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Somewhere in MetroVancouver theres ahipster whos probablyfeeling pretty sheepishright now.

MetroVancouverTransit Police and NorthVancouver RCMP shutdown the SeaBus andevacuated the NorthVancouver SeaBus terminalfor four hours duringTuesdays evening rushhour for a suspiciouspackage that turned out tobe an old portable cassetteplayer.

A passenger on theBurrard Beaver noticed thesuspicious looking objecthidden under one of theseats on board and reportedit to the SeaBus crew.They alerted transit policewho quickly evacuatedthe terminal and called intheir bomb snifng dogand the RCMPs explosivesunit.The dogs did a sweepof the SeaBus terminalson both sides of BurrardInlet while the RCMPsexplosives disposal robotwent in for a closer look atthe package.

Once the robot gotclose enough, with thevideo thats available, theycould see very clearly whatthe object was. It wasdetermined to be a veryoldWalkman, said AnneDrennan, transit policespokeswoman. It wasdetermined that it was inertand not a risk.

SeaBus service had to besuspended for close to four

hours whileTransLink setup shuttles for passengersinVancouver and NorthVancouver.

Drennan could notsay whether theWalkmanhad a cassette in it. Mostmajor music distributorsabandoned the format in2002.Transit police wontbe trying to track downtheWalkmans owner, sheadded.

The heavy response wasjustied, given that public

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Canadas federal courthas given the OK for theArticial Reef Societyof B.C. to sink thedecommissioned RoyalCanadian Navy destroyerAnnapolis in HoweSounds Halkett Bay.

The ARSBC announcedit plans to sink the ship inJanuary, however the Save

Halkett Bay Marine ParkSociety, which is madeup of Gambier Islandhomeowners opposed tothe project, temporarilyhalted the sinking witha court injunction. Afterconducting their owntesting, the group said theships paint still containedtributyltin (TBT), an anti-fouling agent used to keepmarine life from growingon ship hulls.The group

argued that the federalminister erred in granting adisposal at sea permit sinceTBTs were, they alleged, abanned substance.

But their application, thejudge ruled, was essentiallytoo little, too late toolittle chemical remainingon the hull for it to pose anenvironmental threat andtoo late to meet the 30-daystatutory requirement forling for a review of the

ministers decision.The amount ofTBT

allegedly remaining onthe hull would be .004to .008 per cent of whatwould be expected in freshanti-fouling paint, whichwould be an allowableamount under legislationin Canada, the U.S. andAustralia, the judge found.

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Stillwaiting for approval onArgyle

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Three years ago Argylesecondary was identiedas being at high risk forserious damage in theevent of an earthquake.

Today those studentsare still at risk, as the NorthVancouver School Districtawaits approval for a $48.9-million rebuild project forArgyle from the Ministry ofEducation.

For the past 10 years,replacement of seismically-riskyArgyle and Handsworthsecondary schools have beentop priorities on the NorthVancouver School Districtscapital plan.

Early in the process,superintendent John Lewishoped that a newArgyleschool would open by 2017.But now, the very earliest anewArgyle school is likelyto open its doors would be2019.

As of this week, theprovince is still reviewingthe school districts formalrequest to convert the Argyleseismic upgrade project intoa full replacement project,said Minstry of Educationspokesman Scott Sutherland.

A previously announcedtarget date of 2020 for thecompletion of upgrades toschools at high seismic riskaround the province has alsobeen pushed back to 2025.

Argyle and Handsworthare among the 38 high-riskschools around the provincethat have been approvedfor seismic funding, but arewithout a signed projectagreement in place.

Addressing the media lastFriday, Education MinisterPeter Fassbender said thestudents safety has been akey priority since the seismicprogram started in 2005.Fassbender added many ofthe projects have ended upbeing more complicated

than rst thought.NorthVancouver school

board chairman BarryForward is condent therewill soon be an answer fromthe ministry on the Argylerebuild.

As far as Argyle is

concerned, we are pretty fardown the path on it, saidForward. The long andshort of it is: these are bigcapital projects and theytake a long time to cometogether.

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hinges on the ministry ofeducation being satisedthe school district has aplan in place to fund thedifference between a $40-million seismic upgrade andthe $48.9-million cost of acomplete rebuild.

The school district is alsodealing with a debt of $6.2million relating to theSutherland andWestviewschool rebuilds that mustbe paid off by the end ofthis year. Forward said theschool district is hopingto use the sale of formerschool properties KeithLynn,Monterey, Braemarand Ridgeway to fund the$14-million funding gapfor Argyle and pay off anyoutstanding debt.

From our point ofview, we have done whatwe needed to do to put themonies in place to rebuildArgyle, said Forward.

Forward said he believesthe community is well awareof the challenges involvedin the Argyle project. Onceapproved, it will still taketwo years to get all the plansin place before building canstart.

Windsor secondary the other high-risk schoolidentied by the province has been approved forseismic upgrades, which arescheduled to take place thissummer.

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We just had to use anabundance of caution erron the side of safety, shesaid. We are very sorry

to all of our passengersfor the inconvenience.Wejust hope most of themwill recognize we did whatwe had to do in order tokeep them safe. Its anunfortunate situation butthese measures have to betaken from time to time.

In November 2012,

police did recover an actualhomemade bomb fromSkyTrain tracks in Surrey.The incident triggereda massive investigationand a spike in suspiciouspackage reports thatturned out to be falsealarms. No suspects wereever identied.

The le remains openbut there were never anyanswers that came out ofthat, Drennan said.

The incident is areminder for everyone tokeep their electronics closewhile riding transit andmake sure nothing gets leftbehind, Drennan noted.

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President of themountain biking group,Vince Beasse, said thatcaught his associationsomewhat off guard.

Our intent was reallygood and the reception, wedidnt anticipate that. Itwas a mistake on our partand we recognize it, saidBeasse. We had no intenton being malicious by anymeans here.We were alittle bit caught off guardby how this just blew up.

Beasse said theWatchmen group wasset up to look out forobstructions on localtrails as a way to keepusers safe. Members ofthe group were instructedto report obstructionsto the mountain bikingassociation via asmartphone app so theorganization could takeappropriate action torepair it.

Basically the programwas intended for people toreport on trail conditions .. .The people who signedup were able to be in theprogram and if they saw

something that neededrepair or tending to theycould use the app to reportit. It would go to a centrallocation and (wed be) ableto use that informationto go help and x thingssooner, he explained.

Beasse added the shirtswere created for the launchof the program and werenot intended as an ofcialuniform. He describedmembers of theWatchmenas just regular peoplein their everyday civilianclothes.

The group was formedat a time when emotionswere running highbetween various trail usersfollowing the arrest ofa woman who allegedlyplaced obstructions ontrails used by mountainbikers.

Beasse said the programis currently on hold. Allreferences to it have beenremoved from the NorthShore Mountain BikingAssociations website andsocial media. He said thegroup will rethink theprogram before decidingwhether to re-launch it.

We dont have a datefor that yet.

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The transportationreferendum hold on,we interrupt this rant fora breaking rant from ouropinion room: StephenHarper will win thisyears federal election.Wenow return you to regularranting . . .

You read it here rst.The Conservativeshave taken two decisivesteps turning up theinvestigative heat on thegauche wannabe domesticterrorist and the importedreal article, and the so-called tough-on-crimelegislation.Those initiativeswill win the hearts of MainStreet Canada leaving,stranded up a politicalSuburb Street withouta trolley,Trudeau theYounger with an expiredtransfer of me-too-but-well-change-this-when-were government, andTom (Eyes) Mulcair witha pompous harrumph, at

curbside.Watch gettingsplashed by theTorycampaign bus speedingpast, guys.

We interrupt thisinterruption to despiseJustinTrudeaus just-in racial demagoguery,accusing Harper offomenting hatred againstMuslims. Can anyonedoubt the intent of a fewCanadian-born converts toIslam to kill and to spread

terror?Whos playing thepolarizing race card?

Now, the original

top item for this piece.Two representativeWestVancouver views of themail-in transportationplebiscite, running fromnext Monday till May 29:

Mayor Michael Smith,one of three Metro mayorsvoting no: TransLink isbeing treated like a politicalfootball being kickedback and forth betweenthe Metro mayors andthe province. . . . I wouldsuggest that decisionsshould be made locally. . . .

How can anyone arguethat by defeating the yesvote the consequenceswould be worse? In thepast three years the mayorshave had to deal with threeministers of transportation. . . and still have no controlover how the new money

raised will be spent, asTransLink managementdoes not report to themayors council. . . . Itis poor public policyand unrealistic to expectcitizens to understanda complex issue such astransit funding.

I believe that we donot have the right to asktaxpayers to pay highertaxes with no guaranteethat the money will bewell spent. If the vote onthe referendum is no, thennally the province andlocal mayors will have to sitdown and make changes tothe governance of transit.

Poll-topping Coun.Craig Cameron: I am ayes. If there is a no vote,I believe we wont getany meaningful transitupgrades for 5-10 years.The province will (wrongly)take it as a signal thatLower Mainland residentsdont want to pay for

transit improvements. . . .The province will then takethe money set aside fortransit and apply it to otherobjectives. No signicantchanges will be made toTransLinks governancestructure andTransLinkwill not become any moreefcient than it would haveotherwise.

In short, the worst ofall worlds no benetsand all of the samenegatives.

Moreover, if theprovince decides to proceedwith all or part of the(necessary) improvements,we will pay for themthrough property tax andfare increases. . . . And fromaWestVancouver residentsperspective, the propertytax increases will faroutstrip the cost of the (0.5per cent rise in) sales tax.

Cameron doesntdisagree with Smithspoints. But hes a

pragmatist.With a grin:If a meal is put in front ofyou, eat it.

My shy observations:In a crude waltz of

mutual back-scratching,Gregor Robertson, GregMoore and Linda Hepner,mayors respectively if notrespectably ofVancouver,Port Coquitlam and Surrey,connived to unseat NorthVancouver District MayorRichardWalton as head ofthe Metro mayors council.Which self-poisoned theyes well from the start.

Then theres the yesteam, the BetterTransit andTransportation Coalition.It includes theVancouverBoard ofTrade, B.C.Chamber of Commerce,TourismVancouver,Unifor (union) Local 111,the Downtown Surrey

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AstepupThe province has set aside fundsto allow the provinces 16,000single-parent householdscollecting welfare to have free access tochildcare and one year of school tuitionin approved programs.For this, we offer the government

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truly have the potential to elevatesomeone out of poverty and give themsolid footing on their own. Kudos.But the single moms and dads better

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The transit plebisciteballots are set to arrivein homes starting nextweek, which means thecampaign over whetheror not to hike the salestax by a half point inMetroVancouver is reallyjust beginning.

Up until now, much ofthe debate between theyes side and the no side(which largely takes placein media news stories) hasbeen lost on most voters.I suspect few people havebeen paying close attentionto the arguments for andagainst the tax hike, andwont really focus on theissue at hand until theyhave that ballot in theirhands.

But what has becomeclear, judging fromcomments on social mediaand media websites, is thatthe no side has uncovereda simmering anger directedat the organization that ismost directly linked to theplebiscite issue:TransLink.

I pointed out severalweeks ago that the yesside had to get votersfocused on potential transitimprovements owing

from that tax increase, andaway from thinking aboutTransLink when theyponder how to ll out thatballot.

But I see no evidencethat the yes side has beensuccessful on that front, atleast not yet.

Last week, the mayorscouncil announced thatbillionaire Jimmy Pattison,who oozes credibility,will chair a committeeto oversee the moneycollected by the taxhike. All well and good,but I doubt Pattisonsappointment will trumpthe ill will directed atTransLink over a numberof issues.

For example,TransLinks decision tochange its CEO, while agood one, became a publicrelations asco when itsboard admitted it wasactually going to keep theoutgoing CEO on fullsalary while paying the newCEO a full salary as well.

That was done toavoid a huge severancepayment, but any rationalexplanation was lost in thefuror over the bad optics ofpaying two huge salaries.

The new CEO, DougAllen, is a highly regardedformer senior civilservant in the provincialgovernment. In his rst fewweeks on the job he hasdiscoveredTransLink has adeeply imbedded bunkermentality that will be hardto remove.

TransLink has nofriends, he told me.The mayors dontwant ownership of theorganization, and neitherdoes the provincialgovernment.

While most transitexperts rank theTransLinksystem as one of the best inNorth America and other

jurisdictions, it has earneda reputation (unfairlyat times) as a bloated,wasteful and tone-deaforganization with many ofthe people who rely on itsservices.

Allen should be ableto make some much-needed changes.TransLinkis also getting a capablenew communicationsdirector - Marc Riddell,with whom I worked atGlobalTV - whichshould also lead to someimprovements.

But to turnTransLinkspublic image into a positiveone will take a lot longerthan the few weeks voterswill have their hands onthose plebiscite ballots.

The yes side seemsincreasingly desperate, asit ings out big numberswhen it comes to reducedtravel times or costs if thetax hike is approved and

suggests an apocalypticoutcome if it is not.

But all of that talk, Isuspect, is nothing morethan noise for most folks.What isnt noise, however,are those entrenchednegative attitudes towardsTransLink.

And that is reasonenough to worry the yesside.

Sad to note the recent

passing of former B.C.cabinet minister PeterDueck. He was a cabinetminister during thetumultuous years of BillVander Zalms governmentand I remember him asa principled, gentle manwho established his ownpersonal honour in anadministration composedof many people who werechallenged on that front.

Dueck is also forevertied to a historical moment

in B.C. politics. Heresigned his Matsqui seatin 1993, paving the way forMike de Jong of the upstartB.C. Liberals to win thebyelection there a fewmonths later.

In the byelection, deJong narrowly defeatedSocial Credit icon GraceMcCarthy.There are manywho think that if McCarthyhad won that ght, she mayhave been able to rebuildthe Socreds and in doing somay have been able to pushthe B.C. Liberals back ontothe political margins.

But she lost, the once-powerful Socreds faded outof existence and the B.C.Liberals emerged as thedynastic free enterprisecoalition in this province.

Keith Baldrey is chiefpolitical reporter for [email protected]

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In accordance with Section 26 of the Community Charter, the Council of the District ofWest Vancouver (the District) gives notice that it intends to lease part of the propertylocated at 990 22nd Street and legally described as Parcel Identier: 024-158-259, Lot 1District Lot 775 Group 1NewWestminster District Plan LMP38133 (the Property) withthe leased portion substantially as detailed in the sketch plan below (the LeasedProperty) to the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA). The lease includes aportion of a building located on the Property that encroaches on adjacent lands legallydescribed as Parcel Identifier: 024-158-275, Lot 2, District Lot 775, Group 1, NewWestminster District, Plan LMP38133 pursuant to Easement BM339418.

The District will lease theLeased Property to theVCHA for a term of oneyear commencing on orabout March 27, 2015.VCHA will pay nominalrent of $1 and will be re-sponsible for all costs as-sociated with its occupa-tion of the Leased Propertyduring the term of thelease. The lease accomo-dates the continuation ofthe Adult Daycare Centrefor an additional year.

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A key goal of thisexercise is getting peopleout of their cars andon public transit. ButConstant Reader will havenoted the common threadlinking these leaders andmany of their members.They dont take publictransit themselves.Theywant other people to takeit.

Less trafc would speedtheir way from Metrostonier homes, includingonWestVancouvers leafyslopes, to their importantroles. Not to be unkindto the successful elites,

bless them. But manyhave designated companyparking stalls. Othershave business write-offsas they move to seriouslunches and meetings.Theydont pay for their drivingand parking.Taxpayersultimately do.Thanks,Im marginally one of theprivileged.

Out of space. See nextcolumn. But heres a teaser:Not one word of the heavythinkers Ive read haseven mentioned the A-B-C of any merchandiser:The customers. And howto attract not bully,demean, treat like stackedcordwood or store-windowdummies these andprospective transit riders.What an original idea, eh,yes side?

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Group home neighbours right to be wary

Thank you to kindand thoughtful folk

Dear Editor:Some valid points

have been raised aboutthe need for treatingsubstance abuse in thecommunity. Group homesare on a slippery slope,faced with difcultieswherever they are located,often referred to as beingimportant but just notin my backyard. Butneighbours resentmentis also understandable asthe group home we livedbeside ultimately forced usto move.

We lived beside a grouphome in the City of NorthVancouver for 13 yearsand during that time wewere not just the next

door neighbours.We alsobecame the overnight andweekend supervisors asthe daytime social workerwas only there until about4 p.m. After that it wasbasically up to my wife andI to take care of businessif we wanted to have adecent nights sleep.Thistype of group home hadno more than ve residentsallowed and thereforedid not require publicconsultation of any sort toexist in the community, norwas it required to employ24-hour supervision.Thats where we becameinvolved because, like it ornot, area residents have nochoice but to be vigilant.

Complacency would havebeen disastrous.

As for the lack ofempirical evidence showinga decline in propertyvalues due to the proximityof a group home to anadjacent property, I havethe following to impart:Welisted our house for saleafter months of renovationsdone to make sure ourhome looked its best bothinside and out.We broughtit to the table ready to goin the hopes of an easy sell,as it was somewhat of asellers market at the time

and our listing price wasby no means outrageous.After many showings (over30) there was a commondenominator emerging withcomments such as, Wereally like the house andthe area its in but whatsup with the neighbours?Discouraging doesnt evencome close to describingthe sense of frustrationwe felt after hearing thatso many times. And justto pile on, three out ofthe ve guys in the grouphome smoked so therewas usually smoke wafting

over during a showing.After a month of lots ofshowings and no offerswe spoke with the grouphome case worker whom,after apologizing profusely,told us they were movingin six months or so (nowwere thinking, really? Afterall these years . . . now?).Upon conrming thisnews with a prospectivebuyer and the group homeworker, our house was solda week later, seven per centbelow asking price.

Case in point: becauseof our proximity to a

group home we didindeed experience a lossin property value not tomention our sanity.

At the very leastWindridge residents haveevery right to be informedabout what the districtcouncil has proposed and,if rezoning is approved, thedemand this will put on thearea residents.

Be vigilant, dont takeyour foot off the gas asthis will affect more thanproperty values.We know.C.D.AtkinsLions Bay

Dear Editor:I would like to publicly

express my gratitude toJudy and two gentlemenwho rushed to my aidafter seeing me fall at theintersection of Ridgewoodand Edgemont about10:45 a.m. Friday, Feb.27. My walker and I hadsuccessfully crossed whena car behind me honkedloudly, causing me toturn quickly and lose mybalance.

Unfortunately, I didnt

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Ive always felt thathumans are innately kindand this was yet anotherevent which reinforcedthat belief.Thank you toall who are thoughtfuland kind in their everydaylives.Maureen P. SpeedNorthVancouver

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Referendum is wrong-headedDear Editor:

The board of directorsof TransLink, or morecorrectly of the SouthCoast British ColumbiaTransportation Authority,has the power to raiserevenue through propertytaxes, fares, tolls, a hydrolevy, parking taxes and fueltaxes.

Except for fares andtolls, the latter two aremost directly related to

transit.They have theadded advantage that theywould tax tourists and non-MetroVancouver residentsas well as residents. Inother words, anyone whouses an automobile ortruck on our road system.

The sales tax increasesimply isnt fair to thepoorest of us who probablyalso use the transportationinfrastructure the least.

It should and probably

will be defeated and willhave accomplished nothingother than to waste a fewmillion dollars.

We elected ourpoliticians to lead us andto make tough decisionson this very complicatedproblem.

Time they did that. Itcant be reduced to a yes orno referendum.Bill RichardsonNorthVancouver

Dear Editor:Re: Monster Home

Debate Not Over, Feb. 25front-page story

WestVancouver residentswould be naive to thinkno other community iswatching this precedentsetting case.

We in Oak Bay like manycommunities are ghtingto keep the tree-linedstreets, character housesand beautiful gardensfrom being destroyed byoverbuilt intrusive modernboxes absolutely devoid ofany pleasing esthetic. Notonly are these monstrositieshuge, but as the councillorsrightly stated they certainlydo not encourage a senseof community. In fact, theypit neighbours against oneanother.

We were lucky to growup in the Cypress Park area

of WestVancouver in the60s, surrounded by forest.Neighbours propertieswere placed to allow forprivacy between them.

I return toWestVancouver often and I amgreatly saddened by theamount of tree removal andostentatious building thatseems to have gripped themunicipality.

It reminds me of theDr. Seuss story of YurtletheTurtle who would doanything to be higher thananyone else and literallystepped on the heads andbodies of the other turtlesto get his way.

Monster houses are aperfect example of this typeof uncaring attitude and theneighbours or (turtles) bedamned!

It seemsWestVancouverhas turned into a

materialistic society wherethe self-indugent candestroy the greenery, addto the landlls and ruinpeoples views, all becausethey have the money to doso.

This is certainly not theWestVancouver I grew upin and I hope the othercouncillors and mayorcome to their senses overthis extremely importantdecision.

We are ghting theseissues throughout B.C.scommunities and we muststrengthen communityinvolvement and bringlimitations to the buildingbylaws if we are to preservethe reasons why we weredrawn to our communitiesin the rst place.

Neighbourhoods unite!Rachel McDonnellVictoria

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I learned the basics.The rest is trial, error,observation, she says.

Chi, whose two worksin the Seymour showinclude a chest pieceas well as a three-eyedcat, has an active galleryand illustration practicealongside tattooing, butthis marks her rst timeexhibiting at the DeepCove space, which sheslooking forward to.

I just think its greatthat tattooers inVancouver

are getting somerecognition and supportfrom ne art institutions.Its not often that galleriesask to feature tattoo workin its own context, shesays.

I would hope peoplewould gain, or buttress,an appreciation for theexibility of the medium,she adds.

In addition to Sundaysopening reception,Seymour Art Gallery staffare presenting three otherpublic events related to theexhibition.

Yoga and Meditation inthe Gallery, a free one-hour session with FarhadKhan of MaaYoga, will bepresented March 25 at 11a.m.

Ink and Flesh is setfor March 29 at 2 p.m.,and will see local writersperform poetry inspired bythe works on display.

And, featured tattooartists Nomi Chi andAlisonWoodward willsketch in the gallery onApril 5 from 2 to 4 p.m.

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donation/children free.604-998-8563 [email protected] on PurposeAccidental compositions andfragmented paintings by RossPenhall will be on displayuntil May 2. Closing partyand fundraiser: Saturday,May 2, 7:30-10 p.m.GalleryTours:Thursdaysat 12:30 p.m. and Saturdaysat 1:30 p.m. Registrationrequired.

IL MUSEO GALLERYItalian Cultural Centre,3075 Slocan St.,Vancouver.Mended: A travellingexhibition of contemporarytextile art featuring the workof 25 B.C. textile artistswill run from March 17 toMay 15.Opening reception:Tuesday,March 17, 7-9 p.m.

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PRESENTATIONHOUSE SATELLITEGALLERY560 Seymour St.,Vancouver.Wednesday-Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.satellitegallery.caMainstreeters TakingAdvantage, 1972-1982:An exhibition that brings tolight an under-recognizedchapter ofVancouver arthistory will be on view untilMarch 14.

RONANDREWSCOMMUNITY SPACE931 Lytton St., NorthVancouver. 604-987-8873or 604-347-8922Intimations of Nature:Canvases of still lives andabstracts by Frieda Ashworthand paintings of landscapes andowers by BeatriceWatson willbe on display until April 12.

SILK PURSE ARTSCENTRE1570 Argyle Ave.,WestVancouver.Tuesday toSunday, noon to 4 p.m.604-925-7292 silkpurse.caAnnual SpringCommunity OpenInvitation Exhibition:Work by established andaspiring artists will be ondisplay until March 15.Therewill be an award of an Opusgift card for the artwork thatreceives the most votes fromvisitors to the gallery.Journey Back inTime:Photo historian DudleyBooth will share prints fromhis collection March 17-29.Opening reception:Tuesday,March 17, 6-8 p.m.Cherry Blossoms ATextileTranslation: Anexhibition of textiled artinspired by the cherry blossomMarch 31-April 19. Openingreception:Tuesday,March 31.6-8 p.m.

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Ballet Victoria reprisesode to a classical great

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There are classical ballets,there are contemporaryballets and, poisedsomewhere in the middle,there is Amadeus.

BalletVictoria premieredthe original work in 2013and, following on thatsuccess, the company isbringing the life and musicofWolfgang AmadeusMozart back to the stagethis season with a tourofVancouver Island andNorthVancouver. Createdby artistic director PaulDestrooper, Amadeusmelds Mozarts famed 18thcentury compositions withmusic by Queens FreddieMercury, a bit of hip-hopand even some disco.

Its denitely not apurely classical mix like a lotof ballet companies, saysprincipal dancer MatthewCluff, 21. I think it createsa more interesting show forthe audience and it allowsyou to do much more withthe choreography and thestorytelling as well.

When Amadeus debutedtwo years ago, it markedCluffs rst full-length rolewith BalletVictoria. Heslooking forward to reprisingthe part of Mozart thistime around for new and

returning audiences.Its very liberating

to dance it. Its just sopowerful and it captivatesyou, he says.

The story follows thehighs and lows of Mozartslife and career, from his

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When you have abrilliant perfect blend ofthe right choreography, themusic, the production onthe whole, when it comestogether like that, it can bevery affecting to people andleave them wanting more.

The dancers are affected

by the music and the storyas well.The performanceculminates in several back-to-back pieces of powerfulMozart music and its atthat point that Cluff stopsthinking about his technicalexecution and allows hisemotions to take over.

You have this amazingmusic blaring from themonitors and you want togive it your all too becauseyoure caught up so much in

the moment, he explains.Once you get there, youdont even have to thinkabout the dancing anymore,you just let the music andlet the adrenalin and let thefeeling just come throughyou.

Born and raised inPrince George, B.C., Cluffstarted dancing when hewas just two years old. Atsuch a young age, dancingmeant mimicking his older

brother who, as the familystory goes, had taken updance lessons to get closerto a girl.The instructornoticed Cluff toddling tothe music on the sidelinesand soon enough he wasenrolled in classes too.

That kind of got megoing and I havent reallyever stopped, he says.

His early training inPrince George covered jazz,tap and hip hop in addition

to ballet. After completinghigh school a year early, heset off to study at the SanFrancisco Ballet Schooland in 2013, not long aftergraduating, he joined theBalletVictoria troupe.

The company is knownfor producing innovativeoriginal works andAmadeus is no exception.Not exclusively for fansof traditional ballet, theprogram features a variety

of music. In fact, the leadfemale dancer, AndreaBayne, whose talentsevidently extend beyonddance, will sing a liverendition of Skyfall byAdele.

We have hip hop music,we have Queen, we havesomething for everyone,Cluff says. Its anincredible show and it willleave your emotions verystirred.

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Historical thriller set in gritty BelfastFilm doesnt take sides inNorthern Ireland conict 71. Directed byYannDemange. Starring JackOConnell.Rating: 8 (out of 10)

JULIE CRAWFORDContributing writer

It goes back to theBattle of the Boyne inthe 17th century, whenCatholic King James IIwas defeated and largenumbers of EnglishProtestants movedinto Ireland, settlingpredominantly in thenorth and owning muchof the rest of Ireland,leaving the residentCatholics with a lower-than-low standard ofliving.

Fast-forward a fewcenturies, and one countryhas been divided into twobut little has improved. In1968 violent protests onceagain broke out betweenCatholics and Protestantsand by 1971, the time ofYann Demanges lm, the

British Army was trying invain to restore order.

Its in this climate thatour new recruit, fresh offbasic training, discoversthat his regiment is notgoing to Germany afterall, but is being deployedto Northern Irelanddue to the deterioratingsituation in Belfast.

The city is split intoProtestant Loyalist(friendly) and CatholicNationalist (hostile)factions, divided by theFalls Road.The BritishArmy enters the fray tosearch for weapons andrebels. As soon as thearmy Jeeps rumble aroundthe corner, the womenbang bin lids on thepavement to let everyoneknow a house-to-housesearch is imminent.

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with an infant and child; abrutal beating or two. Andafter a riot, our soldiernds himself on the wrongside of the Falls Road,bloodied by the man shotwithin inches of him, andracing down alleywaysas his regiment retreatsbehind him.

Jack OConnell isour soldier, Gary Hook,though he is known onlyas the Soldier for most ofthe lm. OConnell tooksimilar abuse in Unbroken,but manages to have moreimpact here with far lessdialogue. (That Englishaccent is a dead giveaway,see?)

Its more difcult to getout of the labyrinthine,debris-strewnneighbourhood than youwould think. Burning carsare scattered here andthere, and the odd kid isaround, waiting to hurl abag of urine should thesoldiers come back. Otherthan that, the streets areeerily quiet.

Disguising oneself wasa lot easier back then, ofcourse, before there were

inside dryers: the Soldierditches his uniform,sneaks some laundry offthe line and tries to stanchhis wound. But thosemilitary boots are a deadgiveaway.

He walks straight intoa bomb plot destined forthe Omagh Road. Enterthat trademark blackIrish humour: Howreyou going to get up inthe morning?, Why?,Youre not gettingyour alarm clock back,are you? as two menconstruct a bomb under aportrait of the queen.

Now it isnt just theCatholics who want himdead.

A botched BritishArmy undercover job(led by a menacing SeanHarris) as well as a plotamong upstarts (KillianScott) to kill the local IRAman both interfere withthe Soldiers chances ofmaking it out alive.Thankgoodness for the kindnessof a former army medicand his daughter (RichardDormer, Charlie Murphy),cue an agonizing surgery-on-the-y scene and thelms best line, edited for

a family newspaper: Posh#@s telling thick #@s tokill poor #@s. . . . thatsthe army for you.

Demange choreographsthe chase scenes toperfection, with thecamera operator seeminglyout of breath inchesbehind OConnell.Theparallels in the lm arealso nely drawn: the earlybonding scene betweenGary and his little brother(Harry Verrity), who isliving in an orphanage,sets up the pairing of thesoldier and the boy whorst tries to help get himout (Corey McKinley);obstacle courses duringbasic training mirror thescaled walls and cracksin doorways that Garynavigates during hisfrantic escape.

The lm diplomaticallyavoids a strictly Catholic-Protestant take on thingsand spreads the blamefor the nights violencearound. Ditto our near-silent Soldier, who ispainted as being withoutany particular loyalties,all the better to enjoy thegritty and atmosphericchase of one violent night.

From page 27 LANDMARK CINEMAS 6ESPLANADE200West Esplanade,NorthVancouver604-983-2762American Sniper (14A) Fri-Thur 6:35, 9:35 p.m.Paddington (G) Fri,Mon-Thur 12:35, 3:35; Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:35 p.m.McFarland (G) Fri,Mon-Thur 6:40, 9:40; Sat-Sun 12:35, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40p.m.Crazy BeautifulYou (PG) Fri, Mon-Thur 6:55, 9:45;Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:45, 6:55,9:45 p.m.Cinderella (G) Fri-Thur12:30, 1, 3:30, 4, 6:45, 7:15,9:35, 10 p.m.Penguins of Madagascar(G) Fri, Mon-Thur 3:25p.m.Annie (G) Fri, Mon-Thur12:50, 3:55 p.m.Run All Night (14A) Fri-Thur 12:45, 3:45, 7, 9:50p.m.Paul Blart:Mall Cop (PG) Fri, Mon-Thur 12:55,p.m.

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Shadow. Surrender.Harmony.

These carefullycurated words fromNorthVancouver fashiondesigner Fariba Mirzaiedescribe the segmentsof her new wearable artcollection, From Nothing.

Her minimalist designsare made from, just as thename suggests, almostnothing newspaper,thread and scraps offabric. However, theextensive zigzag stitchingrepresents the jaggedtrajectory Mirzaies life hastaken.

Surrender, sheexplains, symbolizes theprocess of change requiredto move from the state ofShadow to Harmony.

It can often be veryunpleasant and painfulbecause it requires movingfrom a place of comfort.However, it is absolutelyessential, explainsMirzaie.

It is a life lesson she isall too familiar with.

While growing up inthe south of Iran, Mirzaiedeveloped a precociousinterest in fashion. At theage of 14 she was alreadyselling her designs to high-end shops.

After she becamemore established, Mirzaieeventually went intobusiness for herself designing custom bridalwear.

But her entrepreneurialspirit was crushed whenthe Iranian Revolution

took hold in the 1980s.By this time Mirzaie andher family had moved tothe north. She intenselydescribes what it was liketo exist with a war ragingon around her.

The city was on re.It was a disaster. For yearsI had dreams of falling onmy head, she recalls.

On one occasionMirzaie was waiting forher assistant to arriveat work. It was a busytime for weddings, andMirzaies clients were dueto pick up their dresses.

It turns out the militiahad taken Mirzaiesassistant from the streetand put her in prison,while she was clutchingthe wedding gowns.

Then when Mirzaiewent to bail her out, shewas thrown in the cellalongside her assistant.

The two stayed lockedup for several hours,begging the guards torelease them.

Maybe all these thingsteach you how to livein the moment, musesMirzaie.

A decade after thathorrifying experience,Mirzaie managed torelocate to Canada. Shestudied textile art anddesign at then-CapilanoCollege in 1999, beforelater taking fashion artcourses at VancouverCommunity College.

Mirzaie has sinceowned a couple of artgalleries, including onein NorthVancouver.

NorthVancouver designerexhibits her wearable art

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DRESS DRIVE SoabellaTween ClothingBoutique is collecting gently used dressesfor Grade 7 students in NorthVancouverwho may not have the means to purchaseformal wear for their elementary schoolfarewell celebrations. Accessories and shoesin good condition will also be accepted.Donations can be dropped off at 3068Highland Blvd., NorthVancouver, untilMarch 29.

TEXTILE EXHIBITWestVancouversAnni Hunt and Freda Pagani and NorthVancouvers Catherine Nicholls andMichelle Sirois-Silver are among the 25B.C. textile artists exhibiting work in atravelling exhibit of contemporary textileart entitledMended. Put on by the SurfaceDesign Association of B.C. andYukon, theexhibit runs March 17 to May 15 at theItalian Cultural Centre, 3075 Slocan St.,Vancouver.

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Church, 1200 ParkgateAve., NorthVancouver.604-363-5370 [email protected] Mundy will performFriday,March 20 at 9 p.m.Doors open at 7 p.m. andwarm-up acts start at 7:30p.m.Admission: $10 whichincludes coffee and goodies.

DEEP COVEYACHTCLUB4420 Gallant Ave., NorthVancouver.Spring Fling:Celebratespring and support art inthe cove with a cabaretstyle performance Saturday,March 21 at 7:30 p.m.Therewill also be live and silentauctions.Admission: $25.Tickets: 604-924-1378 or theSeymour Art Gallery. Info:seymourartgallery.com.

GORDON SMITHGALLERY OFCANADIANART2121 Lonsdale Ave., NorthVancouver. [email protected] Meets Art Musical Mornings inthe Gallery:Trio Accordwill performTuesday,April14 at 10:30 a.m.Doorsopen at 9:30 a.m. and themorning will begin with coffeeand treats.A curated tourof the gallery will concludethe mornings performance.Admission: $10/$7.

HIGHLANDS UNITEDCHURCH3255 Edgemont Blvd.,NorthVancouver.The AmblesideOrchestra will presentNikolay Rimsky-KorsakovSadko,Op. 5 (a symphonicpoem) and more Friday,March 27 at 8 p.m.Admission by a suggesteddonation of $20 for adultsand $15 for youth. Info:amblesideorchestra.ca.

KAYMEEK CENTRE1700 Mathers Ave.,WestVancouver.Tickets: 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.comGhazal Ensemble willperform Indo-Persian fusionmusic Friday,March 13at 7:30 p.m.Admission:$50/$40/$35/$30.Cap Global Roots:Fadostar Caman will performaccompanied by the guitarraportuguesa (a steel-strung12-string guitar), double bassand acoustic guitar Friday,March 20 at 8 p.m.Tickets:$39/$33/$25.

LYNNVALLEYCOMMUNITY ROOM1277 LynnValley Rd., NorthVancouver.Friday Night Live: LynnValley United Church willpresent a weekly series with

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7810 capilanou.ca/blueshorenancialcentre/CapTheatre: An Exit22 production of The SecretGarden March 19-21, 25-

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