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onstruction companies operating in West Vancouver will now have to adhere to a stricter set of rules after bylaw changes were approved by District of West Vancouver council Monday night. A ban on rock crushing on construction sites and stiffer fines for noise complainants are among the changes. “You get into a habit of doing things year after year after year and then suddenly there’s some change,” said Coun. Soprovich. “I just wondered what preparations are going to be done from planning to bylaws to make sure that these rules are followed.” DWV director of planning Bob Sokol addressed Soprovich’s query. “Number one, we will have enhanced notification when people collect their building permits to make them aware of what the expectations are and how they can operate in neighbourhoods,” explained Sokol. Being proactive is another way the district will tackle enforcement of the construction bylaws. “We can’t be dependent on people calling in with com-

plaints because typically by the time people call in with a complaint it’s already gone on far too long,” said Sokol. He added that a proposal for increasing staffing and resources to enable bylaw officers to go out and be more proactive will be brought before council in the new year. “Along with that we are going to be looking at some fee increases to offset those additional resources,” said Sokol.

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month. Food collected at the West Van blood clinics will be donated to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. Canadian Blood Services is reminding people that blood is not only needed for trauma victims, but also for patients undergoing routine procedures over the holidays. There are still 300 blood donation appointments available on the North Shore in December. In West Vancouver, the clinic will be located at the West Vancouver Community Centre at 2121 Marine Dr. on Dec. 5 and 6 from 10 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.

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Celebrate the Season Throughout the month of December, the City celebrates the season with numerous events for the entire family to enjoy. Visit www.cnv.org for festivities taking place throughout the community, snow clearing and preparedness information, plus seasonal safety tips. Please note, City Hall will be closed from December 26 - 30 and on January 2. City Hall will reopen January 3, 2012. Hours of operation for recreational facilities and the City Library are at www.cnv.org.

Annual Christmas Festival at The Shipyards Saturday, December 3 from 5pm - 8pm at the foot of Lonsdale Celebrate the holiday season at this fun and festive outdoor community event. Shipbuilders' Square will be sparkling with Christmas lights and ﬁlled with family activities including the popular bug lantern building workshop, Christmas crafts, gingerbread decorating, a visit from Santa, live entertainment, plus complimentary coffee, hot chocolate and cookies. Hosted by the Lower Lonsdale Business Association, in partnership with the City of North Vancouver. Details at www.cnv.org.

Lynn Valley Road / Boulevard Crescent Transportation Improvements Open House Wednesday, December 7 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm, Sutherland School Foyer The City of North Vancouver, with the District of North Vancouver and Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure invite you to an open house regarding improving the active transportation links along Boulevard Crescent and Lynn Valley through the Highway 1 interchange. Share your thoughts on bicycle and pedestrian facilities, on-street parking and local street access. Information is available at www.cnv.org/LynnValleyUnderpass. 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver BC V7M 1H9 | Tel: 604.985.7761 | Fax: 604.985.9417 | info@cnv.org

Megaphone Magazine COMING TO A STREET CORNER NEAR YOU The City has offered its support to a new employment program. 'Megaphone Magazine' will be sold by homeless and low income vendors throughout the City. The pilot project provides an opportunity for at-risk individuals to learn valuable employment skills, become self sufﬁcient, and be part of the community. Watch for the bi-weekly publication on City streets and help support homeless and low income citizens in North Vancouver. The popular 'Hope in Shadows' calendar is also available during the holiday season as is the new 'Lookout Emergency Shelter' calendar.

Are you Snow Ready? Snow season is here. Signiﬁcant snowfall and cold temperatures are anticipated. Please be prepared. City ‘Winter Weather Preparation’ ﬂyers will be delivered to homes and businesses, and you can also learn about how we plow and your role as a resident or business online at www.cnv.org/SnowReady.

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While only 23.73% of West Vancouver’s registered voters cast ballots in the recent civic election, with no mayoral contest this statistic was impressive. Councillor Mike Smith was acclaimed as Mayor, but there was strong interest in young, articulate Council contenders. Incumbents Bill Soprovich, Trish Panz and Michael Lewis were re-elected, and School Board Chair Mary-Ann Booth, lawyer Craig Cameron and academic/business owner Nora Gambioli were elected. Although Soprovich topped the polls and Lewis secured sixth place, voters surprised by heavily favouring Booth, Cameron, Gambioli and Panz, all of them very close in vote count. Booth and Cameron were within 250300 votes of Soprovich. Looking at the younger candidates’ platforms, the electorate has clearly spoken: strong support for new ideas in housing and infrastructure, but solutions must match our ability to pay. While caution is expected, voters support a time saving, collaborative

approach to problem solving. Voters appear to be saying: we can’t return to a nostalgic, resource wasteful past— the community needs new leadership providing smart, green, cost effective options. Attention to neglected demographics—newcomers, single parents, seniors on pensions, youth—was supported. But rhetoric, ideology and contentious arguments no longer appear to substitute for action when the community sees its Ambleside heart on life support. It will be an interesting term when West Vancouver sees the most important initiatives in decades advance for decision. We congratulate the newly elected Council and support their success in adhering to voters’ mandate for a fresh vision. Maggie Pappas General Manager Canadawide Claims Service

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ark Royal shopping centre will spend $100,000 this December on a holiday parking strategy that includes the introduction of the mall’s very own radio station. Dubbed Park Smart, the intiative is designed to improve parking and traffic movements at Park Royal during the Christmas season and beyond, said Rick Amantea, vice president of Park Royal. Customers tuning in to 92.5 FM while on Park Royal’s property will receive live traffic information that is being relayed to the control booth from parking attendants on the ground. A daily valet service will also ease parking congestion. Traffic bottlenecks in and around the the Park Royal area have been a common scene during past holiday seasons. “I mean obviously any successful retail environment sees two and a half times the amount of normal vehicle traffic during the month of December. We are no different,” explained Amantea. “Weekends are quite overwhelming here from time to time.” Drivers also use the Park Royal property daily as part of the regular road network to circumvent the intersection at Marine Drive and Taylor Way, he added. The Park Smart program — slated to begin this weekend — will most likely carry forward after Christmas as Park Royal moves forward with expansion plans for The Village at Park Royal. “The FM station has some great promise,” said Amantea. A traffic controlled, at-grade intersection proposal that would replace the existing western overpass connecting the north and south sides of Park Royal is still before District of West Vancouver council. Amantea welcomes a peer review of Park Royal’s traffic engineering and research study that has been asked of them by the DWV. It’s Amantea’s understanding that DWV staff will bring a final report to council by Mar. 1, 2012. reporter@northshoreoutlook.com trwitter.com/nsoutlook

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anada’s first green-roofed gas station got the go-ahead from District of West Vancouver council Monday night in what was their last significant decision before the new council comes in. The rezoning and development permit applications were approved for a new Shell station at the corner of 13th Street and Marine Drive in Ambleside. Some DWV councillors and members of the community had voiced concerns about the development at a public hearing held in early November — mainly over the addition of another convenience store in the neighbourhood. Coun. Bill Soprovich, a vocal opponent of the project, made an eleventhhour motion to defer the decision to the next council. “In relationship to the parking it’s not satisfactory to say that we won’t have a pullout bay there [for buses] because of traffic backing up,” said Soprovich, his voice raising with each word. “And I know it’s going to be a problem.” The development plans call for the removal of the existing bus pullout with a new curb line established. Former councillor and incoming mayor Michael Smith disagreed with Soprovich. “It comes back again to are we going to have a rational business-like process for making decisions? And I say we should have,” said Smith. He cited engineering reports from DWV staff, West Vancouver Blue Bus and TransLink, saying that bus pullouts were found to be more dangerous and inconvenient for bus drivers. “These are the experts. We are not,” said Smith. “Why would I sit here and start overruling people that are in the business of knowing how to move buses around? And they say don’t have a bus pullout.” When given a second opportunity to speak to the deferral motion, Coun. Soprovich was to the point. “Councillor Smith couldn’t be any more wrong,” he said. Soprovich was the lone dissident voice for the rezoning application in the 6-1 council decision. Councillors. Michael Lewis and Soprovich voted against the development permit.

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‘I will put up my opinion’ Former mayoral candidate George Pringle sits down with The Outlook to talk politics, blogging and a new municipal party

hen George Pringle was in university, he said he majored in “student politics.” He was, of course, officially enrolled in typical classes — creative writing, for instance — but the pull of policy can be strong. So strong, in fact, that it’s led to a life working for various members of parliament and running for various municipal government positions. “To some extent all I do is politics,” said Pringle, over a cup of coffee at the Café for Contemporary Art. And from “pounding signs together” for the Progressive Conservative party as a teenager in his hometown of Windsor, Ont., to working for former North Vancouver MP Ted White in Ottawa, Pringle’s earned his political stripes. COFFEE And since landing in the City of North Vancouver — WITH Pringle left the nation’s capiSean Kolenko tal after Don Bell defeated skolenko@northshore White in the 2004 election outlook.com — he’s been an active municipal participant. Pringle was a member of the city’s civic engagement task force, where he worked alongside Bell, helping to devise a number of strategies to get more residents to vote in municipal elections. More recently, he was one of the guys who ran against incumbent mayor Darrell Mussatto for the city’s top political gig. Mussatto won the race handily, besting second-place finisher Ron Polly by more than 4,000 votes. Pringle finished third. Although voter turnout in the city was up nearly three per cent this election, a significant jump considering 2008’s turnout was less than 18 per cent, Pringle described this election as a “standard,” one where nothing “really caught fire.” Unlike other candidates for mayor, Pringle was a vocal supporter of the cost-cutting, bureaucracy-streamlining potential of amalgamation. Typically a topic supported by those in the dis-

trict, Pringle said he believes amalgamation is something city residents also want because “people see the financial sense” in such a move. “It’s politicians that don’t want it,” said Pringle. And his financial-focused ideas didn’t stop there. If elected, Pringle pledged to take a $20,000 pay cut, refuse the mayor’s $9,500 car allowance, abolish dinners at city hall on Monday nights and donate all after-tax money from Metro Vancouver meetings to a local charity. But only one mayoral candidate is required to follow through on their campaign promises after Nov. 19. To ensure Mussatto will be doing that for the next three years, Pringle is once again taking up a role as council watchdog. He is launching a blog, northvancouncilwatch. blogspot.com, where he plans to offer his opinion on city political happenings, track the voting records of the mayor and councillors and discuss major issues like the future of the Harry Jerome recreation centre. “It’s intended to be a partisan blog. I’ve tried in the past to do a more journalistic thing, but this is going to be an editorial thing,” said Pringle. “I will put up my opinion.” As if that project wasn’t enough, Pringle is also planning on starting a new political party called Unite North Van. The party will, like its name indicates, represent those individuals who believe in merging the city and district. Pringle said he will be recruiting other candidates to the party and if Coun. Crag Keating is successful in beating North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Naomi Yamamoto in the next provincial election, Unite North Van will be on the ballot with at least Pringle as a candidate in the city byelection.

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echnology marches us relentlessly forward, with little regard for what’s been left behind. It seems video stores will be the latest casualty. When Rogers closes its final location on the North Shore, movie lovers will be left with one small independent store from which to rent DVDs and Blu-rays. They’ll join CD/record stores on the technological scrapheap, killed off by the convenience and immediacy of streaming services and digital downloading. There was a time when the Lower Mainland was the place to be for music lovers. CD stores stocked with every genre imaginable stood shoulder to shoulder and competed ruthlessly on price. Shoppers could lose themselves for hours in the aisles, discovering new or unknown bands because a CD cover or unusual name caught their eye. For many, a trip to the video store offers the same experience, scanning the shelves for something that might pique their interest, feed their mood for a comedy, a drama, a romance. Sometimes we don’t know what we’re looking for until we find it. But that kind of serendipity is difficult when browsing a digital database online or a menu on your TV. Scanning through those choices can be time consuming, with limited visual cues to attract your eye, rouse your curiosity. And while a quick click over to Rotten Tomatoes might give you a sense for the quality of the movie you’re thinking of downloading, it doesn’t beat overhearing the comments of other browsers in the store, or soliciting the opinion of a knowledgeable clerk at the counter. Heck, director Quentin Tarrantino once worked at a video store. It’s doubtful there’s a future great director feeding his film jones working the customer service call centre for a video on demand service. - Black Press

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— LET TERS TO THE EDITOR — Taxing issue Editor, District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton may dispute the facts on which the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses used as the basis for their report that increases in the levels of spending by local governments are out of control and not sustainable, but it is a fact that my tax bill has been going up relentlessly at a rate well above the rate of inflation. Mayor Walton and the current councillors have been unable, or unwilling, to make the decisions needed to affect a meaningful change in this respect. I say

this with all due respect, but the fact is that there really is a limit to the amount that district residents can afford. Robert Koudstaal North Vancouver

The big picture Editor: Outlook readers should be upset at the Nov. 24, 2011 OUTLOOK article “Activists unveil new oil tanker alerts” outlining the Wilderness Committee’s actions to “raise awareness” about the tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet.

The implication is to raise alarm about tanker traffic, suggesting it is unsafe and likely seeking to reduce or eliminate it. I agree that we must find practical energy sources to reduce our reliance on oil. However, it is not correct to imply that tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet is unsafe. To protect against oil spills, all tankers must be double-hulled, they follow a strictly prescribed route only during daylight through Burrard Inlet with a pilot on board and shadowed all the way by one or more tugs. Newspaper articles should present the bigger picture about the safety

of tanker traffic so that readers can be more fully informed toward making their own conclusions on the matter. Our Burrard Inlet maritime industries are crucial to the local and Canadian economy and employ thousands of people in good paying jobs delivering the products we all use in our everyday lives, and to customers in other countries. Until alternative, cleaner energy sources come on stream, we must not reduce or lose this because some wish to incorrectly suggest that Burrard Inlet tanker transport is unsafe. Doug Ausman North Vancouver

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS Join the District of West Vancouver for an active and festive 2011 holiday season. Available online:

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t was time to show your spirit and your CAT’S team colours this past weekend EYE as the 99th Grey Cup came to town. Orange and black were the Cat Barr popular choice as hometown fans cbarr@westvancouver.com cheered their own BC Lions all the way to victory in the finals against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. But the big game was just a part of the weekend-long Grey Cup celebration that took place primarily at the Vancouver Convention Centre. With each CFL Team setting up their own “house” and live bands and street parties taking place nearby, the city was alive with electricity everywhere you looked. One of the biggest galas of the event was the Scotiabank Show Your Colours gala where, despite the $350 ticket price, everyone dressed in their team jerseys in anticipation of Sunday’s big game. VIP guests included Premier Christy Clark, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other dignitaries who were all treated to a five-star meal, marching bands, cheerleaders, live music and comedy impersonators.

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B North Vancouver’s Brett and Brenda Manlove chat with GlobalBC TV news reporter and gala MC Jill Krop. C CTV news anchor Coleen Christie, seen here with media columnist Steve Burgess, get ready to cheer for the home team. D North Vancouver MP Andrew Saxton and Vancouver mayoral candidate Suzanne Anton both wear their Grey Cup jerseys for good luck. E Premier Christy Clark adds easy elegance to her Grey Cup jersey with a simple strand of pearls while BC Lions President and CEO Dennis Skulsky prefers a dinner jacket overtop. F Following in the footsteps of his late father Bob Ackles, BC Lions GM Scott Ackles and wife Theresa are proud to be back wearing the orange and black colours. G Band leader Dal Richards, left, and famous comedian Ron James are two legendary entertainers who don’t agree on everything. Dal is cheering for the BC Lions while Ron claims to be a Winnipeg fan. H A bruiser on the ice, but a pussycat in real life, former Vancouver Canucks enforcer Gino Odjick knows which side to cheer for. I The Honourable Peter MacKay, Canadian Minister of National Defence, left, and David Poole, Scotiabank senior vice-president BC & Yukon region, are among the VIPs enjoying a night of spectacular food, fun and entertainment.

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Fedoruk said she never expected to be designing clothing for the homeless when she got into fashion design at Kwantlen, but she’s happy to help. “The main reason I like doing it is the opportunity to get out to the factory and work with everyone that I wouldn’t normally see,” she said. ••• hen it began in 2009, the project was called Phoenix and it took volunteers more than an entire day to make their very first cape. That year they completed about 300 of the give-away garments. Last year, they’d refined their manufacturing process and were able to make about 560 capes to give out in Vancouver and North Vancouver. This year, with further tweaking and streamlining in the assembly, volunteers made 705 capes over just three Sundays in October and November. About 200 of those capes will be handed over this Friday to the Harvest Project in North Vancouver, while the rest will go to Harbour Light just before Christmas. Harvest Project development officer Kevin Lee and executive director Gary Ansell said the local non-profit received a similar number of capes last year which disappeared out the door just as quickly as they came in. “Within 10 days they were all given out,” Lee said. “There’s a bit of denial in West Vancouver that people have less than they need, but we see clients all the way from Squamish to Deep Cove.” Most of those clients come in by appointment and if they appear to be living outside or are otherwise under-equipped for the wet weather, they will be offered a cape, Lee said. But walkins are always welcome at Harvest too and anyone who needs a warm, waterproof cape can come pick one up. Lee added that, with the number of homeless on the North Shore this year seemingly on par with last, they expect the free capes won’t be available for long. ••• or Mayzes, Fedoruk and Kristi Birnie, one of the founders of the capes program, the real payoff comes without warning on a

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Fast forward to this past May. Six-year-old Maya and eight-year-old Mikaela are nervously waiting in a downtown dance theatre packed with hundreds of aspiring ballerinas. Again, it’s May and the girls are expected to have visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads. They are auditioning for a coveted role in the very ballet that was a holiday tradition for their family: The Nutcracker. The Goh Ballet’s critically acclaimed production is returning to The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts this December for six shows. “What’s nice about the Goh Ballet’s Nutcracker is the high percentage of children taking part,” explained Michelle. The academy — under the direction of Chan Hon Goh, former Prima Ballerina of the National Ballet of Canada — gives rise to young talent, with its graduates filling the ranks of world-renowned ballet companies. Both sisters were thrilled to meet Ms. Goh, especially Mikaela who says she is a beautiful dancer. It made the audition all the more exciting. “We had to do a lot of mice jumps,” recalled Maya, illustrating her point with an adorable paws-pushed-together pose. She won over Goh Ballet adjudicators and landed the role of a little mouse who sneaks out when everyone has gone to bed. It’s part of The Nutcracker battle scene and Maya knows what’s required of her. “Sort of be scary,” she said in her small, shy voice. Older sister Mikaela is a bona fide ‘party girl’ who celebrates Christmas Eve with all of the kids in the old European village in which The Nutcracker is set. Pretty soon the Milic family will pay homage to their Eastern European background by celebrating St. Nicholas Day on Dec. 6th. The girls anticipate finding candy eggs in their stockings. But for Mikaela and Maya, they have been channeling the Christmas spirit once a week since September during The Nutcracker rehearsals. “I was thinking of snow and how I was wishing for a white Christmas,” said Mikaela. Visions of ski moguls were dancing in the head of the avid skier. She’s a ballerina that tends to throw caution to the wind on the ski hill. “I always want to go down a black run,” exclaimed the Cedardale elementary student. Mikaela will head to the Youth America Grand Prix — an international ballet scholarship competition — in Seattle in January and Los Angeles in March. When asked if she knew what else is located in the L.A. vicinity, Maya leaned in and whispered in her sister’s ear: Disneyland. Both girls giggle. Christmas and Disneyland — that’s what they will dream of tonight. The Goh Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker runs from Dec. 15 - 18 at The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts located at 777 Homer St. Ticket prices range from $31 - $95 and are available online through Ticketmaster and at the theatre’s box office, although the latter only opens two hours prior to each performance. For more information, visit www.gohnutcracker.com.

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North by North-West, The Outlook hosts a mayors summit At the newspaper’s request, North Vancouver mayors Richard Walton and Darrell Mussatto sat down with outgoing West Vancouver mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones to talk about their working relationship — what worked and what didn’t — over the years. MARIA SPITALE-LEISK CONTRIBUTOR

ov. 20th 2005: Three newly-minted, bleary-eyed North Shore mayors meet at Bean Around The World coffee house at Lonsdale Quay, the day after the election. A framed photo commemorating the occasion hangs

in each mayor’s office at their respective city halls, a constant reminder that the North Shore is comprised of a family of municipalities that leans on each other for advice and, in some cases, presents a unified front on behalf of a combined 162,000 residents. Six years and two terms later, mayors Richard Walton (District of North Vancouver), Darrell Mussatto (City of North Vancouver) and then-mayor Pamela GoldsmithJones (District of West Vancouver) settle in together on the couch in GoldsmithJones’ office on an October afternoon to reflect on the end of a political partnership. All three of their personal and political paths have crisscrossed the North Shore

well before they were elected to the mayor’s post in 2005: Walton grew up in West Van; Goldsmith-Jones is a onetime DNV councillor alongside Walton; and Mussatto is a long-serving local paramedic (currently on leave). These born and bred North Shore mayors say their working relationship is unique because of their ability to look beyond geographical boundaries. “When we sit at the Metro Vancouver table people now see us as ‘oh that North Shore, they all get along’”, volunteers Goldsmith-Jones. The North Shore Spirit Trail – a 35 km walking and cycling path that stretches from Deep Cove to Horseshoe Bay – is perhaps one of the greatest examples of the continued, PAGE 16

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HAPPY TOGETHER - Mayors examine their ‘close-knit’ relationship. Todd Coyne photo

closely with them, but the level of municipal involvement is a lot less on a day-to-day basis. “If it was a provincial police force the first question that comes up is where is the locus of control with a provincial police force?” asks Walton. “Are we back to back to something like the RCMP where the headquarters are in Kamloops and Victoria and we have no local control, or are we using a local police board model using contract employees?” There are other lessons to learn from policy developed in each individual municipality. Secondary suites were legalized in the DNV when Goldsmith -Jones was on council there in the mid-90s. “[Legalizing suites] again here in West Van recently, I learned a lot from [the DNV]; the challenge of getting people to register their suites with the district,” she says. And, like any close-knit relationship, there are times when the three municipalities don’t always agree. Take the Squamish Nation billboard issue, for example. DNV council took a very vocal anti-billboard approach; meanwhile, the DWV had a completely different tactic. “... I’m just going to go under the radar here and work with the [Squamish Nation] chief and work with Ottawa,” says Goldsmith-Jones. “But together [with the DNV] we managed to get the number of billboards reduced. Sometimes the disagreeing is how you get a good solution.” Walton estimates 23 billboards were originally slated for Squamish Nation land on the North Shore; the total number was eventually scaled down to seven. As Goldsmith-Jones prepares her departure from municipal politics in November, Mussatto and Walton recall the lighter moments of their political relationship. . The trio started the North Shore Mayors’ Golf Tournament in 2008, which raises over $100,000 annually for social services on the North Shore. I’ll miss the laughter, we’ve actually had a lot of fun,” says Walton. And now that Goldsmith-Smith has official handed over the mayoral reins to Michael Smith, West Vancouver’s new mayor wants to maintain the district’s strong relationship with the two North Vancouver municipalities. “I’ll hope that they both offer to buy me a beer - isn’t that how these relationships are started?” says Smith in jest, in a recent phone interview. In regards to upcoming projects, Smith says he is looking forward to collaborating with the DNV and CNV on the completion of the North Shore Spirit Trail. The proposed $1-billion Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant is another instance when Smith will want to come together with Mussatto and Walton to talk funding strategies. “That’s a crucial project,” said Smith.

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JEFF NAGEL BLACK PRESS

he amount of money lost to fare evasion on the bus system has more than doubled in the last three years, according to TransLink estimates. Riders who boarded buses without paying the proper amount cost the system an estimated $5.3 million in 2010, up from $3.1 million in 2009 and $2.4 million in 2008. TransLink spokesman Ken Hardie confirmed the numbers, provided to CKNW under a Freedom of Information request. It’s difficult to say why bus fare cheating increased that much, he said, but noted ridership has been steadily growing and fares went up in the spring of 2010. A large number of new riders began using the transit system during the year of the 2010 Olympics. Hardie said many of them may have made errors that auditors also record as fare evasion – such as mistakenly buying a one-zone ticket but riding for two or three. “In 2010 we were dealing with so many new people on the system,” he said. “A lot of people may have been detected as misusing when they just didn’t know.” The fare evasion rate for buses for 2010 was 3.2 per cent, according to the estimates. Hardie said fare evasion covers not just riders who outright refuse to pay but those who “stretch” a ticket to more zones than allowed

as well as those who may actually have monthly passes but forgot them at home. Bus drivers are told not to try to enforce payment, because disputes with cheaters sometimes end in driver assaults. Hardie said the estimate of $5.3 million last year – made by auditors checking a sample of several thousand bus riders and extrapolating – was still less than one per cent of the revenue brought in by bus fares. TransLink’s new Compass smart card payment system should help reduce some fare evasion when it is launched in 2013. Abuse of the zone system should end, Hardie said, because the tagon, tag-off system will charge smart card holders based on the actual distance they travel. University students who sell unwanted U-Passes are unlikely to continue doing that, he added, because the U-Pass will become a smart card chip embedded in their student card. Ticket flippers who resell used tickets people give them will also be out of luck once most paper tickets vanish. Hardie did not have up-todate estimates of fare evasion on SkyTrain, but past audits have pegged the rate at about six per cent. Along with smart cards, TransLink is installing fare gates to end the open access to SkyTrain stations.

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JILL BARBER

f you don’t yet know of Canadian classical jazz singer Jill Barber, you will. Actually, you MUST. Some Lower Mainland music enthusiasts already got a sweet taste of her exquisite, sultry vocal stylings when she steamed up the room while teaming with her singer-songwriter brother, Matthew, for the marquee performance at the recent Port Moody Festival of the Arts. And more will get the chance when she and her fivepiece band takes the stage Friday (7:30 p.m.) at North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre for Jill Barber: An Intimate Holiday Special. Evergreen will be Jill Barber’s 34th of 38 dates on her cross-Canada tour — the largest yet for the transplanted Torontonian and, later, Nova Scotian who now calls Vancouver home. And while playing with her Ontario-based brother in PoMo was a special and now-rare event as their hectic work calendars seldom jive being thousands of miles apart, Barber said performing her own songs with her talented, tight-knit band is also a phenomenal experience in which they revel in engaging the audience to the point they make the viewers feel they’re truly an integral part of the show. “We have a lot of time to tweak it and make it the best it can possibly be,” Barber told the TriCity News on the phone from her most recent tour stop, Prince Rupert. “It’s amazing to be up their on stage... making it a very special, magical and memorable experience. It’s all about intimacy.” Just 31 years old, Barber is an already welldecorated, accomplished artist, having been nominated for a Juno Award in 2008 as New Artist of the Year for her disc, Chances — the fifth she’s produced, with the latest being the release earlier this year of the ever-romantic Mischievous Moon. From her humble beginnings

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as a shy acoustic folk singer on home-town coffee-house stages, Barber has risen to far greater heights while influenced heavily by great ladies of song like Ella Fitzgerald and Edith Piaf. “Everybody always remarked to me that my voice sounds like it’s from another era and I always felt a nostalgia for music,” said Barber, whose smoky-voiced blasts to the past include ‘Oh My My,’ in which she aches over utter heartbreak and captivates her internet audience with a video cast and set in 1950s decor. Barber has also begun to cross language barriers, inspired by her growing French-speaking fan base and a recent month-long visit to the south of France, where she enrolled in French immersion school. In fact, the first single on Mischievous Moon — ‘Dis-Moi/Tell Me’ — is released in both languages. “I love the French language and French culture,” said Barber, who doesn’t rule out the possibility of one day producing a disc entirely in French. “It’s the language of love.” For more information, visit www.jillbarber.com and for tickets, go to www.centennialtheatre.com or call 604-984-4484.

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or a party with only 34 seats in the House of Commons, the weakest presence on Parliament Hill in its history, the Liberal Party of Canada has been the focus of some national discussion lately. Part of the Grit-focused conversation centres on the future leadership of both itself and the NDP: Will interim leader Bob Rae, parliamentarian of the year, assume the role of permanent leader and how will the choice of a new head of the New Democrats affect the Liberals’ third-place standing? Neither quesTWO tion is approachCENTS ing an immediate Sean Kolenko resolution — the skolenko@northshore NDP will elect outlook.com a new leader in March 2012, the Liberals sometime in 2013 — but each decision is expected to help define the future of the party both from within and in regards to its competition. The other news comes as a result of Peter C. Newman’s latest book When the Gods Changed: The Death of Liberal Canada. Unfortunately for the Liberals, what was originally planned as a story of Michael Ignatieff’s heroic ascent to prime minster became a detailed account of the near destruction of Canada’s oldest political party. In the second-to-last chapter of Newman’s book, he quotes former Pierre Trudeau aide and BC Liberal leader Gordon Gibson on what he sees as the fundamental problem facing the Liberals today: “The Liberal party is in great danger of becoming an irrelevance. Alas, that assumes there is still something to be called the Liberal party.” With that ominous statement in mind, I went out to a Liberal function in Lower Lonsdale on Saturday afternoon to hear what local residents had to say about the future of their once mighty party. After some general housekeeping items, including a vote on a new party bylaw and a tallying of delegates interested in attending a func-

tion in Ottawa in January, a policy discussion began. The standing-room-only crowd, which included Liberal senator and Blueridge resident Mobina Jaffer, left no stone unturned when offering thoughts on issues the party should be discussing at community roundtable events and, potentially, include as part of its future mandate. Popular ideas at the meeting, amongst the more than 20 suggestions proposed, were the environment, healthcare and the growing gap between the country’s rich and poor. Interestingly, 22 ideas — including the decriminalization of marijuana, support for Canadians living abroad and a strengthening of the public pension system — were offered before the economy, the Conservative government’s go-to platform issue. The Liberals have been criticized lately for taking too centrist an approach to governing, maintaining an umbrella of ideas so big the party’s message often appears incoherent. To be fair, Saturday’s meeting was an informal neighbourhood chat and not a hard-line policy meeting. But with so many wide-ranging thoughts being proposed one wonders whether or not the Liberals have learned the importance of a streamlined platform, something Canadians seem to hold in high regard after voting overwhelmingly for the more-easily understood, platform-digestible Tories and New Democrats. “The next four years is about cleaning house, figuring out who we are and start sharing our ideas with people. We have to take a stand on issues and ensure it’s not just about the party but about Canada,” said Taleeb Noormohamed, former Liberal candidate for North Vancouver and speaker at the weekend event. continued, PAGE 31

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orth Van City and District election officials certainly missed out on a surefire method to create some much-needed hype and interest surrounding the recent municipal elections. That is if you look back at the annual election held for the so-called mayor of Grouse Mountain which was first contested on Nov. 28, 1936. Can you envision defeated City mayoralty candidates Chris â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kitâ&#x20AC;? Nichols, Ron Polly and George Pringle INSTANT hauling re-elected mayor Darrell Mussatto up Lonsdale REPLAY on a toboggan? How about Len Corben Margie Goodman pulling lencorben@yahoo.ca the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice, Richard Walton, along Edgemont Boulevard or Mount Seymour Parkway? You see, a stunt of that magnitude actually did take place exactly 75 years ago when the Tyee Ski Runners hatched a plan to hype its election for the first mayor of the Grouse Mountain Ski Village in 1936. Their little scheme garnered some great publicity for the just-formed Tyee club which, of course, was the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main objective. The Tyees at that time were in direct competition for members with three long-established North Shore ski clubs: Hollyburn Pacific (founded in 1927), Grouse Mountain (1929) and Vancouver

(1930), plus a fledgling club on Mt. Seymour which was forming that very month. The Tyee club officially began Sept. 27, 1935, apparently shortly after the cash-strapped Grouse Mountain Ski Club rebuffed a suggestion from skiers who had cabins close to the Village Inn â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in the original ski village at the base of The Cut â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to relocate the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headquarters from a cabin higher up the mountain to the village. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t long before the Tyee Ski Runners came up with an innovative plan that would not only produce a six-person Grouse village council but also result in valuable â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and free â&#x20AC;&#x201C; media attention for the club, something priceless at any time but especially during the Great Depression. The deal was that the losers of the three-way mayoralty race between Roy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Square Dealâ&#x20AC;? Clendening, Gordon â&#x20AC;&#x153;Work and Wagesâ&#x20AC;? Harrington and Ralph McKenzie would have to wear skis while dragging the winner on a toboggan mounted on roller skates for three city blocks from the old Hotel Vancouver (then located on Georgia Street between Howe and Granville) north along Granville to Hastings. Pat Slattery, who penned the Ski-Slants

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www.northshoreoutlook.com continued, PAGE 30 gossip column in The Vancouver Sun, covered the campaigning and results with regular items as did The Vancouver Daily Province’s ski reporter Ivan Nixon along with Don Tyrell in the paper’s Ski Heil! column. “The Grouse civic election is something new and has created considerable interest,” wrote Slattery, the future dapper-dandy men’s fashion columnist and North Van District alderman from 1966-75, in his Nov. 14, 1936, column. “Any number of candidates are running for the offices of mayor, town constable, fire chief, dog catcher and curfew bell ringer (that’s a laugh).” Noting that “countless” new cabins had been built, he named the better-known ones: Slalom Inn, Vat 67, Neon, Shuksan Hut, Hoodoos, Montagnals, Ski Tepee, Flint and Feather, Wreck of the 97, Noseeums, Jokers, Lizards, Icicles, All Pals, Cornets and Nomads. On election day, The Province reported, “There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight. At least in Grouse Mountain Town, according to the predictions of the hill billy skiers who go to the polls this evening to elect a ‘mayor’… “Other office seekers [beside the mayoral candidates] are Louis Savard and Eddie Christie, who are fighting for the position of town constable and dog catcher. Wally Kendall and Andy Harper are attempting to strongarm their way into the vice and morality squad while Sid de Bues, Cam MacDonald and Bob Neild [actually Nield] intend to lead the firemen to fires. Vi Burton and Gerry Doucette have wound up their strong campaign to have each other elected as sanitary inspectors.” As you can see, it wasn’t all serious, although the campaigning was fierce. The club’s summation of the event in the 1937 Canadian Ski Year Book, explained that the campaigning “culminated in one grand jamboree of speeches and impossible promises by the various candidates,” adding that those running for mayor “came dressed in their conceptions of what a welldressed mayor should wear, which costumes included top hats, dinner jackets and villainous moustaches.” The Province estimated, “Three hundred skiers crowded into the forty-cabin town” for the voting with Clendening

– always incorrectly spelled Clendenning in the papers – winning “by a two-thirds majority.” The Sun ran a photo of Clendening with the other victors: Savard, Kendall, Nield, Burton and money-bags (head of finance) Gibb Nicholls. But, with the mayor and his entourage now set to parade through downtown Vancouver six days later on Dec. 4, 1936, the fun was far from over. The Sun described the hijinks in a 270-word story headlined “Skiers Startle Citizenry With Wild Election Parade.” “Shrieking blood-curdling Indian yells, blowing whistles and clanging a large cow bell, Tyee Ski Runners of Grouse Mountain staged a unique, though short, parade Friday night. The event was the result of a pre-election bet between candidates Roy Clendenning [sic], Gordon Harrington and Ralph McKenzie, who ran for the office of mayor in Grouse Mountain City. The bet called for the losing candidates to pull Roy Clendenning, ‘the People’s Choice,’ on a toboggan along Granville and Hastings street. “Leading the procession was the town crier, who bore on his back a large sign announcing the show was in honor of ‘The Lord Mayor.’ Between sessions of bell-ringing the crier bellowed ‘Hear ye, hear ye. Make way for his lordship, the Mayor of Grouse Mountain Village.’ Town constable Louie Savard, Tyee shield bearers and a rearguard were also in attendance with everyone but the mayor donning ski clothing and equipment. The parade was escorted by a Vancouver police squad car. The 1936 event was hardly a one-shot deal. By 1938, the election campaign had expanded to include political leaflets dropped on Grouse from a low-flying plane and CKWX coverage of the election night results from atop the mountain. The downtown Vancouver toboggan run remained the climax to the whole affair. So would a toboggan ride on Lonsdale for the winning mayors be the catalyst for increased interest in the next North Van municipal elections? Until it’s tried, we’ll never know. This is episode 442 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.

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continued, PAGE 29 “There is a stereotype of Liberals being too cerebral so how policies are discussed and imparted in the future is very important.” And Noormohamed isn’t the only one championing the need for ideas and the importance of redefining the party. Dan Veniez, former West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea-to-Sky Country Liberal candidate, prefaced his stance on the situation with two words: “Ideas matter.” “You have to give the Tories their due. They adhere to their worldview and are terribly effective and disciplined with their message. You cannot dismiss or dispute the intelligence of that party when it comes to engendering a visceral reaction from Mr. and Mrs. Main Street,” said Veniez, who, coincidentally, is the only federal candidate other than Ignatieff to be interviewed in Newman’s aforementioned book. “Canadians care about what you stand for and how you stand for it. The Liberal party’s problem, from my relatively short tenure — and still is — was power for its own sake rather than a party of ideas and a party of clearly defining what centrism stands for.” How much of Noormohamed’s, Veniez’s and other party members’ ideas are absorbed by the Liberal brass will be seen over the coming months and years. The good news for the Grits is that politics is a cyclical animal — parties rise, parties fall. But how long this particular cycle lasts and whether or not they will be ready when their turn comes around again, is, at this point, anyone’s guess. skolenko@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/seankolenko

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GET YOUR FOOT in the Garage Door. General Mechanic training. Learn basic engine theory, power train, suspension, job safety. First step to Automotive/Heavy Duty Apprenticeship. GPRC Fairview College Campus. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

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INFORMATION

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HOME MANAGER Service, Commitment, Leadership At Thompson Community Services we offer highly individualized, solution focused services for individuals w/ developmental disabilities, families and funders. Fundamental to our purpose is the selection and support of committed staff members. We are seeking skilled, experienced and self-directed individuals to fill the following positions. As a Home Manager, you will have extensive exp. as a Community Service Worker in residential settings and supervisory exp. You must have a sincere commitment to providing quality services to individuals with developmental disabilities. As a team player you must be able to build relationships, be an excellent interpersonal communicator and be able to main. a flexible schedule as necessary. This position is based in North Vancouver. We offer Competitive Wages with an Excellent Beneﬁt Package. Please reply in writing by December 5th, 2011. Thompson Community Services Attn: Kristine DeMonte Unit #102-1450 Pearson Place Kamloops, V1S 1J9 Fax: (1)250-372-7544 Email: kdemonte@tcsinfo.ca

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AUTOMOTIVE

READY TO WORK AND PLAY in a four season recreational paradise? Parts and service advisor required immediately at Jacobson Ford - Revelstoke, BC. Successful candidate must possess excellent interpersonal skills, have Ford experience, be eager to advance within the company and want to work in a young and growing market. This is the best opportunity you’ll ever have to work in a great multi Presidents Award Winning dealership. Interested? - Email your resume to: mike@jacobsonford.com - right now!

108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS to Every Hunter in BC! Advertise in The BC Hunting Regulations Synopsis 2012-2014 publication. Increased circulation 250,000 copies! Tremendous Reach, Two Year Edition! Contact Annemarie at 1 800 661 6335 or hunt@blackpress.ca BE YOUR OWN BOSS with Great Canadian Dollar Store. Franchise opportunities now available. Call today for details 1-877-388-0123 ext. 229 or visit our website: www.dollarstores.com GET PAID DAILY! NOW ACCEPTING: Simple P/T & F/T Online Computer Related Work. No experience is needed. No fees or charges to participate. Start Today, www.BCWOC.com GRANDE PRAIRIE older well kept 44 unit, one storey motel. Booming again! Owned since 1997. $3.2 million. Consider farm etc. as trade. May finance. 780-488-7870.

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

CLASS 1 DRIVERS WANTED! Sign bonus $2000 for Owner/op ph: 604-598-3498/fax: 604-598-3497 DRIVER. COMPANY EXPANDING. Looking for Class 1 driver who can cross border and go into ports, preferably with 1 year flat deck exp. Serious replies only. Fax resume & abstract to 604-853-4179.

SUPER B DRIVER Req. for regional hauls within BC. Must have exp. Top Commissions Paid. Home Weekends, once during the week & Holidays! Fax resume: 604.856.9042 or e-mail: banntran@shaw.ca

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AIRLINES ARE HIRING- Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified- Housing available. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (877)818-0783 Become a Psychiatric Nursetrain locally via distance education, local and/or regional clinical placements and some regional classroom delivery. Wages start at $30.79/hr to $40.42/hr. This 23 month program is recognized by the CRPNBC. Gov’t funding may be available. Toll-free 1-87-STENBERG www.stenbergcollege.com DOG LOVERS! Enjoy a healthy, profitable career as a professional dog trainer. Government accredited program - student loans and grants. Ben Kersen & the Wonderdogs. www.wonderdogs.bc.ca EXCLUSIVE FINNING/Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Service Training. GPRC Fairview Campus. Grade 12 diploma required. $1000. entrance scholarship. Paid work practicum with Finning. Potential apprenticeship opportunity. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

EDUCATION

GO TO YOUR Next Job Interview with 2nd Year Heavy Duty Mechanic Skills. GPRC, Fairview Campus. 34 week course. Heavy Equipment Certificate. Intense shop experience. Safety training. On-campus residences. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

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Watercraft in summer, Snowmobiles in Winter. ATV’s in Between! Become an Outdoor Power Equipment Technician. GPRC’s Fairview College Campus. Apprenticeship opportunity. On-campus residences. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview

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LOVE ANIMALS? - Love your Career! Animal Health Technology diploma program. GPRC Fairview Campus. On-campus working farm. On-site large and companion animals. On-campus residences. 1888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview MEDICAL OFFICE Trainees needed! Hospitals & Dr.’s need medical office & medical admin staff. No experience? Need training? Career training & job placement available. 1-888-748-4126. PHARMACY TECH Trainees needed! Retail Pharmacies & Hospitals need certified techs & assistants. No experience? Need training? Local training & job placement is available. 1-888-778-0461. POST RN CERTIFICATE in Perioperative Nursing. Online theory, hands-on skills lab, clinical practicum. January / September intakes. ORNAC Approved. GPRC Grande Prairie, Alberta. www.gprc.ab.ca 1-888-539-4772. THE ECONOMY Is Heating Up! Welders Millwrights/Machinists will be in high demand. Be prepared. 16 week pre-employment programs at GPRC. January classes. 1-888999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview THE ONE - The Only - The Only One in Canada! Only authorized Harley-Davidson Technician Program at GPRC’s Fairview Campus. Fairview, Alberta. On-campus residences. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview TWO WHEELIN’ EXCITEMENT! Motorcycle Mechanic Program, GPRC Fairview College Campus. Hands-on training - street, off-road, dual sport bikes. Challenge 1st year Apprenticeship exam. 1-888-9997882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

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HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

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LOOKING FOR A Powerful Career? Great wages? Year round work? Power Engineering program. GPRC Fairview Campus. On-campus boiler lab, affordable residences. Study 4th Class and Part A 3rd Class in only 1 year. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

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Vancouver Island University training for over 50 years, No simulators. Low student / instructor ratio. 1-888-920-2221 ext: 6130 www.viu.ca/ heavyequipment

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

Call Erica at 604 777 2195 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.

Make it yours. Call 604-708-2628 www.plea.bc.ca

CARPET CLEANING TECHNICIANS Full Time Carpet Cleaning Technician required. Must have valid BC Driver’s Licence with good driving record. Must be fluent in English. No experience required. All training & equipment provided. Starting wage at $15.00 per hour. Fax resume to: 604-873-3496 email: pointthree@telus.net

DISHWASHERS & KITCHEN HELPERS RAS Restaurants LTD. dba Boston Pizza (North Vancouver) HIRING for Dishwashers & Kitchen Helpers (Wage: $10.31/hr. 40 hours/week + benefits). Apply by Fax: 604-984-0455

F/T CHEF. Genji Japanese Rest. (N. Van). 3 - 5 yrs exp. High school grad. $18.75/hr Prepare and cook meals. Tel: 604-980-6881

OSAKA Japanese Rest. (N.Van) F/T Sushi Chef 3-5 yrs exp. Highschool grad. $18.75/H Prepare and cook meals. Fax:604-929-0768

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SALES

SALES REPRESENTATIVES

WE NEED YOU TO JOIN OUR TEAM!

Westcoast Moulding & Millwork, a building product supplier in Surrey has F/Time opportunities for experienced Sales Reps. Any previous sales experience is okay - we’ll teach you the ropes!! If you’re positive and energetic & looking for a long-term career in a progressive & dynamic company we want you! (Punjabi and / or Hindi also considered asset.) Excellent Remuneration Package Commensurate w/ Experience, Full Beneﬁts & THE BEST WORK ENVIRO.

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PERSONAL SERVICES 182

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

ABBY STEEL Fab Shop looking for exp. misc. metals installer/welder. Resumes to: info@cliron.com. ACE CONSTRUCTION IS HIRING POWERLINE TECHNICIANS AND INDENTURED APPRENTICES FOR ALBERTA Email schiebel@cana.ca Fax 403-253-6190 www.aceconstruction.ca JOURNEYMAN/LEAD hand plumber needed for North Van Townhouse & Warehouse site. Also require 3rd and 4th year apprentices. Wages Negotiable depending on experience. ICBA Benefit package included. Apprentices must include copy of ITA Transcripts. email to marian@russellmechanical.ca SKILLED WORKERS Always in Demand. Pre-employment Welder, Millwright/Machinist program. 16 weeks and write first year apprenticeship exam. Be ready for high paying, in demand trades jobs. Starts Jan. 3, 2012. GPRC Grande Prairie Campus. 1-888-999-7882; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

RECYCLE-IT!

GUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs Free Est, 20 yrs exp, Rain or shine. 7 days/week. Simon 604-230-0627

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Great Dollar’s Offered for Qualiﬁed Candidates.

Haul Anything... But Dead Bodies!! 604.

CHEAP LOADS Fast Reliable Service. All loads recycled. Minibins service avail. 604-922-5101

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PETS

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REAL ESTATE 660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE

818

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2005 CHRYSLER SEBRING convertible, silver, 84 k’s. auto. Mags. $7895/obo. (604)826-0519

RENTALS

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

706

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CENTURY APT 250 East 15th Ave. Spacious 1 & 2 bdrooms avail. 2 Blocks from Lonsdale Quay. Balcony parking at back. Laundry fac. avail. Swim pool & sauna.

BUILDING SUPPLIES

DO-IT-YOURSELF STEEL BUILDINGS Priced to Clear - Make an Offer! Ask About Free Delivery, most areas! Call for Quick Quote and Free Brochure - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.

Call 604-830-7587 www.aptrentals.com

828 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

NORTH VANCOUVER

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FUEL

LEIGHTON APT 130 East 11th Ave.

BEST FIREWOOD 32nd Season & 37,000 Cust Deliv. Fully Seas. Maple, Birch, Alder 604-582-7095

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Recently renovated 1 & 2 bdrooms avail. 1 Block from Lonsdale Quay. Dishwasher, fridge, stove, laundry facility, u/g parking, balcony. Includes heat & water. Elevator.

FURNITURE

2011 5th Wheel 32’ Gooseneck Cargo Trailer, triple axle, 4000lb ramp, electric brakes, roof vents, 36” side door, like new, $12,500. Call 604-842-8009.

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MISC. FOR SALE

KICK BACK & RELAX IN SOUTH SURREY Short term - Weekly - Monthly accommodation. Seeking professional visitors to rent throughout the year. Deluxe, fully furnished & equipped 2 bdrm. + rec. rm. + 2 bath T/House. Crown Mouldings, H/W laminate flooring and slate. Gas F/P, Alarm, Netflix, Cable & WiFi. 1 car garage parking. No - Smoking inside, covered patio & outdoor seating. Amenities rm. incls. full gym, outdoor hot tub & pool. $2600/Mo.

604.488.9161 TRANSPORTATION TREE SERVICES

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• Tree & Stump Removal • Certiﬁed Arborists • 20 yrs exp. • 60’ Bucket Truck • Crown Reduction • Spiral Pruning • Land Clearing • Selective Logging ~ Fully Insured • Best Rates ~

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

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Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

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

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pickup anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288 #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

ANTIQUES/CLASSICS

1989 MERCEDES 420 SEL, Air Cared, 117,000km. Black w/gray lthr. int., pw., ps., a/c, $3900 obo (604)997-4045

Tree removal done RIGHT!

ELECTRICAL

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

MISC. FOR RENT

THE BEST ACCOMMODATION

Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1866-981-5991 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

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CARS - DOMESTIC

1992 VOLVO 940 4 dr. sedan, auto, low mi., leather int., gray, Air Cared. Good cond. $3700. (604)351-7704 2002 DODGE NEON R/T standard trans., white, sunroof, used eng., new timing belt & clutch. CD stacker $3995 obo. (604)826-0519 2003 VOLVO V40, S/W, Blue, loaded 155,000 kms. auto. new tires. $6000 firm. Phone 604-538-9257. 2009 SUZUKI SWIFT PLUS - 5 dr, 39,000k. Good shape. Like new. $8888: Call Don (604)581-3613

APARTMENT/CONDO

NORTH VANCOUVER

CAN’T GET UP your stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help! No obligation consultation. Comprehensive warranty. Can be installed in less than 1 hour. Call now 1-866-981-6591.

CONTRACTORS

TRANSPORTATION

HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 245

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• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

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AUTO FINANCING

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FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS VISION EXOTIK FLOORING INC.

Hardwood Floor Specialist •Installation•Sanding•Reﬁnishing Express your unique & individual style with a custom stain. Dust free sanding. 778-995-Wood (9663). View our picture gallery at www.visionexotik.com

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1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable. Rates. Different From the Rest. 604-721-4555. ABBA MOVERS & DEL. Res/com 1-4 ton truck, 1 man $35/hr, 2 men from $45. Honest, bsmt clean up. 25 yrs of experience.604-506-7576

AFFORDABLE MOVING Local & Long Distance

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GARDENING

$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

604-537-4140 SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

Al Isaac (Former owner of West Van Shell) & son Colin

FALL YARD CLEANUPS & POWER WASHING

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

(Decks, Fences & Sidewalks)

604.986.0003 Ofﬁce 604.561.9100 Colin 604.218.7644 Al greenclipper@shaw.ca A-1 PAINTING CO. 604.723.8434 Top Quality Painting. Floors & Finishing. Insured, WCB, Written Guarantee. Free Est. 20 Years Exp.

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539 Running this ad for 7yrs

3 rooms for $269, 2 coats any colour

FINANCIAL SERVICES

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SUNDECKS

PETS

MATTRESSES staring at $99

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LEGAL SERVICES

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PERSONAL SERVICES

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WELDERS WANTED. Journeyman 2nd and 3rd year apprentices with tank manufacturing experience. Automated Tank Manufacturing Inc. Located in Kitscoty, Alberta. 20km West of Lloydminster is looking for 15 individuals that want long term employment and a secure paycheque. Journeyman wages $33. $37.50/hour. Wages for apprentices based on hours and qualifications. Benefits, training programs, full insurance package 100% paid by company, savings plan for retirement, profit sharing bonus. Join a winning team. Call for appointment or send resume to: Joe Bowser 780-846-2231 office, joe@autotanks.ca or Jamie Flicek 780-846-2241 fax; cindy@autotanks.ca

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Westcoast Moulding & Millwork Surrey, a building product supplier has a Full - Time opportunity for an experienced Stair Builder & Parts Craftsman. Must have previous experience reading Blue Prints and CAD drawings, ability to build straight and curved spiral stair & experience w/ on site measuring and installation of prefabricated stair types. Positive attitude, dedication & willingness to learn rewarded with: • Advancement Opportunities • Excellent Remuneration Package Commensurate w/ Experience • Full Beneﬁts & • THE BEST WORK ENVIRO.

JUNK REMOVAL Recycled Earth Friendly

www.recycleitcanada.ca

Stair Builder / Parts Craftsman

WE NEED YOU TO JOIN OUR TEAM!

RUBBISH REMOVAL

ACKER’S RUBBISH REMOVAL. Quick. 7 days. Fast/reliable. Call Spencer 604-924-1511.

If you have what it takes? Please e-mail resume to: jobs@westcoastmoulding.com or fax: 604-513-1194

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WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $180 or Well Rotted 10 yds - $200. 604-856-8877

NEED CASH TODAY?

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

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353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS AT NORTHWEST ROOFING Re-roofing, Repair & New Roof Specialists. Work Guar. WCB.10% Senior’s. Disc. Jag 778-892-1530

1999 CHEVY BLAZER, black, 2” lift, 4x4, Air Cared, standard, new clutch. $5995 obo (604)826-0519

PETS

BOXER PUPPIES ready now. Tails docked, vet checked & dewormed. $850. 604-845-0355 (Chilliwack) CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977 CHUG beaut pups (chihuahua/pug), 8 wks, 1 F, 3 M, vet chk, deworm, 1st shot, $575, (778)231-2023. CKC REG BLOOD HOUND pups, 1 male, 8 fem. Liver & tan, ready to go end of Nov. (604)574-5788 KITTENS, Orange tabby, photos available on Facebook - kittens chilliwack. Call (604)703-1077 MALTESE pups, 1 males, 1st shots, vet ✔, dewormed. Family raised. 604-464-5077. MULTI POO PUP 13 weeks old 2nd shot, dewormed, micro chipped. To good home. $1000. 604-715-2431 PUG & BOSTON Terrier cross, 14 weeks. Brindle. Vet ✓ & first shots. $650. Call 604-302-7454. PUREBRED ENGLISH STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER PUPS. The ORIGINAL NANNY DOG. Vet checked, microchipped, 1st shots & CKC reg. Please phone 604 839 7604, pls lve msg if no answer. Shepherd/Lab X, 5 black, 2 yellow, 5 males, 2 females, $200/each. (604)316-2757 SHIHTZU- Bichon Puppies 7 wks, vet checked, dewormed. Ready to go. $500/each. (604)581-8354

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TOY FOX TERRIER PUPPIES Avail. Dec.12/11. Aver. adult 5-10 lbs. Happy. lively, inquisitive, friendly, attach to family, easily trained, litter box train. Enjoy agility, Exc. for children 5+ yrs.,elderly & apt. Family raised w/children. CKC reg., vet ✓, 1st shots, dewormed, tattoo, 6 wks health ins. & puppy kit. INQUIRE KAREN: 250-656-9696. Restoretobalance@telus.net

TRUCKS & VANS

2005 CHEVY UPLANDER, grey, 7 pass., V6 auto, fully loaded, 93 km, $6,500 obo. Phone (604)241-2530.

MISC. WANTED

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

CASH FOR VINTAGE clothing & lace/linen costume & estate jewellery. Will pick up. 778-235-8752.

REAL ESTATE 609

WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN

APARTMENT/CONDOS

By virtue of WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN for PAYLESS AUTO TOWING LTD., we will dispose of the following units to recover the amount of indebtedness noted plus any additional cost of storage, seizure and sale.

***HANDY MAN CONDOS*** Bank Owned; Fixer Uppers FREE LIST w/ PICTURES! www.HandyManCondos.com 1-800-304-9849 ID # 1048 re/max city realty

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY BIG BUILDING SALE... “CLEARANCE SALE YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!” 20X26 $4995. 25X34 $6460. 30X44 $9640. 40X70 $17,945. 47X90 $22,600. One end included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-6685422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-910-6402

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HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOMES Damaged House! Older House! Difficulty Selling! Behind on Payments! Need to Sell Now? NO FEES! NO RISK! QUICK CASH! Call us First! 604.657.9422

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MORTGAGES

Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refinances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations. Call 1-888-685-6181 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

PLUMBING

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

PETS

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RECREATIONAL

FOR SALE CABIN FROM THE FOUNDATION UP ONLY: Cabin must be moved from its current location at Brooklyn, BC. Please call after 5:00 250-365-6371 or email jbalfour@shaw.ca for details. Open to offers

FREE CASH BACK WITH $0 DOWN at Auto Credit Fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599 www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309. Free Delivery. INSTANT AUTO CREDIT We can finance your auto loan in minutes, you Drive Home Now, or we can deliver to you. www.DriveHomeNow.com 877-758-7311 or 250-751-5205. WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Christmas in November, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888593-6095.

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CARS - DOMESTIC

2000 FORD FOCUS, standard trans., blue, 4 dr. sedan, CD, Air Cared. $2995 obo (604)826-0519 2005 CHRYSLER 300, grey, V6, auto, loaded, leather, 108 km, $9,500 obo. Phone (604)241-2530.

11-118C 2004 KIA RIO Vin: KNADC165946206760 Registered Owner: WILHELM ESSER Indebtedness: $6,930.95 Day of sale is Thursday, December 15, 2011 @ 12:00 NOON.

Absolute Bailiffs Inc. # 104 - 20119 113B Avenue, Maple Ridge, B.C. Contact: Sheldon Stibbs 604-522-2773.

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I FOUND IT.

THAT PERFECT PLACE

TO CALL HOME.

MORNING WALKS ON THE PIER, BRUNCH AT THE

HOTEL, SWIMMING IN

THE 5-LANE POOL & SOAKING

IN THE HOT TUB. I TAKE THE SEABUS DOWNTOWN TO CATCH A

GAME OR CONCERT, BUY FRESH PRODUCE AT THE QUAY & ENTERTAIN

IN MY BEAUTIFUL HOME.

I LOOKED AROUND & NOWHERE ELSE GIVES ME

BETTER VALUE THAN MY HOME AT

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