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Out of Sight ‘ Invisible homelessness’is a growing concern on the North Shore andnow includes more families and seniorsthan ever before » 10

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Norgate residents have been offered $30 million worth of assurance — in the form of a two-stage odour control system — that no stench

will escape from a new Lions Gate sewage treatment plant and permeate their community.

But how that odour containment infrastructure will be paid for, along with the rest of the estimated $500- to $700-million plant replacement project, remains to be seen.

Metro Vancouver hosted their last major pub-lic information meeting — on Thursday evening at Norgate elementary — before staff finalizes the pre-ferred conceptual design for the new sewage plant.

The regional body’s utilities committee chair, North Vancouver City Mayor Darrell Mussatto, made some opening remarks at the meeting.

“As many of you know the time has come for us to replace our Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant, following more than 50 years of service,” Mussatto told the assembled group comprised mainly of North Shore residents and Metro staff.

“It’s hard to imagine but before that we just dumped it right into the chuck. So it was a remark-able improvement then, and we now have to take another giant leap forward.”

The new sewage treatment plant will be

located in an industrial zone at West First Street and Pemberton Avenue — two kilometres east of the old one.

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Norgate sewage plant odour fears ‘flushed’Odour containment, a front-of-mind concern for Norgate residents, was discussed during a public meeting for a new Lions Gate sewage plant

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An artist’s rendering shows a conceptual design for the planned Lions Gate sewage treatment plant at West First Street and Pemberton Avenue.Metro Vancouver illustration

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Food and beverage will bring people to the Lonsdale waterfront: Colliers International

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The global commercial real estate firm, retained by the City of North Van to conduct a waterfront retail study, says more restaurants are key to the prosperity of the area

MARIA SPITALE-LEISKS t A f f R e p o R t e R

Restaurants — and even more restaurants — are what will bring the people to the Lower

Lonsdale waterfront, says a seasoned commercial real estate firm.

Last summer City of North Vancouver council set the wheels in motion to reinvent the waterfront as a destination for North Shore residents and visitors alike. Colliers International, a global commercial real estate firm, was hired to develop a Central Waterfront Retail Strategy — and to market and manage future retail leases on the site.

Using market-supported targets, Colliers looked at potential uses for

the decommissioned Historic Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) Railway station and the Cates Tugs building at the foot of Lonsdale, and Lots 3, 4 and 5 at the adjacent Shipbuilders’ Square.

Among the firm’s findings, which were presented to council on Oct. 7, is “a significant opportunity” for 15,000 to 19,000 square feet of additional food and beverage space in the area.

“Patio space is going to be criti-cal, especially to activate that foot of Lonsdale there. You really can not underestimate the importance of pati-os,” said David Bell, senior associate, planning and retail consulting, Colliers International.

Colliers is recommending some food and beverage component be incorpo-rated into almost all of the current buildings, including a bistro-style wine bar in the Presentation House Galley — proposed for the Cates Tugs build-ing — and a destination restaurant and casual grab-and-go food counter in the Coppersmith Shop (Lot 3).

At the same time, Bell stressed the strategy is not focused on maximizing building area.

oN ThE WATErfroNT - The City of North Vancouver is looking at leasing the Pipe Shop and Coppersmith Shop (red roofed buildings on the right) in the near term while continuing to finalize waterfront plans for the foot of Lonsdale. Maria Spitale-Leisk photocontinued, PAGE 19


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Amanda Wood, a diehard Canucks fan, had some pre-game jitters before the Oct. 8 game at

Rogers Arena — but it had noth-ing to do with how her hometown hockey team would do against the visiting New Jersey Devils.

Wood was about to sing the Canadian and American national anthems prior to puck drop in front of a sell-out crowd of nearly 19,000.

Wearing four-inch heels and standing in a puddle of melted ice in the Zamboni entrance, the West Vancouver singer had a few things on her mind as the arena lights dimmed — namely, not tripping as she walked out on the green-blue-and-white roll of carpet and trying not to forget the lyrics to either national anthem. Although she could

recite both in her sleep, many guest anthem singers have lost the words at sporting events.

Mostly, though, she was focused on making her friends, family and the fans who voted for her proud.

Wood had earned the opportunity to sing the anthems at the Canucks-Devils game by entering the “Rock the Rog” singing contest put on by the Canucks.

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SHE’S gOT gamE - West Vancouver’s Amanda Wood sings the national anthems at the Oct. 8 Canucks-Devils game. Photo courtesy of the Vancouver Canucks

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Lower Lonsdale Business Improvement Area sought

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If approved, business or property owners would pay a special tax to fund projects for the betterment of the area

MARIA SPITALE-LEISKS t A f f R e P o R t e R

There are renewed efforts to estab-lish the North Shore’s first Business Improvement Area (BIA) in Lower

Lonsdale — where stakeholders collectively fund community enhancement projects by paying a special tax.

During a previous campaign, in 2010, by the Lower Lonsdale Business Association (LLBA), 49 per cent of Lower Lonsdale prop-erty owners or tenants opposed the establish-ment of a BIA. If one-third of businesses vote against the proposal the BIA application pro-cess is terminated.

From that experience, the LLBA learned most of the BIA opposition came from light industrial businesses in a concentrated area north of East Esplanade Avenue at St. Georges Avenue.

That area will likely not be included in a geographical boundary for this latest Lower

Lonsdale BIA bid, which started in 2012. The LLBA was given $120,000 in grant money from the City of North Vancouver — in two installments — for administrative support to assist the volunteer-run organization with their campaign.

The timing is right, LLBA executive director Stephanie Clarke told The Outlook. LLBA board members are currently working with renowned destination mar-keting expert Roger Brooks who has been tasked by the City of North Vancouver to help reinvent the Lower Lonsdale waterfront.

“A new BIA would have the added benefit of [Brooks’] report rec-ommendations for the rebranding of Lower Lonsdale and development strategy for the waterfront area,” said Clarke.

There are approximately 69 BIAs in B.C. — including 22 in Vancouver — each with its

own distinct branding. These nonprofits are run by an elected mix of business people in the designated area who advocate on behalf of the entire BIA member base for area improve-ments ranging from beautifica-tion projects to bylaw changes.

“Commercial districts without a BIA are like a shopping mall without any management or identity,” said Clarke.

Once the required level of sup-port from local businesses for a BIA is achieved, a city bylaw is created. Annual BIA budgets are funded through a special commercial property tax, which is collected by the city. Clarke said that fee, on average, is comparable to the cost of a small advertisement in a local newspaper.

Menchie’s franchise owner Terry Shein is on board with the BIA proposal.

Menchie’s franchise owner Terry Shein is on board with the Business Improvement Area proposal for Lower Lonsdale.Maria Spitale-Leisk photo

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Out of sight‘Invisible homelessness’ is a growing concern on the North Shore and now includes more families and seniors than ever before

BY MICHAELA GARSTIN

Living out of a truck was far from the life Henry and his wife* predicted.

Just a few months before Henry was diagnosed with cancer they had a “good life” and a warm, comfortable home in North Van.

But medication costs quickly topped $800 a month and, unable to work, the couple could no longer afford rent.

Entering Henry’s second batch of chemo, their lives quick-ly spiraled out of control.

He could no longer work and his wife, Janet, had the full-time job of providing care.

To make matters worse, the couple says they were refused income assistance because they were both self-employed and couldn’t prove they weren’t working.

The only option: To pack their truck with some clothes and belongings and sleep on the side of the road.

Both seniors, the impact of losing their apartment hit hard and being homeless came at the worst possible time; Henry was diagnosed with stage-four cancer.

The 80 per cent you don’t see“Invisible homelessness,” like the experience of Henry and

his wife, is a rising problem on the North Shore. These people aren’t the ones curled up in sleeping bags

outside doorways or in make-shift shelters under bridges. In-stead they make up the 80 per cent of homeless people who live out of their cars or RVs, in temporary shelters, church basements or are even perpetually coach-sur� ng.

This rapid increase of invisible homelessness is wide-spread even in seemingly af� uent communities like North and West Van.

Take the trail of RVs on the road along MacKay Creek to the west of Capilano Mall, for example. Illegally parked with their curtains tightly shut, men and women call many of these their full-time homes, a step above being exposed to the elements like those who live at a camp in the greenbelt just feet away.

“We have a picture in our mind of people that are sleeping in atarp [for example] on the Downtown Eastside, that really visible base. That’s a really important issue and those folks need a hand

but they are only 20 per cent of the people who are experiencing home-lessness,” says Deb Bryant, co-chair of Greater Vancouver’s regional steering committee on homelessness.

The other 80 per cent are the ones we don’t usually see. Like Henry and his wife, they can be mistaken for a well-off couple having a snack in their truck.

In 2011, 122 homeless people were counted on the North Shore by hun-dreds of volunteers who scoured emergency shelters, safe houses, parks and other locations throughout Metro Vancouver over two days in March. Of these, around half (67) were in shelters while the others were unshel-tered.

On the North Shore, these rates are up 160 per cent from 2002 to 2011. The situation, however, is likely worse. Outreach workers insist the

actual number of homeless people is nearing 300. But, as David Newberry, community liaison for North Van’s Lookout

Shelter says, invisible homelessness is impossible to track. “A big problem that North Vancouver is facing right now are people

who are staying in illegally parked RVs,” Newberry gives as an example, adding that while the convoys are most notably parked in certain areas of North Van, such as along MacKay Road, they are actually in areas throughout the North Shore.

And the problem hits close to home. “For the most part,” he says, “it’s people from the North Shore who are

having trouble keeping up with the cost of living on the North Shore.”While the number of homeless people has remained steady in Metro

Vancouver, the problem has shifted from visible to invisible. There was a 52 per cent decrease in people living on the streets from 2008 and 2011, but at the same time the number of people living in their cars, coach-surf-ing or at other temporary shelters increased 74 per cent.

“They live month-to-month in unstable and even unsafe housing, and always with the fear of ending up on the streets,” says Bryant.

Oct. 13 to 19 marks the eighth annual Homelessness Action Week across the Lower Mainland, which this year is focusing on invisible home-lessness. On the North Shore, the week began with Homeless Connect Day, which linked people in need with local services. More events are planned, including a free meal for moms in need and their kids on Oct. 17. (For a full list visit northshorehomelessness.org.)

Priorities con� ict After four months of struggling to get by, a North Van RCMP of� cer

came across Henry and his wife living in their truck and sought help. “We had a good life. We were living well,” says Henry, his hair gone from

chemotherapy, in a video produced by United Way Lower Mainland. “Cancer hit it, and everything went out the window [within] three

months… We lost almost everything.”The couple now has a temporary home in North Van through Holly-

burn Family Services Society until Henry’s surgeries are � nished and his health improves.

Cases of invisible homelessness like this are increasing on the North Shore, with seniors, youth and aboriginal people over-represented in general.

“…Homelessness continues to increase as more people each year slip into poverty and the evidence is kind of grim,” Don Peters, with the North Shore Homelessness Task Force, told City of North Vancouver council earlier this month.

Lineups for food at the Salvation Army and the Harvest Project are getting longer, Peters warned.

“Shelters are full and it’s not winter yet,” he added, evidently concerned. Finding money for programs and low-cost housing is a main problem. With many projects pulling for funding, the government needs to sepa-

rate “conveniences” from “actual problems,” Coun. Craig Keating said at the meeting.

“The province is considering $140 million for a � yover to connect Keith Road to Mount Seymour Parkway,” he gives as an example. “I cannot think of a more useless enterprise in my life. And that is an inconve-nience, for God’s sake.

“In fact, $140 million on the North Shore in terms of housing would go a hell of a lot farther to deal with [something] that is actually a problem.”

It’s the federal and provincial governments — not local municipali-ties — that should be taking a more active roll in providing low-barrier housing, said Mayor Darrell Mussatto,

“For me, if it were a choice between recreation for our residents and housing for our residents, I know which one I would choose,” he added, referring to funding new rec centres and opting for housing.

One small step away The number of North Shore residents living on the brink of homeless-

ness is increasing, and includes more families than before and around 3,000 seniors.

“You’re low-income and something can happen such as your pet is ill, you have to take new medications that aren’t covered… We have seniors that have money stolen from their account,” says Leya Eguchi, coordina-tor for North Shore-based Hollyburn Family Services.

“On the North Shore, we’re seeing a lot of people in their � rst-time housing crisis, where they’ve just got evicted and don’t know what to do.”

This speaks exactly to Henry and his wife after their comfortable life was swept away when cancer hit.

“A person’s innate strength can be so beaten down,” says Henry, looking back at the struggle of the past year. “… sometimes it takes the outside person to nurture that strength back into focus.”

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Out of sight‘Invisible homelessness’ is a growing concern on the North Shore and now includes more families and seniors than ever before

BY MICHAELA GARSTIN

Living out of a truck was far from the life Henry and his wife* predicted.

Just a few months before Henry was diagnosed with cancer they had a “good life” and a warm, comfortable home in North Van.

But medication costs quickly topped $800 a month and, unable to work, the couple could no longer afford rent.

Entering Henry’s second batch of chemo, their lives quick-ly spiraled out of control.

He could no longer work and his wife, Janet, had the full-time job of providing care.

To make matters worse, the couple says they were refused income assistance because they were both self-employed and couldn’t prove they weren’t working.

The only option: To pack their truck with some clothes and belongings and sleep on the side of the road.

Both seniors, the impact of losing their apartment hit hard and being homeless came at the worst possible time; Henry was diagnosed with stage-four cancer.

The 80 per cent you don’t see“Invisible homelessness,” like the experience of Henry and

his wife, is a rising problem on the North Shore. These people aren’t the ones curled up in sleeping bags

outside doorways or in make-shift shelters under bridges. In-stead they make up the 80 per cent of homeless people who live out of their cars or RVs, in temporary shelters, church basements or are even perpetually coach-sur� ng.

This rapid increase of invisible homelessness is wide-spread even in seemingly af� uent communities like North and West Van.

Take the trail of RVs on the road along MacKay Creek to the west of Capilano Mall, for example. Illegally parked with their curtains tightly shut, men and women call many of these their full-time homes, a step above being exposed to the elements like those who live at a camp in the greenbelt just feet away.

“We have a picture in our mind of people that are sleeping in atarp [for example] on the Downtown Eastside, that really visible base. That’s a really important issue and those folks need a hand

but they are only 20 per cent of the people who are experiencing home-lessness,” says Deb Bryant, co-chair of Greater Vancouver’s regional steering committee on homelessness.

The other 80 per cent are the ones we don’t usually see. Like Henry and his wife, they can be mistaken for a well-off couple having a snack in their truck.

In 2011, 122 homeless people were counted on the North Shore by hun-dreds of volunteers who scoured emergency shelters, safe houses, parks and other locations throughout Metro Vancouver over two days in March. Of these, around half (67) were in shelters while the others were unshel-tered.

On the North Shore, these rates are up 160 per cent from 2002 to 2011. The situation, however, is likely worse. Outreach workers insist the

actual number of homeless people is nearing 300. But, as David Newberry, community liaison for North Van’s Lookout

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who are staying in illegally parked RVs,” Newberry gives as an example, adding that while the convoys are most notably parked in certain areas of North Van, such as along MacKay Road, they are actually in areas throughout the North Shore.

And the problem hits close to home. “For the most part,” he says, “it’s people from the North Shore who are

having trouble keeping up with the cost of living on the North Shore.”While the number of homeless people has remained steady in Metro

Vancouver, the problem has shifted from visible to invisible. There was a 52 per cent decrease in people living on the streets from 2008 and 2011, but at the same time the number of people living in their cars, coach-surf-ing or at other temporary shelters increased 74 per cent.

“They live month-to-month in unstable and even unsafe housing, and always with the fear of ending up on the streets,” says Bryant.

Oct. 13 to 19 marks the eighth annual Homelessness Action Week across the Lower Mainland, which this year is focusing on invisible home-lessness. On the North Shore, the week began with Homeless Connect Day, which linked people in need with local services. More events are planned, including a free meal for moms in need and their kids on Oct. 17. (For a full list visit northshorehomelessness.org.)

Priorities con� ict After four months of struggling to get by, a North Van RCMP of� cer

came across Henry and his wife living in their truck and sought help. “We had a good life. We were living well,” says Henry, his hair gone from

chemotherapy, in a video produced by United Way Lower Mainland. “Cancer hit it, and everything went out the window [within] three

months… We lost almost everything.”The couple now has a temporary home in North Van through Holly-

burn Family Services Society until Henry’s surgeries are � nished and his health improves.

Cases of invisible homelessness like this are increasing on the North Shore, with seniors, youth and aboriginal people over-represented in general.

“…Homelessness continues to increase as more people each year slip into poverty and the evidence is kind of grim,” Don Peters, with the North Shore Homelessness Task Force, told City of North Vancouver council earlier this month.

Lineups for food at the Salvation Army and the Harvest Project are getting longer, Peters warned.

“Shelters are full and it’s not winter yet,” he added, evidently concerned. Finding money for programs and low-cost housing is a main problem. With many projects pulling for funding, the government needs to sepa-

rate “conveniences” from “actual problems,” Coun. Craig Keating said at the meeting.

“The province is considering $140 million for a � yover to connect Keith Road to Mount Seymour Parkway,” he gives as an example. “I cannot think of a more useless enterprise in my life. And that is an inconve-nience, for God’s sake.

“In fact, $140 million on the North Shore in terms of housing would go a hell of a lot farther to deal with [something] that is actually a problem.”

It’s the federal and provincial governments — not local municipali-ties — that should be taking a more active roll in providing low-barrier housing, said Mayor Darrell Mussatto,

“For me, if it were a choice between recreation for our residents and housing for our residents, I know which one I would choose,” he added, referring to funding new rec centres and opting for housing.

One small step away The number of North Shore residents living on the brink of homeless-

ness is increasing, and includes more families than before and around 3,000 seniors.

“You’re low-income and something can happen such as your pet is ill, you have to take new medications that aren’t covered… We have seniors that have money stolen from their account,” says Leya Eguchi, coordina-tor for North Shore-based Hollyburn Family Services.

“On the North Shore, we’re seeing a lot of people in their � rst-time housing crisis, where they’ve just got evicted and don’t know what to do.”

This speaks exactly to Henry and his wife after their comfortable life was swept away when cancer hit.

“A person’s innate strength can be so beaten down,” says Henry, looking back at the struggle of the past year. “… sometimes it takes the outside person to nurture that strength back into focus.”

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It was the worst time for Lorn Curry to visit the Grand Canyon.

On a trip to snap photos of the parched Southwest desert, the North Van artist was stopped in his tracks when the U.S. government went into partial shutdown after Congress failed to pass a new budget.

All 401 national parks and attractions closed on Oct. 1, the very day Curry landed in Arizona.

Barricades were quickly put up across entrances to the Grand Canyon and park rangers were brought in after frustrated tourists tried to push them out of the way.

“You have to be right at the rim to see the canyon. There was absolutely no way to see it,” says Curry back home at Studio F on Pemberton Avenue, a handful of Southwestern landscapes hanging behind him on the wall.

Since 2006 he has tried to escape rainy Vancouver each year for a dose of inspiration. His paintings are based on the thousands of photos he takes annually, often just before sunrise as the light creates deep shadows in the canyons and mesas of red sandstone.

This fall, however, he returned with not nearly enough material.

“I even heard from a park ranger that they turned a group away from Japan,” he says, grimacing at the unfor-tunate event.

To his dismay the three national monuments and three additional national parks he planned on visiting were shut down as well. After taking a hike at a state park in Phoenix, he booked his flight home.

Despite the continuation of the government shutdown still looming, the Grand Canyon, along with Mount Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty, has since reopened after state gov-ernors reached deals with the federal government, including paying the National Park Service $651,000 to resume opera-tion of the canyon for seven days.

But this temporary relief was too late for Curry.

“Next year will be a challenge. My reference library is dry now,” he says, adding he may be able to fly down in the spring.

One of Curry’s paintings in particular relied on the trip. Having trouble finding the perfect balance of colour, he almost had to “haul it to the dumpster” but luckily managed to snap a photo of the sun setting in a similar terrain. He used the image to successfully complete the painting and it now hangs proudly on his wall.

Originally from Acadia, N. B., it was a trip to the Corner States — Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona – that finally cemented Curry’s connection to the land.

This is why he has no plans to let the experience damp-en his love of the American Southwest.

“I’ve never said, and will probably never say, it’s too hot.”Curry’s paintings can be seen at Scotia Creek Gallery

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PIcTuRe PeRfecT - Lorn Curry, North Van-based artist, on a 2008 visit to Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Submitted photo

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We’re doing a circuit through a few Spanish wine regulations

this week, and I promise it’ll be way more fun than that sounds! You see, once you’ve got a handle of some key words constantly seen on the wine labels of Spain, you’ll gain a good understanding of what to expect in the bottle and the effort that’s gone into it. These wines all have a good dose of age on them, allowing the opportunity for tannins to integrate and layers of flavour to develop. As an added bonus, this week’s column acts as a reminder of the phenomenal value the country constantly provides.

As always, if you’re having trouble tracking something down or just want to say hi, reach me via KurtisKolt.com or Tweet me @KurtisKolt

Hacienda López de Haro 2008 Crianza | Rioja, Spain | $20-ish | Private Wine Stores

Not only does the fact this wine is from Rioja give us a pretty good odds that it contains a good dose of Tempranillo, but seeing that it’s a crianza assures us it was aged at least two years with a minimum six months aging in oak before it left the winery. While this has obviously even had a couple more years to develop since then, the dark and bram-bly purple fruit is pretty lush and juicy, a little vanilla bean offers depth and clean acidity keeps it fresh.

Faustino V 2006 Rioja Reserva | Rioja, Spain | $25.95 | BC Liquor Stores

If you like your Spanish reds to be a little dusty, leathery and heavy on the funk, then this one’s for you. Further along the maturing rules, any reserva out of Spain has to have been aged a minimum of three years with at least one of ‘em in oak. Dried berry fruit, herbs and potpourri on the nose lead to fruit leather, pastrami, dates and a little sip of cola on the finish.

Anciano 2005 Tempranillo Gran Reserva ‘Aged 7 Years’ | Valdepeñas, Spain | $12.99 | BC Liquor Stores

Spanish gran reservas top everything out with a mini-mum five years of age under their belts, including at least 18 months of that in oak and then three years in the bottle. I was really impressed with how clean and focused this guy was, figuring that’s some considerable time spent to have evolved in bottle. Black licorice, spearmint and cur-rants jump right out of the glass, giving way to stewed cherries, blackberries and a wallop of pepper. The price is ridiculously low, but between Oct. 27 and Nov. 24 things will get outright absurd when they knock an extra buck off at BC Liquor Stores.

Anciano 2002 Tempranillo Gran Reserva ‘Aged 10 Years | Valdepeñas, Spain | $15.99 | BC Liquor Stores

Speaking of value, the pre-vious wine’s big brother has even more age on it, and those lovely second-ary flavours from its matu-ration really start to show through. Fruity tobacco, beef jerky, blueberries and cloves swirl together while a wisp of smoke lightly permeates the whole thing. With that amount of age and complex-ity, $15.99 is a pretty killer deal, but for the month of December it’ll be going down to $13.99. Merry Christmas, indeed.

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Meanwhile, the other options looked at a more advanced tertiary treatment that would exceed new federal standards around ocean pollution, and generating energy from waste, respectively.

Metro is, however, integrating a heat recovery system into the new wastewater treatment facility that could be tapped by North Van district’s future energy system and the existing Lonsdale Energy Corporation.

An artist’s rendering depicts an elongated facility with solids handling contained at the west end of the plant and administrative offices and a multi-purpose space for educational groups on the other side.

The plans call for a public plaza with a reclaimed water feature, a rooftop viewing area that looks out to the waterfront and a green space buffer between the sidewalk along West First Street and the facility.

The 80 or so people who attended Thursday’s public information session were asked, by way of an electronic audience response system, if the overall design represented community values. The instant results posted on a large screen at the front of the room revealed 65 per cent of participants

in the survey agreed that it does.

A second question was also asked: Does the preferred design address potential community impacts? Fifty-four per cent of respondents agreed that it does.

Edgemont Village resident Corrie Kost told The Outlook he wasn’t given enough information to answer the questions.

“When are taxes going to go up as a result of this plant — before it’s going to be completed or after?” questioned Kost. “You shouldn’t pay any increased taxes until you start receiving the improvements.”

Construction impacts on the surrounding community was another concern voiced at the meeting. The sound of pile driving during foundation preparation for the new Vancouver Convention Centre

carried across the water and impacted the Norgate neighbourhood, said one area resident.

“This is much closer. Are you going to be using the same technology on this site,” the man asked Metro staff.

He was told the new wastewater treatment plant would be designed to survive a large earthquake and therefore likely require a significantly strong foundation.

As part of Metro’s community engagement process for the Lions Gate wastewater

plant project, a public advisory committee was formed.

“Our role is to discover and elicit from the community what the values, community concerns and community aspirations for this project are,” said Christine Banham, chair of

the project’s public advisory committee.The 15 or so committee members represent

Norgate residents, other North Shore communities and broader interests including environmental issues.

Metro struck another subcommittee this month to look at procurement options for the new plant. Currently, they are investigating two key federal funding programs: the Building Canada Plan and the P3 Canada Fund (public-private partnership).

Announced by Ottawa last year, there is no application process available yet for the Building Canada Plan, which contains $10 billion for infrastructure improvements of “national, regional and local significance.”

Mussatto was frank about the imminent financial impact for North Shore taxpayers.

“It’s safe to say that you will see an increase in your sewage utility, and to what degree we still don’t have enough information,” he told the meeting.

“It’s safe to say that if we don’t get any funding it would be a very significant increase — so much so that I believe the Metro Vancouver board would not be proceeding with the project if there was no cost-sharing formula with the provincial government.”

Afterwards, Mussatto told The Outlook, without financial support from the other governments, North Shore taxpayers’ sewage rates could soar as high as four times what they are paying now.

Under 2013 utility rates, sewage fees for a detached home are $247.50 in the city and $521 in the district.

Mussatto wants Metro to move away from the current funding model for wastewater capital projects, where the benefitting area pays 30 per cent of the cost and the other municipalities chip in the rest.

The preferred design concept for the new Lions Gate wastewater plant will go before the Metro Vancouver board for a decision on Nov. 15.

A current timeline calls for a six-year design and construction phase starting next year, making the plant operational by 2020.

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The top 20 contestants were selected by a panel of judges and then Canucks fans helped whittle the number down to 10 by voting on Facebook.

Wood was one of the finalists who then had one more challenge: perform the songs in a live audition at Rogers Arena in front of current Canucks anthem singer Mark Donnelly, Beat 94.5 FM’s Chris Palliser and a member of the Canucks organization.

The judges picked Wood.“The other contestants were really good it

was a real honour to win because they were truly talented,” she says.

But now it was her turn to perform. As she walked onto the ice on that Tuesday night she says things went into slow-mo and the noise from the crowd suddenly seemed to be tuned out. All she could hear as she prepared to sing was Roberto Luongo’s skate blades as he shuffled in his crease.

Then with her long blond hair flowing over her “Canuck blue” dress from West Van’s Blush Bridal, Wood flawlessly belted out each anthem to the rafters in the big-gest moment so far in her singing career.

She’d rocked the Rog, and the fans roared with approval.

“Just like an athlete you want to feel like you left it all on the ice,” she says.

And she did.Even Luongo seemed impressed.“He did this big nod and smile,” she says.“This has surpassed anything I could have

ever imaged,” says Wood of the anthem-singing experience.

Nothing has been confirmed yet, but judg-ing from the crowd response last Tuesday, expect to see Wood in Canuck colours again soon.

In the meantime, Wood, who has been singing professionally since 2006, is pre-paring for the release of a new album enti-tled My Love. She describes her style as a female version of Michael Bublé, combining jazz with adult contemporary and original songs.

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I was honoured to be part of the judging. A fascinating, educational, enjoyable, and, yes, challenging opportu-nity. I think I can do without another pumpkin ale. One is delightful. Two is great. But after having to pick the best three from eight samples, it becomes more of a challenge than a pleasure. Not to mention 60 more beers to judge before the end of the day.

All of the judging was blind and glasses were marked with random sample num-bers. First, teams of three and four judges whittled down hundreds of submissions to first, second, and third in each of 17 differ-ent style categories. Then the “Best of Show” panel (nine of the more experienced judges) took the top pick from each of the 17 catego-ries and narrowed those down to No. 1, 2, and 3 overall.

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“This is not just about shops, it’s not just about com-mercial services, it’s not even just about restaurants — it’s about what we can do with buildings and spots to support what an active waterfront really should be,” said Bell.

That vision includes the integration of arts, culture and recreation to attract people to the area at all hours of the day and throughout the year.

The North Vancouver Museum and Archives has been given conditional approval by the city for use of the Pipe Shop (Lot 4) for a $10-million museum, in a deal that hinges on the proponents raising half the money them-selves and providing a solid fundraising feasibility study by next April.

Colliers was asked to find other uses for that space, in case the museum project folds.

A fitness facility, day spa or yoga studio were among the suggestions for the Pipe Shop.

Lot 5 is perhaps the most contentious piece of the Lonsdale waterfront puzzle. The undeveloped parcel of land has the potential for approximately 63,000 square feet of mixed-use commercial space.

Rumours of Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier expansion plans prompted a handful of Lower Lonsdale residents to express their concern at the Oct. 7 council meeting.

“The shipyard development — including Lot 5 — must have amenities enjoyed by all North Shore residents on a consistent year-round basis,” said Esplanade Avenue resident Garry Johnston. “An expanded hotel or educa-tional facility does not fall into that category.”

Bell prefaced his presentation by saying the ideas being brought forward for Lot 5, including the “very real

possibility of a hotel expansion” are not set in stone but rather building blocks for consideration.

“In fact, I’d like to say right now that it’s extremely important that a significant portion of Lot 5 be retained for open space …,” said Bell. “We’ve even suggested a grass amphitheater because those types of uses allow for public gathering.”

A large public plaza, envisioned for Lot 5 by tourism industry guru Roger Brooks, is the linchpin of the water-front project. The president of Destination Development International (DDI), a Seattle-based branding, market-ing and consultancy firm, has also been retained by the city to help redesign the area.

The Lonsdale waterfront site does have a lot of chal-lenges from a retail standpoint, Bell told council — lim-ited on-site parking, which could be potentially mitigat-ed by some underground parking on a developed Lot 5, and limited sight visibility for public transit users.

Following the presentation by Colliers, council had a chance to weigh in on their findings. Coun. Rod Clark said he was assured by city staff that Pinnacle has not made a formal application for an additional “75 to 100 rooms.”

“So, I guess my suggestion is, if indeed there are hotel rooms being requested, that better get in the loop — and damn fast — because as far as I am concerned we are coming down to the short strokes about decisions,” said Clark.

Coun. Pam Bookham asked whether or not existing Lower Lonsdale parking stock has been factored into the strategy. Bell said pay parking at Lonsdale Quay and street parking in the area was considered, but it won’t be enough to support future development.

Coun. Craig Keating suggested council move forward with the expectation that Presentation House Gallery and the North Vancouver Museum and Archives will make a permanent home on the waterfront. He supports staff’s recommendation to move the strategy to a broad-er vision process, saying he’s heard from the public over the years: ‘Why the heck aren’t you getting the job done on the waterfront?’

“It is an amazing successful waterfront,” said Keating. “I don’t know too many other abandoned industrial lots that have so much nighttime activity around them. Having said that, I think we can probably improve on blue fencing.”

On the issue of hotel expansion, Keating said it’s an integral part of the retail strategy’s objective of creating a people-orientated waterfront.

“I think if the argument is that all the evidence points in the direction that more hotel rooms will add to that vibrancy of the place — then that should be the thing that helps us make our decision around that.”

Mayor Darrell Mussatto spoke to the financial signifi-cance for a redesigned waterfront, saying the plan has to work well for all the businesses in Lower Lonsdale.

“Because when they do well, the city will do well,” said Mussatto.

Council voted unanimously — Coun. Don Bell was absent from the meeting — to use the retail strategy as a guide during the next stage of planning — the Central Waterfront Visioning process.

As well, $400,000 will be appropriated from the Lower Lonsdale Amenity Reserve Fund to cover leasing costs for the Coppersmith and Pipe shops, which the city hopes to rent out in the near term.


What do you think about LoLo waterfront development plans?

Mike Eskesen, 31, grew up in North Van and today lives in Lower Lonsdale. He groaned when The Outlook informed him the city is being advised to put more restaurants on the waterfront.

“There are already so many restaurants down here,” said Eskesen. It’s not the trendy, happening place — it’s the place to clear your mind.”

He bemoans the defunct national maritime muse-um plan. “Yeah, I would definitely be in support of something like that. Tourists don’t have to come to the North Shore to go a restaurant, they should come here to investigate the history of the ship-yards,” said Eskesen.

Aydan Drumm, 24, recently moved to North Van from Ontario after finishing her univer-sity degree. When The Outlook caught up with her, she was waiting for the lunch rush to die down. Later this afternoon she will apply for a restaurant job in Lower Lonsdale — encour-aged by the news of potential new restaurants inhabiting the area. Drumm, who studied sus-tainable tourism management, said the water-front should include green spaces “to showcase the environmental beauty of the area.”

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There was a time when sports colum-nists would fill their entire space with a series of “three-dotter” pieces

– short, interesting items that were totally unconnected to each other.

Hal Straight, who penned his three-dot-ter “Sport Rays” column in The Vancouver Sun in the 1930s and 1940s, became pub-lisher of the North Shore Citizen when I was writing the rather grandly named “Corben’s Corner” column for the paper way back in the 1960s. Straight would encourage me to include as many names in my stories as possible. People, he’d emphasize, would read the paper if they saw names of those they knew. The more names, the more likely the reader knew or, at least, had heard of some of them.

Today, the only true “three-dotter” sports column around here is written by Greg Douglas. His “Dr. Sport” tidbits in The Sun have been going strong for 16 years and is still a must-read.

So as a tip of the hat to Straight and Douglas, here’s my version of a three-dot-ter…

HERE AND THERE: When author Craig H. Bowlsby, who has self-published two well-researched hockey history books – The Knights of Winter: The history of British Columbia hockey from 1895 to 1911 and Empire of Ice: The Rise and Fall of the PCHA (1911-1926) – spoke at last month’s meeting of the West Vancouver Historical Society, he had a surprise for those pres-ent. He brought along the MVP trophy (see photo) awarded to Vancouver Millionaires’ Fred “Cyclone” Taylor by the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in 1917 and now in the possession of the BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum… Immersed as Bowlsby is in hockey history, you’d think his middle initial must stand for Hockey, but actu-ally it’s Howard. He was named for his grandfather, J. Howard Fletcher, who was West Van’s reeve (i.e. mayor) in the early 1950s and owned the now-long-gone Hollyburn Theatre at 1752 Marine Drive…

Bruce Bourdon, a teacher and counsellor since 1980 who has coached almost 100 teams, mostly in basketball, rugby and golf at Balmoral, made a decision to retire the day before school opened this year. He’ll be feted with a party Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Capilano Rugby Club. You can get in on the fun by dropping off $20 along with your name to the attention of Carson Graham’s athletics director Tom Larisch at the school’s main office. You can also e-mail him at tlarisch@

sd44.ca... There are so many great Bourdon stories, but maybe he’ll get to tell the one about his adventure purchasing 47 basket-balls on the spur of the moment late one night at $1 a pop, a story his neighbour and famed storyteller Mike McCardell once even told over the airwaves….

West Van’s Joanne Stygall Lotz is back in the work force full time as acting executive director of ProMOTION Plus which promotes girls and women in sport in B.C. Previously she was the athletics co-ordinator for the Vancouver School Board and the com-munications manager at

Sport BC before marrying and raising a family… ProMOTION Plus will be honour-ing North Van’s Jo Mathieson for her long involvement with softball as a player, coach and builder as part of the organization’s In Her Footsteps Award night Oct. 22,

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A TRoPhY foR A mILLIoNAIRE - Hockey historian and author Craig Bowlsby displays the trophy awarded to eventual hockey hall-of-famer Cyclone Taylor of the Vancouver Millionaires as the MVP of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in 1917.Len Corben photo

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POOP SCOOP: When West Van’s Clyde McRae walked clear across Canada in just 96 days in 1973, an astounding Guinness world record pace that ended at Ambleside Beach amid much fanfare, he faced all sorts of problems (big blisters, attacking dogs, the unbearable smell of dead frogs, pelting rain and millions of mosquitoes and biting blackflies to name a few). Now, 40 years later, the marker erected at the west end of the beach to commemorate his remarkable achievement, is facing prob-lems of its own including crumbling rocks at its base which need to be addressed. The seagulls love the perch on top, howev-er, and guard it as their territory, judging by the missiles that were sprayed inches from my head as I attempted to take the photo you see here…

The hype over last month’s 90th anni-versary of the North Van Lawn Bowling Club overshadowed the outstanding per-formance of the club’s husband and wife team of Malcolm and Marie Taylor who were in Calgary at the time of the celebra-tions winning the Canadian mixed cham-pionship. They beat Saskatchewan legends Keith and Jean Roney 17-11 in the final after having lost to them 27-9 in round-robin play earlier…

THE NINTH INNING: When Ryan Dempster (who learned the nuances of

pitching from manager Dave Empey when the two of them were with the North Shore Twins in the mid-1990s) pitched a scoreless ninth inning in the Boston Red Sox’ open-ing game of the American League Division Series win over Tampa Bay on Oct. 4, it brought to mind Ralph “Joe” Dawson, the first player with a big North Shore con-nection to play in a major league postsea-son game 76 years, minus two days, ear-lier. Dawson moved here from Washington State as a nine year old in 1906 when his father William Dawson was supervis-ing the clearing of the land for the Grand Boulevard. As a teenager, Ralph played in the North Shore senior baseball league in 1914 and ’15 and turned pro in 1917 with Bob Brown’s Vancouver Beavers of the Northwestern League. He went on to pitch four years in the majors including a simi-lar scoreless ninth inning for Pittsburgh Pirates in the second game of the 1927 World Series on Oct. 6 against the New York Yankees’ Murderers’ Row… Joe’s older brother, Rex Dawson, who helped with the Grand Boulevard clearing, also pitched in the majors in one game for Washington Senators, the eighth inning of an 11-3 win against Boston Red Sox on Oct. 3, 1913, exactly 100 years and one day prior to Dempster’s 2013 playoff relief appearance…

EXTRA INNINGS: Hey, speaking of the Grand Boulevard, just when did venerable Boulevard Park become Ray Perreault Park? Not that there’s anything wrong with that, as Seinfeld would say. Turns out it was renamed late last year and there’s a sign up to prove it…

More next week…

This is episode 489 from Len Corben’s treasure chest of stories – the great events and the quirky – that bring to life the North Shore’s rich sports history.

The POOP On CLYDe - The seagulls love the Ambleside Beach marker commemorating Clyde McRae’s incredible walk across Canada in a Guinness world record 96 days.Len Corben photo

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VICTORIA – The B.C. environment ministry has released its promised study of the current state of crude oil spill response capability, tracking the growing ton-nage of petroleum shipping along the West Coast and estimating response time and effectiveness if oil was to spill at sea.

Oil recovery in computer simulated oil spills could be as high as 25 per cent after five days, or as low as four per cent for Alaska crude, with another quarter evapo-rating.

The study was commis-sioned to back up Premier Christy Clark’s condi-tions for B.C.’s approval of expanded heavy oil ship-ments, either from twinning the TransMountain pipeline from northern Alberta to Burnaby, or the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway project across northern B.C. to a new tanker port at Kitimat.

Environment Minister Mary Polak said the study shows the need to increase response capability before the B.C. government would consider increased oil ship-ments.

“While we respect federal jurisdiction over marine spills, we must ensure B.C.’s interests are being met, and that means adding more resources to protect our coast,” Polak said.

The three-volume report also details the huge and growing traffic that exists now.

Shipping data show a 17 per cent increase in marine traffic volume from 2011 to 2012. An estimated 110 mil-lion cubic metres of petro-leum products per year are

shipped, about a third of which is crude-like bun-ker oil carried as fuel on ships of all kinds. The big-gest tanker cargo is 38 mil-lion cubic metres of mostly Alaska crude a year.

The study includes recov-ery estimates for seven oil spill scenarios, six of which assumed a spill of Alaska North Slope crude that has been shipped by tankers down the B.C. coast to U.S. refineries since the 1970s. Two scenarios involve an Alaska crude spill in Dixon Entrance, with four per cent recovery in summer and three per cent in winter.

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ships and oil recovery equip-ment. It estimated 31 per cent oil recovery after five days, in summer conditions with daylight-only opera-tions.

Diluted bitumen tanker shipments from Kinder Morgan Canada’s Burnaby terminal hit a high of 69 in 2010. The expansion would mean 300 tankers a year in and out of Vancouver har-bour.

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Opponents of wireless smart meters are vowing to continue their fight against BC Hydro after the B.C.

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Regulators have set out a three-month process to consider the grounds for the fees, which the province has mandated by cabi-net order to recoup millions of dollars in extra costs to accommodate customers who opt not to have a wireless meter.

The utilities commission can’t scrap the fees, but it could decide they’re too high and order Hydro to lower them and refund the difference.

Sharon Noble of the Coalition to Stop Smart Meters said opponents have regis-tered for intervenor status and will urge the commission to delay implementation of the fees while a class action lawsuit against Hydro is before the courts.

“They want to get the fees in place so people feel the pinch as soon as possible and stop resisting,” Noble said, calling it a strat-egy to break the planned legal challenge.

She said it’s “unconscionable” for the fees to go ahead before opponents get their day in court.

“This is just one more way of intimi-dating people,” Noble said. “I’m getting 300 emails a day from people who are furi-ous and can’t afford this.”

About 60,000 households that have refused wireless smart meters have been notified of the pending fees.

They’ll pay $35 a month extra starting Dec. 1 if they opt to keep their mechanical meter or if they fail to make a choice, as it’s the default option.

They can instead switch to a smart meter with the radio transmitter disabled for a $100 setup fee

plus $20 a month for manual readings, starting in April.

The only way to avoid paying more is to agree to take a smart meter.

Holdouts who keep their old meter or go transmitter off but who later move to a new home that already has a wireless smart meter will be able to get its transmitter turned off for a further $155 one-time fee.

Also approved is a “failed installation” fee effective Oct. 25 that charges customers $65 each time technicians are turned away or obstructed from accessing a household’s meter.

That’s based on a cost of $55 for the tech-nician’s visit and $10 for answering an estimated five-minute call to Hydro’s call centre.

Hydro’s application for the monthly fees spells out a range of associated costs, including staff, vehicles and equipment for manual meter readings, changes to smart grid software and hardware, and the cost of extra checks with specialized meters to detect power theft in areas with analog meters.

Opponents say the proposed fees are exor-bitant and out of line with opt-out options offered by other North American power util-ities that have moved to smart meters.



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45 per cent back new Massey BridgePoll shows many Metro residents undecided

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A poll has found 45 per cent of Metro Vancouverites support the replacement of the Massey Tunnel.

Fourteen per cent said they oppose the province’s plan to build a new $3-billion bridge with as many as 10 lanes, while a large portion – 40 per cent – said they either had no position or needed more information before taking one.

The survey of 600 B.C. residents was conducted by NRG Research Group and Peak Communicators.

Support levels fell to 28 per cent among respondents liv-ing elsewhere in B.C.

“Support for the Massey Tunnel replacement is high-est among those most likely to use the route,” said NRG research manager Lesley Duncan.

The poll also asked what the province’s top priority should be in deciding infrastructure upgrades.

Thirty one per cent said the top priority should be reducing traffic congestion, while 23 per cent each said protecting the environment and another 23 per cent listed integrating with public transit.

Older respondents over 35 were more likely to choose congestion relief over protecting the environment.

Pollsters did not ask respondents if their opinion of the planned bridge would change if it is tolled.

He chose East Second Street and Lonsdale Avenue to set up his frozen yogurt shop for a variety of reasons.

“It has such great potential for a not just great, but over the top retail mix,” explained Shein. “And I really like the Lower Lonsdale feel — the community looked like they were mobile on their feet. And there’s great density here.”

Shein is inspired by the work being accom-plished by other BIAs and says Lower Lonsdale can stand to benefit from such an organization.

“The neighbourhoods that have them, I think they do very, very well,” he said. “I think where you can laser beam-accurate get your message across to the civic government is through a business improvement association that speaks with one voice.”

The LLBA will ask council in December to undertake a voting process among Lower Lonsdale commercial property owners for the BIA proposal.

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Marijuana petitioners off target at 30-day mark

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Pot reformers fell short of their sign-up target for the first third of their campaign to force a provincial refer-

endum on marijuana enforcement.Sensible BC spokesman Dana

Larsen said the campaign had 65,000 signatures as of Oct. 9 – 15,000 less than their aim of 80,000 by the 30-day mark of the 90-day petition drive.

“We’re a little bit behind the target we set,” Larsen said, adding getting canvassers offi-cially registered has proven more onerous than expected.

But he remains confident the campaign can succeed in get-ting the signatures of 10 per cent of eligible voters in every B.C. dis-trict.

That would take 300,000 signatures in total, but Larsen said the aim is for 450,000 or 15 per cent in each riding to provide a buffer against signatures that are declared invalid.

The campaign aims to pass legislation that would bar police from spending any time or resources enforcing the federal law against possessing small amounts of marijuana.

Its goal is to use that as a starting point to work towards broader legalization.

Defeat in any single district means the petition campaign fails.

And even if it succeeds, a referendum is not automatic – the Legislature could introduce the proposed Sensible Policing Act but not put it to a vote.

If it was sent to another referendum it could be non-binding – the HST referen-dum after a successful Fight HST petition was binding only because Premier Gordon Campbell declared it so.

Fight HST also had many more sig-natures at their 30-day mark – more

than 300,000 – and eventually got 705,000.

“They got a lot more than they actually needed,” Larsen said. “They could have done it with less.”

Larsen said canvassers have already got nearly enough signa-tures in Vancouver districts like the West End and along False Creek.

Most Interior and Northern dis-tricts are also doing well, with about a third of the signatures gathered, and campaigns are

running ahead of schedule in Nelson, Kelowna and Kamloops.

Suburban ridings in Metro Vancouver, including Surrey and Coquitlam, have proven more challenging.

“Surrey is a bit of an issue. It’s a lot of districts in one city and a lot of people that we need.”

Canvassers from Vancouver will be sent to those areas as Vancouver ridings wrap up, Larsen said.

So far, Sensible BC has 3,000 canvass-ers registered, up from 1,600 when they launched.

Larsen expects the canvasser count will grow to 4,000 by the early December dead-line, but that would be well short of Fight HST’s 6,500 canvassers.

Petition locations are on the Sensible BC website at sensiblebc.ca.


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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

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74 TIMESHARE

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108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES


108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES


115 EDUCATION


114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

130 HELP WANTED

115 EDUCATION


130 HELP WANTED

138 LABOURERS

142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

115 EDUCATION


160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

PERSONAL SERVICES

172 ASTROLOGY/PSYCHICS

125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

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On May 4, 2013, at the 200 block of

Capilano Road, North Vancouver,

B.C., Peace Officer(s) of the North

Vancouver RCMP seized, at the

time indicated, the subject property,

described as: $785 CAD, on or

about 19:30 Hours.

The subject property was seized

because there was evidence that

the subject property had been

obtained by the commission of an

offence (or offences) under section

354(1) (Possession of property

obtained by crime) of the Criminal

Code of Canada.

Notice is hereby given that the

subject property, CFO file Number:

2013-1709, is subject to forfeiture

under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will

be forfeited to the Government for

disposal by the Director of Civil

Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute

is filed with the Director within the

time period set out in this notice.

A notice of dispute may be filed by

a person who claims to have an

interest in all or part of the subject

property. The notice of dispute

must be filed within 60 days of the

date upon which this notice is first

published.

You may obtain the form of a notice

of dispute, which must meet the

requirements of Section 14.07

of the CFA, from the Director’s

website, accessible online at www.

pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The

notice must be in writing, signed

in the presence of a lawyer or

notary public, and mailed to the

Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234

Station Provincial Government,

Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.

In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:

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One home with roof deck & one Jr. One bed still available. Only steps from the Trans Canada Trail and Capilano Mall,

seven35 is where nature’s playground meets urban living. Built to the highest standards of sustainability, it’s the

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disaster response » 3

TOWEL POWER

The story behind a playoff tradition » 19

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LAST CHANCE – ONLY 2 HOMES LEFT! One home with roof deck & one Jr. One bed still available. Only steps from the Trans Canada Trail and Capilano Mall,

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

260 ELECTRICAL


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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING


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353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS


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810 AUTO FINANCING

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CARTER GM NORTHSHORE’S

604-987-5231Northshore Auto Mall,

800 Automall Dr. North Vanwww.carternorthshore.com

CHEVROLET • BUICK • GMC • CADILLAC

Vehicles not exactly as shown. Prices plus taxes and $598 documentation fee.

DL# 10743Northshore

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5.3L V8, 326HP, chrome package, 6 speed auto, power windows & locks, tilt, cruise, rear defogger & much more.

MSRP $46,695YOU SAVE - $14,295TRUCK LOYALTY - $1,000

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2013 GMC SIERRA

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2013 GMC SIERRA EXT. CAB 4WD

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YOU PAY $29,900

2013 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500

CREW CAB 4WD

Vortec 6L V8, power driver seat, locking differential, HD trailer package, rear defogger, parking assist, Bluetooth, power windows & locks, tilt, cruise & more. Stk# 876840


YOU PAY $42,586

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CARTER GM NORTHSHORE’S

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MSRP $40,445YOU SAVE -$8,545

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2013 CHEVY SPARK

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MSRP $13,345YOU SAVE -$2,347

YOU PAY $10,998

Stk# SP98720


2013 CHEVY TRAX LS

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MSRP $21,395YOU SAVE -$1,895

YOU PAY $19,500

Stk# TX58140


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MSRP $15,165YOU SAVE -$3,167

YOU PAY $11,998

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MSRP $28,585YOU SAVE -$4,587

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MSRP $27,925YOU SAVE -$4,000

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