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The provincialgovernment has giventhe proposed Woodbreliqueed natural gasexport facility in HoweSound environmentalapproval, despiteconcerns expressed bylocal municipalities and

environmental groupsopposed to the project.

On Monday, B.C.Environment MinisterMary Polak and NaturalGas Development MinisterRich Coleman issued theproject an environmentalassessment certicate,subject to 25 conditions.

The provincial decisioncomes after the Squamish

Nation council recentlygave the project its ownconditional green light ina 12-2 vote, following aseparate environmentalassessment.

Byng Giraud, vice-president of corporateaffairs for WoodbreLNG, described theprovinces environmentalapproval as a signicantmilestone, but one ofmany.

In particular,Woodbre still needsapproval from the new

federal government beforeit can go ahead withwhat Giraud describedas a nal investmentdecision.

Obviously werewatching closely tosee what the federalgovernments going todo, said Giraud. Westill need the federalapprovals.

Both prime minister-designate Justin Trudeauand new Liberal MP forWest Vancouver-SunshineCoast- Sea to Sky

Country, Pam Goldsmith-Jones, were noncommittalabout the Woodbreproject when asked aboutit during the electioncampaign.

Woodbre Natural GasLtd. owned by PacicOil and Gas wantsto liquefy and export2.1-million tonnes of LNGper year at a plant built onthe site of a former pulpmill near Squamish. Ifapproved, the $1.6-billionfacility would ship 40double-hulled LNG

tankers to Asia each year.For the past two years,

the proposed project haspit residents throughoutthe Howe Sound corridorwho question possibleenvironmental impactsand safety risks againstothers who see the projectproviding jobs and aneeded economic boost.

West Vancouver councilwas one of several localmunicipalities that voted

PARKPROJECT Family and friends of late SquamishNation hereditary ChiefMathias Joe celebrate at the groundbreaking andblessing ceremonyFriday for upgrades to his eponymous park. Renovations to the Lower Lonsdale parkwill incorporate naturalmaterials. The late chiefs granddaughter,Margaret PrinceMathias Joe, hugsGerdaMathias in hermothers 100-year-old regaliawith brother Rockywearing his dads regalia. PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD

CNVcouncilcalls forone-zoneSeaBusfares

Woodfibre LNGgets provinces approval

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City of North Van staff areconcerned that recentlyreduced bus fares maycause transit users toavoid SeaBus trips tosavemoney which couldfurther strain alreadyoverloaded bus routes.

As of Oct.5, bus riderstravelling between NorthVancouver and Vancouvernow pay a standard one-zone fare of $2.75. Acommute across the BurrardInlet aboard the SeaBuscosts $4.

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last summer to request aban on LNG tanker trafcin Howe Sound.

Opponents of theproject who turned outto a meeting in WestVancouver earlier this yearraised concerns rangingfrom the risk of shippingaccidents in Howe Sound,possible environmentalimpacts of the plantsproposed seawater coolingsystem, large wakes fromthe tankers and potentialair pollution.

In written reasons forthe decision, the provincialministers stated conditionsplaced on the project willprevent or reduce anyserious problems.

Among issues pointedto, the ministers pointed tothe depth of the seawatercooling marine intake asminimizing impacts onjuvenile herring oneof the environmentalconcerns identied.

They also noted thecompany has agreed toslow the speed of the LNGtankers to minimize thewake from the tankersand reduce impacts onmarine mammals. Theyadded each tanker wouldbe accompanied by at leastthree escort tugs and beguided by two coast pilots.

An analysis of safetyrisks and emergencyresponse will have tobe completed as part ofthe permit application

to the B.C. Oil and GasCommission, the ministersnoted.

Ruth Simons, executivedirector of the Futureof Howe Sound Society,said she was disappointedbut not surprised thatthe project had beengranted environmentalapprovals. Simons saidapproval of the project waspre-determined by theprovincial government, butnoted many communitiesaround Howe Soundremain opposed to it.This project didntobtain a social licence toproceed, she said.

Delena Angrignon,co-founder of the MySea to Sky group, calledthe provincial approval

reckless and the processused to assess the projectinadequate.

Angrignon pointed topotential impacts of theseawater cooling system asamong issues that haventbeen addressed.

If this is supposedto be such a rigorousprocess why are they beinggiven an environmentalassessment certicateknowing this systemhas been banned (inCalifornia)? she said.

She said her groupis calling on the newfederal government to puta moratorium on LNGexports.

During a campaignstop in West Vancouverthis summer to promote

marine environmentalpolicies, Trudeauside-stepped the issueof whether a Liberalgovernment would supportthe Woodbre LNG plan,saying only that citizensneed to be assured issuesare properly addressed.

On the campaign trail,Goldsmith-Jones calledfor an immediate auditof the environmentallegislation thats beengutted over the course ofa decade before we canentertain any proposal.

At that time,Goldsmith-Jones alsocriticized marine safetystandards that wouldgovern tanker trafcin Howe Sound asinadequate but did not

come out as either for oragainst the project.

She could not bereached for comment bypress time.

Giraud said thecompany is hoping nalapprovals will be grantedin 2016, which wouldmean the plant could beoperating by 2018.

In addition to regulatoryapprovals, we still have toensure we have markets forour gas, he said, addingthat the company is takingpart in an upcoming trademission to China with B.C.Premier Christy Clark.

The company that ownsWoodbre also owns 35per cent of a state-ownedLNG import facility inChina.

TransLinklooking to putbrakes onUBCexpress bus

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The idea of TransLinkeliminating an express busfromDundarave to UBCis totally unacceptable,saysWest VancouverMayorMichael Smith.

Smith was reacting toTransLinks proposal to cutservice for the nanciallyless successful 258 bus,which directly connects WestVancouver students andUBC faculty members to thePoint Grey campus in about40 minutes.

The mayor also said themunicipality, which operatesthe West Vancouver BlueBus system under theTransLink umbrella, wasnot consulted on proposedchanges to the 258 ahead oftime. And this service forour students to UBC is onethat needs to continue, saidSmith.

Earlier this monthTransLink announced itwas seeking public feedbackon potential changes to ahandful of North Shore busroutes, including the 258.

As it looks to optimizebus service for the region,TransLink said it hasidentied the 258 as ahigh-cost passenger routethat ranks 200th out of 212

routes for performance.Contributing to that poorgrade is the fact the 258makes four morning runsfromDundarave to UBC,but comes back empty onthe return trip.

So, its a long route thatserves a specialized market,said TransLink spokespersonChris Bryan.

When it comes tocrunching numbers forthe 258, which runs fromSeptember to April, Smithsaid TransLink and BlueBus are not on the samepage.

Looking at Septemberspassenger counts, BlueBus is reporting double theamount of riders for the 258than TransLinks stats forthat same time period.

TransLink said peaklevel use for the 258is 30 passengers onaverage for a 55-seat bus,or approximately 200passengers per day going toand from UBC.

Blue Bus, meanwhile,puts the daily passengercount at 434, while notingthat the buses oftenexperience overloadsbetween 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.

The salient fact is theroute is at or near capacity.Its one that our residentsneed, particularly thestudents, said Smith,adding that the 44 bus is notan acceptable alternative.

If the 258 service isscrapped, passengers boundfor UBC would take the250 or 257 Vancouver buses

and transfer at Burrard andGeorgia to the 44 UBC bus.

The alternative is notsitting well with someWestVancouver students andUBC faculty memberswho have taken the 258 fordecades and are protestingthe proposed schedulechange.

For me, this changemeans 140 hours more peryear spent on a bus, saidWest Vancouver residentStephen Price, a maturestudent in UBCs educationprogram.

Price took the proposedalternative route onemorning last week andexperienced a signicantlylonger commute. Thescheduled 44 (bus) didntshow up, so the commutefrom Park Royal to UBCwas one hour and 40minutes instead of 40

minutes, said Price.West Vancouver resident

Lucille Hoover, a UBCpsychology faculty member,has faithfully taken the 258to and from the universityevery day for more than 30years. Figuring she is oneof the original riders of theroute, which she says startedin 1983, Hoover has joineda chorus of regular 258commuters decrying theproposed shakeup to theirroutine.

Hoover said shesometimes takes the 44 butoften the bus is standing-room only and you squeezeon.

Once the 44 rolls upto Georgia and Burrard,explains Hoover, its thethird stop on the route andthe bus has already pickedup heavy loads of passengersfromWaterfront Station.

Hoovers concern is thatshe will be left waiting at thecurb.

TransLink said itanticipates, under theproposed changes, the traveltime will be roughly thesame even with the transferfactored in. We believeonce the adjustments aremade it will actually improvethe speed for the majorityof customers travelling toUBC fromNorth Shore anddowntown Vancouver, saidBryan, adding they wouldcompensate by increasingservice on 250, 257 and 44buses.

Smith plans to send aletter to TransLink outlininghis concerns about thepotential cancellation ofthe 258. The pushbackthat I am going to maketo TransLink is: WestVancouver residents pay by

far the highest percentage ofproperty taxes because of ourhigh assessments. We payover $800 per homeownerto TransLink and it goes upevery year, said Smith.

TransLink is askingfor public feedback on theproposed changes until Nov.6 in the form of a surveywhich can found online attranslink.ca.

Its important that wehear from our customersand our riders, it playsa signicant role in thedecisions we make aboutwhether we proceed withthese proposals or not, saidBryan.

Any service changesTransLink makes will berolled out quarterly over thenext year and a half.

To take the rider survey,go to nsnews.com and clickon this story link.

West Vancouver residents Anne Miele, Lucille Hoover and Stephen Price look over a letter that Price is circulatingamong transit users to advise of TransLinks proposal to eliminate the 258 UBC express bus. PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD

Activist calls formoratoriumon LNG exportsFrom page 1

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A tiny black bear cubspotted wandering alonearound the Lynn Creekarea of North Vancouverwas tranquilized by aconservation ofcer andtaken to the Critter Careanimal rehabilitationcentre in Langley onSunday.

The female cub, whichweighed only 22 pounds, isthe rst black bear sent tothe animal rehab centre fromthe North Shore this year.

The fate of the cub wasmuch happier than that oftwo other bear cubs shot byconservation ofcers in theBritish Properties earlier thismonth.

Those cubs and theirmother were shot after thethree bears were deemed byconservation ofcers as toohabituated to human foodand involved in too manyconicts with people to beprospects for rehabilitation.

Christine Miller,spokeswoman for theNorth Shore Black BearSociety, said the latest cubwas rst spotted aroundOct. 16 behind Lynnmourelementary. The cub wasspotted again several times inthe neighbourhood over thenext 10 days, she said.

Conservation ofcersmanaged to tree andtranquilize the cub nearPark & Tilford Gardens onSunday.

The cub was verysmall, said Miller. It justlooked teeny.

Colin Bridge happenedto be in the area when thedrama unfolded and caughta glimpse of the tranquilizedbear cub lying in the back

of the conservation ofcerstruck. At rst, Bridge saidhe was afraid the cub hadbeen destroyed. But whenhe got closer, I could seeit breathing, he said. Ithought Holy cow, thatsfantastic.

Miller said nobody knowswhat happened to the cubsmother. Normally, blackbears stay with their mothersuntil they are about 18

months old.The same day, Sunday,

a second orphaned bearcub that had been spottedaround a residential area ofSquamish was also capturedby conservation ofcers andtaken to Critter Care.

Simon Gravel,conservation ofcer in theWest Vancouver-Sea to Skycorridor, said both bears tthe criteria for successfulrehabilitation they hadnot become habituatedto human food sources,hadnt been in conict withpeople and were in healthycondition.

Gravel said conservationofcers follow provincialpolicy set by wildlifebiologists and other expertswhen deciding what to dowith orphaned bear cubs.

Since 2007, conservationofcers had been taking allorphaned bear cubs to therehabilitation facility, whichreleases them back into thewild. But Gravel said lastyear, conservation ofcerswere told to start assessingbear cubs by the existingprovincial policy.

That means cubs willusually be shot if they havebeen entering occupiedhomes or garages or havebeen learning to accesshuman food sources fromtheir mother over an

extended period of time.Miller said the change

is concerning to animaladvocates, who feel cubsof sows that have been inconict with people can stillbe rehabilitated and released.

I dont know howhabituated a cub can be,she said.

Miller said shes hopingthe provincial policy aboutbear cubs will be changed.

Gravel said one youngconict bear shot byconservation ofcers inWhistler this summer hadbeen released in the spring

from Critter Care aftergetting into a house the yearbefore.

Gravel said if cubs canbe caught before they getinto trouble with peoplethey stand a better chance.Often we get the call whenthe bears are at a very highlevel of conict, he said.

This time of year itsespecially important to storeattractants like bird feedersand store garbage indoorsuntil pick-up, he said.

Its a very critical timefor bears. They need to eat alot before the winter.

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Fair fare?

S eaBus vs. bus. Which do you preferto take on a trip downtown?A SeaBus ride is generally fasterand more scenic. The SeaBus is alsodesigned to carry far more people efcientlyand hooks in easily to rapid transit options.But thanks to the endlessly convoluted

logic that governs decisions at TransLink,it just got signicantly cheaper to take thebus.Which will have the exact opposite effect

to what TransLink should be aiming for.As legions of policy-makers have already

discovered, money is one of the best driversof human behaviour.People avoid expensive options. They

sign up for the cheaper ones.Thats especially true of daily activities

like commuting, where small amounts canquickly add up to a lot of cash.

But by driving more people on to alreadyovercrowded buses, TransLink is creatingmore problems than its solving.Witness the Port Mann toll bridge,

where commuters were quick to ditchthe convenience of the new for moreconvoluted but free options. One result wasmore congestion on the older trafc routesless equipped to deal with it.A version of that is not what we want on

the North Shore bottlenecks.So far, ofcial response has been to urge

North Shore commuters to think of thegreater good in making their choices.TransLink need look no further than its

own failed funding referendum to see howthats likely to y.For the sake of bus riders, logic and other

North Shore commuters, we hope thisdecision will be reconsidered.

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Dear Editor:The practice of triple

deleting emails by the B.C.government, is not theaccidental delete from yourinbox. That happens tothe best of us. No, this isdeleting an email from theinbox, then from the trashbin, and, now comes theproof this was an intentionaland deliberate act, delete itfrom the mail server too.

Deleting governmentcommunication is againstthe rules, but more

importantly it is against theFreedom of InformationAct. All communicationwithin government ispart of the public recordand must be archived.Every person enteringthe government as a staffperson are informed aboutthis clearly, including thepremier and the ministers.To suggest that this ismatter of interpretationor a technological issueis laughable. The FOIact is very clear on this

and there is no room forinterpretation. Computerstorage is cheap, cheap,cheap and has been for thelast 10 years, so that cannotbe a factor.

We have heard theresponses of Premier Clarkand Minister Virk: Bothseem totally in denial tryingto spin their way out of this.These are serious chargesand there should be veryserious consequences. Tosuggest that from now on,everything will be better

is simply ludicrous. Whowants to have peoplerunning a governmentwho cant understand thesimplest of instructions,especially when only twoyears ago this matter of(electronic) record-keepingwas brought up as well? Orwho wants to have peoplein government who do thisintentionally and disrespectthe principles of ourdemocracy?

This is not the rst timethis government has come

under re. Remember thering of health-care staffand the lies about the case,hard drives with studentdata gone missing, breachesto patient and medicalrecords, the deaths ofteenagers and children ingovernment care.

Premier Clark doesntseem to understand that it isnot up to her to determinewhat needs to be done, itsup to the people of B.C.Anton van WalravenBowen Island

Email scandal an affront to democracy

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR must include your name, full address and telephone number. Send your letters via e-mail to: [email protected] North Shore News reserves the right to edit any and/or all letters to the editor based on length, clarity, legality and content. The News also reserves the right to publish any and/or all letters electronically.

Dear Editor:Prime minister designate

Justin Trudeau is notwasting time on his promiseon investing $20 billion oninfrastructure improvements.The rst on his to-do listis to seriously look atdelaying the move into24 Sussex Drive which isdecrepit and crumbling.Ten to 20 million dollarsto renovate a 1,000-square-metre xer-upper, or tearthe sucker town and buildsomething more bettingthe new royalty? Sophieshandlers are probably outlooking at marble samplesnow. Even Stephen Harpersaid at the start of his lastterm, Are you kidding? Canyou image the optics on thatone?BarryMilesNorth Vancouver

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Trail markers would help point hikers in right directionDear Editor:

I am a 56-year-old NorthVancouver resident and Ihike and bike the NorthShore trails almost daily.

Most of the trails

are fairly well-marked.However, some are not aseasy to follow as others andit seems as though there areareas where a few additionalmarkers would be benecial.

With the number of therescues lately there seemsto be a common refrain ...the hikers/bikers get turnedaround or lost.

With the enormous cost

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The red tide washed up onthe North Shore Monday nightas all three ridings went to theLiberals. ...While pollsters werecautiously predicting a Liberalminority, few anticipated the184-seat majority that sweptthe country.

- North Shore News

The analogy reporterBrent Richter chose forhis Oct. 21 front-pagedebrieng of the NorthShores Decision 2015 wasa good deal more apt thanthe same-day one usedin The Province wherecolumnist Michael Smythattributed the Liberalwin to a newwave ofTrudeau-mania.

I lived through themania on which middle-nger Pierre Trudeaurode to power and, whilefuture events may proveme wrong, I sensed thata far different sentimentcaused this years red tide.Far from being mindless,celebrity-style fans, I heardtraditional and brand newvoters voicing their concernsat home, in supermarketsand coffee shops. Online andin the media, people were

discussing real issues.That said, a common

thread throughout thosediscussions was whethervoters should throw outsome good Conservativecandidates with StephenHarpers sour bath water.

For me, the answer tothat dilemma was this:for all the good points aConservative candidatemight have, if he was willingto allow Stephen Harper todeny him the right to answerquestions at all-candidatesmeetings, if constituents areonly permitted to receiveinformation from theirgovernment via a blizzard ofpreapproved, sanitized good-news junk mail, how could

those candidates deserve thepeoples trust or votes?

Election results suggestmany thousands of votersfelt the same way.

So JohnWeston who, byall accounts had been an ex-cellent West Vancouver MPandMike Little, who did abang-up job as councillor inthe District of North Van-couver went down to defeaton the receding blue tide.

One of my own options,carefully studied, was tovote strategically whichparty stood the best chanceof ousting a party ruled bya my way or the highwayprime minister?

Instead, after being sorelytempted right up to the day Icast my vote in the advancepolls, I decided to vote solelyon the basis of whether ornot a candidates views andparty policies most closelymatched my preferences.Win or lose, I wanted to feelgood about my vote and,tide-less, I do.

I cannot end thisdeliberately short note aboutDecision 2015 without somereaction to another of MikeSmyths comments in hisProvince column: Now get

set for the red ink to ow outof Ottawa, as Trudeau turnson the federal spending tapswith billions of borroweddollars.

Good grief! Barring somereally sour grapes, the coun-try in general is feeling anoverwhelming sense of reliefor, as one Saskatchewanvoter put it, I feel as thougha weight has been taken offmy shoulders.

Could we not just enjoythe moment and give ournew government a fairchance? And to help thingsalong should my adviceeven be needed all ournew government needs todo in order to fund manyof its promises, is to get outfrom under the multi-billion-dollar, no-tender decisionto purchase much-troubled,inappropriate single-engineLockheed-Martin F-35ghter jets and rethinkCanadas participation in theTrans-Pacic Partnership.

And now for some follow-up words on tree issues:

It did not take longfor four District of NorthVancouver readers tocomment one with photos,one in person and two

in detailed emails. Onereader reminded me of animportant issue I shouldhave mentioned in the rstcolumn. Earlier this year, alarge branch from a district-owned tree came down onthat readers family vehicle.The branch crunched body-work and broke a window.Learning from past futilediscussions with the districtand since repairs wereurgent, the owners led animmediate ICBC claim.

While examining thevehicle to estimate therepairs, the claims adjusterremarked that ICBC seesthis all the time.

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TransLink made thechange because early testingrevealed that some usersof the new card forgot totap out when exiting thebuses and were charged fortravelling multiple zoneseven if theyd just gone onezone.

And while the temporaryend of multi-zone fares hasbeneted bus riders, thechange doesnt apply to theSeaBus, SkyTrain, CanadaLine andWest CoastExpress.

OnMonday CNVcouncil voted unanimouslyin favour of a motionrequesting that TransLinktemporarily charge SeaBususers a one-zone fareinstead of the two zone-farecurrently in effect.

Although the one-zonebus fare has the potentialto attract new transit users,staff are concerned thata signicant difference ina fare cost for the similardistance travelled acrossthe Burrard Inlet couldpotentially result in a shiftof passengers from theSeaBus to buses, placingan additional burden on

some already crowded busroutes, the report stated.

Staff noted a reduced farecould attract more SeaBususers and reduce bridgebacklogs. The SeaBus is alsomore desirable for cyclistsbecause it can take up to sixbikes, while buses carry onlytwo.

As such, staffrecommend that a requestbe made to TransLink tointroduce the one-zone farerelaxation for the SeaBus, inline with the one-zone busfare.

Staff reported thatDistrict of North Van staffexpressed similar concernsand recommended thatthe resolution be referred

to district council for theirsupport, along with WestVancouver and City ofVancouver councils.

Coun. Don Bell saidthe disparity in fare priceshas led to a deection ofridership. So the requestthat the staff have suggestedthat a one-zone fare beadopted including theSeaBus makes sense, Bellsaid.

In response to an earlierdelegation of residentswho lamented the levelof service provided alongthe 232 bus route, Belladded an addendum tothe motion stating that citycouncil express concern toTransLink about the need

for improved service for thatroute. Bell also asked forcopies of the fare request bedelivered to all North ShoreMLAs. The reason I saythat is because it is really theprovince that has created anumber of problems thatwe have with the transitsystem.

Coun. Craig Keatingadded a further addendumto the motion, requestingthat council advocate for theconstruction of North Shorebus park to replace thedepot on East Third Streetthats scheduled to be shutdown and to write newlyelected Liberal MP JonathanWilkinson requesting thatany federal money for LowerMainland transportationinclude provisions for NorthShore transit.

Mayor Darrell Mussattosaid North Shore transitservice needs to beimproved. There weresupposed to be eightSeaBuses by the year 2000.We still have two boatsrunning in 15 to 30 minuteservice. That is nowherenear what we need on theNorth Shore. We needmore bus service in general;we need the three B-Linebuses, said Mussatto,adding that the SeaBusterminal also needs repairs.

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Firecrackers are bannedacross the North Shore,with nes ranging from$200 to $500. As forreworks, the regulationsvary by municipality.

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The new section extendseastbound along East KeithRoad, from St. Andrews toGrand Boulevard, and northto 19th Street.

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A consideration forsome assistance in nancingthese markers and signscould be to approach someof the large corporationsand businesses in NorthVancouver possibly

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Hikers and otheroutdoors people still needto be diligent about carryingthe proper gear and beinginformed and there willalways be a need to helpinjured hikers; however,I am hopeful some of mysuggestions may assist innding a solution to reducethe number of calls to NorthShore Rescue.

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A Full Moon Harvest Dance was presented Oct. 3 at West Vancouver Community Centre as partof the fth annual PumpkinFest harvest community festival, a fundraiser of the West VancouverCommunity Centres Society. The evening was family friendly and had a western theme. Festivitiesincluded a performance by dance band Wednesday at Ernies, an auction, childrens activities as well asfood and drinks.

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With suggestions forboth big and small ideasthroughout the book,Talbot provides clearalternatives to applying theconcepts being discussedwhether she is looking athow furniture and roomsin the home can be mademulti-functional or howto focus on creating anenvironment where everyitem is considered.

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TRAILDAYMembersof the Girl Guides of Canada,WestVancouver District, (six-year-olds Aleka Simon andAnika Lofgren are shownabove), work togetherOct. 18 to plant trees torestore a degraded area ofLighthouse Park inmemoryof their sister Brownie,ErinMoore, who died in alandslidewhile hiking inLions Bay last December.The Girl Guideswereaided by a $2,500 grantfrom theTD Friends of theEnvironment FoundationTree Planting Project andwill watch over the area,now referred to as ErinsGrove, whenever visiting thepark. PHOTOSCINDYGOODMAN

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The days are gettingshorter and the harshestweather of the year lies justahead. With Halloween justaround the corner, nowsthe time to show yourhome some TLC.

Weather can be toughon houses, points outLaura Clarke of TeamClarke Real Estate. Annualmaintenance will helpprotect your investmentand can save you frompotentially costly repairbills in the future.

Whether yourethinking of selling in thenear future or planning tostay where you are for yearsto come, take a little timenow to prepare your homefor the visitors youll expecton Halloween and allthrough the holiday season.

Dry leaves are easierto handle than wet leaves,Clarke points out. Beforethe rains come, disposeof the leaves that havegathered in your yard andmake sure your guttersare clear. Clear awayspiderwebs from youreaves, siding and soffits.

Power washing yourdriveway and footpathscan eliminate mildewand instantly brightenup concrete or pavingstones. Be careful if youuse a pressure washer onyour home itselfif usedincorrectly, it can damageyour siding.

If you find that yourehaving trouble keeping upwith your homes outdoorrequirements, considerscheduling in visits froma landscaper. Whetheryoure selling or not, regularmaintenance will makeyour fall cleanup a muchsimpler task, says Clarke.A landscaper can blowaway leaves as they gather,prepare your lawn andgarden for the dormantwinter season and offerexpert advice on outdoorlighting.

Our clocks roll back toStandard Time right afterHalloween this yearonSunday, November 1.Be ready for those long,dark evenings by makingsure your homes porchand pathways are well lit.Good landscape lightingcan turn your home into ashowpiece on any block.

When prepping your

home for winter, check thestate of your paint. Its abit chilly now for exteriorpainting, but start planningnow for early spring,Clarke suggests.

Your front door,porch, front stairs andgarage doors are the firstthings that visitors orpotential buyers will seewhen they visit your house.A new trim colour caninstantly liven up yourhomes exterior. Make sureyour house numbers areclear and look appealing.

Consider installing a newfront door if youre gettingready to sell.

When the Halloweendecorations come down, awreath on your front doorwill make your home morewelcoming throughout thewinter season.

Happy Halloween!

Do you have a questionor an experience youd like toshare? Email your questionsor comments to me [email protected].

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and welcoming this HalloweenHALLOWEENHOME SAFETYCHECKLISTTurn on your porch lightor front door light to lettrick-or-treaters knowtheyre welcome.

Clear away leaves onyour front walk. Powerwash your porch andpath to ensure theyrenot slippery.

Scan your porch, pathand the sidewalk infront of your home tomake sure there are notripping hazards.

Keep jack olanternsaway from curtains,decorations, ammablematerials or areas wherechildren will be walking.

Use ashlights orglowsticks in jackolanterns rather thancandles.

Conne or otherwiseprepare your pets for along night of visitors andstrange noises.

Dont overload yourelectrical outlets withHalloween lighting orspecial effects.

Make sure yourHalloween decorationswont cause a safetyhazard for trick-or-treaters.

Fireworks are bannedin the City of NorthVancouver. In NorthVancouver DistrictandWestVancouver,adults 18 and over candischarge reworkson private property,but must have a validreworks permit.


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with improved or desirablecharacteristics, a growercan gradually enhancethe quality of plantsthereby growing improvedvarieties.

Not to be overlooked isthe valuable characteristicof genetic mutationthat occurs regularly innature. Genetic mutationcan be caused by severalenvironmental factors,open-pollination orintentionally developedby crossing differingplants together to producenew varieties. Many newvarieties are developedby sowing hundreds ofseeds in batches and asthe seedlings develop thegrower can search for newleaf colours and shapes,improved ower colour, amore robust growth habitand so forth.

A few words on seedcollecting etiquette: Theremoval of any plant fromcrown land is prohibitedby law; however, collectingseeds from parks and otherwild places is generallynot illegal as long as youdo not damage plants orproperty in the process.Always obtain permissionfrom any private propertyowner before you entertheir land to collect seeds.And collecting seed fromother countries whiletravelling and bringingthose seeds back homeis prohibited by law.Border customs agents willseize your seeds and youmay receive a ne or beprosecuted.

Secondly, collect theseed then clean and dryit as soon as possible.Failure to clean seedsquickly can result in thedegradation of the seedsability to germinate, or theseed may rot before it canbe stored. Cleaning seedsinvolves careful removalof the outer seed husk andany other plant parts notrelevant to germination.Never remove the seedcoat, or skin that protectsthe seeds.

It is important beforecleaning seeds to washyour hands to remove anybacteria or microbes onyour hands that may infectand decay the seed duringstorage. After the seed hasbeen cleaned, it should bedried before storage. Seedthat is stored wet or moistwill decay and rot whilein storage. For a simpledrying technique, placecleaned seeds on papertowel and allow them toair dry a few hours beforestoring them. A hair dryercan also be used to dryseeds but it must be doneusing a cool air settingonly, not the warm airsetting which will cook theseeds. It is also importantto accurately label thegenus and species, orcommon name if youprefer, and indicate thedate and location the seedwas collected.

Thirdly, store yourseeds for future sowing.The simplest vessel tostore seeds in at homeis a small plain envelopebecause they are costeffective, easy to store inbulk and they breathe. Thebest place to store seeds topreserve their viability is inthe fridge. Refrigeration ata temperature just abovefreezing will preserve theseeds ability to germinatefor many years. Do notstore seeds in a freezerbecause the seed couldbe damaged by sub-zero temperatures, or itmay begin to germinate.Do not store seeds ina cupboard, out in thegarage or in a storageshed. Those locations aresusceptible to moistureintrusion or excessivedrying, which will degradethe seeds viability.

Remember, chooseseeds from plants withdesirable traits, clean andstore seeds properly andenjoy the fall harvest.

Todd Major is a journeymanhorticulturist, gardendesigner and builder, teacherand organic [email protected]

Fridge best placeto store seedsFrom page 13

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Greet trick-or-treaterswith spookydecor

Play into the spirit ofthis years Halloweenseason with some simplebut effective decorations.

Boost the fright factorwith glowing eyes in thefront bushes and createa spine-chilling spectaclewith eerie pumpkins alongthe way to your door.

We dont always havetime to create the mostelaborate Halloween decorbut here are a few ideasthat you can assemblequite inexpensively and atthe last minute if you arein a pinch for time.

Glowing eyesThese little eyes are

really effective whenplaced strategically in thegreenery at your front dooror along the front path.

The idea is quitesimple.

Leftover toilet paperrolls are cut out withdifferent styles of eyepatterns. Choose a fewtemplates that you maylike from the Internet orsimply draw free hand onthe rolls.

Cut the eyes out witha pair of nail scissors. Setaside.

Purchase multiple packsof glow sticks in variouscolours from your localdollar store. Activate thesticks by snapping them indifferent places until theyglow.

Place inside the toiletpaper roll and seal off theends with black electriciantape. Insert the glowingeyes in and around thegreenery at the front door.

Cookie cutter pumpkinsLets face it. We are

not all Leonardo da Vinciwhen it comes to designinga pumpkin face.

If you are like me, thenHalloween cookie cutterscome in handy.

Look for bats andghosts in your local craftstore. Once you havecleaned out your pumpkinuse the cookie cutterto punch out designsaround the surface of thepumpkin.

Dont forget to

Leftover toilet paper rollscut outwith different eyeshapes and illuminatedwithglow sticks are effective inadding spookiness to yourfront door greenery.PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD

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illuminate the pumpkinwith a candle or battery-operated tea light.

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Purchase a large sheetof black constructionpaper from your localdollar store. You will

also require small piecesof yellow and whiteconstruction paper.

Cut out two largeround circles for the eyesfrom the yellow paper andtwo smaller black circles asthe pupils.

Glue or tape the blackconstruction paper to theupper third of your door.Add the yellow and blackeyes.

Wrap your door

in white toilet paperin a mummy fashion,overlapping pieces as yougo.

You can also make theeyes in white with blackpupils as well.

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