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Dundarave resident PeterMiller has seen the assessed value of hismodest home jump 25 per cent from justmore than $2million in 2015 to almost $2.7million this year. Miller, who is on a fixed income and has no plans to sell his house, wants changes to the assessment process. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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A Lions Gate Hospital psychiatrist and nuclearmedicine specialist is winning high praise fora far-reaching study that could change theway we diagnose and treat patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic braininjury.

Dr. Rob Tarzwell and a team of researcherscomparedmore than 21,000 single-photon emissiontomography (SPECT) images of brains of peopleclinically diagnosed with PTSD, TBI or a combinationof both. They found they were able to predict with100 per cent accuracy which condition or conditionstheir subjects had.

“This is the largest functional neuroimagingstudy in history and that allowed us to have a lot

more confidence in our statistical results,” Tarzwellsaid. “The data have beenmurky. This is the firsttime a clear and convincing difference has beendemonstrated.”

Discover Magazine placed it on their list of the top100 science stories of 2015.

While people with brain injuries tend to have

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When Jennifer Clay gother house assessment inthe mail this week, she putoff opening it.

“I thought if I open it Iwon’t sleep, so I’ll open ittomorrow,” said Clay.

Clay, who lives in a heritagehouse on North Vancouver’sEast Eighth Street, had a goodidea what was coming. Herproperty is upmore than 20per cent in value this year – toover $1.4 million. That’s on topof the 10 per cent increase invalue last year.

Her home is nowworthquadruple what it was whenshe bought it 20 years go.

“It’s crazy,” she said. “Ihave no idea how people buythese houses.”

It’s a similar story inWestVancouver, where Peter Millerhas lived in the samemodestDundarave home on NelsonAvenue for the past 25 years.

“My house is a simple oldcottage, extended a bit, noth-ing grand,” said Miller.

In Miller’s case, theassessed value of his propertyjumped 25 per cent from justover $2 million in 2015 toalmost $2.7 million this year.

Others in his Dundaraveneighbourhood have reportedsimilar increases – or higher.

Miller, Clay and theirneighbours are amongthe increasing numbers ofproperty-rich on the NorthShore, whose skyrocketing

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COLUMNIST PAUL SULLIVAN: THE MILLIONAIRE CLUB AIN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE 8 l MAILBOX 9

assessments have pushedmany single-family homeowners intothe million-dollar club. But Miller says that won’t do himmuchgood because “we have no intention of selling.”

Miller and Clay aren’t alone. In many Lower Mainland com-munities, including both North andWest Vancouver, residentialproperties are showing “significant increases from 2015,” saidarea assessor Jason Grant, with typical single-family homesshowing increases of between 15 and 25 per cent. “You wouldhave to go back to 1980 to find only two or three times thatassessments have moved this much, this quickly.”

Single-family homes in the Lower Mainland “have beenextremely sought after,” said Grant. In contrast, increases tostrata properties have risen only between five and 10 per cent.

Increases inWest Vancouver have been the most dramatic.On average, the value of residential properties in West

Vancouver is up 17 per cent this year, compared to 6.5 per centlast year. In the District of North Vancouver, average assess-ments are up 15.5 per cent compared to 5.3 per cent in 2015,while City of North Vancouver properties have averaged an 11per cent increase compared to 3.3 per cent last year.

But those averages mask some significantly higher increasesfor owners of single-family homes.

In the city, a single-family 1950s home in the Hamilton area

worth $1.2 million last year, for instance, is worth almost $1.5million this year, an increase of 20 per cent. A Blueridge homebuilt in 1961 worth $895,000 last year would be worth over $1.06million this year, an increase of 19 per cent.

Last month, B.C. Assessment sent out early notices to morethan 2,130 property owners on the North Shore, warning thattheir assessments would be up significantly more than averagefor their area.

This week, assessment notices went out to all homeowners,who can also check their assessment online at bcassessment.ca.

Grant said so far B.C. Assessment has received relatively fewcalls about the assessment notices. “Most people are very awareof what their property is worth,” he said.

Municipal leaders say the soaring assessments are certainlycreating a lot of local buzz though. “Every dinner party I go toit’s a topic of conversation,” said Coun. Craig Cameron, actingmayor for the District of West Vancouver. “You wonder whereyour kids are going to live.”

In response to the rising assessments, the provinceannounced Tuesday the threshold for the full homeownergrant has been bumped up to $1.2 million from $1.1 million lastyear. The basic grant can reduce property taxes on an owner’sprincipal residence by $570. But both Miller and Clay say thatwon’t help them, because their properties are already above thatthreshold. Both also worry the spike in their assessments – over

the average for their communities – could lead to significantlyhigher property tax bills.

Miller doesn’t think that’s fair. “It’s paper value,” he said ofthe increased assessment. “It’s nothing to do with money in yourpocket now.”

Municipal leaders point out that increased assessments don’tautomatically translate directly into higher taxes. But District ofNorth Vancouver Mayor RichardWalton acknowledged for thoseon fixed incomes, like seniors, the high value of their propertycan represent a cash-flow hardship at tax time.

“There’s tons of people who are well into their fixed-incomeyears who couldn’t see this coming,” he said. But tax deferral isone option that can help, he said.

Clay said coming up with the cash is a struggle even for thosewho are still working. Last year, she lost the homeowners’ grantand paid almost $900 more in taxes than the year before.

Both Miller and Clay say all levels of government need to takea serious look at what’s happening in the housing market with aview to cooling off the double-digit increases.

But CameronMuir, chief economist for the B.C. Real EstateAssociation, said looking at the value of single-family homes inthe most expensive areas doesn’t accurately reflect the afford-ability of the real estate market overall.

“The vast majority of people who are buying homes of alltypes are buying under $1 million,” he said.

WestVan’spriciesthomenears$30MJANE [email protected]

At the very high end of the North Shore real estate mar-ket – where multi-million-dollar mansions sport infinitypools and heated five-car garages and tear-downs go for$4 million – prices are headed in one direction: up.

Wayup.The top three property assessments this year – all inWest

Vancouver – are all over $26million.The highest assessment – an 11,000-square-foot home on the

West Baywaterfront at 3330Radcliffe Ave. –was valued at just under$30million this year, at $29.7million. That’s up from its value lastyear, of $24.2million – a 23 per cent increase.

The second-highest assessment at 1690Marlowe Pl. in the BritishPropertieswasworth $24.7million this year – up from its value of$23.6million last year and $21.3million in 2014.

The third-highest assessmentwas for a $26.5-million home on theDundaravewaterfront at 2588Bellevue Ave. – up from$24.5millionlast year.

WaterfrontWest Vancouvermansions on streets like Radcliffe,Bellevue and ErwinDrive continue to be themost sought-afteraddresses for the top tier of the uberwealthy.

But assessed values often lack behind perceivedmarket value ofluxury properties. One six-bath, eight-bedroomhome at 4351Erwine{u �k[Z`[ `�~`�^_ Z� cq q[^ |Z]q[ [Z\[^zq czz^zz^_ mc�o^ ~� q[^�~{q[Shorewith a value of $23million – is currently listed for sale at almost$43million.

Another home at 5363KewCliff Rd. – boasting a yacht garagewithelevator access – didn’t evenmake the list of top 20 assessments inWest Vancouver, but is listed for sale for almost $24million.

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“It’s unreal,” he said. “A year ago Iwas selling lots in Dundarave for$2.8 to $3million. Those same lots are now selling for over $4million.”

Angell saidwealthy buyers fromChinamake up “over 40 per centof ourmarket,” inWest Vancouver and closer to 70 per cent of the

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The highest assessment in the citywent to the heritageHamersleyHouse at 350 East Second St. with a value of $2.4million.

Twohomes in the TempeHeights neighbourhood at 407 and 383Brand St. bothworth approximately $2.3million, rounded out the topthree.

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decreased neuron activity and blood flow tothe frontal lobes of the brain, PTSD patientshave overactive segments in their lower brainstructure, as revealed by SPECT images. Thetrouble is, both conditions tend to produce thesame symptoms: decreased impulse control,amnesia, insomnia, irritability, reduced frustra-tion tolerance, lowmood and energy.

Knowing the physiological differencebetween the twomeans clinicians should beable to makemuchmore targeted treatments,Tarzwell said. “Somebody with traumatic braininjury already has an underactive brain. Youdon’t want to necessarily add sedatives to thepicture, whereas with PTSD, which is an anxietydisorder, sedatives can play a really importantrole.”

Yet, close to two-thirds of patients withTBI are put on sedatives at some point in theirtreatment, Tarzwell said. The research is ofparticular interest to doctors whose patientshave suffered trauma of both kinds. “One ofthe groups we’re especially interested in issituations where things that damage your soulalso damage your brain. These would be physi-cal assaults, motor vehicle accidents, police

incidents, war,” he said.Tarzwell called being in the top 20 of

Discovery’s annual list a career highlight. “Wewere number 19 on that list this year. That feltwonderful. We’re one behind Tesla’s announce-ment of home battery packs so we’re in prettygood company and eight out of the top 10 werepictures from Pluto. Who knows, if it wasn’t agood planetary exploration year, wemight havedone even better,” he said. “I don’t know if I’llever punch this high abovemy weight again.”

The study’s methods are replicable for mostany psychiatric conditions and the database ofbrain images has more than 100,000 subjectsto compare, meaning Tarzwell’s work could actas a new foothold in the study of neurobiology.Using data collected at Lions Gate Hospital,Tarzwell’s next study delves into the differencesin neurobiological patterns linked with bipolarand unipolar depression.

“The treatments are starkly different. In fact,the treatment for one can be dangerous for theother. That’s a clinically important questionthat’s never had a satisfactory resolution anda lot of patients with bipolar disorders can go10 or more years with no proper diagnosis andend up on the wrong pathway. It’s as commonas dirt,” he said.

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“I had some mixed emotions dropping that stuff off justbecause of the memories of what I had to go through,” hesaid.

Watt was a patient at the psych unit of Lions Gate beforeconstruction of the HOpe Centre began.

But at six-foot-five and 240 pounds, the hospital couldn’tprovide anything for Watt to wear as he began his treatmentfor bipolar disorder.

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With treatment and the support of his family, Watt hassince righted his ship, becoming a top sales rep in hiscareer and establishing a relationship and home in LowerLonsdale.

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New millionaires

We likely have an idea inour minds of what a mil-lionaire looks like. He’skicking back on a tropicalbeach, yelling “buy” or

“sell” into a phone, sipping on a mai tai orpuffing a cigar.

We probably don’t think of the old ladydown the street, who’s lived forever inthe same small cottage. We don’t think ofthe guy at the next desk at work.

But these days, they are likely as notto be the faces of the new millionaires.

The latest assessments, with increasesof 15 to 25 per cent for single-familyhomes on the North Shore, have pushedproperty values into the stratosphere.Although it’s only one part of the housingmarket, it has a trickle-down effect.

Being asset-rich is great – if you wantto sell.

But it’s also pushing ownership

beyond the reach of a whole generation.That has implications for communities

– not to mention our traffic congestion– as people who work in our hospitals,schools and emergency services can nolonger afford to live here.

It also leaves some owners who don’twant to move from their neighbourhoodsstruggling to pay hefty tax bills theynever anticipated.

Unless we’re happy with communitiesmade up of absentee owners, elderly anduber rich, it’s time for all levels of gov-ernment to embark on a serious policydiscussion.

These are sensitive and serious issues.They’re issues that are pitting thosewho grew up here against newcomers,generations against each other, the havesagainst the have nots.

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The property assess-ments are in for2016. Hello, all younew millionaires out

there.I’m talking about you,

homeowners of CentralLonsdale, where the assessedvalue of your detachedhomes went up 22 per centfrom $984,000 to $1.19million.

Or you in the HamiltonStreet area, up 24 per cent,over the million-dollarthreshold to $1.15 million.

How does it feel to besitting on more than a millionbucks worth of property?

It doesn’t mean whatit once did, does it? Therewas a time it would havebeen a mark of distinction.These days, it feels morelike a mark of extinction.And I mean that literally. Ifyour property is worth morethan $1.2 million, you nolonger qualify for that $570homeowner’s grant on yourproperty tax.

I know. Cry me a river,right?

But the real estate

situation in Metro Vancouveris so cockeyed that manyproperty millionaires can’tafford to pay a $500 taxboost.

The North Shore is justas infected by real estatedisease as the rest of Metro.Everywhere you look: mil-lionaires. Blueridge? Up 19per cent to $1.05 million.Lynn Valley? $1.13 million,up 13 per cent. Of course,don’t forget Canada’s priciestpostal code: the year overyear average increase of 16.9per cent in West Van is in theprovince’s top five.

Sadly, most of this newwealth is kind of illusory.If you sell and cash in, tryto find comparable lodg-ings anywhere south ofPemberton or west of Hope.I suppose you could move toTumbler Ridge, where realestate values have decreasedmore than 30 per cent inthe last year, and the aver-age price of a home is nowbelow $200,000 thanks tothe collapse of the resourceeconomy. Of course, you’dhave to live in TumblerRidge.

And most of us havereally done nothing to buildour little piles of equity,except insist on waking upevery morning (beats thealternative). When our fam-ily moved here in ’89, webought a house in Norgatefor a price that was southof $170,000. Now, houses inNorgate, if you can find one,are straddling the million-dollar mark. A million bucksgets you 1,500 square feet ona concrete slab. It’s kind oflike a double-wide withoutthe promise of mobility.

Many of us are sittingin these dubious mansionswaiting for the roof to fall in.Mostly that’s a metaphor fora market correction, but forsome it’s a literal possibilityas all available cash goes intothe mortgage payment, andthere’s none left for trifleslike roofs and plumbing.

And that’s if you canafford the mortgage pay-ment. Someday, mortgagerates are going to rise abovethe current ridiculouslylow levels, and when thetime comes to renegotiatethe sticker shock could killmore than one momentarymillionaire.

Yep, for those of us notwilling to move to TumblerRidge or Moose Jaw, all thatlovely equity is effectivelyuseless. You’re talkingabout our homes in ourhometown. We don’t wantto move. But, motivated bythe promise of a pot of cashat the end of the rainbow,people get clever. They goout and find the next Northor West Vancouver. It’s calledSquamish, where you can

still buy in. You’d betterhurry; Squamish has alreadybeen infected by million-dollar disease — prices havegone up more than 17 percent over last year — so ifyou wait much longer, youwill be commuting fromPemberton.

Or you could tryVancouver Island. Just getinto that three-sailing waitwith all the other boomersfrom across Canada whowant to live in a place whereit’s not winter from Octoberto May.

The real estate marketmay be hot, but real estate iscold comfort. I get a kick outof that Millionaire Lotteryjingle: Live like a Millionaire.How’s that? Huddled in thecold because you can’t affordthe heat, waiting for theplumbing to freeze or thebank to foreclose? Enjoy.

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Dear Editor:Re: 2016 Assessments Going Up —

Way Up, Dec. 13 news story.It’s time for a reality check regarding

the presumption of municipalitiesthat escalating real estate prices withupdated assessments should naturallyresult in high property taxes.

Taxes should be related to the costof delivering services, period. Simplybecause incoming buyers are willingto pay three times more than a housesold for a decade ago does not meanthe cost of sewers, trash collection andstreet maintenance have likewise risen.Municipalities’ incessant push towardincreased density triggers the needfor updated infrastructure. But thesecosts should be responsibly tied to theincreasing number of new taxpayers, andshould not penalize current homeownersout in the suburbs.

Homeowners who bought years agoat lower prices, now informed theirproperties are worth millions, do notsuddenly have more money for taxes.Welcome to the land-rich, cash-poorparadigm. Only by selling and movingout does cash materialize. Manyhomeowners who wish to stay in theirhomes could be potentially forced outof their own communities by such taxincreases.

The often heard comment that GreaterVancouver is becoming a haven for thewealthy is exacerbated by the unfairprospect of soaring taxes for incumbenthomeowners.

Young families in White Rock are nowdeferring property taxes to simply stayin houses they own; some are resortingto reverse mortgages.

The City of Vancouver has begunto address the attitude of incomingabsentee buyers who see homes asnothing more than an investment. Thehousing “market” is firstly a communitywhere people dedicate their lives, hopingthe same for their children.

Municipalities in California havebegun to address tax-creep inequality byexempting homeowners who bought atprevious lower prices. When a propertysells, taxes are then raised for the newowner.

Let us hope that municipal stewardsdo not crumble in the face of brutemarket forces as ultimate authority,forcing families to move far from theneighbourhoods they helped build.

It is within the power of municipalitieson the North Shore and surroundingregions to ensure fairness in propertytaxes.Allen HawirkoNorth Vancouver

Landrich, cashpoorownersstruggling

Dear Editor:When city council approved the new

official community plan in March 2015,a last-minute change added a specialstudy area at the corner of LonsdaleAvenue and West 13th Street adjacentto city hall.

As stated in the OCP: “This site’slocation at the southern extent of theCentral Lonsdale City Centre makes itvisually important in defining the citycentre. This study would consider thepossibility of an increase to maximumbuilding height at this location.”

This was as a result of a proposalby Hollyburn, which reads in part “...we have found that the mix of usesand density for this site in the 2014OCP is appropriate. We also believethat the city should allow more heightflexibility.”

A new proposal from Hollyburnwas submitted in September 2015.The mayor and council subsequentlydirected the city planner “to processthe development application with adensity bonus and transfer.” Moredensity — not just height.

Hollyburn’s 19-floor proposal is 70feet higher (60 per cent greater) thanthe OCP maximum height of 120 feet.The design has a floor space ratio of4.86, which is 22 per cent over the OCP.The city has conveniently offered to sella density transfer of 23,713 square feet

to Hollyburn to support this proposal.Why is a density increase being

considered when Hollyburn originallysaid that the density in the OCP “wasappropriate”?

Is the city operating at arm’s lengthin supporting a density increase giventhat the density is being transferredfrom the city hall site?

How is this study to be done? Thecity planner intends to “review andrefine the building design, includingthe fine grained retail characteron Lonsdale.” Is this sufficient toensure that the end result is “visuallyimportant” in defining the city centre?What solutions are proposed to addressthe increased traffic congestion at theintersection of 13th Street and LonsdaleAvenue?

Is taller really better? Is increaseddensity at this intersection better?Will alternate building designs, whichconform to the OCP, be considered?

There is merit in putting this siteunder study due to its location nextto our award-winning city hall and thePrescott and Centreview developments.Hollyburn will be presenting itsproposal at an information sessionon Jan. 12. Let’s all make sure thatHollyburn and the city fully meet theintent of the special study area.Jim NicholsonNorth Vancouver

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Jessica (with Bea)MetcalfeNorth Vancouver“No, we are not affected.We live in a small, olderapartment.”

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A North Vancouver manpreviously fined forstock manipulation hasbeen found guilty ofbreaking securities regu-lations again throughunreported insidertrading.

A B.C. SecuritiesCommission panel foundMark Aaron McLeary failedto report his trading inshares of both Silver SunResource Corp. and NewtonGold Corp. when he was thechief executive officer anddirector of those publiclytraded companies.

McLeary bought andsold shares in the compa-nies both through Canadiantrading accounts and aPanamanian account thathe set up specifically toconceal his trading activity,according to the securitiescommission.

McLeary hired aPanamanian law companyto set up a company in2010, then opened a tradingaccount under that corpora-tion’s name. McLeary’s ownname was never attachedto the trading account,although he confirmed tosecurities commission staffthat he had trading author-ity over it.

McLeary also acknowl-edged in a hearing into thecase that he paid substan-tially more to trade throughthe Panamanian accountthan he would have througha Canadian account.

The regulator foundMcLeary had made between105 and 125 unreportedtrades. While he wassecretly trading Silver Sunshares through the offshoreaccount in 2011, McLearywas issuing press releasesabout the company’s busi-ness activities at the sametime, said the commission.

The panel addedMcLeary set up thePanamanian trading accountat a time when he knew hewas under investigation bythe commission on anothersecurities matter.

Earlier this year, McLearywas banned from capitalmarkets and fined almost$900,000 by the securitiescommission after beingfound guilty of deliberatelymanipulating the shareprice of a mineral company,Sungro Minerals, along withtwo U.S. citizens, in 2009.

Sungro was traded onthe United States Over-the-Counter Bulletin Boardpenny stock market, whichis considered much riskierthan trading on regularstock markets because ofthe comparative ease withwhich very small shareprices can be manipulatedwith a small amount ofeither hype or negativecommentary.

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The commission foundthe three men were involvedin heavily promoting theshares on an online inves-tors’ message board and onan investor website.

As of November, thatfine – including more than$91,000 made as a resultof the misconduct, plus an$800,000 penalty – remainedunpaid.

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! Serious Fun, an exhibition of acclaimed woodworkartist Judson Beaumont’s wacky furniture designs, atthe Gordon Smith Gallery, 2121 Lonsdale Ave., NorthVancouver, Jan. 13 to Feb. 27.

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World famous woodwork artist Judson Beaumontearned his accolades — and celebrity status in Asia— by going against the grain in making his eccentric,cartoony furniture.

“Why can’t a piece furniture be a sculpture?” questionedBeaumont during his early art school days.

By thinking outside of the box and injecting levity into hisdesigns, Beaumont’s quirky conversation pieces have been

installed all over the world,from a departures area atVancouver InternationalAirport, to a children’shospital in New York, toa shopping mall in HongKong to San Diego’s worldfamous zoo, to the deck ofa Disney cruise ship.

One look at Beaumont’swhimsy furniture andimmediately imagesof Toontown’s screwysculptures or the animatedgrandfather clock in Beautyand the Beast come tomind.

A miniature aluminumairstream trailer for pets,a peeled back tuna canbench seat, and a sultry,curvy chest of drawers inlipstick red are among hiseclectic works, which havebeen featured in an equallyeclectic range of publica-tions from the New YorkTimes to National Inquirer.

Locally Beaumont’shandiwork can be foundin the children’s section ofthe North Vancouver CityLibrary, a large leafy treeadorned with a small door

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Beaumont, signed him up for sculpture and other art classes atCapilano College.

“I was literally delivering pizzas in North Van and washingcars for a living,” recalls Beaumont of his life in the late 1970s.

He never considered himself a conventional artist, butBeaumont always “loved woodworking.”

“I was a typical kid, there wasn’t Internet back then, youSerious Fun at theGordon SmithGallery showcases JudsonBeaumont’s originalworks, someprototypes and a lot of sketchesJan. 13 to Feb. 27. PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELDSeeWacky page 23

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SculpturePARVIZ TANAVOLIWest Vancouver sculptor profiled in TheGuardian on Jan. 1: “ParvizTanavoli: Iranian artistwhomade something out of nothing.”Tanavoli, who splits his year betweenWest Van, Tehran andDubai,currently has hiswork ondisplay at London’s TateModern inTheWorldGoes Pop exhibition, highlighting the influence of pop artoutside thewesternworld.

MixedmediaCONNIE SABOTheCity AtriumGallery presents an exhibition ofworks createdentirely out of newspaper byConnie Sabo fromJan. 12 toApril 11.Artist talk: Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 12:45 p.m.

PaintingPETER ASPELLWest VancouverMuseumpresentsPeter Aspell: Saints and Sinners,Mystics andMadness Jan. 13 toMarch 26. OpeningReception:January 12, 7 to 9 p.m. The exhibition is produced in collaborationwith theRichmondArt Gallery (RAG), where a second exhibition,Peter Aspell: TheMadAlchemist, runs fromJan. 23 toApril 3, 2016(opening reception on Jan. 22, 7 to 9 p.m.) at theRAG.

FilmCANADA’S TOP TEN FILM FESTIVALPacific Cinémathèquehosts Canada’s TopTen films of 2015, chosenby twopanels—one for features, one for shorts—of Canadianfilmmakers and film industry professionals Jan. 8 to 17. The seriesopens tonight at 8 p.m.with an introduction by directorMina Shumandproducer Selwyn Jacob and a screening of Shum’s filmNinthFloor, followedby aQ&Amoderated by Sturla Gunnarsson.

HOLD YOUR FIRENorthVancouver filmmakerHelen Slinger’s TVdocumentary, whichexamines the fatal shootings ofmentally ill people by police, airs onCBCTV’s FirsthandonThursday, Jan. 14 at 9 p.m.

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Mike Kelley lived and worked in Los Angeles from 1976until his death in 2012 and Ryan Trecartin moved to theSouthern California metropolis in 2010, a few years aftergraduating from the Rhode Island School of Design.

The two contemporary artists are from different generations,but both of their bodies of work are heavily informed by theethos of L.A. and explore topical themes in American culture.For Kelley, the post-VietnamWar period, and for Trecartin, theyears after 9/11, created an atmosphere ripe for commentary ona country in the midst of social, economic and political change.The two artists are further bound by their shared interest inmusic and creative collaboration.

Presentation House Gallery is currently exhibiting a selec-tion of works, mainly video art, by Kelley and Trecartin whichhighlight their points of view. Guest curated by Tobin Gibson,the title of the show,My House, alludes to an archetype in dreamsymbolism and psychoanalytic practice.

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Viewers enter the exhibit through the centre gallery whereKelley is on display. The artist worked in an array of genres andstyles, including performance, installation, drawing, painting,video, photography, sound, text, and sculpture. Gibson selectedfour of his works – three video-based and one silkscreen onaluminum print.

Meanwhile, Trecartin, who is best known for his sculpturalwork and video art, occupies the east and west galleries. Two ofhis movies are paired in each space.

The entire exhibit spans the decades, from the early 1980s tothe last few years.

“So it paints an interesting overview in how these artistshave been working with ideas around social institutions as wellas working with new technologies and animations at the time tofurther complexify their works and to add other esthetic layersto the unusual content that they play with,” Gibson says.

In one room, visitors can watch Trecartin’s Junior War (2013),paired with one of his most well-regarded early works A FamilyFinds Entertainment (2004).

“They both centre around activities of a party and a debauch-erous social atmosphere,” Gibson says.

The Kelley selections offer a broad representation of hislong career. Visitors can watch his first solo video project, TheBanana Man (1983), as well as Kappa (1986), a collaboration withartists Bruce and Norman Yonemoto. The ’80s films are beingshown onmonitors with headphones, while Kelley’s more recentDay is Done (2005-06) is projected on the back wall with theaudio played out on speakers.

At the same time, Trecartin’s movies are being shown onscreens with headphones while a “dim, ambient” soundtrackmeant to further tie together the content plays in the space.

Familiar themes recur in the narratives of both artists’ work.“There are very close ties in looking at institutions, such as

high school or family or corporations, and how those things pen-etrate our thinking and howwe exist in the world,” Gibson says.

For those used to visiting galleries to look at paintings on thewall,My Housemight be overwhelming, Gibson admits, but feel-ing challenged by the art is part of the experience.

“I think it really supports the ideas in the artists’ work whichare dealing with very difficult topics of social and cultural valueand things that should be looked at despite how strange theymay seem at first.”

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Kelleyworked inanarrayofgenres

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GORDON SMITH GALLERY OF CANADIAN ART2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Wednesday-Friday, noon to 5p.m. and Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Adult admission by donation/children free. 604-998-8563 [email protected]: Families are invited to explore exhibitions, take partin art discoveries and use interactive “discovery” tables to learnmore about the gallery Saturday, Jan. 9 from noon to 5 p.m.Serious Funwith JudsonBeaumont:Playful sculptural furniturewill be on display Wednesday, Jan. 13, 7-9 p.m.

PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. Wednesday-Sunday, noonto 5 p.m. 604-986-1351 presentationhousegallery.orgMyHouse: An exhibition that brings together the work of artistsMike Kelley and Ryan Trecartin will be on display until March 3.There will be a discussion onMike Kelley Friday, Jan. 8 at 7 p.m.followed by an opening reception at 8 p.m.

SEYMOUR ART GALLERY4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery.comLine:An annual juried “Discovery” exhibition for new andemerging artists until Jan. 30. Reception and award presentation:Sunday, Jan. 10, 2-4 p.m. Poetry meets art: Sunday, Jan. 17, 2-4 p.m.Curator’s Talk: Every Thursday at noon there will be a 20-minutecurator’s talk with background on the current show in the gallery.

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It’s January and, asyou’d expect, clothingstores are well stockedwith cozy sweaters, peacoats, leather boots andall manner of woolyaccessories.

While couture design-ers may have debutedtheir spring/summer 2016collections last fall, it’s afew weeks yet before retail-ers start bringing in lighterfare for the warm-weathermonths. The traditional fash-ion industry calendar posesa shopping predicamentfor those lucky enough toescape the winter chill andhead to sunnier destinationsthis season: where to findhot climate apparel?

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Keepyour coolwith linenyear, LeslieJane actuallyco-designed the ManuelleGuibal Resort Collection,hand-picking colours andstyles exclusive to theAmbleside boutique.

When selecting a colourpalate for this collaborativecollection, Giesbrecht drewinspiration from Pantone’s2016 colours of the year:Rose Quartz (a soft pink)and Serenity (baby blue witha touch of purple). “That’sthe big thing this year,apparently,” he says.

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had to get out andmake your own fun,” saysBeaumont.

Like most younger siblings, Beaumontlooked up to his older brother, the woodworker,who was always making something, go-karts ora tree fort. So Beaumont also got busy with hishands.

Fast-forward to Beaumont’s collegesculpture class where he met an open-mindedteacher who said he could create whatever hewanted for a project.

Until then Beaumont had always assumedin order to design or build anything, you hadto read a set of instructions from a book ormagazine. That it was only someone else’s ideathat he could bring to life.

From that day forward Beaumont armedhimself with one hard-and-fast rule for his art.

“My rule is: if you can draw it and design it— you can build it,” he says.

Beaumont went on to graduate from theEmily Carr Institute of Art and Design’s 3-Ddivision. At the time he decided he was goingto be a minimalist artist, crafting hard-edged,geometrical, straight pieces. He even namedhis company Straight Line Designs Inc., whichis ironic now given his current twisted designstyle.

“After five years of that I got really boredand thought, ‘There has got to be more thanthis,’” says Beaumont. “I wanted people to lookat my stuff and go, ‘How did hemake that?’ Yougo, ‘I can’t believe that furniture is taking a pee,or melting into the floor.’”

Beaumont bends the rules and says somepeople don’t get his art. Going back to hiscollege days, Beaumont has dealt with a lot ofcritics.

“There’s always the negative stuff: ‘Judsonmakes all this furniture, it’s all outrageous.Why would anyone want it?’” says Beaumontreiterating some past criticisms. “That kind ofspurredme on to prove themwrong.”

You could say Beaumont got the last laugh,considering his international success.

In 2013 Beaumont was flown first class toHong Kong where a whole shopping mall hadbeen dedicated to celebrating his art.

“It was likeWizard of Ozmeets JudsonBeaumont,” he describes.

As he walked down the corridors Beaumontwas greeted by his furniture placed in comicalsituations, lifting weights or coming out of ahole in the ground. He says he was treated like

royalty during that visit and was asked to signmany autographs.

“The kids dressed up as my furniture,”recalls Beaumont. “It was very emotional.”

A big kid himself, Beaumont says it’s “verysatisfying” to see children playing on his sculp-tures, “shrieking and having fun.” Some kids,while waiting for their flight, jump around onBeaumont’s lighthouse-inspired play area at theairport.

For other youngsters, those with serioushealth problems at B.C. Children’s Hospital,Beaumont created a large castle façade aroundanMRI machine that transports tiny patientsto an enchanted land where suffering isnon-existent.

“Tome it was letting the kids use their imagi-nation, maybe playing hide and seek and havinga sword fight,” says Beaumont.

For three decades Beaumont has conceivedand brought his designs to life from a studiohoused in an old East Vancouver building witha lot of character, a one-time furniture factory,nestled in an artists’ hub and the heart of theannual Culture Crawl.

He rises around 5 a.m. every morning

and starts each day with a blank piece paperin front of him. Beaumont says he can beinspired by anything, including the mundane:the way the wood is stacked in his shop forexample. That wood is sourced from all over,but Beaumont is a big fan of alder, because it’snative to B.C. and has few knots, making for aclean canvas.

Beaumont works alongside a small team ofartists who eachmake their specialized markon the furniture projects because, as Beaumontexplains, the quality is better this way.

Starting Jan. 13 the public will have anopportunity to learn more about Beaumont’sprocess as an artist, as the Gordon SmithGallery hosts a new exhibition honouringBeaumont, called Serious Fun.

“I take what I do very seriously,” explainsBeaumont of the show’s oxymoronic title. “It’snot easy because it’s cartoony. It’s a lot harderto make things melt, bend, twist and explode.”

Beaumont is especially encouraging kidsto come to the exhibition and open the wackyfurniture drawers and get inside his head as anartist. Serious Funwill showcase Beaumont’soriginal works, some prototypes and a lot ofsketches.

“Because kids don’t draw anymore, they usecomputers,” says Beaumont. “Very few ownsketch pads. I’m old-school but I think sketch-ing is very important. I’ve never seen anyonewho can take a computer and start randomlydoodling. The freedom of the pencil and a pieceof paper… it’s a wonderful thing.”

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LYNN VALLEY COMMUNITY ROOM1277 LynnValley Rd., NorthVancouver.FridayNightLive:An improv comedy variety show for all agesevery Friday at 7:30p.m. Schedule: Jan. 15, Camillo theMagician;Jan. 22, Illiteratty (folk band); Jan. 29, Beverley Elliott (singer, actorand storyteller); Feb. 5,musical improv; and Feb. 12, Sandra-Mae(valentine jazz). Tickets: $10 at the door.

MOUNT SEYMOUR UNITED CHURCH1200ParkgateAve., NorthVancouver.CitySoulChoirwill performa fundraising concert hosted by thecycling teamDeepCoveDivas Friday, Jan. 15 at 7:30p.m. Therewill be a silent auction and social following the show. Admission:$20/$10. All proceedswill go to theBCCancer Foundation.

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KAY MEEK CENTRE1700Mathers Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.comTheDreamSongofOlafAsteson:EurythmyNorthwestwill presentan ancientNorwegian folk saga of theHolyNights Saturday, Jan. 9,7:30-9 p.m. Tickets: $20/$15.Seeds:A retelling of the legal battle between a Saskatchewanfarmer and an international bio-tech giant Jan. 19-21 at 8 p.m. Tickets:$50/$39/$25.

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to stay with a dying Glass, twomen do the opposite, burying him– still alive – in a shallow grave and thenmaking tracks. Glassclaws out of that hole and then travels some 320 kilometresacross the wilderness, fighting winter, hunger, and predators ofall stripes, determined to kill the men who left him for dead.

While dragging himself through one Odyssean trial afteranother, Glass clings occasionally to images of his dead wife andof his half-breed son, Hawk (Forrest Goodluck). This is a worldwhere both native and white men are savage; where there aremany victims: of race and bigotry, of an impossibly harsh naturallandscape, and of a man-made economic enterprise that soughtto tame it.

Even TomHardy’s character, Fitzgerald, gets his moment ofsympathy, a seemingly impossible feat.

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Nomatter. The experience, a potent revenge play betweenDiCaprio and Hardy, two actors never better, is worth the ordeal.

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FRENCHChezMichel $$$www.chezmichelvancouver.com1373 Marine Drive (2nd flr),W. Van. | 604-926-4913For over 36 years, Chez Michel hasdelighted guests with his Classic Frenchcuisine. Seafood & meat entrees, a superbselection of wines & a decadent dessertlist. Superior service with a waterfront viewcompletes an exemplary lunch or dinnerexperience.


Keeping the style andprestige of the standardcoupe, the BMW 4 SeriesGran Coupe adds someappreciated practicality.

Not long ago, BMW re-arranged its model range andthe number naming system.Traditional sedans nowall have an odd number tostart its name, while coupesare distinguished by evennumbers. This was simpleenough, until some marketingfolks at BMW decided that

some models can “crossover”the two territories – thus wasborn the so called four-doorcoupes or Gran Coupe. It firststarted with the 6 Series andnow the Gran Coupe concepthas reached the lower tier 4Series with the same strikingdesign philosophy.

Since this niche is sosmall, direct rivals are fewand far between. Mercedes-Benz is one of the strongestsupporters of these four-door coupes, such as its CLA

models. The closest fromBMW’s life-long rival Audi isthe A5, and Jaguar has theXF. In Europe, Audi sells afive-door version of Audi A5,which would be an equivalentversion of the 4 Series GranCoupe.

BMW’s 4 Series nomencla-ture was only introduced in2014, and the Gran Coupe isall-new last year. BMW claimsit’s the first four-door coupein the premiummidsize class,which isn’t quite true.

DesignThe 4 Series Gran Coupe

retains the sleek look of thestandard coupe, but adds tworear doors. Sharing the exactsame footprint as the two-door coupe, the roof of theGran Coupe is 12 millimetreshigher and 112 mm longer.

At the front, the 4 Series’exterior looks similar to its3 Series sibling. This genera-tion’s styling is evolutionary

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The BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe retains most of the look, style and size of a standard coupe but adds the practicality of two rear doors. The rarity of the designmeans the Gran Coupe has few direct rivals. It is available at Park Shore BMW in the Northshore Auto Mall. PHOTOMIKE WAKEFIELD

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WeirdOregonwellwortharoadtripIt might seem odd tocall an entire state anundiscovered secret, butOregon still feels like oneevery time I visit.

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SlickCoupestylewithsedanaccesswith the headlights nowflowing into the double kidneygrille. What separates the 4Series from the rest of theBMW range is the air breath-ers behind the front wheels.

The roofline extends muchfarther back than it does onthe standard 3 Series sedanand instead of a traditionaltrunk, the 4 Series Gran Coupe

has a hatchback design. At therear, the 4 Series Gran Coupetakes its inspiration from thelarger 6 Series Gran Coupe.

The major advantage tothe four-door coupe designover the standard 4 Seriestwo-door coupe is the muchimproved rear seat access.Frameless doors give the 4Series an elegant feel as well.

Also, the 4 Series GranCoupe has a more airy feel to

its interior than the standardmodel. BMW describes it as a4+1 seater, and the cabin is asfunctional and comfortable asother BMWs.

PerformanceFor this year, the 4 Series

Gran Coupe is available withtwo different engines. Both arefamiliar to those who knowBMW.

The base model, the 428i,is powered by a 2.0-litre tur-bocharged inline-four. Outputis rated at 241 horsepowerand 258 foot-pounds of torquewhich is surprisingly strongduring acceleration.

Those wanting more canlook at the 435i Gran Coupe,which is equipped with a 3.0-litre turbocharged inline-sixwith 300 h.p. and 300 foot-pounds of torque. This turnsthe car into a true sportscoupe.

Both engines use BMW’sTwinPower Turbo tech-nology; this is a cleversolution that boosts poweroutput while also reducing fuelconsumption.

Translating that power tothe wheels is an eight-speedautomatic transmission.However, a Sport Automaticis available and adds paddleshifters to the steeringwheel and a Sport+ mode

that further enhances thecharacter.

Currently, both 4 SeriesGran Coupemodels can beoutfitted as either rear-wheeldrive or with BMW’s xDriveintelligent all-wheel drive tech-nology. That may change inthe future, however, as BMWis making more of its modelsstandard with AWD in Canada.

The 4 Series Gran Coupeexcels as a grand tourer. Itsroadmanners are lively yetsmooth, and the extra cargocapacity means you can bringall your necessary luggageand equipment without losingthe style. The handling is

excellent, although the steer-ing feels a bit numb, whichis something that is happen-ing with a number of BMWsdue to the electric steeringmechanism.

EnvironmentThe 4 Series Gran Coupe

is designed to accommodatefour passengers quite comfort-ably. Material quality is up tothe standard everyone hascome to expect from BMWs.

Those riding up front willbe comfortable, and two inthe rear seats will find plentyof legroom. Themiddle seatis best left for children as it’s

tight to say the least.As mentioned, accessing

the rear seat is made easierin Gran Coupemodels versusthe standard two-door trim,thanks to those two additionaldoors. Also, cargo space getsa bump, offering more than45 cubic feet with the 40:20:40split-folding rear seats down.Also, the hatchback-style lidand large opening make load-ing bigger items easier.

BMW has traditionallyshaped the cabin aroundthe driver, and that doesn’tchange in the 4 Series Gran

Like all BMWs, the 4 Series Gran Coupe contains high-quality material in a cabin that is shapedto make things easy and accessible for the driver.

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the state.It’s one of my favourite

places to explore, to get lost,to get off the beaten track.Sure, the weak Canadiandollar means accommoda-tions and road snacks will bea bit on the expensive side,but cheap U.S. gasoline willmake up for it the fartheryou dive. If you’ve got a roadtrip, any road trip, plannedfor 2016, you ought to makeOregon one of your must-drive destinations this year.Here are a few of my favouritenooks and crannies in theplace: check the O.R., you likeit so far?

The Goonies and CannonBeach

Travel down the Oregoncoast, a scenic drive to putCalifornia’s occasionallyR.V.-clogged Pacific Highwayto shame, and you’ll soonarrive at Cannon Beach. Thewhole coast is a mass ofshipwrecks and ghost stories,and Haystack Rock featuresprominently in severalHollywood films. Probablythe best of these is TheGoonies, everybody’s favou-rite buried treasure flick. Stopquick to do the Truffle Shuffleand continue south.

The dunesAn unexpected sight as

you wend your way towardsthe California border arehuge sand dunes, some ofthem engulfing entire pinetrees. These are the shift-ing sands of Oregon Dunes

National Recreation Area, andyou can stop to get in a littleoff-roading.

McMenaminsScattered throughout

the state are McMenaminsbreweries, little pubs andrestaurants often built insideheritage buildings. The com-pany has a tendency to hirefolk artists to decorate theinside with lots of hidden art-works, and the crown jewelis found East of Portlandat McMenamins Edgefield.Booking a place here takessome advance planning, butwith lots of little snugs, cro-quet, Frisbee golf, and even aweird tribute statue to JerryGarcia, it’s a must visit. It alsosets you up for one of thebest drives next morning.

The GorgeHeading east from

Troutdale, you’ll soon findyourself with the option tojump off the highway at Exit22 towards Corbett. Take theleap and you’ll find your-self in a green and woodywonderland, the road leadingpast waterfall after waterfall.Some, like Multnomah Falls,are worth stopping off for aquick hike.

Maryhill StonehengeFurther east, you’ll come

across a full-size model ofStonehenge, cast in con-crete on the banks of theHood River. Technically, thismonument is in the state ofWashington, but as it’s justa stone’s throw from theOregon side, it should be

claimed as part of any roadtrip.

The lost city ofRajneeshpuram

Southwards along the97, you’ll have the option ofmaking your way towards thetiny town of Antelope. Siteof one of the oddest tales inOregon’s past, it was nearhere that a huge communeof more than 5,000 peoplegathered to create a utopianparadise. It lasted just a fewyears, thanks to paranoia,conflict with the locals,and the eventual poison-ing of hundreds of peoplewith salmonella sprayed inrestaurant foods. The storyis a crazy one – the guru atthe head of the cult amassednearly a hundred Rolls-Royces and would drive themaround the local highways.

The Painted HillsHead south then east,

and you’ll find yourself inMitchell. Chock full of fossils,this spot in the high desertof Oregon’s interior featureshills banded with mineraldeposits, the remnants of anancient floodplain.

The largest living thing inthe world

Even further east, central-ized around Mount Vernon, isthe world’s largest organism,an underground fungus that

covers some 2,200 acres anddates back to 200 BC. On thesurface, the only evidenceof the fungus are clumps ofgolden mushrooms. You cansee them best at MalheurNational Forest, and theyeven glow in the dark!

The reverse gravity hill

Backtrack through Bendand head as far south as youcan, and you’ll soon enterthe lakeside town of KlamathFalls. Here, a little searchingwill find you Old Fort Road,which has a slope where yourcar will seem to roll upwards.It’s an optical trick that foolsthe brain – put your machine

in neutral and check it out.

Brendan McAleer is afreelance writer and automotiveenthusiast. If you have asuggestion for a column, orwould be interested in havingyour car club featured,please contact him [email protected].

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Coupe. Important controlsare within easy reach andBMW’s iDrive control systemcontinues to improve and getsimpler.

A 6.5-inch, free-standingcolour screen is standardand runs the infotainmentsystem. It is slightly angledtowards the driver, and whencombined with the optionalhead-up display, quicklyprovides important detailsand keeps the driver’s eyes onthe road.

Tomake the 4 Series GranCoupe evenmore practical,the trunk is equipped with astandard auto opening andclosing. However, if you wantmaximum convenience, theoptional Smart Opener featureallows you to operate thehatch with your foot (justswing your foot to open therear hatch).

FeaturesThe 4 Series Gran Coupe

is available in four trim levels

with starting prices rangingfrom $44,900 to $55,600.

Standard equipmentincludes auto climate control,heated front seats, heated rearseats, auto dimming interiormirror, rain-sensing wipers,auto headlights, dynamiccruise control, auto start/stop,and a glass sunroof.

Additional features,available as options or onhigher trims, include a heatedsteering wheel, auto dimmingexterior mirrors, adaptive sus-pension, blind spot detection,lane departure and colli-sion warning, adaptive LEDheadlights, park assistant, arearview camera, a navigationsystem, and on-board Internet.

Fuel efficiency numbers(litres/100 kilometres) for the428i are 10.9 city, 6.8 highwayand 9.0 combined. The 435ireturns 11.4 city, 7.4 highwayand 9.6 combined.

Thumbs upThe Gran Coupe is just as

stylish as the standard two-door version, but it boasts

more practical space. Theride is smooth and the drivingcharacter top-notch.

Thumbs downWhile the 4 Series Gran

Coupe has advantages overthe base model, it also costsmore without providing alot of features over the basemodels.

The bottom lineIf you want the style

and exclusivity of a coupe,but need the practicality ofa sedan, the 4 Series GranCoupe can’t be beaten.

CompetitorsMercedes-Benz CLA-Class

Pioneering the four-doorcoupe body style, Mercedes-Benz made a smaller versionof its CLS and called it theCLA. Aimed at younger buy-ers, the CLA-Class has a moredramatic look and a sportierride than traditional MBs. Itfeels a bit rough, however, incomparison to the BMW.

Available in three variants,

starting prices for the CLA-Class range from $35,300 to$51,800.

Audi A5Unfortunately, we don’t get

the four-door A5 Sportbackhere in Canada to directlycompete with the 4 SeriesGran Coupe. Still, the standard

A5 has sleek styling and ahighly luxurious interior. Itis getting replaced by a newmodel in about a year or so.

The base A5 Coupe startsat $44,700, while the top-of-the-range S5 Cabriolet startsat $70,700.

Jaguar XF

While the XF is a tradi-tional sedan, its design givesit a coupe-like look. The cur-rent model combines luxury,comfort and handling in anappealing package.

The 2016 XF will be avail-able in four trim levels withstarting prices ranging from$61,400 to $72,900.

The Gran Coupe is just as smooth and stylish as the standard two-door 4 Series but offersmore practicality and space. PHOTOMIKE WAKEFIELD

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