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Deep Cove residentMargoSmith-Kavanagh says shealways votes in federalelections, but this is therst time shes had anelection sign on her lawn.

Make that two signs.Smith-Kavanagh, who

lives in the new riding ofBurnaby North-Seymour,has put up signs for NDPcandidate Carol Baird Ellanand Liberal candidate TerryBeech. Some people haveasked about it, she said.Its prompted discussion.

Im undecided, sheadded. Smith-Kavanaghsaid shes been impressed

with both candidates and iscomfortable with both JustinTrudeau and TomMulcairas party leaders. Id like myvote to count, she said.

Smith-Kavanagh isntalone. Depending on which

poll is consulted and whenit was done, pollsters putthe undecideds at anywherefrom 10 to 25 per cent ofvoters.

That number usuallynarrows slightly closer tovoting day, but the three-wayrace thats been happeningthis election may keep thenumber of undecideds upuntil close to the end. So far,national polls indicate noneof the parties have enoughof the popular vote to put

them in range of a majoritygovernment and even thequestion of who could forma minority is up for grabs.

That means courting ofthe undecideds will happenin earnest during the lastweeks of the campaign.

But undecideds areactually a complex group ofvoters, say the pollsters, andstrategists who study votingbehaviour.

One group of undecidedsis truly ambivalent and

probably doesnt caremuch about politics, saidGreg Lyle, a pollster andpolitical strategist withInnovative Research, whomakes his home on theSunshine Coast. Theyrenot following it closely.When they say they have noopinion, they dont have anopinion.

They also probably dontvote, which isnt surprising

SPIN MASTER Jake Scott does some hula-hooping on Tuesday, Oct. 6 during Montroyal elementarys celebration of Walk and Wheelto School Week. The annual provincial event encourages students, parents, staff and residents to recognize the benefits of walking to school.Montroyal, Ridgeway and Larson elementary schools are all holding special events throughout the week to mark the initiative. For more photos,visit nsnews.com/photo-galleries. PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD

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A ve-year-old girl wasrushed to B.C. ChildrensHospital with seriousinjuries and remainsin amedically inducedcoma after being struckby a falling tree whileoutside with her classon the school grounds ofHighlands elementaryMonday.

The girl was in seriousbut stable condition Tuesdayafternoon after sufferinghead injuries and internalinjuries after being hit by thetree.

Counsellors were at theelementary school Tuesdaymorning to speak with thegirls classmates and withteachers and staff.

Everyone is concerned,said Victoria Miles,spokeswoman for the NorthVancouver School District.

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The B.C. Coroners Serviceis recommending theprovince consider makinghelmet usemandatoryon all B.C. skill hills,following an investigationinto the death of a younginternational student onGrouseMountain.

Luca Cesar, a 16-year-old exchange student fromBrazil studying at CarsonGraham secondary, diedfrom a traumatic brain injuryon Nov. 29, 2013, when hefell off a ledge.

Cesar and a group offriends were snowboardingdown Heavens Sake, anintermediate run on theeast side of Grouse, whenhis friends lost sight ofhim. North Shore Rescue

members found him severalhours later in a rocky area 20to 30 metres below the runsedge.

He was not wearing ahelmet, according to thecoroners report on thedeath released last week.

Though it remainsunclear if the use of ahelmet may have preventedlife-threatening traumaticbrain injury in Lucas case,it is clear that traumaticbrain injuries continue topose a signicant risk toskier and snowboarders,coroner Timothy Wileswrote. There is a clearassertion from expertsspecializing in traumamedicine that the use of ahelmet may signicantlyreduce injury or mortalityand that the legislateduse of helmets should be

strongly considered.According to the coroner,

there were 37 skiers andsnowboarders killed onB.C.s hills between 2007and 2013. Head injuriesaccounted for 26 per centof all ski-related deaths and20 per cent of snowboard-related deaths.

Nationally, there is noconsistent message regardingthe use of helmets forskiing and snowboarding.Few mountains have takenan aggressive approachmandating the use of ahelmet or other protectiveequipment for all guests,Wiles wrote in the report.

Speed, weatherconditions and riderinexperience may all havebeen factors in Cesars deathas well, Wiles wrote.

David Lynn, presidentof the Canada West SkiArea Association, said hestrongly disagrees withWiles recommendation.

Were absolutely notagainst helmets. We believein helmets and weve done alot of work to promote them.Its just that we continueto favour education overlegislation and we think thelatest statistics show that ourapproach is working, Lynnsaid. Were up to 86 percent (helmet use) nationallyand 85 per cent in B.C. andevery year, those percentagesincrease.

Lynn said there wouldbe only a small percentageof people who would stayoff the slopes if the provincemade helmets mandatory.Of greater concern wouldbe how to enforce the newrules. Those resourceswould be better spent onpromoting helmets andother safe activity on theslopes, Lynn said.

In response to Cesarsdeath, Grouse set up theMountain OrientationProgram, targeting school

groups, internationalstudents and beginnerswith safety education. Theresort also discounts helmetprices for members byapproximately 50 per cent.

More than 4,100 helmetshave been purchasedthrough that program.

Fundamentally, it shouldbe up to the individual todecide whether a helmet isright for them, Lynn added.

West Vancouver-Sea toSky MLA Jordan Sturdy,who spent many manyyears as a ski patrollerdealing with head injuries,said he personally supportshelmet use. Its getting tothe point now, personally,where its like a seat belt.You feel odd not wearing ahelmet, he said.

As for possible legislation,its not something hisgovernment is considering,though hes interested inhearing more from bothsides of the debate.

I must admit, I dounderstand as well theimpacts it has on our health-care system, he said. It iscertainly something Id bewilling to talk about.

Coroner releases report on ski hill deathRecommendations includemandatory helmets for all ski hills

The tail of a grey whale is visible as it feeds in English Bay last week. Grey whales arebottom feeders that feed in in-shore, shallow areas. PHOTO SUPPLIEDVANCOUVER AQUARIUM

JUSTIN BEDDALLreporter@nsnews.com

The grey whale thatsbeen feeding nearAmbleside Beach andStanley Park the pastfew days and inspiring afrenzy of #whalesightingsocial media posts, islikely the samemammalthat captured the citysaffection this summer.

It does look to be thesame individual that wasin the area in August,said Tessa Danelesko,co-ordinator of the B.C.Cetacean SightingsNetwork, in an email. Itstough to say what thismeans for grey whales asa whole but certainly whatweve seen is this individual

feeding a lot, she said.The grey whale populationhas been pretty stable alongthe B.C. Coast for the lastfew years.

The number of B.C. greywhales had dwindled afterextensive hunting duringthe 19th and 20th centuries,explained Danelesko, butsince being protected thepopulation of greys hasrebounded to between18,000 and 24,000.

On Friday Daneleskonoted the grey whale hadbeen spotted again nearthe Inukshuk statue offEnglish Bay. She said greywhales are often seen closeto the shoreline becausethey dine on small marineinvertebrates that they lterfrom sediment or sand on

the ocean oor. So itscoming close to shore andscooping up mouthfuls ofsediment and ltering thatfor his prey.

She said grey whales un-dertake the longest migra-tion of any mammal in theworld each year, travellingbetween feeding grounds inthe Arctic down to breed-ing lagoons near the Baja inCalifornia and Mexico.

The migration southbegins soon. There isa small population thatmay spend more timearound our waters locallythroughout the year,but most will go on thatmigration usually aroundOctober or November,(and) start heading down,she said.

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Two young men chargedwith interfering witha body in connectionwith a North Vancouverhomicide case have beenreleased on $5,000 bail.

Dyllan James Green,20, and Jacob MichaelGorelik,18, bothof Richmond, weregranted bail by a judgeMonday afternoon aftera brief hearing in NorthVancouver provincial court.

Bail conditions for thetwo men include abiding

by an 11 p.m. curfew andnot communicating withco-accused in the case.

A court-ordered banprevents publication ofevidence heard at the bailhearing.

Two other men CaseyJames Hiscoe, 21 andTianyi Zhang, 23 facemore serious charges ofkidnapping a man namedPeng Sun with intentto hold him for ransombetween Sept. 27 and 29.

Zhang and Hiscoe bothremain in custody. Theirnext court date is thisThursday.

All four were arrestedaround 3 a.m. Tuesdaymorning in the 900-blockof Wellington Drive inNorth Vancouver.

Police have not yetconrmed Sun as theman found dead in NorthVancouver Tuesday possibly inside a whiteBentley that was the focus ofinvestigation by ofcers fromthe Integrated HomicideInvestigation Team.

Outside thecourthouse Monday,Crown prosecutorBrian MacFarlane saidthe investigation into

the complex case iscontinuing. MacFarlanesaid the possibility oflaying murder chargesin the case is certainlysomething that wereconsidering.

MacFarlane said thevictim in the kidnappingcase, Peng Sun, is a youngman in his early twenties.

MacFarlane said heconsented to the releaseof Green and Gorelikbecause they are alleged tohave played a more minorrole in the case and theirrelease does not pose anydanger to the public.

Also outside the court,David Fai, lawyer forGreen, said theres verylittle evidence my clientknew what was going on.

So far, police havereleased few details aboutthe case, including whetherthere is a connectionbetween Sun and any ofthe accused.

So far, no informationhas been released aboutwhere Sun was kidnappedor held for two days.

RCMP IntegratedHomicide InvestigationTeam spokeswoman Sgt.Stephanie Ashton said

Thursday police convergedon Wellington Drivearound 3 a.m. Sept. 29in response to an activeinvestigation involvingmultiple jurisdictionsacross the LowerMainland.

Police blocked off the900-block of Wellingtonand removed at least twocars from the scene, Sept.29, including a whiteBentley and a newermodel Chevrolet Malibu.

Neighbours said theyhad recently noticed thewhite Bentley as a new carparked on the street.

Two accused in connection to homicide out on bail

Greywhale feeds in BurrardInlet beforemigrating south

Luca Cesar with his newsnowboard. The exchangestudent posted the photo,apparently taken onLonsdale Avenue, six weeksbefore his death.PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Though at one point,it may have seemedthe most acrimoniousproject on the NorthShore, District ofNorth Vancouvercouncil greeted a mensaddictions recoveryhouse with open armsMonday night.

The Turning PointRecovery Society will soonbe able to build a nine-bedrecovery house for menon Burr Place, behind theKiwanis Care Centre.

In a series of impassionedspeeches, often referencingfriends and loved ones whodied prematurely thanks toaddiction, council membersvoted unanimously in favourof the project.

Coun. DougMacKay-

Dunn, one of the strongestadvocates for TurningPoint on council, said hissupport was based on hisyears spent years as anundercover drug investigatoron the Downtown Eastsidewhere he witnessed thedestruction of souls broughton by addiction.

During this assignment,it became evident to methe addicts were people likeyou and me. They werentdope ends and monsters.Clearly, they had a medicalproblem and how did wedeal with that? We sent themto jail, rather than send themto treatment, he said.

Since then, MacKay-Dunn said its been hismission to ensure treatmentoptions are available.

I (would) not sendthose that need help off tosome far-off hinterland and

certainly, not to the 123addictions service providesin the eight square block areaof the Downtown Eastsidedrug ghetto, he said. No,I say we must look after oursand I say ours should getwell in a friendly and familiarenvironment.

The district initiallyproposed putting therecovery house onWindridge Drive, thoughthat plan blew up into publicanger and fears a recoveryhouse in the residential areawould put children andproperty values at risk.

Coun. Jim Hanson saidhe was honoured to speakin support of the motion,and that he believed muchof the original oppositioncame from fears stoked by afew immediate neighboursof the proposed WindridgeDrive location. Let mesay frommy point of view,based on what we haveheard, all the questionsasked and answers given, the

alleged public safety threatof a facility such as TurningPoints recovery houseon Burr Place, was vastlyoverstated, he said. I thinkthere was frankly a certainamount of misinformationput forward by those whosought to oppose this projecton a public safety basis.I think we have to lookthrough that a little bit andbe a bit skeptical of what wasstated.

Others on council echoedthe sentiment that allowingmen with addictions toreceive recovery support athome on the North Shorewas something they wereproud to support.

The district will providethe land, which is currentlyan undeveloped, treed lot,and Vancouver CoastalHealth will fund the recoveryhouses operational budget.

The district provided landfor a similar womens facilityon Lloyd Avenue in NorthVancouver.

Recoveryhouse approvedDistrict OKs nine-bed facilityon Burr Place in Seymour

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Dear Editor:There is some incorrect

information oating around out thereregarding how a new Sunshine Coastcrossing would affect an alreadyclogged Upper Levels Highway. Thereis no question that there would bemore vehicles added to the highway.However, congestion would mostlikely be better not worse.

Here is why:Some of the worst congestion

occurs due to the ferries unloading300+ cars all at once onto thehighway. A new crossing would bemuch more evenly spreading out thetrafc, as it would be open 24 hoursa day.

Just think about the commercialtrucks that could use the extra hoursnot currently available from the ferries.

Believe it or not, half of the coasts50,000 full-time residents do not haveany bus transportation to get therefrom the Mainland. Malaspina CoachLines went broke. And the ferry costs

for bus passengers have undoubtedlycontributed to their demise.

There would most likely be moretrades people/professionals that wouldnot have to commute to the coastin the morning by ferry from theMainland.

Heres why:A better economy up on the coast

will support more tradespeople andprofessionals that could both work andlive there. It just makes sense.

Ferries are expensive to run. Overa 40-year period, the cost of buildingand fuelling and maintaining theferries is exorbitant. Now factor inthe labour costs. Altogether theyamount to well over $1 billion duringthat time. And the Sunshine Coast isgoing to grow and require more ferryservices in the coming years.

Bridge/crossing tolls would keepincreased trafc to a minimum. A tollof $15-$20 each way per car wouldkeep the amount of crossings well incheck.

Sunshine Coast residents areholding protests regarding the highcost of taking a ferry. A new crossingwould be less expensive than the costof taking a ferry.

Greatly enhanced bus servicewould also reduce the amount of carsgoing to and from the coast. Especiallywhen taking the bus would be a lotmore cost-effective for the passengerthan taking a vehicle.

There would be a whole lot lesscongestion at the Horseshoe Bay ferryterminal. No explanation neededabout this situation.

Imagine if a crossing had been built45 or so years ago and the governmentthreatened to take it away fromthe coast and replace it with ferriesinstead. I am sure there would be riotson the coast with that scenario.

No system is going to be perfect,but at this stage a new crossing wouldmost likely be a smart idea.John SchleimerNorth Vancouver

Coast crossing a smart ideaDear Editor:

NDP boss ThomasMulcair announcedhe wants to raise thecorporate tax to pay for agovernment babysittingservice.

Typical of theleft, Mulcair doesntunderstand, (or doesntadmit) that corporate taxesare ultimately paid by thecompanys employees,customers, shareholders,vendors and suppliers ... inother words, you.

He wants you to thinkhes sticking it to the fat,rich CEO with the cigarand the scotch on therocks, because everybodyhates rich, fat cigar-chewing, scotch-drinkingCEOs.

But the corporation is

not a fat, rich CEO, its apiece of paper.

And if its not protableit just ceases to exist. Thenthe NDP will look forsomething else to tax, sincethat appears to be theirsolution to everything.

Im a small businessowner, a truckingbusiness.

Mulcair doesnt getthat most small businessesservice other largerbusinesses, not endconsumers.

When you raise mycustomers taxes, it makesit harder for me to getmore money out of them.

I cant complete withthe federal governmentand I shouldnt have to.Brock BishopNorth Vancouver

Tax hike would make ithard to keep on truckin

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WADEDAVISANDTOMRAFAELContributing writers

LNG has a bright futurebut it must be a safefuture.

Woodbre LNG hasproposed the constructionof a liqueed natural gasfacility at the head of HoweSound, an iconic ordmuch beloved by all BritishColumbians and especiallythose of the LowerMainland.

Opposition to theproject to date has largelyfocused on whether weas a province should bereindustrializing a waterwaythat has only recently and atgreat expense been cleanedup.

Having nally staunchedthe ow of heavy metalsfrom the Britannia coppermine, at one time thelargest in the Britishempire, do we want toallow LNG tanker trafcin a ord only nowbeing repopulated withherring, salmon, orcas andhumpback whales?

Every municipality onHowe Sound has passedresolutions opposing theproject.

The project is currentlyunder review by the B.C.Environmental AssessmentOfce, whose formalmandate is to give fulland fair consideration toall interests. Their processobliges the EAO to examinethe Woodbre proposalfor, among other concerns,all potential adverse health

effects that may occurduring the life cycle of theproject. To accomplishthis the EAO is expectedto consider technicalstudies that may identifysignicant adverse effects,reasons in effect to deny anapplication.

The proponents ofWoodbre maintain thatLNG is a perfectly safe gas.We beg to differ.

LNG is methane gassuper cooled to -162 Cwhere it becomes a liquidand its volume diminishesby a factor of 600. In liquidstate, methane does notburn. A LNG spill onland can be a non-event.A spill over water presentsan entirely different andpotentially dangerousscenario.

After the terrorist attacksof Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S.Department of Energycommissioned SandiaNational Laboratoriesto undertake the rstscientic assessment ofrisks associated with LNGtankers.

Critically this reportfocused on LNG spills overwater. The Sandia Reports(2004, updated 2008)provide the foundation forthe U.S. Coast Guardscurrent position on LNGsafety, and provide it withthe basis for evaluating therisks associated with LNGmarine trafc.

The science demon-

strates that LNG spillsover water can result inthe liqueed gas mixingwith water vapour from theocean, creating a vapourcloud, which being heavierthan air, will not instantlyevaporate and will insteadspread over the sea and ad-jacent lands. As it disperses,mixing with the surround-ing air, the concentration ofnatural gas lowers. When itreaches 15 per cent, the va-pour cloud becomes highlyammable.

The Sandia Reportssuggest two equallyhaunting scenarios. Inthe wake of an accidentthe gas may ignite andburn as a pool re in theimmediate area of the spill.Alternatively, in the absenceof an ignition event, theLNG may disperse as avapour cloud spreadingmore than a mile from thespill, covering ocean andland until it encounters anignition source, sparkinga conagration.

While the SandiaReports acknowledges thatsuch unignited vapourclouds are unlikely,the very fact that theyare possible led the U.S.government to place simpleand fundamental riskmanagement controls onall LNG tanker trafc andnew facilities. According tothese stipulations the routefrom any shore facility tointernational waters must

be carefully mapped, takinginto account three zones.

The rst considersthe risk of pool res andextends 500 metres on eachside of the tankers route.

The second, extending1,600 metres on either side,anticipates the consequenceof an accidental spill,leading to an unignitedvapor cloud. The thirdzone extends a total of7,000 metres, reectingthe greater danger of a spillcaused by a deliberate actof terrorism.

By law, proponentsof any new LNG facilityin the U.S. must identifyalong the entire tankertransit route any populationcentres, residential orcommercial districts,including schools, hospitalsand churches found withinthe outer perimeter of thesezones.

Woodbres proposedtanker route extends fromthe head of Howe Sound,south past the shores ofWest Vancouver.

Were the U.S. riskassessment criteria to beapplied, signicant parts ofWest Vancouver, BowenIsland and other HoweSound communities,home to tens of thousandsof people, would fallwithin the hazard zonesas delineated by the U.S.Coast Guard.

Indeed were theWoodbre project to be inplay in the U.S. it wouldcategorically be rejected, onthe basis of risk assessmentand safety alone.

The fact that Canada,unlike the U.S., has noregulations concerningthe positioning of LNGfacilities and the tankerroutes that serve them, doesnot absolve our provincialgovernment and its agent,the EOA, from its primaryobligation to look afterthe safety of its citizens.There may be places alongthe coast of B.C. whereLNG facilities can be safely

established. But HoweSound is not one of them.

Wade Davis and TomRafael live on Bowen Island.Davis is a professor ofanthropology and the B.C.Leadership Chair in Culturesand Ecosystems at Risk atthe University of BritishColumbia. Rafael is a retiredlawyer. This column rstappeared in the Globe andMail.

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considering voter turnout inthe last federal election wasonly 61 per cent. Almosthalf the electorate doesntvote, he said. Theyre along-term project.

More interesting tocampaign strategists arepeople who do vote, butwho are either torn aboutwho to vote for, or areleaning towards one choicebut could be swayed toanother. Theyre the realbattleground, said Lyle.

Among those are votersLyle describes as Time-for-a-change Tories:people who generallyagree with Conservativepolicies but whove becomedisenchanted with thegovernment over issueslike the Mike Duffy trialor recent stance on Syrianrefugees.

Mario Canseco, whosecompany Insights Westrecently conducted riding-level polls in each of threeNorth Shore ridings, saidhis polling found a lot ofdisaffected Conservatives

out there locally, who couldbe wooed back by theparty. More so than otherpartisans, Conservativevoters usually do not havea second choice, saidCanseco. This is somethingthe Conservatives arecounting on.

Another large group, onthe other side of the politicalspectrum, are the NDP/Liberal switchers said Lyle.They tend to be left-wing,urban, more often women

than men and concernedabout the environment.They also tend to be thosetargeted by strategic votingcampaigns.

Smith-Kavanagh couldbe considered part of boththose conicted votergroups. Shes voted mostlyConservative in the past, shesaid, but is now consideringa strategic vote against theparty, citing the cumulativeeffect of the Duffy scandal,robocalls, attack ads and

concern over the KinderMorgan pipeline proposal asreasons to change her vote.

There are other smallergroups of conictedvoters, said Lyle likethe economically well-off Liberal/Conservativeswitchers and the angrydont-trust-politicians NDP/Conservative populist ip-oppers.

But the goal for all partiesin the nal weeks is the same getting the undecidedsinto their camp. Two waysto do that, said Lyle, is toeither tell them bad thingsabout the other parties which is why attack ads oftenramp up in the nal weeksof a campaign or focus onspecic issues you think willfavour your own team.

Often, said Lyle,conicted voters will end upmaking their choice based onwhich issue theyve discussedmost recently or what makesthe news closest to the vote.

The idea of people witha list of pros and cons tryingto come up with a decisionlike a jury that is not howpeople vote, he said.

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They understand its aserious accident.

The accident happenedjust before the end ofthe school day, between2:30 and 3 p.m. Mondayafternoon. Children in theclass were outside with theirteacher taking part in anactivity near the north borderof the school grounds, whenthere was a loud crackingsound from a neighbouringproperty, said Cpl. RichardDe Jong, spokesman for the

North Vancouver RCMP.The teacher observed thetree falling and told the kidsto run, he said.

The girl was hit by partof the tree that broke offand crashed down on tothe schoolyard. Emergencycrews were on the scene veryquickly, and the girl wasrushed to hospital.

Miles said a letterwent home to parentsyesterday explaining whathad happened and theschool principal met withstaff Tuesday morning.

Counselling has beenprovided to any students orstaff who need it, she added.

According to arborists,the tree that hit the little girlwas a hemlock, approxi-mately 18 metres tall and 60centimetres in diameter atthe base, said Miles.

The tree, which wasgrowing four metres awayfrom the edge of the schoolgrounds on a privateproperty, broke near thebase. The part of the treethat hit the girl was 25centimetres wide.

Miles didnt haveinformation on how old thetree was, or whether it wasrotten, but said it hadntbeen previously identied asa hazard.

Miles said once thearborists report is complete,it will go to the board oftrustees who will considerany recommendations.We dont have a programof surveying trees that arenot on our property, butat the same time we havea responsibility to studentsafety, she said.

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The high rental costs ofthe North Shore has onenon-prot society askinglocal government forhelp.

The North ShoreMulticultural Society,an organization thathas helped thousandsof immigrants on theNorth Shore assimilate toCanadian life, is facing asubstantial increase in renton its 17,000-square-footspace just off LonsdaleAvenue. The annual rentfor that space is $468,000.

Were currently ina crisis situation, saidVera Radyo, volunteerpresident of the NorthShore MulticulturalSociety, speaking atMondays City of NorthVancouver councilmeeting.

Even though wehave been at our currentlocation for 20 years, ourlandlord is demanding a25 per cent increase inrent ... thats money thatsgoing to the landlord and

is not going to servicesand funders will only funda certain amount in termsof rent, she said.

The societys executivedirector, ElizabethJones, said the 25 percent, or approximately$117,000 increase in rent,could affect some of theprograms at the society,such as youth, senior, andwomens and childrensprograms.

With a lease expiryof March 2016, Jonessaid theyve been lookingat nding other rentalaccommodations but haveso far been unsuccessful.

Council was supportiveof the society, withCoun. Linda Buchananintroducing a motion forcity staff to work with thesociety to explore optionsof relocating into a civic-owned facility. Buchanansuggested the societyshare space with anothernon-prot.

I think theres greatvalue in looking at co-locating non-protswithin the same facilitybecause often (people)

are accessing those othernon-prots, whether it berec facilities, preschoolprograms, seniorsprograms everybodystogether.

Coun. Don Bellsuggested the city notjust look at publiclyowned spaces but alsoat commercial spacesthat could be obtainedat a cheaper rate throughdensity bonusing the cityprovided, which staff willalso look into.

Coun. Craig Keating,acting as mayor in Cityof North VancouverMayor Darrell Mussattosabsence Monday,suggested provincial andfederal representativesshould be kept informedthat we as a communityare in fact taking up theslack of rental charges thathave traditionally beenthe purview of the federalgovernment, he said.

Council votedunanimously in favour ofthe motion.

Coun. Rod Clark wasnot present at Mondaysmeeting.

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ANorth Vancouverlawyer has been handed a30-day suspension alongwith a $19,000 ne formishandling one of hisclients cases.

Ronald Wayne Perrickwas sanctioned by a hearingpanel from The LawSociety of B.C. Sept. 8 forcommitting professionalmisconduct an offencePerrick was also disciplinedfor last year.

In the latter misconductcase, described as beingof grave concern to thepanel, Perrick was found tohave backdated corporateshare transactions to adate prior to the death of his

clients parents to ensure amulti-million-dollar real-estate deal went through.Perrick was ned $25,000 inthat hearing panel decision.

The recent legal actiontaken against Perrick datesback to 2002 and 2004 whenhe was representing a clientwho had been involved intwo motor vehicle accidents.

The hearing panelfound a laundry list ofresponsibilities Perrickfailed to deliver to his clientincluding providing herwith important documentsor correspondence relatingto the case. Perrick alsodidnt tell his client about ascheduled mediation date orprovide her with a copy of aformal settlement offer.

Perricks actions resulted

in his client not receivingmaterials from the opposingcounsel seeking to dismissher claims. Over a 26-monthperiod Perrick failed entirelyto respond to eight lettersfrom the opposing counsel.

The panel concludedPerrick did little, ifanything to advance hisclients case to a settlementor trial stage, resulting inhis client later launching anegligence suit against him.

When imposing Perrickspunishment, the hearingpanel considered manyfactors including his seriousprior conduct record andwhether or not Perrick hasacknowledged his mistakes.

While Perrick did admitto committing professionalmisconduct, he only did

so on the last day of theFacts and Determinationhearing in the case. Perricksexplanation for his actionswas that he was preoccupiedwith other matters.

Perrick, who representedhimself during the hearing,suggested he receive a$15,000 ne. The paneldisagreed. Fines shouldnot become a cost of doingbusiness, reads an excerptfrom the panels decisionthat indicated a need fordeterrence in this case.

Perrick was orderedto pay the law society$19,315.81 in costs. His 30-day suspension, meanwhile,will take effect on Dec. 1.

Perrick has beenpractising law in NorthVancouver for 30 years.

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W.Van homeowner sues neighbours over treesJANESEYDjseyd@nsnews.com

A homeowner in a tonyWest Vancouver area hasled a lawsuit against herneighbours for allowingtrees on their property togrow too tall.

Karen Edith Smith of1855 OrchardWay, whichoverlooks Dundarave frombelow Highway 1, led thecivil claim against neighboursJianping Dong and LuningYu, who own a house nextdoor at 2303 PalmerstonAve.

In the lawsuit, Smithalleges her neighbours hadallowed their trees to growtoo tall, obscuring the viewfrom her property, contraryto a restrictive covenant thatbans trees or bushes fromgrowing into a speciedsightline. Smith alleges in

her lawsuit she has askedher neighbours to remove ortrim the trees, but they haverefused.

Smith is seeking a courtorder to force her neighboursto comply. The neighbourshave not yet led a statementof defence.

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Incorporate colour into settingsI love this time of year inVancouver.

The leaves are changingand the weather is stillreasonably sunny and warm.We really are fortunate tolive in such a beautiful city.

If you are planningto host this yearsThanksgiving dinner hereare a few table setting ideasthat will make your tabledazzle. Most of the itemsmay be found locally at yourgrocery store.Cream and green

Look to nature to inspireyour next Thanksgivingtable setting. The gentlegreens of pears, artichokesand outdoor boughs lendthemselves beautifully toan elegant table setting.Combine cream gourds,miniature pears and grapesto add that Thanksgivingfeel to plain linens andsilverware. Use wickerchargers coupled withcream and silver plates toadd the necessary bling toyour place setting.

Finish off with creamcandles in different heightsfor a varied look.Traditional orange andgreen

If you are a traditionalistthen you are probablyinclined to use small orangegourds and pumpkinson your Thanksgivingtable. These colours workbeautifully together. Itis a good idea to mergethese with pine boughs,pinecones, twigs andberries. Add red pillar

candles in small and tallsizes. Look for fresh berriesin the produce departmentat your local grocery store.Squash and pumpkintealight holders are anice idea as well. Simplyhollow out the squash andminiature pumpkins andplace a tealight inside. Theywill add a nice, soft glow toyour Thanksgiving table.White pumpkincentrepiece

You may have seen whitepumpkins interspersedamong the traditionalorange ones. They reallyare beautiful when cleanedout and lled with greensand white owers for aThanksgiving table. Mixin a few twigs and whiteberries. Scatter whitecandles and pineconesaround the bottom of thepumpkin.

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hedge suffered widely thisseason with sections ofhedges, individual plantsand entire hedges dried toa crisp during the drought.

Its easy for me to seewho properly preparedthe soil for their hedgeplantings and who did not.

Three main causes ofdrought-induced hedgedeath were noticeable.Firstly, the cedars wereplanted too close leavinglittle room for newfoliage growth and rootexpansion.

Secondly, the soilpreparation was not wideenough or deep enough toprovide an adequate rootgrowing environment.

And thirdly, shearingthe hedge too hard, andreducing or eliminating allnew growth, also reducesroot growth.

Replanting a dead cedarhedge should encompassthe following techniques.To prevent replantdisease, remove as muchof the existing root systemand debris from the soilbefore amending the soil.

Incorporate organicmatter in the form ofcompost, soil amenderor animal manure intothe planting area, toprevent replant diseaseand to provide nutrients

and improved soilstructure. Be generouswhen incorporatingamendments.

Increase the soil volumewith organic matter byat least one-quarter ofthe total volume of theplanting bed.

Do not add bonemeal,root booster, starterfertilizer or any otheradditives. The organicamendments provide all ofthe nutrition needed andthey will build structure,a claim that no chemicaladditive can make. Spacethe new hedge plants farenough apart so the rootsystems do not touch,to allow room for futuregrowth.

Apply an eightcentimetre depth of barkmulch or composted barkmulch over the entireplanting bed after plantingto protect new roots fromclimate stress. And waterthe new plants thoroughlyafter mulching.

One nal note, if I werereplacing a dead cedarhedge, I would replantwith a new species ofhedging such as yew, toreduce the possibility ofreplant disease.

The perennial bedneeds renovation.

Perennial plants havethe tendency to spread

and enlarge over timeleading to an imbalance indesign proportion and anovergrown appearance.

Renovation of suchbeds can be effectivelyaccomplished duringfall when the soil is atits warmest temperatureof the year, which leadsto quick rooting of newplantings. It is importantto incorporate organicmatter during thisrenovation cycle becauseit may be several yearsbefore the opportunityfor deep-soil enrichmentoccurs again.

First, dig all perennialsneeding resizing and placethem in pots or burlap,and water them to avoiddrought stress. Level offthe bed after transplantinghas occurred. Addat least 10 to 15 cmdepth of compost, soilamender or manure ontop of the bed. Dig deepwhen incorporating theamendment into theexisting soil to affordfuture deep rooting. Tryto break up the soil atthe bottom of a shovelsdepth and incorporatethe amendment into thatregion.

Next, regrade theamended bed andestablish the new, nishedsoil contour. Place all ofthe potted perennials into

a pleasing arrangementwithout crowding to allowfor future growth. Someperennials may needdivision before replanting.Replant, then mulch theentire bed and water alltransplants. I did notmention adding bonemealor starter fertilizer becausethey are unnecessaryin lieu of the organicsrecommended.

And lastly, lets notforget to plant somefall pets like pansies,wallowers, ornamentalkale/cabbage andchrysanthemums or astersin the garden.

Those plants providecontinual colour rewardsduring our long greywinters. And most of themare easy to grow with littlecare.

For chrysanthemumstry planting them incontainers on the frontporch or at least under thehouses roof overhang tokeep them dry, disease-free and looking cheerfulduring winter rainfall.Pansies and wallowerswill grow well in pots orout in the garden as massplantings or border edgers.

Todd Major is a journeymanhorticulturist, gardendesigner and builder, teacherand organic advocate.stmajor@shaw.ca

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Ten minutes later shearrives and you pounce.Youre yelling at her beforeshe shuts to door. Dontyou know how worried Iwas? I was just about tophone the hospitals. Howcan you do this to me?Then you drop the bomb.That does it young lady,youre grounded for the restof the month!

Throughout thisharangue Melanie keepstrying to interrupt. ButMom, just listen. Momlet me explain. Instead oflistening you send her offto bed.

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