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on Peters’s office on the second floor of Capilano Mall is a small, two-doored room, with dozens of brochures pinned HOUSING MATTERS - Don Peters to various bulletin boards. The colourful pamroutinely receives desperate calls and emails phlets, one of nearly every shade imaginable, from community members in search of bring an element of life to the off-white walls. accommodation. Sean Kolenko photo Their presence, of course, isn’t evidence of some unique interior design choice. Peters is intimidated by the bureaucracy of the system that a liaison with the Community Housing Action we have. People need an advocate telling them Committee and a member of the North Shore about the applications that are out there,” says Homelessness Task Force — the brochures repPeters, removing his thin-framed glasses. resent valuable information for those in need of “But the system simply can’t handle the volume housing. and diversity of need.” Peters, a silver-haired retired school principal, doesn’t place people in homes or shelters. His **** work typically falls on the advocacy side of the In 1991, then Liberal party finance critic Paul ledger. He’s tasked with informing people about Martin wrote this about the importance of affordwhat housing options are available to them and able housing: “…all Canadians have the right to lobbying decision makers to fill in the housing decent housing, in decent surroundings, at affordgaps on the North Shore. able prices. There is currently a vacuum in federal But that doesn’t mean Peters doesn’t get despolicy and direction. Only the national governperate calls and emails from members of the ment has the financial resources to address the full community, all hoping he’s got the silver-bullet dimensions of the needs of this country.” for their housing worries. Less than two years later, after the 1993 genHe gets plenty of them. eral election that decimated the Progressive “Every week there are calls and it’s the same Conservatives and propelled the Liberals back to routine,” he says, with a sigh. power, Martin’s party began enacting a string of “I say ‘listen, you know I can’t find you the policy decisions wholly removed from those earlier, place you need.’ But then I say I can give them advice on how they can weave their way through inclusive sentiments. First, the Liberals axed support for any new the maze of housing forms for BC Housing.” social housing, placing the responsibility in the To illustrate the range of people who call him hands of the provinces. Then, the Liberals termifor help, Peters reaches into the bottom drawer nated all new funding for non-profit and co-op of a filing cabinet and retrieves a purple folder. housing. Inside sits the tale of a disabled mother wonderOf the country’s then 10 provinces and two terriing where she can move once she’s evicted. Her tories, only Quebec and British Columbia — the latrent is being raised and the disability payments ter of which has invested $2.8 billion in affordable she receives won’t cover the looming hike. housing over the last decade — continued to build “I don’t want to come across as a victim,” such accommodations. Peters reads from her email, “so please tell me if In 1996, Ottawa transferred the management I am.” and annual subsidies of all existing social Peters then begins reciting from housing to the provinces. Prior to those another page in the file. This time he decisions, these various avenues of fedtells the story of a woman who recenteral support helped house more than two ly left her husband. She’s got a young million Canadians. child, no money, nowhere to go and And the cuts have continued. In 2011, no idea where to begin looking for the Conservatives announced that the housing. A common tale, he notes. federal affordable housing initiative, Peters says he immediately pointwhich was allocated $1.4 billion in May ed her to BC Housing’s online appli2006, would be reduced to zero by 2014. cation. That’s step one. Her chances By that same year, the total number of of landing a place upon completion PIECES subsidized homes will drop by more than of that form, he admits, are slim at A five-part series 50,000. best. If she didn’t call him, however, exploring housing needs on the North those odds would be worse. continued, PAGE 5 Shore. “People get scared off. They are so

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www.northshoreoutlook.com continued from, PAGE 4 What does this mean for the North Shore? “It is truly a crisis,” says Peters. “And the most critical need is rental.” To grasp the extent of the local housing problem, it’s important to first illustrate the basic spectrum of housing in the area, Peters says. According to an “affordable housing continuum” diagram provided by Peters, the range of housing on the North Shore is: shelters, non-market subsidized developments such as the Goodman House, market rental units whose tenants receive rental supplements from the government, purposebuilt market rental buildings, secondary suites, below market owned housing such as West Van’s Ambleview co-op and market owned housing such as the Evelyn Drive and Hollyburn Mews developments made more affordable through the use of smaller lot sizes. Across the North Shore, the greatest number of people at risk of homelessness actually fall into the middle three categories — tenants in rental housing receiving supplements from the government, those living in purpose-built rentals and others in secondary suites. Such a reality can be tough to grasp because the population in question is housed. The critical issue in this regard, however, is not that someone has four walls and a roof, but how much of one’s monthly income it takes to afford those things. Typically, affordable housing is considered lodgings that tenants or owners spend up to 30 per cent of their monthly income on. Those spending more than 30 per cent are considered to be in core housing need. Those spending 50 per cent or more are thought to be in critical need. Figures published by the Community Housing Action Committee last October show that 20 per cent of households in the City of North Vancouver fall into the core need group. In the district, 10 per cent of households are considered as such, three per cent less than in West Vancouver. In all cases, those in core need are predominantly renters. Those considered to be in critical need are fewer, but are represented

in all three municipalities. In the city, nine per cent of households have such a label, compared to five per cent in the district and seven per cent in West Van. More than 1,200 of those in critical housing need in the city live in the Lower Lonsdale area. All three municipalities have also experienced a drop in rental stock since 2000. “What’s happening because of this is the teachers, firefighters and nurses aren’t living here. Sure, there are some homeowners who may have such healthy incomes they don’t care what they spend on their mortgage. But if you’re making $25 per hour it’s a different story,” says Peters. “For the younger person, or younger families, the idea is you work up the ladder and housing needs change. Now, that’s true in a robust economy but what about during downturns? Those people decide to live elsewhere.” One effect a dearth of younger families has on the community, adds Peters, is the gradual aging of neighbourhoods. That results in a closing of schools, potentially making an area less attractive to people considering a move to the North Shore. To reverse the trend, Peters believes the answer lies not in a community-specific fix but in a nationally-driven remedy. Amenity contributions from developers help, he adds. The City of North Vancouver, for instance, does seek the inclusion of rental units in new condo developments whenever possible. But the struggle for housing, he stresses, will take more than a municipal horse trade to correct. It will take significant investment from the federal government. “It takes nationwide direction and a national housing policy,” he says. “When I get a call from some poor soul about to get evicted they naturally turn to BC Housing. Unfortunately, their mandate right now is to house only the worst off. But that’s a shifting picture all the time. There are seniors in West Van who can’t pay their taxes. And then there are those considered the hidden homeless. We don’t know how many there are that are close, just that close to being without a home.”

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he West Vancouver Police Department is mourning the loss of Mike, a police service dog who died at the police station late Thursday night. WVPD Sgt. Jeff Young said Mike and his handler Const. Jeff Wood were in the underground parking garage returning from a routine training exercise across the street at Ambleside Park when suddenly the six-yearold German shepherd “fell over.” Mike was rushed to an animal emergency hospital in Vancouver, however he showed no signs of life when a veterinarian and paramedics — who are often called to assist in these cases on a priority basis — attempted to revive him. Young said the veterinarian’s preliminary opinion is that Mike died of a heart attack. “[Const. Wood] is devastated by the loss,”

said Young. Police service dogs are brought home by their handler and become part of the family. Mike was no different, added Young. In August 2008, the WVPD selected Mike as the best candidate for the job of police service dog. He was purchased for the WVPD by the Ambleside Tiddlycove Lions Club. That December, Mike and Const. Wood were deployed into service after graduating from the Vancouver Police Dog Squad training program. Together, they played an integral role in keeping the community safe. Mike participated in over 75 investigations, most recently tracking down two robbery suspects. Young said it’s up to Const. Wood to decide how he will celebrate Mike’s legacy. Four police service dogs are currently employed by the WVPD. The search for another police dog will begin soon. reporter@northshoreoutlook.com

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Affordable and rental housing units on the North Shore, 2010 City of North Vancouver: Social housing — 859. Co-op housing — 117. Total below market — 1046. Designated rental — 5027. Change in # of rental units since 2000 — -244.

District of North Vancouver: Social housing — 674. Co-op housing — 117. Total below market — 962. Designated rental — 955. Change in # of rental units since 2000 — -96.

West Vancouver: Social housing — 501. Co-op housing — 42. Total below market — 543. Designated rental — 2329. Change in # of rental units since 2000 — -2.

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one are the days of school rivalries in West Vancouver. At least off the rugby pitch. There is a now an official governing body of students who want to get inside each of the three high schools in West Vancouver to share ideas. Zachary Eberwein (Sentinel), Johnnie Allan (West Vancouver) and Evelyn Martin (Rockridge) spearheaded the idea. Today, their BlackBerrys rest on the table in front of them at the Starbucks in the Village at Park Royal. School ended hours ago but here they are brainstorming about initiatives that they have the power to institute as president (Eberwein) and vice presidents of the new West Vancouver School District-wide student council. It was a trip over town to a Vancouver School District student council meeting in September that got Eberwein and Allan thinking about a student government in West Vancouver. The teens were intrigued as they watched the Vancouver students efficiently take care of some housekeeping and report on an initiative that they had finished in the opening month of school. “And we came back at the end of the day and we decided that we needed this and we wanted to pursue it,” says Eberwein, who exudes the confidence of a seasoned politician. The inaugural meeting of the West Vancouver student council was sometime in November, figure both Eberwin and Allan. Martin wants to be more accurate. She flips open her agenda. There is a rainbow of pen colours labeling each event. COFFEE “I record everything,” she says. “What month are we talkWITH ing here?” Maria Spitale She confirms the first meetnewsroom@northshore ing was Nov.16. Two represenoutlook.com tatives from each of the three schools, some appointed by teachers, attended the meeting — and from there an executive was formed. The next order of business was to assign some portfolios. It turned out to be a don’t-judge-abook-by-its-cover lesson for Eberwein. A Grade 9 student had run for an executive position and Eberwein said to him “I think that our Grade 11 student will probably be better because of his experience in the school system.” What this kid lacked in life experience he made up in persistency and confidence. “His speech blew me away,” says Eberwein. “And I said I can’t judge people like that anymore.” So there is a future in politics for these three? There is a collective ‘no’ when the question is posed. “I don’t like politics – I will let you know this right now,” says Martin. “I generally don’t do

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aybe we love to rebel against authority. Perhaps we feel we’re our own experts, empowered by the ability to search any topic

online. Or it could be the role of social networks, where some folks trust anything their Facebook friends tell them but refuse to believe a newspaper report. Whatever it is, too many of us seem too quick to distrust the scientists, experts and other traditional leaders of our society. Don’t get me wrong. Critical thinking is a good thing. Evidence, data, decisions and policies should be challenged. You have to be your own advocate. But it strikes me as an insult to doctors who invested years of study when we try to out-think them, armed Jeff Nagel with a quickie diagnojnagel@surreyleader.com sis from Dr. Google. Physicians, of course, weren’t the only ones fighting an uphill battle against the over-informed masses in 2011. Economists who said B.C. would be wise to keep the Harmonized Sales Tax found their advice ignored by the majority of voters. Astronomers were still rebutting a viral email hoax that’s circulated for years, claiming a rare celestial event will make Mars appear as big as the moon. Pollution experts struggled to counter YouTube and Facebook posts claiming to expose the “real” radiation levels B.C. was receiving from Japan’s nuclear disaster. Granted there are situations where scientists disagree, or may be aligned with opposing stakeholders. The debate over Metro Vancouver’s garbage incineration plans and the possible role of fish farms in the decline of sockeye salmon spring to mind. In the case of the Fukushima disaster, nearby Japanese residents were right to disbelieve almost everything they were first told. For the most part, though, I worry for our future if too many of us engage in knee-jerk cynicism. India’s prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh (a doctor and a politician, pity him) said it well last month: “Rampant distrust of all authority imperils the foundations of democracy.” I’d say it imperils our health as well. When too many vaccination rebels refuse to get a shot to help keep serious diseases at bay, we are all put at greater danger. We saw this two years ago with the H1N1 flu vaccine refuseniks and more recently with parents holding chicken pox parties rather than have their kids submit to Big Pharma and the needle. Besides a failure to filter and intelligently assess the glut of information now at our fingertips, we seem to have a related problem: an inability to realistically assess risk. As a result, we have a low-level insurgency against BC Hydro’s wireless smart meters, despite the fact every square inch of the Lower Mainland is blanketed by wifi and cellphone signal networks. We have schools ringed with parents’ cars because of the pervasive fear that lurking pedophiles will snare our children on the walk to class – despite the fact nearly all molesters and abductors are known to their victims and families. We worry about “the big C” and how to avoid it because cancer rates are rising – never mind that’s largely because we’re living longer and not dropping from heart attacks as early. And we have the public’s intense fear of crime, despite generally falling crime rates, that the Harper government is exploiting to impose U.S.-style justice reforms that many experts fear will be a costly failure. I’ve run out of space, but I suspect the 9/11 conspiracy theorists, moon landing skeptics and Holocaust deniers have already tuned out. For the rest of you still with me, thanks for reading. I trust you didn’t believe a word. —Jeff Nagel is the regional reporter for Black Press in the Lower Mainland.

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— LET TER OF T HE W EEK— explanation of why the federal government Housing series helps is the only one in the developed world to dispel myths neglect its housing problems. Editor, Thank you for The Outlook’s series on housing to combat our collective ignorance. I have not forgotten an experience I had with a Service Canada employee. North Shore Community Resources had been dealing with a man in his 80s who was living in the bush. I became curious about how such a person accessed his Old Age and Guaranteed Income Supplement cheques. When I phoned to inquire, the official told me haughtily that “there are no poor people on the North Shore.” Of course there are: thousands of them, many on the edge of homelessness. I challenge your readers to an experiment. At any social gathering where homelessness is being discussed, say, “And lots more people are one pay cheque away”. Any time I’ve tried it, a worker paying too high rent has said, “Well, I’m just one paycheque away.” An accident, an illness, a layoff or termination, a company bankruptcy: any of these things can lead to inability to pay rent. Lucky people have friends in the area who will take them in. It’s called couch surfing, but it’s really homelessness. Saddest of all are the youth, trying to complete an education without a safe and stable place to live. I look forward to your coverage of all these hidden (or ignored?) problems. I also look forward to Andrew Saxton’s

Of course he will tell you how much they are spending, and that housing is a provincial matter, but since the federal government is the one with the deep pockets, why have they no rational strategy for dealing with the problem? We have money to house soldiers on the other side of the world. Why don’t we use some of it to house people living on our doorstep? D.J. Stewart, North Vancouver

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B Checking out all the clothes and couture action are West Vancouver’s Shirin Bock, left, and Heidi Coglon. C Look for these two lovely ladies on television really soon. Saeedeh Salem, left, owner of Cat Barr cbarr@westvancouver.com La Stella / Le Vieux Pin wineries, and culinary catering queen Jody Claman will both be featured in two different reality series this coming season. D Toasting the occasion are friends Iram Shariff, left, Johnny Cantiveros, Izzam Ahamed and Karima Samji. E Helping with the night’s runway fashions, hair and makeup are stylists Deanna Palkowski and Scottie Dunn. F Sampling a little champagne and canapés are West Vancouer’s Dave Bull and Joanne Strongman. GNew reality TV star Ronnie Negus strikes a pose beside her son Jhordan Stevenson, left, and friend Paul Andersen. Negus launched her “Rehab” wine brand this past November. H Feathers and sequins and jewels – oh my. Big cheers for Mia Claman, centre, on the launch of her new MIA “Missing in Action” couture line. It is both glamorous and striking.

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Concussion CRISIS Head injuries aren’t just an epidemic in the NHL. Meet a young North Van player suffering from post-concussion syndrome and find out how minor hockey plans to better protect players By Maria Spitale-Leisk images — even the simplest objects. And then there was the mounting pressure on the back on his head. “I felt like I was growing horns,” says Eric, offering a half smile. Figuring it was time for a second opinion, the Turcottes took Eric to a sports medicine doctor for a concussion assessment. There were still unanswered questions after that appointment that left the family scouring the Internet for clues as to why their son wasn’t getting better. It had been nearly three weeks since that life-changing hit, and Eric still hadn’t returned to his Grade 9 classes at Balmoral junior secondary. His worsening condition — persistent nausea, thunderous headaches and over-sleeping — became unbearable one day in late November. This time the family decided to take Eric to BC Children’s Hospital. “The doctor at Children’s treated me like I was an overanxious mother,” says Kaz. Eric immediately laughs. “Yes, that was funny.” The Turcottes were simply told that Eric will have up days and down days on his road to concussion recovery, and this happened to be a bad day. “The doctors kept telling us they don’t really know a lot about concussions,” says Perry. “That’s the frightening part.”

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hrough her camera lens, sports photographer Kaz Turcotte watched her son Eric dump the puck at centre ice to set up a line change, turn to his left and cut towards the bench. At the same moment, her husband Perry, an assistant coach with the North Vancouver Minor Hockey Bantam rep team, was looking down at the bench readying a new unit of players to jump over the boards. The next frames still haunt her. In the blink of an eye, Eric, a 150-pound right winger, is blindsided by a vicious bodycheck thrown by an enforcer from the opposing team and sent head-first onto the ice. “The next thing you see is him on his back and not moving,” recalls Kaz. “It wasn’t that long when I check the actual time frame on my pictures, but it felt like 10 minutes.” Next, coaches flew off the North Van bench and huddled around a visibly incapacitated Eric — in a familiar cringe-worthy scene that is every parent’s worst nightmare. He remembers looking up at the ceiling of the rink and thinking that he was at the swimming pool. Eric, 14, was eventually assisted to his feet and led towards the bench by coaches and teammates. Sitting in an unfamiliar dressing room in Richmond, Eric described his symptoms to the nurse: an ‘N’ shaped pain radiating from the top to the bottom of his skull. “I couldn’t lift my head,” he says. Kaz wrapped him in a blanket and supported his neck for the 45-minute drive to Lions Gate Hospital where an ER doctor diagnosed Eric with a sprained neck and a mild concussion. That was a Wednesday evening. The debilitating concussion symptoms didn’t hit Eric until the following Sunday. He says he lost the ability to form mental

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he presidents of the North and West Vancouver Minor Hockey Associations are confident that bodychecking will be removed from recreational hockey by the end of this season. On January 22, representatives from member organizations of the Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association — the governing body for minor hockey in the Lower Mainland — will be voting on that proposal. Hockey Canada is already making sweeping changes to the contact side of the sport. A zero tolerance ban on head contact in minor league hockey was also introduced this season. “That’s the way it’s going to go,” said Leanne Taylor-Ring, president of the North Vancouver Minor Hockey Association, on the plan to remove body checking from recreational hockey. “We need to start thinking of the safety of our children.” Tim Murphy, president of West Vancouver Minor Hockey Association, said the board’s consensus view is supportive of non-hitting for recreational levels of minor hockey. “It takes the intimidation factor out of the game at the recreational level and hopefully keeps players in the game longer who would otherwise drop out,” he added. In the event the PCAHA membership votes to continue with bodychecking in recreational hockey, another proposal would be to remove it from the Peewee (11 and 12 year olds) house league level where it’s currently introduced. Last October a PCAHA committee explored the

issue of bodychecking in minor hockey. In its report, which has been circulated to the PCAHA’s member associations, is an eye-opening study on concussions in Peewee hockey. A study by The Journal of the American Medical Association conducted in the 2007-2008 season followed 74 Peewee teams in Alberta where body checking is allowed and 76 teams in Quebec where bodychecking is not permitted. In Alberta, the hockey players recorded 241 injuries, which included 71 concussions; Quebec players suffered 91 injuries, 23 of which were diagnosed as concussions. The study doesn’t surprise West Vancouver hockey dad Ron Dempsey. “I’ve heard of coaches telling players the only way to get to the next level is to be aggressive,” he says. His son Nolan is nine years old right now and plays rep hockey at the Atom level. Pretty soon Ron and his wife will sit down and decide if they want their son engaged in hockey that includes bodychecking. His concerns are part of a contentious debate brewing in the minor hockey community: should bodychecking be removed from Peewee rep hockey? That’s another proposal that will be voted on by the PCAHA by season’s end. “There is a real divide on the bodychecking issue,” says Murphy. “Some [WVMHA] members believe it’s an integral part of the fabric of the game, critical for skill development.” Some dissenters of the proposal believe that eliminating body checking at the Peewee rep level sets players up for a disadvantage down the line in their hockey career. Murphy agrees. “It’s going to be a polarizing issue,” he says. “There is no right or wrong answer — there are equal and passionate advocates on both sides of this issue, but at the end of the day — a decision has to be made.”

ric is on the slow road to recovery. He is currently only able to attend school for half of the day and on Monday his family got word that Hockey Canada will help cover the cost of private tutoring. Sitting in a coffee shop in Central Lonsdale on a dreary Sunday afternoon with his parents and 13-year-old sister, Eric appears withdrawn at times. It’s been a dramatic change for a family that is used to being at the rink six days a week. When asked if he still supports his team from the stands, Eric breaks down. “I’d rather want to play,” says Eric, who is sporting a windbreaker with his team’s logo. Dad gets choked up too. “He worked really hard at hockey,” says Perry. “He shocked people at the rep tryouts.” Eric is hoping to get back on the ice in the spring for five-on-five hockey with no bodychecking. He has a message for other hockey players struggling with concussion recovery. “Be honest about your symptoms — and never give up,” he says. reporter@northshoreoutlook.com

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Breeding justice North Vancouver MLA will table her first private member’s bill next month, a law aimed at banning puppy mills and other unscrupulous animal breeders TODD COYNE S TA F F R E P O RT E R

alling it her parliamentary “pet project,” MLA Jane Thornthwaite is in the first stages of drafting her first private member’s bill banning puppy mills and commercial kitty kennels in British Columbia. It promises to be a lengthy process but the North Vancouver-Seymour MLA is confident that by June her private bill will be the province’s newest law. And while the teeth of the proposed legislation aren’t all in place yet — the bill, in its first draft, is still a loose collection of typed and scribbledon foolscap — its spirit is clear: Outlawing the inhumane breeding of companion animals in B.C. It’s an issue close to Thornthwaite, a former vegan and animal lover who studied zoology at the University of B.C. with an aim to becoming a veterinarian before pursuing nutrition instead. “The general public when they go to a pet store doesn’t know where that puppy comes from,” Thornthwaite told The Outlook at her Lynn Valley Centre constituency office. Something else the public may be surprised to learn is that there are currently no standards regulating the pet breeding industry in B.C. “So the crux of the bill is to put standards of care to breeders,” the MLA added. While Thornthwaite is still consulting with several veterinary and kennel club agencies to determine what exactly those standards should be, one expects they will involve some specific criteria defining what constitutes adequate shelter, sanitation, food, water and veterinary care for breeding animals. Even the definition of a “breeder” isn’t agreed upon yet in B.C., but it’s a title Thornthwaite wants put upon anyone with four or more female breeding animals. Currently, experts are divided on whether licensing and regulating breeders is the best way to enforce humane breeding standards, or whether putting the onus on the pet stores to tell customers where their pets come from is the best approach. Thornthwaite said she was still mulling both options and encourages the public to weigh in with their own ideas at her constituency office. Because it’s still very much early days for Thornthwaite’s puppy-mill bill, it remains unclear what body would enforce the bill should it

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become law. While Thornthwaite said she hoped the BC SPCA or a similar animal welfare organization could take up the mantle of enforcement, BC SPCA spokesperson Lorie Chortyk said that without a massive shot of new funding, the all-volunteer society wouldn’t be capable of ensuring compliance with the law among breeders or pet stores. “We would absolutely love to see those standards put into place but we’re a charity and we do 7,000 investigations a year as it is,” Chortyk told The Outlook Monday. “So we’re not going to have the resources to be checking and making sure people are complying. So we’d like to see the safeguards put in place but also the resources so someone could actually enforce that. Otherwise it’s words on paper.” A possible solution could be to make mandatory the licensing of all breeders and then use those annual or bi-annual licensing fees and any fines for non-compliance to cover or at least offset the cost of the enforcement program. Chortyk said the majority of “unscrupulous breeders” that the BC SPCA is called to investigate are in the province’s Interior, but added there are far too many smaller and less conspicuous operations locally with very low standards of care. For now, whether Thornthwaite recommends licensing breeders or forcing pet stores to reveal the sources of their animals, the North Vancouver-Seymour MLA said she expects to hear from her constituents on all sides of the debate and by June have a law in place that serves all British Columbians and, most of all, protects the province’s pets. tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/toddcoyne

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The first step to becoming a curling whiz is to know the insider’s language. • Bonspiel: A curling tournament. Curling rules • Cashspiel: A curling tournaThe last step on the quest to curl ment for money. is to understand how the game is • End: The division in a game, played. equivalent to a period in In it’s basic form a curling game hockey or an inning in baseconsists of two teams of four players ball. There are eight to 10 throwing heavy granite stones down ends in a game. the ice with the goal of delivering • Blank end: An end where no them as close to the centre of the HURRY HARD - Iriss points are scored. “bull’s eye” (house) as possible. Gibbons throws a rock • Eight-ender: A perfect end Each player on the team throws at the Hollyburn Country where every one of the team’s two stones in each end, for a total Club. File photo stones scores a point. of eight stones thrown. Teammates • House/rings: The set of take their turns after the player on coloured rings at each end of the opposite team with the same the sheet of ice. The outside ring is the 12-foot, position does their throw. followed by the 8-foot, the 4-foot and the “butWhen a rock is thrown down the ice it will curl ton” in the centre. either to the left or the right, depending on the con• Rink: The name for a curling team and/or a ditions of the sheet and the handle (in turn or out curling centre. turn) used when it is thrown. • Sheet: The ice rink the curling game is played on. The skip stands at one end of the sheet and directs • Rock/stone: The granite playing piece used in players where they should throw their stones. curling. An average rock weighs 40 pounds. After both teams have thrown their eight rocks, • Burning a rock: A violation when a player the score is calculated by the final positions of the touches a stone moving down the ice. stones. The team with the rock or rocks closest to • Delivery: Throwing a stone from one end of the the centre of the house scores. sheet of ice to the other. • Hammer: The last rock of the end. To join in the local curling action, visit West • Hack: device used to push off from when throw- Vancouver’s Hollyburn Country Club at hollying the rock. burn.org or the North Shore Winter Club in North • Tee Line: The line that runs through the middle Vancouver at nswc.ca. of the house.

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oots music has always been a catch-all term for a genre that houses the blues, bluegrass and various strains of country music. It comes as no surprise then, that Juno award-winning musician Jim Byrnes struggles to define his sound when asked — even after a life of recording and performing. He settles on eclectic, after some thought. “You start out imitating people you admire and try to sound like those people,” says Byrnes. “But it’s a lifelong process, learning what you want to express. Now, there’s elements of many styles in my music. There is so much fantastic music, it would be a shame to limit yourself to just one.” Byrnes and his mosaic-like sound will be at the Deep Cove Shaw Theatre on Jan. 20 and 21, part of a two-night fundraiser in support of the First Impressions Theatre company. Byrnes, a trained actor who’s appeared in both film and television productions since the 1980s, has been supporting the North Van production company — one of two that operate out of the Deep Cove theatre — for nearly two decades. Acting, he says with a laugh, has been very good to him. Not many roots and blues musicians own their own homes and he credits his various acting roles in helping him achieve that goal. So the chance to perform a few songs and help keep local theatre alive is something he relishes. “My acting past is a huge reason I do these shows. I was part of the fundraising show to get the company going,” says Byrnes. “All forms of artistic expression are important to me. To

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maintain a theatre company is difficult, arts is always on the chopping block it seems. But it’s the arts that sit at the very core of who we are.” Joining Byrnes on both nights is East Vancouver performer Babe Gurr. Like Byrnes, Gurr’s been lending her services to the fundraising gigs for years and credits small theatres like the Deep Cove venue for the development of her rootsy sound. Intimate venues, she explains, rarely have room for a large band and a stable of instruments. In those situations artists are forced to strip down their sound to suit those surroundings. For Gurr, that bare sound stuck. “I’ve played in R & B bands, jazz bands and rock bands,” says Gurr. “After I studied music in my thirties I started writing my own material and roots-based material is just natural for me. It’s where I naturally fall.” Both performers are promising evenings of original tunes and covers, highlighting both the traditional and the contemporary. Gurr says her 45-minute set will feature elements of world music, a recent addition to her catalogue, while Byrnes will be offering up his varied take on the blues. “The shows will be a history of American roots music,” Byrnes says. “All coming straight from the heart.” Doors are scheduled to open at 7:30 p.m. for both shows. Showtime is at 8 p.m. The Deep Cove Shaw Theatre is located at 4360 Gallant Ave. in Deep Cove. Tickets are $30, including service charges. The Jan. 21 performance is sold out. Tickets for Jan. 20 are available online at firstimpressionstheatre.com or by calling 604-929-9456.

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he North Vancouver RCMP are trying to find the owners of thousands of dollars in stolen fishing gear recovered at the Mosquito Creek Marina. The North Van Mounties responded to a break and enter in progress at the 415 West Esplanade marina on the evening of Jan. 4 after a passerby reported hearing a boat’s security alarm. Police arrived to find a man walking away from the dock with an assortment of high-end fishing rods and reels in his arms. The 43-yearold Maple Ridge man was arrested for suspected possession of stolen property.

group of armed robbers are on the loose after hitting a Lonsdale Avenue cellphone store Saturday. According to the North Vancouver RCMP, four men with bandanas over their faces entered the Rogers Wireless store at 1422 Lonsdale Avenue at approximately 4:44 p.m. Saturday. One store employee was pepper sprayed while another employee was forced at gunpoint to turn over a number of cellphones. The four suspects fled south on Lonsdale Avenue and then east to a vehicle described by witnesses as a teal green Geo Metro or Pontiac Firefly , possibly a four-door sedan. The car was last seen heading west on 15th Street but extensive RCMP patrols in the area

Further investigation by the Mounties found that the man had more high-end fishing gear in his nearby vehicle, including expensive downriggers used in deep-sea fishing. North Van RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Richard De Jong told The Outlook Thursday that the suspect may have taken fishing gear from boats in Burnaby and other coastal parts of Metro Vancouver. It is believed the suspect was robbing the boats and selling the stolen gear at local pawn shops. Police are now calling on boat owners who believe they may have fallen victim to these thefts to contact Const. Stacey Robinson of the North Van RCMP via email at robinson@rcmpgrc.ca.

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GRIZZLY FIND - The body of a hiker was found near the top of the Grouse Mountain Skyride Tuesday afternoon Maria SpitaleLeisk photo

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rouse Mountain Resort staff discovered the body of a 52-year-old Vancouver woman just off a ski run Tuesday afternoon. The North Vancouver RCMP said mountain staff came across the body at 3:12 p.m. but it’s not yet known how long she had been there. Cpl. Richard De Jong told The Outlook Wednesday that foul play is not immediately suspected in the woman’s death but police are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine the cause. The woman had set out to go hiking when she was found in the woods approximately 100 metres from the grizzly bear enclosure at the top of the Grouse Skyride. “She had a day-pack with her with extra clothing and some food and stuff,” De Jong said, adding that she likely had no intention of spending the night on the mountain. The woman’s identity was due to be released by the BC Coroner’s Service Wednesday afternoon pending notification of her family. tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/toddcoyne

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Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work? PLEA Community Services is looking for qualified applicants who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or on weekends for respite. Training, support and remuneration are provided. Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door.

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Retail or wholesale (NOC: 6251) required for Donald’s Fine Foods. Immediate openings at our Richmond & Langley locations for 10 qualified / exp. Meat Cutters. Duties; Cut, trim and prepare cuts of meat, supervise other workers and provide training. Must speak English. Permanent / Full-time – 40 hours per week. Full Benefits after completion of probation. Wages: $16.04 per/hour.

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

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Advertising Sales Representative

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Advertising Sales Consultant The Award-Winning Outlook newspaper has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time sales person. The successful candidate must have the ability to build relationships with clients and offer superior customer service. The winning candidate will be a team player and will be called upon to grow an existing account list with an aggressive cold calling mandate. The ability to work in an extremely fast-paced environment with a positive attitude is a must. The candidate will have two years of sales experience, preferably in the advertising industry. The position offers a great work environment with a competitive salary, commission plan and strong benefits package. The Outlook is part of Black Press, Canada’s largest independent print media company with more than 170 community, daily and urban newspapers across Canada and the United States. Please submit your resume with cover letter by Friday, January 20, 2012. To: Publisher, The Outlook publisher@northshoreoutlook.com fax: 604 903-1001 #104 – 980 West 1st Street North Vancouver, BC V7P 3N4

The award-winning Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News has an immediate opening for a full time Advertising Sales Representative. The successful candidate will be required to meet sales targets by deepening relationships with existing clients and developing new business with an aggressive face-to-face cold calling mandate. The ability to work independently in an extremely fast paced environment while adhering to deadlines is a must. Candidates considered for the position will be results oriented, strong communicators, and be willing to learn and adapt in an ever changing business environment. A vehicle and a valid driver’s license is required. We offer a great working environment with a competitive base salary and commission plan along with a strong beneﬁt package. Black Press has over 170 community newspapers across Canada and the United States and for the proven candidate the opportunities are endless. Please submit your resume with a cover letter by 5:00 pm Friday, January 27, 2012 to: Carly Ferguson, Advertising & Creative Services Manager Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News 22328 - 119th Avenue Maple Ridge, BC V2X 2Z3 or by email: admanager@mapleridgenews.com Thank you to all who apply, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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WAREHOUSE PERSON Distributor of educational products, located in Surrey requires a full time shipper/receiver. Training available. Starting wage $12/hr. Fax resume to 604-576-2777 or email: nairn.m@telus.net

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REAL ESTATE 320

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AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

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Cairn Terriers: shots/dewormed. Ready to go to good homes. over 20 yrs of referrals. 604-807-5204 or 604-592-5442 CAT 10 MOS OLD M orange, neutered, shots, tattooed good w/dogs $50 to good home (604)302-9249 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 GERMAN SHEPHERD Pups & young adults. Quality German & Czech bloodlines. 604-856-8161. LABS YELLOW P/B pups, born Dec 14th. Dewormed, 1st shots, $750. 604-888-4662, (Langley)

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RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

NORTH VANCOUVER

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709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL GREENHOUSE FOR LEASE for flowering & bedding plants. Retail and wholesale. Fully computerized and automated system. 2.5 acres incl. greenhouse. Approx. 43,000 covered area. 1.5 acres set up for outside use. City water. High traffic area. 5498 Gladwin Rd., Abbts. Call 604-807-3910 for more info.

TRUCKS & VANS

1995 CAMRY, 4 dr, 4 cyl, auto, 1 owner, loaded, aircared, mint cond. $2900/obo. Phone 604-931-1236.

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2001 Ford Ranger XLT 4X4 175,000k, needs some work$2400 604-830-7797 or 604-467-7598

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

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Ferguson Moving and Storage will be holding a public auction on January 14, 2012 at 11 am. The following accounts are in delinquency and will be sold to recover monies owing under the `Warehouse Lien Act’: Lisa Godfrey, Ms. Sentoso, Kerry Morris, Green Power, Hamza Zaniaymokil, Gordon Kennedy NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: The estate of MUIENG TAN, also known as MUI ENG TAN, deceased, formerly of 1323 Cammeray Road, West Vancouver, British Columbia, V7S 2N2 Creditors and others having claims against the estate of MUIENG TAN, also known as MUI ENG TAN, are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the executor at c/o LOH & COMPANY, Lawyers & Notaries, 802-1788 West Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 1Y1 on or before February 23, 2012, after which date the executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the executor then has notice.

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