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In one of her first public out-ings as new chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation,

Maureen Thomas signaled that her leadership would stay the course of the fiercely anti-oil pipeline rhetoric that defined the nation in the media under for-mer chief Justin George.

Just two weeks after Thomas won the ascent of voters on April 2 to lead the North Vancouver nation over three other contend-ers, Thomas and other Tsleil-Waututh members hosted a press conference Friday in downtown Vancouver to sign a treaty slam-ming the development of the Alberta oil sands.

Flanked by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo and B.C. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, the new leader of the Tsleil-Waututh signed her name to the International Treaty to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects, on behalf of the 500-member nation.

Originally created by the Pawnee and Yankton Sioux tribes of the American Midwest in an effort to block the development of the Keystone XL pipeline between Alberta and refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast, the treaty isn’t unlike a host of other anti-pipeline and anti-oil sands decrees signed by the Tsleil-Waututh in recent years under former chief George’s lead-ership.

Justin George did not run for re-election on April 2.

“By signing this treaty, we are building alliances with our rela-tions east, west, north and south to protect our lands and waters,” Thomas said Friday.

Since January, the new treaty has garnered approximately a dozen commitments from nations opposing not just Keystone XL, but the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline as well. Today, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation is the

only band to sign the agreement out of opposition to the planned expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline from Edmonton to the Burrard Inlet, the traditional waters of the Tsleil-Waututh people.

That pipeline is still in the assessment and review phase, but if approved, could triple the pipe-line’s current 300,000-barrel-a-day output and increase tanker traffic on the inlet seven-fold by 2017.

“People from all backgrounds enjoy Vancouver’s great quality of life and we need to unite to pro-tect this environment for all of our future generations,” Thomas said. “The Tsleil-Waututh Nation continues to oppose the Kinder Morgan pipeline project, which would send 400 tankers a year through the Salish Sea.”

B.C. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip summed up the concerns of all the signatories to the treaty as nothing less than a battle to save the natural environment for future generations.

“The future of this planet hangs in the balance of the work that we’re doing here today — what’s represented by this sacred agree-ment that’s being entered into,” Phillip said.

Still, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo went further in his remarks, describing treaties such as this as a new way forward for First Nation-hood.

“To recapture the very essence of nationhood is being demonstrat-ed here today,” Atleo said.

“This unleashes the potential for a new vision to emerge, one where we pursue the idea of economics in a much more balanced way,” he added. “One where we seek to not have imbalance but a return to harmony between people and the living environment around us, and between peoples. We have yet to achieve that.”

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SIGN OF THE TIMES - Standing from right to left: National Chief Shawn Atleo, Chief Phil Lane Jr. of the Ihanktonwan Dakota and Chickasaw Nations, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and Deborah Parker, vice-chair of the Tulalip Tribes. Sitting right to left: Chief Maureen Thomas of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Jewell James of the Lummi Tribe. CNW photo

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City gets passing grade on financialsA KPMG audit of the City of North Vancouver’s 2012 balance sheets verifies an operating surplus going into 2013

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The City of North Vancouver brought home its 2012 financial report card this week and by all accounts got a passing

grade.The report came in the form of an audit of

last year’s city-wide financial statements, scruti-nized by accounting firm KPMG.

The auditors affirmed the city indeed ended 2012 in the black, leaving an operating sur-plus of about $185,000, according to director of finance Isabel Gordon.

The city pulled in a total 2012 revenue of $101,252,000, with nearly half of that, or about $45 million, coming from property taxes.

The next largest revenue generator, sale of services, amounted to less than half of the prop-erty tax take with $21 million. Sale of services accounts for things like utility fees and permits.

“We are still quite reliant on the property tax as a single source of revenue, and this is very common for municipalities,” Gordon told council at Monday’s meeting. “But there is a feeling among directors of finance that it would be helpful if we had some other sources of rev-enue so that we weren’t so reliant on the single source.”

Coun. Pam Bookham told Gordon that city councillors are well-versed in the city’s need for new revenue streams and floated the idea of a secondary suite fee similar to one recently approved in Langley Township.

“Every year we have this presentation and every year we hear from our director of finance that the city is in need of other sources of rev-enue other than property taxes,” Bookham said.

In Langley Township, a $350-per-suite fee was approved by council earlier this month, as

was a 30-per-cent hike for those homeowners’ water and sewer utilities.

While Gordon said she is aware of Langley’s new fee, she doesn’t think it appropriate as a revenue generator for the city.

“There’s certainly a need to find new sources of revenue but each source of revenue that the city looks at comes with a service obligation attached to it,” Gordon said. She explained that any such secondary suite fee would have to be attached to a suite inspection and legalization program and would only cover the cost of the program rather than grow general revenue.

And that, ultimately, is a political deci-sion the city hasn’t endorsed. As for the city’s 2012 expense sheet, last year the city spent $88,645,000, with half of that going towards a combination of parks and recreation, culture and protective services.

And while the difference between 2012 rev-enue and expenses appears to be a surplus of upwards of $12 million, Gordon said the audited 2012 financials fail to include the cost of city assets paid out of reserves.

In all, Gordon characterized the city’s finan-cial outlook as a positive one.

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The Lower Lonsdale waterfront has been a blight on the City of North Vancouver and consecu-

tive city councils for decades. But with new beach volleyball courts now under construction, a search for a landscape architect under way and a closed-door council pep talk from a tourism indus-try titan behind them, it seems change is finally afoot at the foot of Lonsdale.

Last month city councillors and staff heard a paid presentation from a for-mer arena-rock promoter turned tour-ism-industry rockstar in his own right, Roger Brooks.

He’s the president of Destination Development International (DDI), a Seattle-based branding, marketing and consultancy firm hired by the city to offer its take on how the city might make the best use of its vast waterfront lands around Lonsdale Quay.

“We’re huge proponents of plazas,” Brooks told The Outlook in an interview last week.

And while DDI focuses largely on pro-moting the tourism sector in cities and destinations around the world, Brooks said the city’s chief problem on the

waterfront isn’t attracting tourists, it’s attracting North Van residents first.

“If you don’t hang out in your town, neither will visitors,” Brooks said, fol-lowing his second visit to North Van city hall in as many months.

“I’ve seen the rush hour leaving in the morning and the rush hour coming back in [at night],” he said. “And then if they want to go do something they have to head out of North Vancouver, again.”

So the key solution his firm is float-ing — and one which so far has the expressed support of city staff and the Lower Lonsdale Business Association— is for a large public plaza, likely on the waterfront’s Lot 5 site, anchored by new retail and restaurant space.

“Both the United States and Canada are baby countries; we’re a couple hun-dred years old,” Brooks explained. “But we’re now moving to the European standard, which means we’re eating and dining later at night, and we want central gathering places.”

From his experiences consulting all over the world, Brooks said the main takeaway has been that the plaza or public square is the ideal “third place,” meaning somewhere people can spend time outside of home and work

His recommendations will help inform a high-level report city staff are preparing to present to council near the end of April about conceptual design plans for the whole central waterfront area. A public plaza on or near Lot 5 is expected to rank high in their sugges-tions, according to city planning direc-tor Gary Penway and manager of lands

and business services, Larry Orr.“We’ll report out on the central water-

front and then we’ll get some new direc-tions from council about what are the next stages,” Penway said, adding that a broad retail strategy for the site is also in development.

Aside from plazas, shops and restau-rants, the city is also exploring a site for the Presentation House museum and pos-sibly an art gallery on-site, while explor-ing uses for two heritage buildings owned by the nearby Pinnacle Hotel; the former shipyards coppersmith shop on Lot 3 and the pipe shop on Lot 4.

“The way we’ve approached it in the past is we’ve identified a number of

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Sorting out the best possible use for the central waterfront is no easy task, Brooks said, but warned against the perils of “studying it to death” or letting political differences reduce the project to mundanity.

“They have an opportunity that 99 per cent of cities would die to have,” Brooks said, referring specifically to the undeveloped city-owned waterfront land. “They’ve asked the people what they want for years and now it’s time to put pen to paper and turn this into a real project.”

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Illegal construction at a house in the British Properties that was being done despite a stop-work order caused a landslide that rushed into a tributary of the fish-bearing creek last month, according to the District of West Vancouver.

Engineers are now working on a permanent solution to keep rain from causing further instability.

While it’s not clear who will pay for the damage, said West Van spokesman Jeff MacDonald, there is precedent requiring the home-owner to pick up the costs in this sort of situation.

“Mayor and council have taken this very seriously,” he said, refer-ring to the landslide in the 2700-block of Chelsea Close. “[They] are adamant that bylaws are followed and stop-work orders are obeyed.”

District staff issued a stop-work order in February when an abun-dance of sediment was spotted in the creek, which has been home to cutthroat trout and coho salmon in previous years.

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A restaurant on Ambleside’s waterfront is a bad idea, according to many peo-ple who spoke up at a public hearing

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A house currently sits at the prospec-tive seaside lot on the 1400-block of Argyle Avenue, which the district now owns, but would be torn down if the restaurant is a go. The property would remain in the municipal-ity’s possession while the full-service restau-rant is run by a private owner.

But this restaurant shouldn’t be built, said some West Van residents at the public hear-ing.

“Why do we need the restaurant on the waterfront? We don’t,” said Ambleside resi-dent Paul Hundal. “There’s no reason why people can’t walk across the street to Bellevue (Avenue).”

Echoing other speakers, he would like to see the lot turned into green space to keep the waterfront open to the public.

But a few others were in favour of a new restaurant overlooking the beach.

Ambleside resident Peter Scholefield said the restaurant would draw people to the area.

“When I go to areas with restaurants, the more restaurants the better,” he told coun-cil. “I find a restaurant that I don’t like the menu, or the restaurant is overcrowded, or the prices are too high — as they’re likely to be at this particular restaurant — then I would like to look elsewhere.”

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West Vancouver council will decide on the restaurant’s later this year.

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Her first time on the hardwood in a chair left her humbled. She was used to fluidly draining shots, jumping for

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basketball star in university, suiting up for the University of Victoria Vikes and winning national titles in 1998 and 2000.

But a gruesome knee injury she suffered in 2006 while playing rugby, another sport she excelled at, had left her unable to play the two sports she loved.

A teammate suggested wheelchair basket-ball to stay in shape while she recovered.

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The chair was a little narrow and McLachlan struggled to shoot the ball. After the session she had blisters on her hands, her hips were sore and she hadn’t sunk many shots. But she liked the new sport — and the new challenge, which kept her coming back to court.

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The game is every bit as competitive as the other sports she’s played, especially when it comes to competing internationally.

“At the international level people are dedi-cating their lives to training for the team and the sport and it’s incredibly competitive,” says McLachlan, 35, who has degrees in science and education and most recently studied design at the University of Alabama, where she played wheelchair basketball and won back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010 with the Crimson Tide.

McLachlan became a mem-ber of Canada’s national team in 2008 and played in the Beijing Paralympics that year.

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America wants to charge us for the privi-lege of visiting.

The Department of Homeland Security recently proposed a crossing fee for visitors traversing America’s northern and southern borders. The fee would help the department pay for the ever-increasing cost of keeping Americans safe. And with a deficit already more than a trillion dollars combined with the indefatigable sense of paranoia that has gripped many of that country’s legislators since the terror attacks of 9/11, that cost is becoming onerous.

So why not hit up people crossing the bor-der to buy a brick of cheese or fill up the gas tank in their car, or spending thousands of dollars on vacation to California? After all, income tax was supposed to be a tempo-rary measure, and eventually everyone just became resigned to it as a less-than-beloved

necessity.A border tax isn’t a new idea. It gets floated

every few years and is inevitably shot down by strong lobbying from border states that dread the hit their economies would take if Canadians decided it would be just as cheap to buy their cheese at home.

With the smell of gunpowder from the bombings at the Boston Marathon still fresh, it’s a tempting source of revenue; charging the 350 million travelers who cross into the United States every year a few bucks every time they go through a border station would

buy a lot of X-ray screeners and bomb sniffing wands. Not to mention pay the inflated sala-ries and pensions of bureaucrats who cook up and administer such programs.

But those travelers contribute $21 billion each year to the American economy, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs. Even chipping away a bit of that would be devas-tating to a lot of gas station operators, hotels and grocery stores.

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1 Three cheers for the young filmmakers of Mulgrave School who prepared some very entertaining and professional features to honour the business nominees. 2 Sitting at The Outlook newspaper table are Kathy Russell, left, Pat Paproski (Outlook sales rep), Laura Lachambre, Greg Laviolette (Outlook director of sales and marketing) and Nicole Shandler. 3 Dr. Sheila Ebrahim, left, and Michelle van Eck enjoy the evening together at the West Vancouver Yacht Club. 4 West Vancouver Chamber president Gabrielle Loren gives son Spencer a big hug for doing such a great job in welcoming guests to the event. 5 West Van Coun. Michael Lewis, left, joins Peter Gaskill, West Van Chamber’s Leagh Gabriel and Steamkeepers’ president John Barker.

6 Sitting together for dinner are Dr. Lindsay Jesswein, left, Dr. Sara Kinnon, singer Amanda Wood and husband Jesse Dean Cook. 7 Olive and Anchor owners Rick and Lisa Lee are all the buzz in Horseshoe Bay with their growing restaurant business.

The West Vancouver Chamber’s President’s Dinner and Business Excellence Awards took place

last week at the West Vancouver Yacht Club. Every year, it’s an exciting, edge-of-your-seat evening honouring nominees throughout the community in categories like Best Big Business, Best Small Business, Best New Business, Best Innovator, Young Entrepreneur and Citizen of the Year. Auction items and a formal buffet dinner were also part of the night. An extra special feature this year was the addition of the Mulgrave School Junior Filmmaker students who prepared individual films to honour each nominee. Congrats to Peter and everyone involved.

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Up a treeThere’s little recourse for North Shore homeowners who’ve had views blocked by their neighbours’ trees

» COVER STORY

Whether coniferous or deciduous, trees are considered one of the North Shore’s great-est assets.

We would quickly lose our way of life without them. The outdoor activities that define us — snowboarding, hiking and mountain biking to name a

few — all involve thousands of trees. Our tourist destinations revolve around them and, in fact, they’re the very reason many

people live here. Urban trees, the ones lining the streets and growing in yards, are individually cherished for

bringing North Shorites closer to nature. But adamantly protected, they can be just as strongly detested. Trees can be a nuisance — even a threat — to some North and West Van residents.

Lining the mountains? Great. A few houses away? Perfect.Shading the garden? No way. Blocking the view? Intolerable.

Obscured horizons from tall trees have caused countless feuds between neighbours, leading to the occasional criminal act.

In September, for example, a letter circulated ordering homeowners to top their trees no more than two metres above their houses — or face a $30,000 fine.

But the letter was a convincing hoax printed on official-looking West Vancouver letterhead. The police got involved, calling it a “very cre-ative fraud” and threatening stiff penalties.

No one has been charged, yet, so the mystery still lingers.Another case, dubbed the “Tree Massacre,” saw 35 trees hacked

down at a park in North Vancouver last January.Using hand- and chainsaws, the rogue lumberjacks cut down the

mature cedars and firs, many of which were more than five decades old.

The culprits, who left some $40,000 in damage, haven’t been caught yet.

It doesn’t have to be this wayIt’s undoubtedly clear, North Shore residents can do little (legally) if

their neighbours’ trees grow to block their precious view.They could, of course, civilly discuss the problem. But if this doesn’t work — tough! — they own the house and yard,

not the skyline. Yes, to be clear, this even applies to homes overlooking the ocean.

Like City of North Vancouver guidelines put it, the objective is to ensure “long-term sustainability of… urban forests.”

But not every municipality puts trees first.

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» COVER STORY

Whether coniferous or deciduous, trees are considered one of the North Shore’s great-est assets.

We would quickly lose our way of life without them. The outdoor activities that define us — snowboarding, hiking and mountain biking to name a

few — all involve thousands of trees. Our tourist destinations revolve around them and, in fact, they’re the very reason many

people live here. Urban trees, the ones lining the streets and growing in yards, are individually cherished for

bringing North Shorites closer to nature. But adamantly protected, they can be just as strongly detested. Trees can be a nuisance — even a threat — to some North and West Van residents.

Lining the mountains? Great. A few houses away? Perfect.Shading the garden? No way. Blocking the view? Intolerable.

Obscured horizons from tall trees have caused countless feuds between neighbours, leading to the occasional criminal act.

In September, for example, a letter circulated ordering homeowners to top their trees no more than two metres above their houses — or face a $30,000 fine.

But the letter was a convincing hoax printed on official-looking West Vancouver letterhead. The police got involved, calling it a “very cre-ative fraud” and threatening stiff penalties.

No one has been charged, yet, so the mystery still lingers.Another case, dubbed the “Tree Massacre,” saw 35 trees hacked

down at a park in North Vancouver last January.Using hand- and chainsaws, the rogue lumberjacks cut down the

mature cedars and firs, many of which were more than five decades old.

The culprits, who left some $40,000 in damage, haven’t been caught yet.

It doesn’t have to be this wayIt’s undoubtedly clear, North Shore residents can do little (legally) if

their neighbours’ trees grow to block their precious view.They could, of course, civilly discuss the problem. But if this doesn’t work — tough! — they own the house and yard,

not the skyline. Yes, to be clear, this even applies to homes overlooking the ocean.

Like City of North Vancouver guidelines put it, the objective is to ensure “long-term sustainability of… urban forests.”

But not every municipality puts trees first.

bY MICHAELA GARSTIN

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No one knows the value of securing a North Shore dream home more than mortgage broker Sabeena Bubber.The president of Integré Mortgage Partners in Ambleside, Sabeena became infatuated with this naturally beautiful neck of the woods when she was 12 years old, just passing through with her dad who was on a business trip.“I hadn’t seen so many trees in my whole life,” recalls the Saskatchewan native.Sabeena’s dream in life — to one day move to the North Shore — became a reality in 1999, when she relocated to Vancouver, a University of Regina commerce degree in tow.At the time, Sabeena was working as a mortgage underwriter. So when she was ready to talk financing for her first home, Sabeena enlisted the services of a mortgage specialist from the bank. “The [mortgage] specialist focused solely on the rate and didn’t explain anything about how the mortgage worked and what the fine print on the product really meant,” says Sabeena.Her loan contract became problematic a couple years later when Sabeena and her growing family were looking to purchase a larger home in Lynn Valley. That negative experience inspired her to “get out from behind a desk” and help people with their mortgages. She became a mortgage broker in 2001 and in 2007 started her own brokerage firm. “In my opinion, getting a mortgage is like getting a financial plan,” figures Sabeena. “You need someone who can talk to you beyond the rate.”Sabeena, one of the top 75 mortgage brokers in the country, is successful at offering personalized service. She elicits fruitful information from her clients — what stage of life they are at and what their long-term goals are — to determine the best mortgage product for them. In her downtime, Sabeena volunteers at her daughters’ elementary school, participating in the classroom and helping to raise funds for programs.She also regularly donates money to North Shore homeless advocacy non-profit organization, Harvest Project. It’s Sabeena’s way of giving back to the North Shore community that has embraced her family with open arms.“Kind of like what I said before, I’ve dreamed about living here my whole life,” says Sabeena. “I don’t look back. I’m blessed to live in an amazing city. I love the life that we have built for us here.”

Three words to describe yourself?

Passionate, Authentic, Mother.

Your favourite North Shore neighbourhood

That’s a hard question, I love the neighbourhood I live in which is Lynn Valley. The community atmosphere is awesome. I also love where our office is located which is in Ambleside. Every day I am reminded of how beautiful the North Shore is.

Local shops and/or restaurants you like and want to share?

My favourite florist is Posy in the Lynn Valley Town Centre, and we love to have breakfast at Tommy’s Café nearby. I like to support local businesses. Some of my favourite clothing stores include Phoenix, Bellissima Fashions and Plum.

Who inspires you?

My parents inspire me greatly. They came to Canada in the 1970s and they both worked very hard to provide a life for my older sister and I. Had they stayed in India, my mom wouldn’t have had to work and I would have been arranged to be married. My dad wanted us to have a life where we had the opportunity to create our own successes. My mom showed me how to enjoy my career while being a great mother at the same time.

What do you do to unwind on a Sunday afternoon?

Sunday is the day we spend as a family and you will often find us chilling out at home. Both my daughters have Celiac Disease so I like to spend time in the kitchen experimenting with gluten-free menus. I also love to curl up with the girls and read books. It’s our favourite way to spend our time together.

If you could have dinner with one person (alive or not) who would it be and why?

Oprah Winfrey – she not only inspires women globally, she manages to connect with her audience. I love connecting with people.

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With a waddle and wiggle, Tweedledum and Tweedledee switch spots and end up tangled. They’ve soon forgotten a tiff they had about a

rattle, made peace and decided not to battle.“They are alway confused with their names and

don’t know who they are,” says Aden Born, agree-ing the twin brothers from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland are down-right silly.

“We think very highly of manners,” adds Connor Buzza, who plays Tweedledum to Born’s Tweedledee.

“But we don’t have the best manners.”Cast as the troublesome twins in eXtreme Theatre’s

musical production, Born and Buzza are trying to stay in step. They are mimicking each other’s movements to a tee.

“We are practically identical,” says Born, from Coquitlam, with a laugh.

The first-time thespians have memorized their lines and learned their dance steps but admit they are slightly anxious about being on a big stage.

“I’m fine acting in front of the class,” says Born, nodding in agreement when Tweedledum interjects that rehearsals have been “tons of fun.”

“We both think we are song and scene ready,” says Buzza, who lives in Mission.

“The nerves may be the hardest part.”Featuring two casts of 35 home-schooled students

from across Metro Vancouver, Alice in Wonderland is a fast-paced stage adaptation of the Lewis Carroll tale with classic Disney songs including I’m Late, The Un-birthday Song and Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.

Join Alice’s madcap adventures in Wonderland as she chases the White Rabbit, races the Dodo Bird,

gets tied up with the Tweedles, raps with a bubble-blowing caterpillar, and beats the Queen of Hearts at her own game.

Cast as the protagonist, Coquitlam’s Janna Grant is a fan of Alice’s adventure.

“My mom’s always had a thing for the Mad Hatter,” says Grant, a precocious 10-year-old who played Tinkerbell in last year’s production.

“We’ve seen the movie a few times. I mean, it’s such nonsense,” she exclaims. “It’s probably the most fun play to do because you can do anything.”

Just like Alice, Grant admits she daydreams a lot.“I do have to say, I kind of relate to Alice,” she says,

with a smile.The busy bunny who leads Alice down the rabbit-

hole is Emma Dougan.“He’s just so anxious about a lot of stuff but he

never really knows where he’s going,” she says.Just like her castmate, Dougan, 12, enjoys dream-

ing, especially the weird ones that leave her scratch-ing her head the next morning.

“I dream about going to different lands,” says Dougan, from North Vancouver.

“But never about jumping into a rabbit hole.”

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Vegan cooking with Mérida AndersonMérida Anderson’s Vegan Secret Supper Club started in Vancouver but has since trav-elled to Montreal and Brooklyn. Now she’s done a cookbook for those foodies — not just vegans — who want to try some of her imaginative recipes at home. In advance of her June 21 book launch in Vancouver, we reached the self-taught North Van chef (at right) by email to ask her a few questions about her inspirations and ideas.

Q: What’s the biggest chal-lenge to vegan cooking?Because more than half of the people I cook for at VSS aren’t vegan, or even veg-etarian, the biggest challenge is to cook a supper so unique and satisfying that even the most skeptical diner doesn’t think anything is “missing.” I choose not to cook with soy and common “meat replacers” for this reason. Instead I rely on natural ingredients and their flavours and textures.

Q: What ingredients did you miss the most at first?I think cheese would have been the biggest one. For most vegetarian cooking, cheese is the part that will give a dish the most flavour. At VSS, I use nut cheeses, which lend a rich flavour to most any dish, and can be prepared in many ways from being fermented and aged, to a quick blend with simply lemon and salt.

Q: How have you learned to compensate for the ingredients you can’t use?I think compensate would be the wrong way to look at it. I carefully consider the vegetable itself and cook to bring that flavour to the forefront, instead of rely-ing on “instant” flavour like cheese or meat, respectively. I think of the vegetable as the root or heart of the dish, as opposed to a side dish (the way they are thought of when meat/cheese are in the picture).

Q: What is your newest food discovery or inspiration? I would have to say sumac. I have used it a few times, but fresh sumac, which can be foraged in certain areas in the summer, can been used to make beverages. It has a lemony tart flavor and is a beautiful reddish pink. It’s a great spice and flower that can be used for sweet and savory dishes alike.

Q: What are your ten must-have, go-to favourite pantry items? • Tahini and sesame oil. I use these in many, many dishes, and sesame is packed with omegas and protein • Tamari. I use wheat-free • Coconut oil. My baking essential • Raw cashews. For desserts and fermenting • Good quality dark chocolate • Coconut milk • Balsamic vinegar • Nutritional yeast • Garam masala

Q: Where are your favourite vegan restaurants in Vancouver?Every meal I have had at GRUB is amazing. They have great vegan options. Brunch at Bandidas is another favourite of mine.

Q: Any upcoming events in Vancouver?I will be in Vancouver for the Vancouver book launch on June 21 at ARTBANK (1897 Powell) as well as a few pop-up suppers in early summer. Those interested in hearing about upcoming Vancouver VSS suppers and events can join our email list by con-tacting [email protected] We’re also on Facebook as Vegan Secret Supper.

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Hooray for Beaujolais!» TASTING NOTES

We’re talking Beaujolais this week, and not the ‘Nouveau’ stuff that’s quickly fermented to

a sweet and fruity finish at fall harvest time, getting (us) drunk the moment it hits our shores in November. Nope, we’re talking serious Gamay-driven juice from the edge of Burgundy that’s the quirky delight of any wine geek you may know.

The Betty to Pinot Noir’s Veronica, the red Gamay grape offers a pretty elegance like its regional roommate, but perhaps a little more bright and cheery, with a lovely complexity that rewards those paying attention.

And so, a dynamic-duo of wines for you this week.

Since 1888, the Henry Fessy family of Beaujolais have been doing their thing; attaining parcels of various vineyards to make wine from each one of the region’s ten crus, or appellations.

At first glance they may appear to be similar, but their differences quite lit-erally come from their respective crus, listed front-and-centre on the label for easy navigating.

Since we’re looking at the same part of the world, the same grape, the same vin-tage and winemaking techniques, drink-ing a couple different Fessy wines, or those of other Beaujolais producers side by side, is a fun study in each vineyard’s true character. Next time you’re getting together with a couple folks for dinner, grab a bottle of each and play around comparing and contrasting.

Lets dig into that dirt:

Henry Fessy 2010 Chiroubles | Beaujolais, France | $30-ish | Private Stores

The Chiroubles cru sits atop higher slopes in the region with soils comprised of granite and schist. Between fresh minerality lent from the soils and its higher elevation,the region is known for lighter, per-fumed fruit with a flo-ral element and lovely finesse. A big bouquet of flowers leaps right out of the glass, but stays grounded with some darker plummy notes and even a hint of chocolate. Bright red and purple fruit

stay along for the whole ride, with a light dusting of fresh pepper from start to finish.

Henry Fessy 2010 Moulin-à-Vent | Beaujolais, France | $30-ish | Private Stores

Shallow sandy soils composed of

manganese-rich granite provide a key component of the terroir, and you’ll find Moulin-à-Vent generally offering the other end of the Beaujolais spectrum. A more masculine style with a tannic structure that’s a little more bold, there’s slightly richer fare to be had here. People roll their eyes when us wine guys use terms like ‘barnyard,’ but when you give this a good sniff — you’re certainly transported to some-where a little more, uh, rural. Stewed blueberries, blackberries and bing cherry are fully infused with a very distinct dose of both spearmint and anise, a lovely dimension that made me absolutely smitten with this one.

A few house rules with these, and all Beaujolais for that matter.

Do throw the wine in the fridge for 10 or 15 minutes before serving; it’ll pro-vide a nice lift to the wine and keep the structure smart and tidy. Room tempera-ture may be a tad too warm, pronounc-ing the alcohol and not doing it any favours.

Also, think poultry, salmon, game and veggie dishes. Just nothing too spicy or super-intense flavours, or you’ll lose the wines’ more subtle nuances.

Oh, and big glasses — keep giving them a whirl to release all those won-derful aromas.

I most recently saw these wines at Kitsilano Wine Cellar, but know that both Dundarave and Everything Wine on the North Shore carry Fessy product as well. As always, if you’re having trou-ble tracking something down, find me via KurtisKolt.com or Tweet me @KurtisKolt.

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Public information meeting A development is being proposed at 756 & 778 Forsman Ave, to construct 9 (nine) 3 storey townhouses.You are invited to a meeting to discuss the project. Date: april 30, 2013 tuesday Time: 7:30-8:30pmMeeting Location: lynnmour elementary School library

The applicant proposes to rezone from single family and develop the 2 lots to permit a 9 unit ground oriented housing project. Each unit is approximately 1,300 square feet in size and includes a two car garage.

Information packages are being distributed to residents within a 75 meter radius of the site. If you would like to receive a copy or if you would like more information contact Casey Peters of the Community Planning Department at 604-990-2388 or Kanaris Demetre Lazos of Royal Columbia Development Corporation at 604-284-5358 or bring your questions and comments to the meeting.

*This is not a Public Hearing. Council will receive a report from staff on issues raised at the meeting and will formally consider the proposal at a later date.

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Bylaws in San Francisco, for example, emphasize the “right to light and sight”.

In stark contrast to the North Shore, homeowners there have the right to preserve their views as they existed when the house was purchased.

This means residents can be forced to trim their trees if they grow tall enough to affect the value of their neighbours’ home, either economically or aesthetically.

It’s written into law. If city-run mediation fruits no result, an

arbitrator will come in to decide whether the tree should be trimmed or topped. The decision is enforceable under the California Code of Civil Procedure.

If all else fails, one neighbor has the right to sue the other.

Although the North Shore has countless more trees than San Fran, the laws here don’t go far to protect “the right to light and sight.”

In essence, views and sunlight don’t come with the lot.

Homeowners, however, are allowed to trim trees and shrubs that hang into their yard, as long as they don’t actually harm the plant. This way, gardens can have more sunlight.

“You should not harm the tree or the shrub or the hedge because if you do, the owner… does have the right to sue you through the law courts for damage to their property,” explains Mark Brown, North Van district’s community forester. “Don’t trespass to do it. Try and get their blessing first.”

Following suit, trees on city-owned prop-erty won’t be chopped by staff to enhance someone’s prop-erty.

“We’re not going to cut the top off trees, or something like this, because that compromises the health of the trees,” says Michael Hunter, North Van city’s manager of parks and environment.

Most protected No matter their size or shape, Heritage Trees in North

Vancouver are completely off limits. Around a dozen or so non-native trees, often beside heri-

tage homes, have been given this designation. A very large black locust, for instance, was planted

decades ago beside the Davidson House on East Kings Road off Lonsdale Avenue. The leaves turn bright yellow in the fall and provide shade in the summer.

Even cutting down trees on private property doesn’t come easily in certain areas of North Van.

While homeowners are free to do what they wish with trees in their own yards in West Van and the City of North Van, residents in the District of North Van face a list of rules.

A permit is required if, for instance, the tree trunk is more than 30 inches in diameter or the tree is a Western Yew (a rare tree that was common on the North Shore a century ago) greater than nine inches in diameter. A Yew this size could easily be 100 years old.

But there is one way to get rid of a big tree. Pay $510.As long as the tree isn’t in a stream corridor or on a

steep slope, it can go. “Council wanted to give homeowners a little bit more

freedom,” explains Brown, “and make their bylaw less restrictive when it comes to large-diameter trees on pri-vate property.”

If the lot maintains more than 20 per cent canopy cover, new trees can be planted in its place. But if the canopy cover drops below this amount, then the homeowner owes $510 to the district, which will be used for community tree planting.

In the other two municipalities, if the tree is on your property, do with it as you please (with the exception of some environmental bylaws concerning streams and slopes).

“Sometimes we’ll receive calls from people concerned, but it isn’t something we regulate,” says Hunter, referring to worried City of North Van residents who see trees top-ple down in their neighbourhoods.

Buyer bewareIt’s buyer beware on the North Shore. A house’s view could easily vanish in a decade, leaving

little recourse for the homeowner. It’s up to neighbours to get to the root of the problem

themselves, and come up with a workable solution — if there is one.

It’s these very bylaws, like them or hate them, that pro-tect urban greenery on the North Shore for future genera-tions.

But, as long as trees keep growing, these neighbourhood feuds aren’t likely to go away.

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Let it shine - A topped tree outside a house in Upper Lonsdale. Todd Coyne photo


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Earth Day is celebrated annually April 22 with events held across the globe to demonstrate support for protecting the environment. FortisBC recognizes that sound environmental practices make good business sense and that’s why the company is committed to delivering safe, reliable energy in an environmentally responsible way to all of the communities we serve.

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JOSIE PADROC O n t r I b u t O r

Margaret navigates the sloping paths of her North Shore garden with a nim-bleness that belies her age.

She and her husband Charlie, both in their 80s, maintain the two-acre property rated one of the best gardens in the Lower Mainland.

At first glance the garden looks like a typi-cal West Coast landscape complete with tall cedars and Douglas Firs, but it soon becomes obvious that deft hands have been at work: carefully placed stone walls create a home for rare varieties of trees, plants and shrubs.

Tending their garden is a full-time job, but it’s one they say leads to a “balanced life.” That balanced life includes the physical work of digging, planting and building, which they do almost entirely by themselves.

“When I see people working out at the gym, I think, ‘Why don’t you just build a wall?’” says Margaret.

Medical research supports the idea that gardening keeps us healthy. It’s been found to lower the incidence of osteoporosis, possibly because it provides the weight-bearing activi-ty needed to maintain healthy bones. It’s been found to improve balance, and decrease the risk of injuries from falls. Also good for bones is the vitamin D manufactured by the body with exposure the sun.

Gardening is the kind of moderate exercise recommended for the prevention of Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The ben-efits are not only physical.

Gardeners know that their pastime pro-

motes relaxation and a sense of accomplish-ment.

It’s also creative, bringing colour, texture, fragrance and very often taste into their lives. And it can be a good way to reduce stress. Charlie, a retired businessman, found that after a frustrating day at the office, a vigorous session of digging in the garden was a con-structive way to let off steam.

Many seniors with health and mobility problems, however, find it difficult to main-tain a large garden they have tended over the years. Some hire a helper to do the heavy lifting, while continuing to keep a hand in the lighter work. Others simplify by replac-ing high-maintenance plants with those that require less care. It’s not necessary to have a garden to enjoy the benefits of gardening. More and more, community gardens are pop-ping up, offering residents small plots to grow their own food, herbs or flowers.

The community garden movement on the North Shore has recently gained momentum, with great demand for plots in existing spac-es. To find out more about community gar-dens in the District of North Vancouver see the North Shore Community Garden Society website, northshorecommunitygardensociety.ca. For the District of West Vancouver contact Parks and Community Services at 604-925-7130.

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but also holds work parties and group gardening ses-sions where community members of all ages can pitch in and work on the farm. Information about Loutet Farm and its calendar of events is posted on the Edible Garden Project website, www.ediblegardenproject.com.

Horticultural therapist Coral Ayerst harnesses the positive power of gardening in her work with her cli-ents in long-term care. Many have complicated chronic health problems that prevent them from the heavy gar-dening work.

“The way I interpret horticulture therapy,” says Ayerst, “ is to use nature to improve overall well-being.”

After speaking to her clients about their lives and past experiences she creates an individual program for each person.

“We have a lot of people who grew up on farms,” she says. “I bring in samples of wheat and oats and barley and a lot of time they can identify them and talk about their experiences on the farm. Other people might be from the Okanagan and so we would do a session on varieties of apples or pears and other seasonal fruit.”

Hands-on horticulture therapy is a year-round activ-ity. Spring and summer are perfect times to take residents outside to work on raised beds, or simply to observe the growing plants. Even though her clients have their meals cooked for them, they enjoy giving away the food they’ve grown; it’s a way they feel they are contributing. In the colder months, Ayerst brings the gardening indoors. Using adjustable table tops, the seniors are able to continue their work with plants, arranging flowers, potting bulbs, or starting seeds, for example.

Ayerst believes everyone can benefit from any kind of activity that allows them to stay connected to nature. “I think it really reduces stress and it’s a distraction from pain,” she says.

Seniors, whether they’re able to maintain a two-acre garden or whether they are coping with disabili-ties have much to gain by spending time in a garden. Tending plants or watching them grow is not only good for the body, but also good for the soul.

—Josie Padro is a writer/researcher for the North Shore Caregiver Support Project and monthly columnist for The Outlook

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HandyDart users may find they’re increasingly rid-ing taxis instead, especially if they live South of the Fraser.

TransLink has largely stopped dispatching HandyDart minibuses on four lesser used runs in favour of sending taxis to carry elderly and disabled clients.

The first phase of the changes began April 1 and tar-geted four routes – Surrey to New Westminster, Surrey to Vancouver, White Rock to Vancouver and Delta to Vancouver.

Money saved by not running HandyDarts on those routes is being used to cover more taxi service, said TransLink spokesman Derek Zabel.

The targeted routes tend to have a lot of deadhead time when a HandyDart must return empty after carrying only one or two people, he said.

“It’s not the best use of your resources,” Zabel said. “So if we use a taxi for that it cuts out all the deadhead time.”

He said there will be no change in the total spent by TransLink on custom transit, but an estimated 7,000 more trips will be made via taxi due to the greater effi-ciency.

HandyDart buses will still be dispatched to users who aren’t able to take taxis, he stressed.

The strategy of making more use of taxis – which are cheaper to run than HandyDart when few passengers are carried – was a recommendation of both the independent TransLink Commissioner last year and a provincial audit.

The next phase of changes will convert more HandyDart runs to taxi at times when the service isn’t

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Last year TransLink scrapped a plan to plan to phase out subsidized taxi rides for HandyDart clients after heavy opposition.

Jane Dyson, executive director of the B.C. Coalition for People with Disabilities, said she doesn’t object to the planned changes.

“People with disabilities and seniors are not necessarily averse to using taxis and in some cases it can work better for them,” she said.

“Our only concern would be that taxi drivers be well trained to help people with disabilities in taxis.”

She wants taxi drivers taught tie-down procedures to secure clients in accessible taxis.

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Critics say a growing number of businesses or wealthy individuals are exploiting a loophole to avoid paying B.C.’s tax on property transactions

while average home buyers are stuck footing the bill.The Property Transfer Tax consists of one per cent

charged on the first $200,000 in property value and two per cent after that – adding up to an extra $10,000 in tax when a $600,000 Metro Vancouver home changes hands.

But businesses in particular are making growing use of what’s called a “bare trust” corporation to hold owner-ship of a property.

The trust can be transferred to a new buyer without any change in the land title owner and no PTT is trig-gered as a result.

“The loophole is big enough to drive trucks through,” Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) B.C. director Jordan Bateman said. “Accountants are all over it, espe-cially corporate ones. It’s becoming standard tax practice and that tells you people are taking advantage of it.”

On a big commercial or industrial property sale, the savings can be significant and Bateman guesses the pro-vincial government may be losing out on $15 to $25 mil-lion a year it should be collecting.

“If you captured some of that, would you be able to trim down the overall Property Transfer Tax rate to make it easier for everyone?” he asked.

Exactly how much is being lost to the loophole is hard to determine.

Data obtained by the CTF through Freedom of Information show business and industry made up a declining share of the taxable transactions and PTT col-

lected from 2006-11.By 2011, residential properties made up 80 per cent of

the $927 million in PTT collected – up from less than 70 per cent in 2006.

Just 291 industrial property transactions were taxable in 2011 (down from 1,041 in 2006) and resulted in PTT payments of $9.7 million, or one per cent of the total.

Business property sales totalled 2,334 (down from 4,276 five years earlier) and contributed $67.1 million, or 7.2 per cent.

Residential transactions also dropped after the 2008 recession and Bateman said they should outnumber the other categories.

But he said the residential share still looks “awfully high” to him.

It’s not impossible for residential property owners to use bare trusts, but Bateman thinks it’s rare.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong said in a state-ment the province is aware bare trusts can be used to dodge the PTT.

“While it has not yet been determined that a remedy is required, it may be challenging to design a remedy that doesn’t have other, unin-tended consequences,” de Jong said.

NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston said he’s aware of the manoeuvre but isn’t sure how prev-alent it is.

He said the NDP has no plans to attempt to plug the loophole.

“I’m not sure how effective it would be,” Ralston said. “Sometimes when you put in anti-avoidance measures, people try other anti-avoid-ance measures.”

Bateman said the bare trust loophole under-scores his position that simpler tax systems are generally better.


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For those of us who work from home, a designated space is crucial. Trying to be productive when work is scat-tered from the dining room table to the kitchen counter does not bode well for your sanity, never mind productiv-ity.

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For those who don’t need a designated home office the idea of having a desk and separate monitors is a thing of the past.

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Metro Vancouver’s Harris & Blake Fine Cabinetry Inc. can design and make the furniture piece of your dreams so fine that it will become a family heirloom passed down and treasured through the generations.

Partner Robert Blakemore graduated from The Rycotewood Furniture Centre in Oxford, which has an international repu-tation as a centre of excellence in innova-tive furniture design and making, with distinction in furniture crafts and associ-ated design. After graduating he worked under master craftsman Phillip Koomen.

Partner Andrew Harrison has an equally impressive resume. Harrison attended the British Columbia Institute of Technology, graduating from the Benchwork and Joinery Program, then apprenticed at a high-end custom furni-ture shop under the expertise of master craftsmen. Eventually Harrison created his own company, Architectural Millwork and Design, which was very successful.

The opportunity to partner with Blakemore presented itself and the new company was born.

“We have a great melding of talents and experience at our company. Andrew is an exceptional finisher and looks after that segment of the workshop and manu-facturing and I look after the design,”

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Blakemore says.“We invested quite heavily five years ago in machinery from Italy

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Harris & Blake doesn’t sell to retail outlets. They work directly with designers, architects and individual clients to meet their needs.

“Typically a client will have an idea of something they want, be it a dining table, coffee table, an entertainment unit or other need. We meet with them and listen to their needs and what they envision; I spend a lot of time listening which is key,” Blakemore says.

“Then I have the opportunity to expose them to different woods and different ways of approaching the design. It is a collaborative effort; we go through the process tweaking as we go until the client is happy.

“Sometimes I make a model and then the wood, stains and fin-ishes are chosen based on the requirement of that particular piece. We have the capability of making exceptional pieces of furniture in our workshop and we utilize the best materials. We only use North American materials but what we are also able to do is meet budgets while at the same time bringing our talents and expertise to every project big or small.”

This high level of work is apparent.“If a person enjoys quality and wants something very specific, that

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KERRY VITALC o n t R i b u t o R

Great interior design doesn’t have to break the bank. Whether it’s a small change to the colour of

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“Paint is possibly the cheapest investment you can make and has the potential to be the most dramatic,” says Sheryn Calvert of Calvert Design Studio. “It is also easy to change; pick a bold, trending colour that you love – and then change it when it’s ‘out’ or you get tired of it in a few years.”

She suggests that people who are looking to stick to their budget do some browsing in a secondhand shop, or reupholster or repurpose an item that they already have.

“Think outside of the box to create unique pieces for your home,” Calvert says. “You can also customize low-cost items. Plain white bookcase? Add some wallpaper for colour and texture.”

Being creative will benefit you in non-budgetary ways. It can make for a great conversation piece when you tell people that you made something your-self. Calvert notes that buying a blank can-vas and painting it can make for a wonderful piece of art for your wall.

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It began with what police described as a violent assault and eventually led to the discovery and seizure of a massive cache

of weapons from a West Vancouver home.But now the 42-year-old man charged in

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En Zhong Li appeared behind glass in the prisoner’s box in North Vancouver provincial court on April 11, wearing a bright red sweat-er and listening to his arraignment proceed-ings via a Mandarin language translator.

It was his second appearance before the court since his Feb. 23 arrest, but his first attendance in-person after he appeared by video on April 5 from a regional remand cen-tre.

Li faces eight charges including aggravated assault, forcible confinement, use of a firearm in the commission of a offence and four counts of unsafe storage of a firearm.

The Crown told the court it will bring for-ward DNA evidence when its case against Li proceeds. Three days have been set aside for a preliminary hearing, the date of which will be decided in North Van court on May 1.

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The court also upheld a no-contact order barring Li from communicating with two women.

West Vancouver patrol officers responded to a call in the 300-block of Moyne Drive shortly after 11 p.m. on Feb. 23. Upon entering the home, they discovered a 35-year-old woman suffering injuries to her head and body consis-tent with a serious assault.

The victim was apparently struck several times with a firearm, police said. She was taken to hospital and subsequently released.

The West Van police arrested the suspect at the scene and a search warrant for the home later turned up 28 guns and a cache of ammu-nition, all of which were seized by police.

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Makeover event for charityBeauty gala at Shoppers Drug Mart to support Look Good, Feel Better Foundation

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The Shoppers Drug Mart at 879 Marine Drive is hosting a special beauty gala on Saturday (May 4) to help raise

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and hair alternatives workshops for women who are fight-ing cancer. More than 130,000 Canadian women have been helped by the Look Good, Feel Better Foundation which began doing workshops for women in 1992.

Saturday’s ”Makeover Event” at Shoppers will free make-overs, skin consultations, gift giveaways, free samples and refreshments.

Tickets to the event are $10, with $5 from each ticket going to Look Good Feel Better.

You can purchase tickets in the beauty department at Shoppers located at 879 Marine Drive.

For more information, please visit lgfb.ca or shoppers-drugmart.ca.

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Pearle Horne asked that her hair be styled today.

Now, an oversized sport watch fastened securely around her frail wrist, she lays her beautifully coiffed silver head on a pillow and relaxes in her room for most of the morning, wait-ing for noon to arrive.

With little coaxing, her eyelids grow heavy, then fall. A haunting ragtime melody gradually builds in her subcon-scious:

“Five-foot-two, eyes of blue,But, oh, what those five foot could do.”She is taken back.The staccato of shoes on the dance

floor, keeping time with the piano chords, pounds in her chest. Horne is uninhibited as she sways to the music, watching from the sidelines.

Suddenly, she feels fingers tap her shoulder. Her senses are stirred. She turns and smiles at him for the first time.

THE LIGHTJennyfer Hatch makes a punc-

tual entrance for her weekly gig at Crossroads Inlet Centre Hospice in Port Moody, her honey-hued, black-trimmed acoustic guitar in hand.

Medicinal melody Once a week, a music therapist from Capilano University sings to patients at Crossroads Hospice in Port Moody, distracting them from their pain

» FEATURE


Hospice resident Pearle Horne sings along as Cap U’s Jennyfer Hatch plays her weekly gig at

Crossroads Inlet Centre Hospice. Maria Spitale-Leisk photo


Almost immediately, the mood in the hospice’s common area brightens.

Hatch is completing her final year of Capilano University’s Bachelor of Music Therapy program. She chose Crossroads for her practicum because of its beautiful, home-like environment and friendly staff.

In turn, the hospice can add a powerful dose of distraction to its pain management arsenal — music therapy.

“I told her, ‘Just start playing [the guitar] and they will come,’” says Janice Hansen, Crossroads’ manager of hospice programs and administration.

Today, Hatch has an audience with Horne, who’s 90 and came to the hospice in February, in a relax-ation room with cream-coloured walls and mini-malist decor. The eye is drawn to a tray of sand and shells, a miniature rake resting on top, placed on a table in the corner.

A nurse parks Horne’s mobile bed facing the window so the sun can stream across her face. Hatch pulls up a chair.

After briefly catching up, Hatch gently gets down to business, asking her friend of three weeks whether she would like to hear “You Are My Sunshine” or “This Little Light Of Mine.”

Hatch strums some introductory notes — the rich, deep tones vibrating through the tranquil room.

Leaning in close, Hatch asks, “Where should the light go today? Do you have any pain today?”

“Not so far,” responds Horne.“Good,” smiles Hatch. “How about some light for

your amazing hair?”“Yeah, how about that,” Horne shakily agrees. “Alright, so we are going to put the light deep

into your hair,” Hatch tells her.And the song begins:“Feel it deep down in your hair; I’m going to let

it shine. Feel the light in your hair; I’m going to let it

shine.Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.”“Beautiful,” remarks Horne. “Thank you,” says Hatch.

THE DANCEPearle Horne, who was born in Regina but con-

siders herself a Vancouverite — she moved to the West Coast when she was three years old — admits she has never played an instrument. Sketching and painting people, animals and flow-ers, you name it, that’s her forte. The creative medium kept her mind occupied during lonely periods of her life. (“I didn’t have much of a fam-ily,” says Horne. “My daughter died in 1972.”)

But through music, Hatch has elicited anecdotes from Horne about her nine decades of life.

“Music and songs act as a catalyst for memory and storytelling,” explains the younger woman. “It lightens and deepens, can brighten for some people and be emotional for others.”

Hatch’s favourite story is the one about Horne dancing the Charleston decades ago with her hus-band to the tune “Has Anybody Seen My Girl?”

Frank was his name, it was a second marriage for both of them. They met at a dance and were inseparable for 28 years until his death a few months ago.

“He came and asked me to dance,” recalls Horne. “He didn’t know whether I looked like a zombie or what. He approached me from behind.

“It was like we danced together all our lives. It was just so easy.”

A few moments later, Horne has peacefully drift-ed off to sleep.

“She’s a beautiful spirit,” Hatch says.

THE MUSICStarting in September, Hatch will log 1,000

internship hours before being certified by the Canadian Association for Music Therapy. One of her sites will be the Port Moody hospice, where she will continue to alleviate residents’ anxiety and pain, even their boredom.

The Tri-City native also worked in long-term care homes and with special needs children in School District 43, where one of her main goals was to promote social interaction.

Hatch has been carrying a tune since she was a toddler. Classically trained in wind instruments for 10 years, she only picked up the guitar when she pursued her music therapy career.

Hatch says with Horne, her main goal as a music therapist is to reduce restlessness and discomfort through an intervention of using her favourite songs. “I find outside of her musical therapy ses-sion, she has a fair bit of pain and discomfort. The symptoms of relieved through the distraction of music.”

QUE SERA, SERATen or so minutes have passed and Horne is

awake again.“I had a good nap,” she announces. “I was sort of

aware that things were going on around me.”Hatch will sing to Horne for about an hour,

depending on the older woman’s energy level. Seeing that she is growing weary, Hatch decides it’s time for one last song.

This time, Horne sings along:“Que sera, sera,Whatever will be, will beThe future’s not ours to seeQue sera, seraWhat will be, will be.”“I love that,” says Horne. It’s a poignant tune — given the venue, given

the time of her life — that proves to be emotional for Crossroads communications officer Kelly Parry, who has been sitting in on the session.

“Today is my birthday,” says a tearful Parry. “And to spend my day with you is probably the best gift I could get.”

Responds Horne, “That’s great. We really did have something to celebrate.”

Parry asks Horne if she is hungry. “A little bit,” she says, agreeing with Hatch that

they have worked up an appetite with all this music.

After lunch, the music gone, Horne will retire to her room and work on a painting, something that will remain.

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Webster’s leg is healing but he still needs a home

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LEY DOCTORC o n t r i b u t o r

Webster, the six-year-old miniature poodle left on the doorstep of an animal shelter with a broken leg last month, is on the mend.

“We are touched with the way the community has responded,” said Dragana Hajdukovic, branch manger of the West Van SPCA.

The small dog was abandoned at the SPCA branch in Burnaby and then transferred to West Vancouver for further treatment.

Thanks to stories published about Webster in The Outlook and other media, the West Vancouver SPCA has raised more than $4,000 in donations to help cover the cost of treatment for Webster and other animals in need of medical attention.

Webster had his stitches taken out last week, but will still be wear-ing a splint for another week or so as he is so active and energetic.

Excited about his recovery, Hajdukovic said that “the hardest part of taking care of this little guy is keeping him calm and quiet.”

For the next four to eight weeks, Webster will need to have his move-ment restricted to help his leg heal properly and quickly, she added.

The branch is still accepting applications to adopt the miniature poodle, but he will need to be on leash or crated at all times when in his new home, Hajdukovic said. For more information on adopting animals or donating to the West Vancouver SPCA call 604-922-4622 or email [email protected].


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