grosvenor development group unveiled its proposal tolevel the existing 1300-block, replacing it with tiered mid-risebuildings. The tallest buildings would be a seven-storey tower onthe east block and an eight-storey tower on the west block. Thedevelopment would comprise 88 residential units.

If council approves the plan, Grosvenor would becomeowners of the block, including the police station, which wouldbe relocated.

MARCHA Vancouver developer faces a council-imposed deadline to

make substantial renovations to an unsafe building on LynnValley Road in the District of North Vancouver.

Calling Dovercourt House “an embarrassment” and “a firetrap,” council ordered upgrades for the 100-year-old buildingincluding an electrical assessment, fire stairs and automaticsprinklers last October.

The building’s tenants are scheduled to move out in earlyJanuary, thus leaving Dovercourt vacant while the work iscompleted.

If the work is not completed within the allotted time, districtstaff could finish the upgrades at the owner’s expense.

As of last October, Dovercourt had 10 tenants who paid aslittle as $300 a month in rent.

Ana Moura, the fado singer credited with a revival of themelancholy and haunting Portuguese music, is set to performat Capilano University March 3 as part of the school’s GlobalRoots series.

Moura’s most recent album reached seventh on Billboard’sTop World Albums chart.

A West Vancouver woman accused of enslaving a domestic

worker is due back in court in 2013.Mumtaz Ladha is facing human trafficking charges for

allegedly forcing a 21-year-old woman from Africa to workwithout pay for a year at her residence on Bramwell Road inBritish Properties.

After promising the woman work at a hair salon, Ladhaallegedly took the woman’s passport and forced her to work asmany as 18 hours a day.

Following a two-year investigation, Ladha was charged withtwo counts of organizing illegal entry into Canada.

This is the second time the charge of human trafficking hasbeen approved in B.C.

Like powder-seeking missiles, some of Canada’s finest skiersare set to hit the slopes at Whistler for the Alpine Skiing NationalChampionships taking place March 21-27.

The man who was convicted following a vicious beating inNorth Vancouver is due for sentencing March 25.

Judge Steven Merrick found Paul Joseph Defaveri guilty ofassaulting Ronald Perry last September.

Perry told the court how two men beat him inside a NorthVancouver bungalow on Sept. 2, 2009. Perry had gone to thehouse to try to make a deal with the boss of a criminal gang whowas angry with him for Perry’s earlier involvement in a grow-ripof a marijuana operation in Lions Bay.

Both Perry and Defaveri were living in the house in the 1600-block of Phillip Avenue when the attack took place.

Perry was hit from behind with a hammer and had his eyesgouged before being bound and stuffed into a vehicle anddriven to Vancouver. He lost one eye and has limited vision inthe other.

APRILOn April 1, the 12 per cent Harmonized Sales Tax is scheduled

to be replaced by the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) and the five percent federal Goods and Services Tax in British Columbia.

It will also be pricier to head out to the islands come April 1,with a 4.1 per cent B.C. Ferries rate hike scheduled to take effectthen. Similar increases are pegged for 2014 and 2015.

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The lead-up to the Liberal showdownalso includes debates across the country,including a $20 affair at the Westin Bayshorein Vancouver.

MAYTentatively scheduled for May 14, the B.C.

Liberal Party will attempt to hold off the NDPin the provincial election.

On the North Shore, Liberal incumbentsJane Thornthwaite, Ralph Sultan, and NaomiYamamoto are all set to return to the fray.However, current West Vancouver Sea-to-SkyMLA Joan McIntyre announced she will notseek a third term in 2013.

McIntyre joined 11 MLAs who have saidthey won’t run for re-election.

In North Vancouver-Lonsdale, Yamamoto isset to be challenged by NDP candidate and Cityof North Vancouver councillor Craig Keating.

Theracecouldhavefar-reachingramificationsin North Vancouver, as a Keating victory wouldcreate an absence on council.

In North Vancouver-Seymour, Thornthwaiteis set to run against first-time NDP candidateJim Hanson.

JUNEThe provincial contract with the B.C.

Teachers’ Federation is set to expire on June30.

The current contract, which was signed aftera protracted negotiation that included a three-day walkout by teachers, gave teachers seniorityprovisions but no wage increases.

JULY/AUGUST

West Vancouver is set to host the 2013Pacific Coast Amateur Golf tournament on July22-26 at the Capilano Golf and Country Club.

As July gives way to August, the nation’sfinest lawn bowlers roll onto the pitch for the2013 Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships,scheduled for Aug. 18-24 at the West Vancouverand North Vancouver Lawn Bowling Clubs.

Each event is earmarked to receive $5,000 insponsorship from the provincial government.

FALLThe City of North Vancouver is preparing to

craft an official community plan this year.The draft is scheduled to be written during

the summer with the final document due to becompleted this fall.

The OCP is designed to deal withenvironmental and financial security, integratingtransportation with prudent land use, andachieving a healthy community.

DECEMBERThe Lions Gate secondary wastewater

treatment plant may come into focus with afinal design this December.

The $400-million facility, scheduled forcompletion by the end of the decade, woulduse a biological process to remove about 90 percent of dissolved material from liquid waste.

The plant’s planned location at the baseof Pemberton Avenue is a cause of concernfor District of North Vancouver Coun. DougMacKay-Dunn who suggested rising oceanlevels and more frequent hurricanes could floodthe plant.

North Shore councils have appealed to thefederal government to share the cost of thefederally ordered rebuild, but an arrangementhas yet to be reached.

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

CITY CLERK: Robyn G. [email protected]

publicnoticePUBLIC HEARING WAIVEDNOTICE is hereby given, under the provisions of the Local Government Act, that the Public Hearing concerning the following Zoning Bylaw Amendment hasbeen WAIVED and it is the intention of Council of the City of North Vancouver to consider Bylaw No. 8276 at the regular Council meeting to be held onMONDAY,JANUARY 14, 2013 in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC.

North Vancouver City Hall | 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC | V7M 1H9Tel: 604.985.7761 | Fax: 604.985.9417 | www.cnv.org

ZONING BYLAW NO. 8276

To amend “Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700” (Adaptable Design Requirements – Clarifications) to permit an increase from 20% to 25% in the minimum requiredpercentage of Level 2 adaptable units in all residential development, to revise the submission requirements for mechanisms required in adaptable units, and toclarify wording in the Zoning Bylaw.

APPLICANT: THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER

The proposed Bylaws and relevant background material may be inspected at the office of the City Clerk between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday,except Statutory Holidays, from January 4, 2013. If you wish to view the material online please go to www.cnv.org/publichearings. Please direct inquiries to Mr.Christopher Wilkinson, Planner, at [email protected] or at 604-990-4206.

Written or electronic (email) submissions should be sent to the attention of the City Clerk at [email protected] or by mail to City Clerk, City Hall, 141 West 14thStreet, North Vancouver, BC, V7M 1H9. Electronic submissions must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, January 14, 2013.


PUBLIC HEARING WAIVEDNOTICE is hereby given, under the provisions of the Local Government Act, that the Public Hearing concerning the following Rezoning Application has beenWAIVED and it is the intention of the Council of the City of North Vancouver to consider Bylaw No. 8212 at the regular Council meeting to be held onMONDAY,JANUARY 14, 2013 in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC.

BYLAW NO. 8212

M. RICHARDSON AND TERRA FIRMA DESING have applied for a Zoning Bylaw Amendmentwith respect to the property located at 272/274 East 5th Street, legally described as Lot 18, Block118, District Lot 274, Plan 878, as indicated on the sketch. The amendment to “Zoning Bylaw, 1995,No. 6700” will have the effect of reclassifying the said property.

FROM: RT-1 (Two-Unit Residential 1) Zone

TO: CD-617 (Comprehensive Development 617) Zone

To convert the existing two-unit strata building into a four-unit rental building. Minimal exterior alterationswill be made to satisfy the building code, and will not result in increases to the floor area nor to the heightof the existing building. Each unit would have one dedicated vehicle parking stall in the existing garage.

The proposed Bylaw and any relevant background material may be inspected at the office of the City Clerkbetween 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from January 4, 2013. Ifyou wish to view the material online please visit www.cnv.org/publichearings. Please direct inquiries toMr. Christopher Wilkinson, Planner, at [email protected] or at 604-990-4206.

APPLICANT: M. RICHARDSON AND TERRA FIRMA DESIGN

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT NO. 2012-00011

KRIS GOODJOHN has applied for a Development Variance Permit with respect to the property located at208 East 26th Street, legally described as Lot D, Block 230A, District Lot 546, Plan 10170, as indicatedon the sketch. If issued, the variance will permit a 1,000 square foot single storey Level-B AccessoryCoach House at the rear of the lot. The building height complies with the height envelope.

PUBLIC MEETING WAIVED

NOTICE is hereby given, under the provisions of the Local Government Act, that the Public Meeting concerning the following Development Variance Permit andDevelopment Permit Applications have been WAIVED and it is the intention of the Council of the City of North Vancouver to consider issuance of DVP2012-00011and DPA2012-00011 at the regular Council meeting to be held on MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013 in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, NorthVancouver, BC.

The proposed Permits and any relevant background material may be inspected at the office of the City Clerk between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday,except Statutory Holidays, from January 4, 2013. If you wish to view the material online please visit www.cnv.org/publichearings. Please direct inquiries toMs. Wendy Tse, Planning Technician, at [email protected] or at 604-982-3942.


DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO. 2012-00011

As part of the same application KRIS GOODJOHN has applied for a Development Permit with respect to theproperty legally described above, located at 208 East 26th Street. This Development Permit ensures theLevel-B Accessory Coach House, described above, is constructed in compliance with the Level-B AccessoryCoach House Development Permit Guidelines and all other applicable bylaws and guidelines of the City.

APPLICANT: KRIS GOODJOHN

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TWO North Shore MLAs made itonto somebody’s “nice” list lastyear.

Both North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLANaomi Yamamoto and West Vancouver-Capilano MLA Ralph Sultan listed giftsreceived in the course of performing theirduties on their public disclosure statements.

Yamamoto received two gifts, including aticket to a Vancouver Canucks hockey gamevalued at $290 in March 2012 from the Portof Metro Vancouver. The North VancouverMLA also received a ticket to a gala event,Bridge to Success, valued at $800 donated bythe Success Foundation.

Sultan received a framed silver bowlvalued at $400 donated by the Association ofConsulting Engineering Companies of B.C.

Any gifts received by MLAs in the courseof their work worth more than $250,including those incidental to social obligationsor protocol duties, are included on publicdisclosure statements released each year by theclerk of the legislature.

Neither West Vancouver MLA JoanMcIntyre nor North Vancouver MLA JaneThornthwaite listed any gifts.

Most gifts listed by provincial MLAsincluded tickets to hockey and football gamesand gala fundraising events, although somealso received ceremonial items like carved

masks and cloaks and even electronics like the$280 iPod touch given to Richmond MLAJohn Yap by the Canadian Fujianese FriendshipAssociation.

Burnaby-LougheedLiberalMLAHarryBloywas among recipients of the most substantiallargesse in the free ticket department last year,according to the disclosure statements.

Bloy’s haul included two Grey Cup ticketsworth $570 donated by Scotiabank, four ticketsto another Canucks hockey game worth $740donated by Scotiabank plus eight tickets toa Canucks hockey game and Christmas partyworth $2,000 donated by Pacific WesternBrewery.

In addition to gifts received, the publicdisclosure statements also list sources ofincome as well as assets owned by MLAs andtheir spouses.

Neither Yamamoto nor Thornthwaite listedincome other than their government salaries.Both MLAs listed homes in North Vancouverand RRSP deposits as assets.

McIntyre’s disclosure statement wasthe most extensive, listing dividends fromher company AJ Pottinger & Associates asincome.

McIntyre and her husband own homes inWest Vancouver and Victoria.

McIntyre also listed extensive investmentsthat she, her husband and their companiesown under her assets, including shares in anumber of real estate, resource, energy andpipeline companies, including Enbridge.

Sultan’s disclosure statement lists incomefrom Canadian and U.S. pensions as well asproperty in West Vancouver, Victoria andVermont.

Sultan also listed investments includingshares in logging, mining, technology andenergy companies.

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The Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art 2012 Inaugural Gala took place at the newly openedgallery at 2121 Lonsdale Ave. in North Vancouver Nov. 21. The evening started off with a champagnereception and guests toured the gallery and its impressive display of contemporary Canadian artwork. Asumptuous dinner prepared by well-known chef David Hawksworth was followed by live jazz and theauction of Gordon Smith’s painting Byway Pond. Proceeds will support art exhibitions, education and otherpublic programs at the space.

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BASED on the success of a pilot programrun this fall, the North Shore Girls SoccerClub has added a new, inclusive programto its expansive offerings just in time forthe New Year.

Calling the program Street Soccer for Everyone,the program is designed for girls and boys ages six-17who don’t feel comfortable or able to play on existinglocal soccer teams. In addition, participation is open tochildren with developmental or physical disabilities.

“We’re really excited to be able to offer it,” saysShauna Tucker, president, North Shore Girls SoccerClub.

The program increases the scope of the large club,serving approximately 3,500 players from under-six toadult women.

“The loveliest thing about the soccer club, despiteits size, is that it is a grassroots organization,” saysTucker. “We’ve become really aware in the last fewyears of how integrated in the community that weare. There are almost no families on the North Shorewho have girls or young women in them who have noteither played or coached or refereed or been touchedby soccer in some way . . . . And despite all those trulywonderful things, there is a portion of our communitywe haven’t been serving to date and that just satwrong. There are some people for whom the style ofsoccer and soccer development and play that we offerthrough the club, it hasn’t worked for them and wewanted to make sure there was a place for every girlwho wanted to play soccer.”

A six-week pilot version of the Street Soccer forEveryone program got underway in November 2012,held weekly at The Bubble at Windsor secondary.Between 12 and 16 youths ranging in age from sixto 13 participated at each session. Numbers wererestricted so that club members could assess the streetsoccer skill development model being offered, saysTucker.

“The nicest thing about it is it’s a really goodreminder for everybody involved about why sport isimportant or should be important,” she says. “Peopleare moving and having fun and succeeding. It is a veryhappy place in The Bubble.”

“I don’t think we’ve ever had more positive parentfeedback about any program in the club. The response

NV club launches new program

STREET Soccer for Everyone pilot programparticipant Suraya Pittalwala dribblesthrough the crowd at the Windsor Bubble.Based on the program’s success, it’sjoining the North Shore Girls Soccer Club’sregular programming this month.

Street Soccer initiative getsall players in the game

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ABOVE, the inaugural crop of Street Soccer for Everyone program participants team up for a photo with theircoaches during the program’s pilot run last fall. Below, avid athlete Oliver Sutherland displays his soccer skillsand passion for the game during an obstacle course drill.

Registration now open to interested playersFrom page 13

has been quite overwhelming,” she adds.Tucker is pleased to be unveiling the program as part of the club’s

regular programming this month, the first session getting underwayThursday, Jan. 10.

“It’s about athletic skills generally and then soccer skills specificallyand then we move into a game situation,” she says.

The program title’s “street soccer” reference refers to the style ofdevelopment where a group of people get together and start with apractice, usually conducted in small groups. Those same small groupsform or reform to play games at the end of the day, says Tucker.

“It’s meant to evoke the equivalent of street hockey,” she says.“It’s where neighbours get together and kick a ball around and playa game if they want to, usually in a more pick-up style. . . . The nameis meant to be evocative first of all of neighbourhood but also of thefact that this is less formal than the team soccer that we play withinleagues.”

The Street Soccer pilot program was run by professional coachesAlistair Browne, head coach of the NSGSC, Lee-Ann Denhamand Paul Myers with the participation of volunteer coaches LynnBernard, Tim Godin and Liana Glass. The January program will seeplayers coached primarily by volunteer coaches who Tucker says willbe guided and deliver curriculum developed by Browne, Denhamand Myers.

Players in need of additional support are welcome to bring whatTucker refers to as a “buddy” — a parent, friend, older sibling, etc.— to participate with them. The NSGSC will provide a supportperson if none are available or if the player prefers to work with a“buddy” from the club.

Tucker hopes the program continues to grow.“Anybody who’s interested in participating in the program in any

way, as a coach, as a buddy or as a player should just be in touch,”she says.

Street Soccer Session No. 1 will start on Thursday, Jan. 10 and gofor five weeks, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at The Bubble. The secondsession, also five weeks in duration and held Thursday evenings, willget underway Feb. 14. Registration is open to youths ages six-17.Cost per session is $60 and funds are available for families in need.To register, visit nsgsc.ca.

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Know what you’re gettinginto and choose your ridewisely. Send us your favoritebike personality at [email protected] Pedal Pushers are DanCampbell, Antje Wahl,Anita Leonhard and HeatherDrugge, four North Shoreresidents who use their bikesfor transportation. They canbe reached at [email protected].

health notesZumba Fitness: Classes for people who are overweight and wantto start a program alongside others who are in a similar situationMondays and Fridays, 11:30 a.m. at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church,1110 Gladwin Dr., North Vancouver. Different dance styles are in-corporated into a one-hour class for a fun way to get a cardio, coreand full body workout. Fee: $30 per month of unlimited use or $50for a pack of 10. Registration: 604-971-3578.

Befriending Your Body: A revolutionary approach to food andyour body Wednesday, Jan. 9, 7 p.m. at John Braithwaite Commu-nity Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. Presented by theCanadian Mental Health Association. Admission by donation. Info:604-987-6959 or northwestvancouver.cmha.bc.ca.

Capilano Universe Lecture Series — The Medium’s Apprentice:Dr. Leonard George of Capilano University’s psychology depart-ment will discuss his exploration of spiritualism from the inside Tues-day, Jan. 15, 7-8:45 p.m. at Lynn Valley library, 1277 Lynn ValleyRd., North Vancouver. Free.

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MY vote for the feelgood story for 2012was the emergence ofSeniors Action Tableson the North Shore.

SATs organize and bring

together local teams ofseniors to help improve theircommunity.

I first wrote about SATsin February 2012. Today,we get an update on theprogram from Jane Osborne,

a community developer andthe mentor for the SATs.

The idea for the SATs wasrooted in a survey of seniorsdone by the LionsviewSeniors’ Planning Society in2010.

“Initially we werethinking of doing a surveyon aging in place,” saysOsborne, “that wouldprobably have quite a heavy

emphasis on housing butthen one of our municipalpartners, Cheryl Kathler, asocial planner for the City ofNorth Vancouver, said, ‘Wellyou know, it’s about morethan housing, it’s aboutmore than health services,it’s about the determinantsof health across a broaderspectrum of services thatneed to be available inpeople’s neighbourhoods forthem to remain active andhealthy as long as possible.’”

From there it was aquestion of making sure thateveryone was on the samepage going forward.

“It’s a very interestingprocess,” notes Osborne, “totry to bring seniors arounda table and get some sort ofagreement about what theirpriorities are going to be . . .with a sense of commitmentto it because if you don’thave that, you are not goingto have the energies andsynergies you need to actuallyaccomplish something.”

SATs tackle issues likecommunity and healthservices, transportation,social inclusion andsocialization opportunities,all of which contribute to anage-friendly community.

SATs are action-orientedsays Osborne.

“SATs are not just aboutthinking about things, not

just about planning things,”she says, “the word actionis there because these folkswant to take action . . . theywant to see things happenand they want to be a partof it.”

Currently there are SATsoperating in the Seymour,Capilano and the LowerLonsdale neighbourhoodsof North Vancouver. Thenewest SAT is in WestVancouver.

The formation of theSATs gives us an opportunityto tap into a group of seniorswho are not connected to thecommunity through existingprograms and services.

“That’s a hugeadvantage,” notes Osborne,“because those are voicesthat we do not hearotherwise.”

Challenges? There are afew.

“You need two thingsto make this kind of a mixwork,” say Osborne, “youneed the seniors . . . but youalso need . . . some of thelogistical things (the notetakers and the organizers)to make sure that a group ofpeople can get together anddo meaningful work in thecommunity. There is also aneed to ensure that the SATsare truly inclusive.

“One of the challengeswe have,” says Osborne, “isto bring marginalized seniors(i.e. those with intellectualdisabilities or languagebarriers) into a mainstreamtable that works for them andthe seniors that are alreadythere.”

Osborne notesthe support from themunicipalities and serviceproviders has been therefrom the start and has beencritical to the success of theprogram. Going forward sheis hoping that the SATs canfor the most part be self-sustaining.

“You are not going tobe able to get huge sums offunding for something thatdoesn’t deliver a specificprogram,” she says. “Whatthis is about is really igniting

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SUPPORT GROUPSSound Advice: Information,education and support for thehard of hearing meets the firstFriday of the month, 10 a.m.-noon at West Vancouver Se-niors’ Activity Centre, 695 21stSt. Drop-in fee: $2. Info: 604-925-7280 or westvancouver.ca/seniors.

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Volunteers Needed:TheNorthVancouver Chapter of CARP— A New Vision of Aging forCanada is looking for volunteersfor the executive board. CARP isa national, non-profit, non-par-tisan organization whose man-date is to promote and protectthe interests, rights and qualityof life for Canadians as they age.Info: B.C. representative AprilLewis, [email protected] or 604-536-8717.

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ARTS, CRAFTS, MUSIC ANDENTERTAINMENTAcoustic Jam: Bring your in-strument and join in Mondays,1:30-3:30 p.m. at Mollie NyeHouse, 940 Lynn Valley Rd.,North Vancouver. Drop-in fee:$2. Info: 604-987-5820.

Arts and Crafts: Bring yourprojects and enjoy the company

of other crafters Mondays, 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Mollie Nye House,940 Lynn Valley Rd., NorthVancouver. Drop-in fee: $2.Info: 604-987-5820.

Bazaar Group: Help makecrafts sales a success, Mondays,10 a.m.-noon at Silver HarbourCentre, 144 East 22nd St.,North Vancouver. Free, mate-rials provided. Info: 604-980-2474 or silverharbourcentre.com.

Choir: A mixed choir that en-tertains at the centre and foroutside groups practices Fridays,10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at SilverHarbour Centre, 144 East 22ndSt., North Vancouver. Fee: $25per season. Info: 604-980-2474or silverharbourcentre.com.

Craft Circle: Tuesdays, 1-3p.m. at Parkgate CommunityCentre, 3625 Banff Court,North Vancouver. Free. Info:604-983-6350 or myparkgate.com.

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Stay tuned. My prediction is that you will

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Tom Carney is the executive director of theLionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. Ideas forfuture columns are welcome. Contact him at604-985-3852 or send an email to [email protected].

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chopped and mixed with cheese on a bun — is genuinely popular.They offer advice on where to try it (“Don’t go anywhere thatdescribes itself as ‘famous’ or ‘original’; that’s just for tourists,”),and how to order it. (“Prov, without,” means, “Please use provolonecheese and no onions.”) For the ultimate everyday artery-cloggingexperience the ingredient of choice is the near-liquid processedcheese called Cheez Whiz.

But luckily Philadelphia has much else to eat that’s more toothsome, and is justly well-knownfor its bring your own booze (B.Y.O.B.) restaurants. Their creation may have come about because,although Pennsylvania’s eponymous founder, William Penn, was from the religiously tolerantQuakers, a few of the state’s other pioneer groups, such as the Puritans, were less forgiving of theirfellows’ perceived weaknesses. Some say it’s this Puritan heritage that continues to make it bothtime-consuming and expensive for restaurants in Philadelphia to acquire a liquor license and theresult has been that dozens of small restaurants across the city have opened without bothering toacquire one.

Here you’re away from overwrought “dining concepts” and typically in long, narrow spacesin older buildings that would once of have been shops, plainly decorated and with open kitchenswhose chef-owners welcome the opportunity to concentrate on the food without worrying abouthiring a sommelier or financing a large cellar.

From the pappardelle with goose ragu at L’Oca Italian Bistro to the lemon sole with Israeli

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photo G. Widman for Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC)

MERCATO, a cash-only BYOB restaurant in Philadelphia’s Washington Square West neighbourhood, infuses slow cooking traditions of OldWorld Italy with an experimental style and bold take on new Italian American cuisine.

BYOB in PhillyPHILADELPHIA’S THRIVING BRING YOUR OWN BOTTLE SCENE

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THE kitchen is part of the ambience at Audrey Claire,a Mediterranean BYOB in Philadelphia’s West Village.


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“The food’s a bit more expensive,” says onediner, “but I object to seeing a bottle of winefor $7 in the liquor store and then it’s $45 inthe restaurant, and I’m happy not to have thewine waiter fussing over me.”

With tipping rigorously percentage-based,surely staff must lose out. Not so. “I loveworking here,” says a waitress at Matyson, oneof the longest-standing BYOB restaurants.“We’re always busy, and without an expensivewine list people feel they get a really good deal,so they’re generous.” “It works on a turnoverbasis,” adds one equally satisfied staff memberat Audrey Claire. “We really are efficient, we

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friendly in a pleasantly low-key way, as are someof the patrons. Observing that since I’m diningalone I’ve decided not to bring wine, one passesme a third of a bottle of excellent Californianshiraz he can’t finish himself.

Variations on the theme now include homelydiners that suggest you bring your own beer,and Lolita, which is BYOT: you’re invited tobring your own tequila to accompany a small-but-perfect menu of modern Mexican food,and the restaurant provides an assortment ofcolourful fresh-juice mixes.

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AS well as taking BYOB restaurants to gastronomic greatness, Philadelphia either invented or had a big part inpopularizing the following food items: cheesesteak, the Hoagie, soft pretzels, Water Ice and soda pop.

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VALERIE Erwin’s Geechee Girl Rice Cafe pays tributeto the food cultures of Georgia and South Carolina.

Restaurants raiseBYOB to an art formFrom page 21

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WHEN Audrey Claire opened in 1996, it was one of only two BYOB restaurants inthe city. Now there are more than 240 operating in the metropolitan region.


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When I do this, most small dog owners see that as a cue toget their dogs under control. Maybe it’s because they see a120-pound five-foot-six-inch woman walking two dogs whosecombined weight is close to 200 pounds in a perfect heel andfeel the pressure to at least look like they can control theirdog. But today this woman with her small dog didn’t seem toget the hint. As I walked by with my dogs her small dog cameracing up, happy as a clam and did the worst thing any dog,regardless of size, could do. This small dog jumped up ontoZumi’s arthritic and dysplastic hip in an attempt to mount herto show dominance. Zumi yelped in pain, turned and snappedat the dog and if I had not had her leashed, she would havemade contact.

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AN old silver trophy,donated to a sportby an English Lord,will be up for grabsthis month in Canadawith the North Shorehosting some of thecompetition.

No, it isn’t Lord Stanley’sCup — who knows whenthat glorious hunk of metalwill be presented again.This is the Strathcona Cup,awarded every five yearsor so in a friendly men’samateur curling showdownbetween Canada and Scotlandthat is being billed as theoldest international curlingcompetition in the world.

The Strathcona Cup Westtour will kick off on Thursdayat the North Shore WinterClub with a round of gamesbetween Scottish visitors andtheir Canadian hosts startingat 2:45 p.m. From Jan. 10to 16 the West tour will hit11 British Columbia curlingclubs in total, including asecond North Shore stop atthe Hollyburn Country ClubJan. 13 for a round of gamesstarting at 9 a.m. Similar tourswill be held simultaneously inCentral and Eastern Canadawith the competition wrappingup with a final showdown inToronto Jan. 31. The country that wins the most games overthe entire tour will earn the Cup. All B.C. sessions are open tothe public free of charge.

West Vancouver’s Bruce Beveridge, a NSWC curler, is thechairman of the West tour and a competition veteran — he was amember of the Canadian team that traveled to Scotland in 2009to claim the trophy. While the Canadians are keen to defendtheir title, they’re equally enthusiastic about showing the oldcountry visitors a good time.

“They treated us well and we intend to treat the Scots wellwhen they’re here,” said Beveridge. “It’s just the fellowship ofthe sport and (this competition) brings it out to its fullest.”

You won’t see current superstars like Glenn Howard or BradGushue in the event but the level of play will be fairly high, saidBeveridge.

“It’s not the elite curlers but obviously they’re serious curlersbecause they’re prepared to take that much time out of their livesand spend some money going across the country,” he said. Thecompetition, which was first held in 1903, has been amazingly

equal over the years with Canada holding an 11-10 advantageafter their win in 2009.

The trophy they’re playing for is an impressive one, donatedby Scottish-born Canadian Donald Smith who was a renownedbusinessman, politician and philanthropist who later becameLord Strathcona. The Cup was fashioned by silversmiths inGlasgow at the turn of the century and given to the RoyalCaledonia Club by Lord Strathcona, who was then the HighCommissioner of Canada

“It’s a very imposing, large, sterling silver trophy,” saidBeveridge. It’s also a bit of a hermit — the Scots won’t allow theCup out of the country because of its value. “They keep it lockedaway in a silversmith’s vault most of the time.”

That won’t stop Canadians like Beveridge, a former championof Quebec who played in the Brier in 1967, from trying tolay claim to it again. Regardless of who wins, the competitionwill maintain the bonds between two of the sport’s most

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ROGER Mitchell (left) and Bruce Beveridge practise at the North Shore WinterClub in anticipation of the Strathcona Cup. The world’s oldest international curlingcompetition will make two stops on the North Shore this week.

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HEADING into lastmonth’s HonoluluMarathon, NorthVancouver record-settingsenior runner Betty Jean(BJ) McHugh worriedthat she might finally begetting a little old for the26-mile slogs.

Her previous two marathons— Rome in 2009 and Chicagoin 2011 — didn’t go as well asshe’d hoped, leaving doubt inher mind about whether she’dhave success in the Hawaii race,an event she’s participated in anumber of times before.

“I was sort of concerned, Ithought maybe I’m over the hillhere,” McHugh said.

Her concerns wereunderstandable. By manypeople’s definitions she is, infact, double over the hill. She’s85.

Her worries, however, wereunfounded. All McHugh didwas blast the course in a timeof 5:12:03, setting a new worldrecord in the 85-89 age categorywhile erasing all of her doubts.

“I was totally shocked,” shesaid. “I felt great. I’ve done thatmarathon seven times and Ithink this was the first time I’dactually run it non-stop. Goingout we go up over DiamondHead, which is fine becauseyou’re fresh, but coming backyou go up the other side andit’s uphill and it’s longer. Notas steep but longer. Usually Icheat a bit there and walk butthis time I felt really good.”

It’s not a shock thatMcHugh set a world record— she’s toppled more than 30age group records at variousdistances and ages since shebegan running at the age of 50— but what was surprising forthe octogenarian was where herinspiration came from for this

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race. Her 21-year-old granddaughter Ava, who had never beforeattempted a marathon, suggested last summer that three generationsof McHughs — Grandma BJ, son Brent and granddaughter Ava— should all run the Hawaii race together.

BJ was a little skeptical when she first heard the idea.“I said, ‘Yeah, but Ava, you don’t run,’” she recalled with a

laugh. BJ agreed to the plan, however, and all three McHughs putin excellent performances with 58-year-old Brent clocking a time of3:38 to finish 17th in his age group and Ava racing to the finish lineto beat Grandma, clocking a time of 4:53.

“I was expecting to see Ava lying in a ditch crying because shedidn’t like it,” said BJ, laughing again. “(But) she just loved it.”

BJ credits the presence of her family — along with some of hernormal running buddies and a few cheerleaders in the crowd — withpushing her to a strong finish.

“All of those things help,” she said. “You don’t want to look badin front of your friends.”

Her success, however, is no fluke. When the North Shore Newscaught up with her this week she was a little disappointed becauseicy roads had kept her from her usual 6 a.m. run with her friends.No worries though — she went to yoga instead and planned ongoing for a run in the afternoon.

BJ said that before Hawaii she had an inkling that it would beher last marathon but her success has her re-evaluating that stance.There are five major marathons in the world, she said — London,New York, Boston, Chicago and Berlin — and she’s done them allexcept for Berlin. A trip to Germany might provide a fitting end toher marathon career. Whether or not that happens, she still plans todo “lots” more half marathons, including The First Half comingup in Vancouver in February. McHugh said she still has doubtssometimes about her late-life racing career but she is living proof ofthe old cliché that age is only a number.

“As you get older you start to just wonder if this is totally goodfor you,” she said, laughing again. “I certainly know my body wellenough, I know what my pace should be and I don’t stretch it.”

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THREE generations of the McHugh family — Brent (left), BJ and Ava — celebrate the completion of the HonoluluMarathon. Grandma BJ set a world record in the 85-89 age group.

important countries.“The nature of the sport is very social,” said Beveridge.

“You’re out there with eight people on the ice and you come offand sit down together and have a drink or coffee or whatever. . .. You’re all out there, six sheets or eight sheets, and you all startat the same time and finish at the same time and you mingle.”

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WEST Van’s Bruce Beveridge, who played in the 1967Brier, is organizing the Strathcona Cup’s West tour.

From page 24

Strathcona Cup pitsCanada against Scotland

CARSON Graham grad Beth McNeill was nameda tournament all-star after helping St. FrancisXavier’s women’s rugby team to a resounding 37-0 victory over Guelph in the CIS championshipfinal on their home pitch in Antigonish, N.S.

With the win, coming at the end of the fall semester, Xavieravenged a loss to that same Guelph team in last year’s final andcollected their second national title of the past three years. Leading

just 5-0 at halftime, the X-Women exploded for 32 points in thesecond half to cap off an undefeated 13-0 season and claim thethird national title in school history. For McNeill, a fifth-year flyhalf, this was the last game of a unique CIS career that includedtwo years of basketball at Thompson Rivers University followedby three years of rugby at St. FX.

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TENENYEILes (Laslo) Andrew

May 2, 1934 - Dec. 29, 2012It is with great sadness weannounce the passing of Les aftera short illness at Lions GateHospital. He now rests peacefullyand is finally pain free in the armsof the Lord. He is survived by hisloving wife Mary of 29 years, andthe three children of his heart,Don Urdea Jr (Karen), KarenSeeley (Bill), Susan Urdea (Don),15 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. Sisters-in-law,B e t t y E s c o t t , T h e r e s aBiddlecombe, brother-in-law LeoPeters (Aline), and numerousnieces and nephews. Les wasborn in Budapest, Hungary in1934 and was orphaned by theage of 10. He was taken in by afarming family until the age of 16,when he returned to Budapest togain an education and to complywith mandatory military service. In1956 in order to escapecommunist rule while a soldier, hemade his way to an immigrationcamp in Italy where he choseimmigration to Canada (he said itwas because Canada had theshortest lineup). While here hebecame a member of the BoilerMakers Union and spent a longsuccessful career as a steelfabricator at various shopsaround the lower mainland. Hisdesign and welding skills can beseen the world over. In 1983 hemet and married the love of his lifeMary, and said that he finallygained the family he had alwayswanted. He and Mary shared alove of dancing and in a particularballroom, he gained a reputationas a professional videographer atprofessional ballroom events inVancouver and Seattle, whichalso led to hundreds of weddingsand special events. He was also akeen musician who could playnumerous instruments and spenthours entertaining all with hisbeloved electric 'church style'organ. 'Papa Les' will be deeplymissed by his family and friends.A very special thank you to thedoctors and nursing staff at LionsGate and St. Paul’s Hospitals whocared for him and commented onhis never ending sense of humourthrough all the pain. Weencourage all who knew Les tojoin family at a Mass of ChristianBurial at Holy Trinity Parish, 2725L o n s d a l e A v e n u e , N o r t hVancouver, on Saturday January12, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. FatherJames Comey Celebrant. A lightluncheon to follow in the churchhall. In lieu of flowers donations toLions Gate or St. Paul’s Hospitalsin Les’s memory would bewelcome. To sign the book ofcondolences, please click onmckenziefuneralservice.com

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P a s s e d a w a y p e a c e f u l l yDecember 17. Predeceased byher husband Fred. Survived bySusan, George (Myrna), Steven(Rita), Six grandchildren, threegreat grandchildren. Celebrationof Life, Saturday, January 12 at1pm, St. Agnes Church, 530 East12th Street, North Vancouver. Inlieu of flowers donations can bemade to a charity of choice.

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SYMONS, MaryOct. 7, 1917 - Dec. 31, 2012

Mary Frances Symons (neeMoxley) died December 31,2012 at 95 years young.Lovingly remembered by her 5children: Frank (Krystyna), MaryElizabeth, Linda (Bill), Joanna(Bob), Paul; her grandchildrenFrank III, Deborah (Tom),Suzanne (Austin), Scott (Marci),Rachel (Tim), Jessica (Taneli),Andrew (Jessica), Shawna,Graham, Krystal (Quentin)andNoelle (Philip); and 10 greatgrandchildren. Mary waspredeceased by her belovedhusband, Stewart; her sistersCatherine and Sara-Lee. Acelebration of Mary’s life will beheld at West Vancouver’s NorthShore Unitarian Church onFriday, January 11, 2013, 2pmat 370 Mathers Avenue. Iffriends so desire, in lieu offlowers donations may be madeto Doctors without Borders/Medecins sans Frontieres. Forthose wishing to share amemory of Mary, please go to



ZAPLASKI, Lilia Meri(nee Moreno)

May 27, 1929 - Dec 25, 2012Surrounded by loving family, our"Noni" passed peacefully inNorth Vancouver, BC after avaliant battle with cancer onChristmas Day. Predeceased byher cherished husband AnthonyCharles (1968). Lilia is survivedby her daughter Margaret (John),daughter Mara (Richard) and sonEdward (Erika) and the joys ofher life grandchildren Jessica,Jacob, Merina, Anthony andWilliam as well as varioussiblings including sister Delfaand many nieces and nephews.Born in Tariba, Venezuela, Liliaimmigrated to Montreal, QC in1958 and moved to NorthVancouver, BC in 1988. Lilia willbe forever remembered for herlove and dedication towardsfamily, her love of life and wittyhumour. A celebration of lifemass will be held in the nearfuture. Thank you to the nurseswith North Shore Home Careand all the staff at North ShoreHospice during the last hours ofLilia’s life. We love you Noni! Youwill be truly missed!

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Born London, England, 1919.Survived the Blitz in the 40’s.Lover of life, world traveler.Chose Canada as her adoptedcountry. Last of “The GreatestGeneration”. Rest in Peace.



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ROWLANDS, MarciaMarcia quietly left us onDecember 22, 2012, shortlyaf ter her 80th bir thday.Everyone considered it aprivilege to know Marcia. Shewas a vibrant soul who will bedearly missed by all who knewher. Predeceased by herhusband Merv (1976), Marcia issurvived by her sister Norma(Bob) Howard, daughter Susan(Peter) Shrimpton, son JimRowlands, family and friends.Marcia grew up in Vancouver,BC, went to UBC & Pitman’swhere she met many of her life-long friends including herhusband. Marcia retired in 1997after working for years as schools e c r e t a r y a t B r a e m a rElementary. Susan & Jim wouldlike to thank dear friends whoprovided incredible love andsupport during Marcia’s last fewweeks. A 'Celebration of Life' willbe held on February 9 at 2:00pm at the Pinnacle Hotel at thePier in North Vancouver.

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Aries March 21 - April 19: The accent continueson ambition, status, prestige relationships and yourdealings with authorities. From 2008 to 2024,higher-ups are serious, implacable, heavy-handed.Yet, from 2011 to 2018, rebellious urges visit youstrongly; you have seldom been so unwilling tocompromise. The result could be a battle royal: butbefore you enter it, contemplate their motives andyour options. To succeed, fulfill higher-ups’ dreamsand social wishes, which are the same as your ownfinancial, research and/or sexual goals. Sorry this ispuzzling: no other way to express it. Clues Sunday.

Taurus April 20-May 20: Soon love questionswill be resolved – the mysterious, the lustful, willdissolve to become understanding, gentle affection.(That’s not a decrease in love, but a transformationto a stronger base.) Continue, all month, to avoidfriction with higher-ups: smile, tackle chorespromptly. You might be “kicked upstairs” – into amanagement role. The nicest thing: these weeksare filled with a mellow wisdom: useless fears meltaway. Relationships (to autumn 2015) are slow,demand loyalty and “repeated effort” – but thistrend also brings the right mate to singles – cluesSunday.

Gemini May 21-June 20: As I predicted, yourfriendship circle has begun to grow over the lastfew months (compared to 1996-2011). This month,you might fear that the old barrier has returned, as asolitary mood steals over you. But this is temporary –by late January, and especially February to June (anddoubly especially in April) your optimism will return,and friendships will increase again! Meanwhile, usethe solitude, depths, mysteries and urges of thepresent to invest, or to make good changes in yourlife: bold changes! (Best Thursday/Friday.) Protecthealth Sunday/Monday. New vistas midweek.

Cancer June 21-July 22: This week starts withromance and/or passion – and/or, because thepassion can be creative, or about a risky venture,or passion for a child’s future. Be careful in these– a secret, a too-lustful approach, or a money orhealth factor (e.g., herpes) could lead love intodisappointment or anger. Be moderate.Tackle choresmidweek. Thursday/Friday bring opportunity andopposition. True love is a potential all week, but iftrue love is born now, it’s likely to be a fiery, perhapsrocky one! The weekend is for mulling, figuring it allout. All month, invest or research in career.

Leo July 23-Aug. 22: A pile of work faces you.(With more chores than you might suspect on thehome front, as Sunday/Monday hint.) Might aswell plunge in and get it done. A relationship heatsup now into February – this can be love or enmity,but a definite societal, intellectual, travel, culturalor legal theme accompanies it. “Dynamic” couplesmight agree to wed – or travel. Tuesday/Wednesdayemphasize romance, pleasure, sports, creativesurges and speculative ventures, but only Tuesday“come through.” There’s that work – in spades –Thursday/Friday. Careful Saturday eve: wrongrelationship!

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: The accent lies onromance, creativity, sports, games, charming kids,beauty and pleasure – you’re riding a winning streak,especially Thursday/Friday, when a new love affair ora new creative project could start. But work demandsyour attention, too. This week, a schedule keeps youfrom careening all over the place. (Ignore schedulesnext week, when opportunities need flexibility.)Sunday (better) and Monday (a dud) feature shorttrips, communications, curiosity and variety. Attend toyour foundations, home and family (and your need forrest) midweek – start projects Tuesday.

Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: The focus lies on home,children, nutrition, land, security, retirement. Thesebasic matters are undergoing deep, significant changein the 2008-2024 period. Many Librans “made theirnest” in the last three years: but now you might bespending on that nest, or on your children. You don’tmind, because you see the lasting value involved. Still,keep expenses in line with a conservative incomepicture, now to late 2015 (clues Sunday/Monday).A romantic thread winds through January, couldlead you to a true mate, especially from the 21st intoFebruary. Security and amour don’t mix.

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: The accent lies oncommunications and travel, especially Thursday/Friday, when a new project might emerge. Becurious – what you find now might form the basisfor future projects/actions. E.g., you might wanderinto a neighbourhood where your next home willbe. Act slowly, wisely and gently on the home frontall month. Your energy and charisma soar Sunday/Monday (though little might get done Monday – stickto routine jobs). Chase money, buy/sell Tuesday. Settleinto home comforts Saturday – a.m. lucky, p.m. not.Soon – not yet – a major, beneficial lifestyle changewill arrive.

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Chase money (buy/sell, expand clients, tug your boss’s shirttail, etc.).That will be easier next week than this one, but bywaiting you might miss a good opportunity (probablyThursday/Friday) to launch a lucrative process. You’llfeel restless all month, as a streak of curiosity andwanderlust draw you toward a pleasurable (orromantic) destination. Reading, writing, news mediaand coffee shops can ease your itchy feet. If youhave feelings for someone, tell them. Don’t mistakesolitude for security. Lie low, rest early week. Youshine Monday/Tuesday! Travel Saturday.

Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Your energy, charismaand effectiveness continue at a yearly high. Startimportant projects, see and be seen, call in favours,propose new schemes to bosses or employees. You’reon a rise! Money flows to you all month – bank it,or you could lose more than you gain. Spend only –carefully – on household items, real estate, food andshelter. Your optimism, cheerfulness and happinessrise on a swell of friendly feeling Sunday/Monday.(Monday, money and social plans might conflict.)Until late 2015 your hopes and wishes will be sober,serious – and more likely to come true.Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: Retreat, plan. Rest,contemplate. Support others, and seek support ifyou need it. Therapy, charitable acts, interfacing withgovernment agencies or corporate head offices –these go well. Your determination and sex appeal arestrong now, but keep them “in reserve.” Avoid over-exertion, and overstaying your welcome. By the 19thonward, you’ll burst into an all-round explosion ofaccomplishment. Higher-ups are observing Sunday/Monday. Smile, rather than vent your frustrationMonday. Hope returns midweek. But the full extent ofyour weariness hits Thursday/Friday: find sweet rest.Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: This week and nextbring popularity, light romance, wish fulfillment,entertainment and optimistic plans for the future.Be thoughtful Sunday/Monday. Wisdom will nudgeyou to reject a money source that’s “tainted” or toosecretive. Be ambitious Tuesday; act early, take stepsto firm/form alliances and seize career opportunities.Wednesday’s the same, a pleasant, ambitious day– trouble is, it yields little. Stick to routine. Thatpopularity and light romance arrive strongly Thursday/Friday – enjoy! But retreat Saturday, take a rest. Allmonth, avoid unsavoury people and locales.

[email protected] • Reading: 604-886-4808

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PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGA redevelopment is being proposed for 3508 and 3520 Mt.Seymour Parkway, currently two single-family lots on acombined 16,181 square foot assembly. You are invited to ameeting to discuss the project.

Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013Time: 6:30 – 8:30pmLocation: Parkgate Community Centre – 2nd Floor

3625 Banff Court, North VancouverThe applicant proposes to rezone the site from single-familyzoning to a comprehensive development zone to permit a 16-unit townhouse project. The proposed three level units areapproximately 1,225 square feet in area and have three bedrooms.A total of 33 underground parking stalls are provided.

The meeting is being held by Daniel Diebolt, a representativeof Diebolt Parkgate Development LP, in compliance with theDistrict of North Vancouver Council Policy. The applicant willpresent details of the proposal and discuss any concernsresidents may have.

Information Packages are being distributed to residentswithin 75 meter radius of the site. If you would like to receivea copy or if you would like more information, contact StevenPetersson of the Community Planning Department at 604-990-2378 or Daniel Diebolt at 778-322-1440 or bring your

questions andcomments to themeeting.

*This is not a PublicHearing. Councilwill receive areport from staff onissues raised at themeeting and willformally considerthe proposal at alater date.

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REAL ESTATE6065 Recreation

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6065 RecreationProperty6065

3 BR, lrg kitchen/lving room,1300sf seasonal, Gambier Isl.Sea Ranch $325K 604-266-6191

LOT & Trailer. This little gem islocated 120 miles from Van, pool- C.H, hiking, fishing, history ofCaretaker, maint $775/yr,reduced winter price $30,000. Lot33 - 30860 Trans Canada HwyYale BC. Ph 1-604-792-6764

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INTERNATIONAL PLAZA1989 Marine DriveNORTH VANCOUVER

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Bach from $8451 Bdrm from $11052 Bdrm from $1630City & Mtn. Views. Includes heat& hot water. Pool, Jacuzzi, sauna

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1 BDRM (Lonsdale & W 5th) Feb1, ns/np gtd prkng, S facing604-983-9469 $900 inc heat, h/w

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1 Br, $920, Avail NowTotal reno’d Heat incl. quiet.drapes. hardwood, gated or freeprkg,no pets 1 yr lease. 310 E. 2604-700-7572

1 BR large 18/Lonsdale, incl heat& hw, drapes, balc, elevator, nsnp $960, Feb 1, 604-220-6817

1BR $870 16/St George, lrg,view, incl ht & hotwater, nr bus/shops, no pets, ns, 778-889-4719

1BR W. 20th & Lonsdale, heat,hw & prkg, no pet, ns, Feb 1st refsreq’d. 604-960-0452

2 BR $1150, Feb 1, centralLonsdale, hw flrs, incls heat & hotwater, no pets, 604-986-6418

2 BR bsmt, Upper Lonsdale,kitchen, wd, incls hydro, $1150,ns, np, avail Feb 1, 604-986-4471

2 BR, family complex, rec facilit-ies, Westview, w/d, heat, availNow. ns np. $1400 604-921-4384

2BR $1050, Jan 1 or 15/2013.Heat incl’d, quiet, gated prkg. n/p,view, walk to seabus. 1 year lease163 West 5th. 604-980-7501

3 BR’s $1450 & $1525, hardwoodflrs, incls heat, hotwater, Mile E of2nd Narrows. No Pets, refs, availJan 31st, 778-320-1554

BACH central Lonsdale, balcony,spacious, full kitchen & bath, ns,np, $788, Feb 1, 604-904-7545

195 21st StreetBELLEVUE TOWERStudio - $12501 BR - $1550

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2180 Argyle Ave.WestVanc. 604-913-1849 forviewing appointment

BAYVIEWAPTS1550 Duchess Ave,W. Van.

Studio & 1 Br availFitness facility, Key less entry,Move-In Bonus, outdoor pool, nrshops, transit & Seawall. 1 yrlease, N/pets. Heat, hw incl’d.Member of Crime Free Multi-Housing Program 604-922-4322

Luxury Over The Seawall!Bach, 1 BR& 2BR pool rec. rm,

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6505-12 West VanApt. Rentals6505-12

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1 BDRM Beautiful Deep Coveheat, h/w & prkg. ns/np, availNow, $800/mo, 604-929-8819

2 BR, $1190, Now or Feb 1,nr Hospital & Safeway, 1 year

lease, no pets, prkg, heat incl. 150E. 11th. 604-987-4922

Large Bach upper Lonsdale,$770 incl heat/hw, hardwood, N/Sadult bldg, Feb 1, 604-202-3458

6505 Apartments &Condos6505

6505-11 North VanApt. Rentals6505-11

151W 2nd St, Bachelor,NPavail immed, 1 prkg, storagelaund. $1,250.778-228-9512

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MARLBOROUGHTOWER1 BR ($1300) & 2 BR ($1800),suites $1800. Available Jan 1 &Feb 1. Well maint ste with d/w.Pro fess iona l l y managedbuilding close to all amenitieswith new fitness centre. Nopets, 1 yr lease.

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TIMEBUILDING, 155W 1st St,enjoy stunning views from very

large 2 br & 2 bath, 1150 sf. LowerLonsdale top flr condo. Granite

counter & SS appls, np ns, $2500.1 prkg + storage. nr all amens,

Tim 604-925-3171

TUCKTON PLACE 1520Chesterfield. newly renod, 2 bdrm$1295 604 990-2971, wknd778-340-7406

Two, 2 BR’s avail Now& Feb 1,Lynn Valley, large $1195.

Parklike Setting, Outdoor Pool,Playground. drapes, heat & prkg.incld. 1 yr lease. no pets 1228Emery Pl. 604- 987- 4922

LYNN VALLEY 2 BR, updated,cat/sm dog ok, avail now $1175604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net

PARKRIDGE TERRACE110 E. Keith Rd.

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1 BDRMRecently reno’d 800sf,

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2 BR, 1 bath, 2150 Bellevue Ave,Stunning Views, $1900, availNow, NS/NP, 604-921-4384

6522 FurnishedAccommodation6522

A SHORT STAY North Shore 1 & 2bdrm + penthouse. Renos, families,pets allowed, Execs. 604-987-2691www.vancouvershortstay.com

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6540 Houses - Rent65404 BDRM, 2 bath, 180' VIEW, quietSt, Dundarave, avail Jan. 1,$2850/mnth 604-926-9394

4 BDRM, 2 bath, 2 prkng spot, clsto school, bus, mall, $1900+util604-562-2710 604-987-1844

4 BDRM, 2 bath, den, rec room,hardwood, SS kitchen West Van,Immed. $3250/m. 604-925-1728

4 BDRM, 2 bath, rec rm, f/p, 5appls, ns/np, N Van, $1800/mo,avail Now, 604-988-3206

AMBLESIDE 3 bdrm + den, 3 ba,quiet, view, pet ok, N/s pref.$2850+ut. immed 604-317-1553

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1 BR (Avail Jan 1) & 2 BR(Avail Now & Jan 1), Mnt/Ocean views, incl. heat & h/w.Tennis courts, indoor pool,saunas, exercise & gamesrooms. Walk to beach & shops.Small pet ok. 604-922-8443

WATERFRONT LUXURYThe Pink Palace on the Seawall

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2222 Bellevue Ave.To view: 604-926-0627

THE EDWARDIAN1330 Clyde Ave. Studio $935,avail now. 2 Bdrm $1490, Feb 1st.Ocean Views, N/S, No Pets, Util.not incl. For appt. 604-926-3741

DUNDARAVE CHARACTERhome lrg crnr lot, 5 bdrm, 2 bath,Avai l Feb 1 $3100 mnth1-604-223-1150 [email protected]

6540 Houses - Rent6540

DEEPCOVE 604-929-5191- 2 BR semi waterfront $1975- 2 BR seaside cottage $2325

W VAN gated priv residence,Stainless & granite kitch, 2BR +den + full inlaw ste/3rd BR, nramens, ns, $3500, 604-715-7467

6565 Office/Retail -Rent6565

150sf - 600sf Prime Office SpaceAvail for Lease. Excellent Rates!Call Jeff or Ross 604-980-3003

6595 SharedAccommodation6595

6595-45 NorthVancouver6595-45

1 ROOM avail Central Lonsdale,furnished, female only, student,$560 incl utils. 604-982-0256

2 BR, in spacious home n/sfemale, internet, w/d, $495, en-suite bth $595 incl. 604-329-7449

4th PERSON to share 4 br housenr LGH, suit wrkg person, Jan 15,$525 incl ns/np 604-990-4257

6602 Suites/PartialHouses6602

1 BR + den, grd level, UpperLonsdale, own entry & patio,$1200 incl utils, avail Feb 1, ns np604-985-1142, 604-616-2149

1 BR Horseshoe Bay, own entry,incl prkg, cable/internet, ns np nrbus $900+util, refs 604-781-4687

6602 Suites/PartialHouses6602

2 BR, 2 ba, bsmnt ste $1280 & 3bdrm 3 bath $2740, 2 fl upperhouse, will rent sep or tgthr, CapRd/Fullerton Ave area, shrd lndy,np, Hse avail Jan 15th or Feb 1,ste avail now. 1 yr lease604-440-5919

2BDRM BSMT SUITE;Grand Boulevard area

Feb 1; quiet, no smokers, wouldsuit working professionals; 1600sq ft; No Pets; $1,650 monthly;utilities not included.

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3 BR, 2 lvl, Blvd area, 2.5 bath,gas fp, dw, 2000sf, ns/np, $2000+ utils, Jan 1, 604-728-2620

LARGE 2 bdrm bsmt ste Edge-mont Blvd, $1400 inc hydro, availJan 15. 604-616-6443

Legal 2 BR garden ste,Ambleside, great cond, nice bigkitchen, inste ldry, South facingpatio, prefer 1, $1450 incl utils,NOW, NS/NP, 604-926-1430

6605 Townhouses -Rent6605

3 BR, w/d, d/w, hardwood, unfin-ished bsmt, near 2nd Narrowsbridge, 2 prkg, $1900 + utils, availnow. 604-319-0362

DELBROOK GARDENS 777W.Queens, 2 bdrm townhome,$1595 604-990-2971, weekends604-363-4322

6615 Wanted To Rent6615Looking for Parking Spot to rentaround 15th and Lonsdale area.Please call 778-628-1118.

6505 Apartments &Condos6505

6505-12 West VanApt. Rentals6505-12

WESTWIND APTS - 2025Bellevue Ave, W Van, 2 BR mntview, Cat OK Senior discount.604-913-0734


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1986 PONTIAC FIREBIRD, red,v6, 2 dr, 50k, a/c, auto, exc int, 1owner, $6500. 604-533-3191

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1967 AUSTIN Healey BJ8 Mk 3,completely restored. 75K mi, allorg. Red Ribbon at All Brit. Fieldmeet. $45,000. 604-987-3993

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2011 Dodge Charger SE 1,700kms. Very cool,mint,smells new!$24,600obo. Gord 778-300-2538

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1987 JAGUAR XJS Cabriolet, 1owner, lady driven, V12, ps, pb,pw, rebuilt ac, new tires, $8900obo, Don 604-826-7012

1989 BENTLEY Eight, Immac,68,000 kms, gorgeous charcoal/tan, no accidents, show winner$19,900 obo 604-889-2525

2004 Jaguar X-Type Automatic93,500 kms Excellent condition.$10,500 Call: (604) 786-0941email: [email protected]

9130 Motorcycles/Dirt Bikes9130

1986 HARLEY Davidson SLH-TC, loaded with options, 34K kmoriginal, show bike, collectorsplate, $13,000, 604-946-4553

2005 KAWASAKI EX500R Ninja,16K, stored 2 yrs, 1 lady owner,$3000 obo, 778-788-8136

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12 CHEV SUBURBAN LT4x4, 9 pass, leather, loaded.WAS $48,800

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11 CHEV SILVERADO 4X42500 LTZ, fully loaded.Stk 951550WAS $39,900

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04 GMC SIERRA EXT CABDuramax diesel, rare 5 speed.STK 8G56302WAS $17,900

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10 CADILLAC SRXAWD, NAV, DVD, loaded.STK 951190WAS $38,900

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09 CHEV EXT CAB4x4, Duramax diesel, rare long box,only 51,000kms. STK 951330WAS $39,900

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11 GMC TERRAIN SLT-2AWD, loaded.Stk 9949910WAS $38,900

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11 BUICK REGAL CXLLeather,sunroof, loaded.STK 951300WAS $28,900

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08 CHEV MALIBU LTSunroof, loaded.

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08 CHEV TAHOE 4X48pass, leather,mint.Stk 951490WAS $27,900

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12 FORD ESCAPE XLTAuto, a/c, loaded.Stk 951620WAS $23,900

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08 AUDI A4 QUATTROLeather, sunroof, only 59,000kms.

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11 ACURAMDXAWD, leather, loaded.STK 951470WAS $45,900

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08 PONTIAC MONTANAV6, auto, loaded.

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10 MERCEDES C3004matic, fully appointed.STK 951610WAS $29,900

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12 CHEV SONIC LS5spd, only 16,000kms.STK 951430WAS $14,900

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09 DODGE JOURNEY SELoaded, only 57,000kms. STK 868022WAS $18,995

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1991 Pontiac Grand Prix 4 DRFully loaded,kept inside,in familyfrom new $2495. 604-899-6119

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1997 LANDROVER Defender(s)90 , 5 spd d iese l , m in t ,160,000km, from desert $23,9001-780-945-7945 [email protected]

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9160 Sports &Imports9160

1994 PONTIAC Trans Am GT redwith grey int., well maint., ladydriven $4800. Serious inquiresonly. Ph 604-997-2583

1997 JAGUAR XK8 cpe, black,blk lther int, 84,000 ks, full load, allrecords, DB7 rims, sport pckg$9900 firm. 778-889-6557

1997 VOLVO 850 Stationwagon,loaded, well maint, new tires,$3900 obo, 604-984-0596

1998 HONDA Accord Ex, lowkms, new tmg belt, brakes, waterpump, $4600 obo, 604-812-4912

2001 Toyota Celica GTAuto 138,000 kms -many extras$8,950. Call: (604) 690-6235

2002 MERCEDES C320, quickSale $9900 1 lady owner noaccidents, f/load, 604-649-4542

2002 NISSAN Maxima SE, only151,000 km, leather heatedseats, sunroof, 4 drs, $7,500OBO, Call 778-279-1490

2004 HYUNDAI Elantra 79 K km,5 spd, 2.0L, 4 cyl, new clutch, a/c,loaded, $5999. 604-980-0051

2006 ACURA 3.2 TL custom fullyloaded, 300 HP 6 spd. 125,000km on body, only 44,000 km onengine $15,500. 604-241-0357

2007 BMW 525i88,400km Premium Pkg, loaded$21,900 obo. 604-532-9292

2007 TOYOTA Camry LE, 4 dr,special leather, auto, 89K, f/load,$14,800 obo, 604-808-9518

9160 Sports &Imports9160

2012 AUDI A4 Quattro, Premium,29,000km, $46,500, panoramasunroof, auto, monsoon grey,black leather interior, all seasontires. Snow tires optional.604-764-8044

9173 Vans9173

2000 MAZDA MPV LX, gold, 4cyl, 195000km, auto, airbags, pw,ps, Scratches on exterior, $2,100604-986-7533

2003 KIA Sedona EX 2tone silver/grey, 3.5ltr,auto, pw/ps, am/fm,cd, 5dr, 7pass, cloth seats, roofrack, 171K, $3900 604-820-0486

9515 Boats9515

1989 19’ Bayliner Capri Blue, 2.3litre IB Fresh water cooled Exccond. Well maint. Lots of extras,c/w trailer . $4,695. 604-837-7564

9522 RV’s/Trailers9522

1974 MOPAR 24’ customcabana, 65K org miles, 440 V8, 4kw. genset, oak cabinets, Cadilachead lights. New $1100 furnace,CD stereo, SS microwave,inverter, 3 batteries + more.$8500 obo. 778-889-3459

2005 FOUR WINDS Class C 30’sleeps 7, like new cond, 132,000km, $24,888 [email protected]

2008 NASH 25’ 5th whl, q bed,rear kitchen, 1 slide $19,000. Ph604-792-2201 Chilliwack

2009 BIGFOOT 30MH28TE Topof line, immaculate, loaded, lowkms, $88,650. 604-230-7546

9160 Sports &Imports

2009 Mercedes C230 4Matic$26,850

2006 Mercedes Ml350 4Matic$22,850

2005 Mercedes Ml350 4Matic$16,850

2006 Mercedes Slk280$22,850

2010 Smart,Only 48,000kms$8,850

2004 BMWX3 2.5i AWD,Only41,200kms $14,8502003 BMWX5 3.0i AWD,Only98,000kms $5,8502003 BMWX5 4.4i AWD,Only94,000kms $15,850

2002 Acura MDX AWD,Only99,000kms $12,8502003 Audi A4 3.0 Quattro,76,000kms $12,8502004 BMW 325i, 4dr Sedan, Only52,000kms $13,8502006 Toyota Camry, 77,600kms

$12,8502007 Toyota Yaris, 52,000kms

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