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Candidates spar at Edgemont debate

Politicians pull no punches at ﬁnal debate in election run-up JEREMY SHEPHERD newsroom@nsnews.com

Like weary boxers looking to land one last haymaker before the bell, North Vancouver’s six federal candidates rebutted, refuted and repudiated each other one ﬁnal time

in a two-hour debate Wednesday. Highlands United Church was packed past capacity as undecideds and very-ﬁrmly-decideds lobbed inquiries and incendiaries in an attempt to suss out the riding’s best representative. Independent candidate

VOTE 2015 Payam Azad was the ﬁrst to pound the pulpit as he decried the high cost of medicine in Canada – a cost he said has resulted in thousands of deaths. “If we put a universal

medicine plan in place in Canada, it is going to even cost less ... than the status quo,” he promised. Another cost Canadians should be wary of bearing involves the TransPaciﬁc Partnership, a trade agreement that is a “double whammy of bad news,” according to Green candidate Claire Martin. Signing on to TPP will mean paying off inevitable lawsuits, as the deal would force Canada to either

break its own environmental laws or fail to live up to the contract, according to Martin. “Hilary Clinton – and I’m not a fan – but when Hilary Clinton says it’s a bad deal for the U.S., I think Canada should take a second look,” Martin said. NDP candidate Carleen Thomas concurred. When asked about the possibility of party leader Tom Mulcair ripping up the TPP, she pointed

to communities being devastated by lost mill and cannery jobs as a result of previous free trade agreements. There needs to be full disclosure as well as “an understanding that we’re impacting families,” Thomas said. While moderator Adrian Chaster was largely successful in limiting cheers See Debt page 3

Bear shot in Grouse basement break-in BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Conservation officers shot and killed a black bear late Sunday night after it broke into a Grouse Woods home and ransacked the kitchen. According to the Ministry of Environment, the bear had found its way into the basement suite of a home on the 5800-block of Nancy Greene Way around 10:30 p.m. The homeowner noticed the sliding glass door pushed open and went in to investigate only to be confronted by the bear. Officers flushed the bear out of the home and shot it. Neighbours told the North Shore News they heard several shots. “Bears exhibiting that type of behaviour entering homes do not fit the black bear response matrix for See Bear page 11

RESCUE RELIEF North Shore Rescue team leader Mike Danks and Port Metro Vancouver director of marine operations Chris Wellstood discuss the finer points of operating an infrared camera. The port donated the camera to the rescue team to help find lost hikers in the bush. See story page 5. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD JU

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ANDREW SAXTON WHENIFIRSTRANTOBEYOURMP,IPROMISEDIWOULDDELIVERFORNORTHVANCOUVER.

I DELIVERED ON MY PROMISE. HERE ARE SOME OF MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY:

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TE 2,000 CREATE2,000NEWJOBS “Thanks to your government’s commitment to rebuild its maritime fleet. North Vancouver’s shipyards will have work for generations to come.”

- JONATHAN WHITWORTH President & CEO Seaspan Shipyards

Our government is re-equipping the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast Guard with a new fleet of ships. North Vancouver's Seaspan Shipyards won $8 billion in shipbuilding contracts through an open, competitive process. This is injecting billions into our local economy, while creating 2,000 long-term, high-paying local jobs.

A CURE FOR THE CUT

NEW + MODERN TRAFFIC INTERCHANGES New interchanges will improve traffic flow and ease congestion on the approaches to the Second Narrows bridge.

CAPILANOUNIVERSITYBOSACENTRE

CUTTINGEDGEFILMSCHOOL “Thanks for your unwavering support for the Bosa Film Centre at Capilano University; it will be a tremendous long term benefit for the film and television industry in this province.”

- PETER LEITCH

President North Shore Studios

I helped Capilano University secure $15 million from the federal government for a new state-of- the-art film school, which is providing new career opportunities for our youth and building a skilled workforce to help grow our local film industry.

NEWNORTHVANCOUVERMUSEUM “Thank you so much for the decision to fund the new museum! And thank you for your wonderful work as North Vancouver’s MP.”

I delivered $2.2 million in federal support for the new North Vancouver Museum, which will be located at the historic pipe shop building at the Shipyards.

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- NICK LOCKE

Campaign Chair for the North Vancouver Museum

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The North Shore Girls Soccer Clu has a 30,000 square foot Club ind indoor, heated, air-conditioned soccer socce bubble, thanks in part to $800,000 that I helped secure fr from Ottawa.

“The soccer bubble is an excellent facility for our athletes, students, and community .”

- ERIK VON SPECHT

North Vancouver resident & soccer dad

SUPPORTINGNORTHSHORERESCUE “Andrew’s help in solving this problem so quickly likely saved many lives in this province.” - MIKE DANKS

Team Leader North Shore Rescue

When a bureaucratic glitch threatened to ground North Shore Rescue's fleet of rescue helicopters, I worked with Transport Canada to find a solution. As a result, the rescue team was able to resume their operations quickly.

VOTE FOR RESULTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY

The Presentation House Gallery has been bringing great art to North Vancouver for thirty years. A new, larger home for the gallery will be built at The Shipyards, to be called the Polygon Gallery when it opens in 2017. I delivered $2.5 million to help build this new, iconic North Vancouver landmark.

“Please accept my sincere gratitude for your tremendous leadership... in working with us to secure Federal funding of $2.5 million for the future Polygon Gallery.”

- STUART MCLAUGHLIN Campaign Chair for the Polygon Gallery

PROTECTINGOURSALMON I have worked to strengthen our government's strong partnerships with community groups that are working to protect and conserve Pacific salmon and salmon habitat. My efforts have helped improve MacKay Creek, Seymour Creek, Mosquito Creek, Lynn Creek, the Indian River watershed and the Seymour River estuary and hatchery.

“Thanks for your leadership and on-going advocacy in Ottawa.”

- BRIAN RIDDELL

President of the Pacific Salmon Foundation

HELPINGFREEPAVELKULISEK PAVEL KULISEK North Vancouver re-sident Pavel Kulisek was wrongful-ly arrested and imprisoned in Mexico. I, along with our Conser-vative Government worked ed diligently to secure his release ase and reunite him with his wife and daughters. ght

“Andrew, thanks for all your help in securing my freedom.”

- PAVEL KULISEK

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OCT 19, RE-ELECT ANDREW SAXTON FOR MP

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Advance voter turnout high in WV

Elections Canada promises a shorter wait at the polls on Monday JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Voters in North Shore ridings showed up to advance polls in massive numbers over the Thanksgiving weekend, with voters in the West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country riding registering one of the highest early voting turnouts in the Lower Mainland. A total of 16,108 people – over 18 per cent of all eligible voters – cast their ballots in the West Vancouver riding over four days of advance

voting, Oct. 9 to 12. North Vancouver voters weren’t far behind – 14,268 of them (over 17 per cent) – cast ballots in advance polls. And 10,704 voters in Burnaby North-Seymour – over 14 per cent of eligible voters – also decided to weigh in early on federal election choices. The huge numbers of advance voters on the North Shore were among those who accounted for a 71 per cent national increase in advance poll voters over numbers for the 2011 election. In B.C., 507,920 people voted in advance polls – about double the 259,278 who did in 2011. But the process wasn’t without hitches. The large numbers who turned up unexpectedly to the advance polls resulted in some long lineups that tested the patience of some

VOTE 2015 voters. Barbara Carstensen said she waited an hour to vote after showing up to her polling station at the John Braithwaite Community Centre in North Vancouver. “It was absolutely ridiculous,” she said. “I was pretty incensed.” Carstensen said she saw some people walk out rather than stand around waiting to vote. “Will those people get back to vote or not?” she said. “They should have done something to alleviate the issue.” Dorothy Sitek, spokeswoman for Elections Canada, said the turnout

across the province was much higher than had been anticipated. She said one of the reasons the lineups were so long is “the Canada Elections Act is very prescriptive,” which means only staff who have been sworn in to certain roles can do those during an advance poll. Staff can’t just choose to set up an additional poll if there’s a lineup, she said. “Voting is a legal process.” In the past, only voters who were going to be physically absent on Election Day were allowed to vote in advance polls and had to sign a certiﬁcate giving a reason. Today, anyone can vote in advance polls, but there are still additional steps in the process, she said, to ensure nobody votes twice. Sitek said in addition to a more streamlined process

on Election Day, there will be 20 times more polls open across the country than there were during advance polls. Anyone who is in line to vote by 7 p.m. when the polls close will be allowed to cast a ballot. Max Cameron, a professor of political science at the University of British Columbia, said the high numbers of advance voters was “quite a shocker.” Parties usually encourage supporters to vote early, and advance polls are popular with seniors and others with mobility problems, he said. Good weather didn’t hurt either. “As a general correlation, the tighter the race the more turnout goes up,” he said – although it remains to be seen if the trend continues on Election Day.

Debt question a wild card throw-down From page 1

and jeers during the debate, the emotional audience became increasingly vocal when incumbent Conservative Andrew Saxton duelled with Liberal Jonathan Wilkinson. Responding to a question about how the Conservatives would assure stability in the event they won a minority government, Saxton assured the crowd the NDP and Liberals were on the brink of a backroom partnership. “The Liberals and the NDP will be at it again ... they’re going to try to put together a coalition,” he said. Most Western countries function with coalitions, Wilkinson responded. “To say that there is something inherently wrong about parties collaborating for the purpose of developing public policy just strikes me as bizarre,” he said. Each candidate was given three wild cards in the event they wanted to answer a question asked of another politician. Both Wilkinson and Saxton burned wild cards in a debate about debt. “There is a big difference between going into a deficit when times are bad rather than going into a deficit when times are good,” Saxton said, deriding Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s fiscal plan. Trudeau will scrap tax breaks, do away with income splitting, raise taxes, and still either run into debt or break campaign promises, according to Saxton.

North Vancouver Conservative Party candidate Andrew Saxton and NDP candidate Carleen Thomas listen to a question posed by the moderator at Wednesday evening’s all-candidates meeting in Edgemont Village. NEWS PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH Wilkinson reached for a wild card shortly after Saxton said Canada spent 20 years recovering from Pierre Trudeau’s economic missteps. Wilkinson blasted the Conservatives for turning a $13.8-billion surplus – the fruits of Liberal governments – into a deﬁcit. Approximately 80 per cent of the debt created during “any of Canada’s history” can be attributed to governments led by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper and former prime minister Brian Mulroney, according to Wilkinson. While the crowd cheered, Saxton put down his own wild card.

“We believe that if you have run a surplus, that means you’re over-taxing Canadians,” Saxton said. The Liberal surplus was built by “raiding the (employment insurance) fund of $60 billion” and essentially using it as a “slush fund,” Saxton said, drawing cheers from his supporters. While many politicians made big promises, Libertarian candidate Ismet Yetisen tempered expectations. “Even if I win, most likely I have nothing to offer,” he said. “I’m not a David Suzuki, I cannot change the climate. I cannot bring down the house prices.” However, Yetisen assured

the crowd, many of whom chortled during his opening statement, that he wouldn’t forsake his constituents. “If I win, you can call me anytime and come have a free coffee,” he said. Yetisen advocated for a less-powerful Prime Minister’s Ofﬁce. Discussing Turkey, he noted the “president wants to be a king;” a situation that isn’t entirely foreign to Canada, according to Yetisen. “The honest way that I see, this country is a kingdom as well.” Unless Canada makes sweeping changes, the power of the state will continue to escalate, according to Azad. The independent

characterized recent antiterrorism legislation as having: “absolutely nothing to do with security and absolutely everything to do with suppression of dissent.” As the country moves forward, the ﬁrst-past-thepost voting system needs to be left in the past, said Martin. A new voting system could lead to greater representation and more voters showing up at the polls, according to the Green candidate. “Can you imagine having an MP that you respect, you like, you trust?” Martin asked. Sitting just a few seats away, Saxton nodded enthusiastically.

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Polls point to large number of undecideds JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

With only four days to go until the federal election, polls of local riding voters are pointing to a close race between Liberal and Conservative candidates in North Vancouver and West Vancouver, with Liberals leading in both. But the polls – released by Insights West and Mainstreet-Postmedia – didn’t agree on what’s happening in the volatile riding of Burnaby North – Seymour, with one putting the Conservative candidate in the lead, while the other showed the NDP as the front-runner. Polls also point to a large number of undecided voters who could still make up a wildcard on election day. Insights West conducted live phone polls in the three North Shore ridings for the Dogwood Initiative between Oct 5 and 10. The poll asked 400 adults in each of the ridings: “If the federal election were held tomorrow, which one of these candidates would you support?” The polls are considered accurate plus or minus 4.9 per cent, 19 times out of 20. Undecideds were pegged at 19 per cent in both North Vancouver ridings and 15 per cent in West VancouverSunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country. The Insights West poll showed Liberal candidate Pamela Goldsmith-Jones at 42 per cent of decided voters with a nine-point lead over Conservative candidate John Weston at 31 per cent. The poll showed NDP candidate Larry Koopman had slipped to 14 per cent of decided voters and Green Party candidate Ken Melamed at 13 per cent. The increase in Liberal support among decided voters is part of a national trend that has seen Liberals gain mostly at the expense of the NDP, said Mario Canseco, vice-president of public affairs for Insights West. The poll pointed to a similar trend in North Vancouver, which put support for Liberal candidate Jonathan Wilkinson at 41 per cent among decided voters, an eight point lead over Conservative Andrew Saxton at 33 per cent. The poll showed a rise in support among decided voters for See Polls page 11

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Infrared camera to aid in backcountry searches Heli-mount camera to improve rescue safety, efﬁciency

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

North Shore Rescue members should soon have an easier time ﬁnding people lost in the bush thanks to a donation helicopter-mounted infrared camera from Port Metro Vancouver. The camera, which is worth upwards of $500,000 new, was previously used on one of the Port’s patrol boats. “They reached out to a number of people and we were the lucky ones that managed to get it in the end,” said Mike Danks, North Shore Rescue team leader. “It’s going to make a big difference for us.” The only other local chopper with similar technology is the RCMP’s Air 1, which typically isn’t available for search and

rescue missions. Instead of peering through the tree canopy from above and seeing nothing but shadows, the camera senses a person’s heat signature and locks on to them. “I think it’s really going to be beneﬁcial for those time-compressed calls where we have someone that’s calling just before darkness. That’s when we’re scrambling to get an aircraft up and we’re trying to spot these people really quickly,” Danks said. The team had two rescues in recent weeks in which they had to spend the night on the cold mountainsides with lost hikers because they were too difﬁcult to reach before darkness fell. One involved a 68-yearold German tourist who had gotten off-trail between the BCMC and Bluff trails on Grouse Mountain and wound up stranded at the base of a 60-metre cliff above a waterfall. “He would have been like a beacon, if you will.

Looking at the camera, you would see this guy glowing there,” Danks said. As part of the agreement with Talon Helicopters, the camera will be available for neighbouring search and rescue teams as well. Team members still have to be trained and there’s no guarantee yet that the rescuers won’t accidentally locate a bear minding its own business and strap it into a long-line helicopter harness. “Who knows? Maybe we will,” Danks said with a laugh. While the camera will hopefully make rescues faster and safer for hikers and North Shore Rescue members, it won’t be a substitute for good planning before heading into the backcountry, Danks said. The team has carried out 122 rescue calls this year and volunteered more than 20,000 hours in rescue and training time, leaving the volunteers exhausted. Danks has been lobbying the North Shore’s MLAs for a meeting to

discuss changing the way North Shore Rescue is funded in light of the high call volume but so far, most of the help has come from the community and local businesses. “The community has rallied around us. We’ve seen an increase in donations and we’re putting all those donations towards the Tim Jones Legacy Fund, which is great. We’re slowly picking away at that fund,” Danks said. The fund, originally conceived by Tim Jones, has now reached just over $550,000 on its way to a $6-million goal. Developer Marcon donated $20,000 earlier this month and Danks said he’s meeting with another large real-estate company this week.

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f you’re reading this editorial on your smartphone or tablet while driving, we recommend that you put it down and save it for later. Not just because it’s an incredibly foolish and selfish thing to do — putting yourself and innocent others at risk, but because the fines for distracted driving are about to go up. Currently, anyone caught texting behind the wheel will face a $167 fine and be struck with demerit points. Other provinces have fare more punitive fines. Nova Scotia’s, by comparison, is $579. Ontario’s start at $490 but automatically jump to $1,000 if you fight the ticket in court and lose. We support upping the fines as a means to curbing the behaviour that should be left at the curb. Distracted driving leads to more crashes than drunk driving and it claims more lives

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than homicides, according to the province. But we worry about the impacts this could have on someone who isn’t well off. In a part of the world where the cost of living has run laps around growth in incomes, a fine of $1,000 or more could sink someone who’s vulnerable. It’s especially unfair if they have kids. The fine should be big enough to deter the behaviour but not so big as to be ruinous. And there are other ways. Finland, for example, issues traffic fines in proportion to an offender’s income. It achieves the same effect without putting someone out on the street. It’s an idea worth considering. After all, doesn’t it always seem to be the guy in the Bimmer or the woman in the luxury SUV making you cringe as you see them yammering away on their phones at an intersection?

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Editorial may make millennials more apathetic Dear Editor: Re: Young and Voteless, Oct. 4 Viewpoint I found it interesting that the writer’s intention was to comment on the importance of young votes and the need to get that population to the polls, yet he or she opens the dialogue by cracking a

joke at their expense. The writer says “it seems voting is not something (they deem) worth putting down Instagram and Snapchat for,” effectively implying that millennials are shallow and not interested in current events or making this country a better place. Furthermore, the writer

goes on to say “we want you to grab them by the ear — yes, physically — and drag them to (vote).” Let me pose a question: would it be OK to talk this way about a different age group? For example, seniors? It would seem to me that this pervasive attitude is part of the

problem by contributing to millennials’ perceptions that they are young and don’t know enough (and therefore don’t have anything to contribute) and that their vote won’t make a difference. Infantilizing them and implying that they don’t care is both insulting and alienating. How can we

expect people to take up an interest and feel that their voice matters when we talk about them so dismissively? As a millennial myself, I have seen lots of interest amongst my peers and I feel hopeful that the rather dismal millennial turnout at polls will change. While I agree with the overall

message of the article in question, I challenge the writer to consider how the dialogue itself is off-putting to millennials and how alienating them in this fashion may be contributing to the very problem they seek to solve. Emily Weeks North Vancouver

Writer’s support of party puts LNG piece in confusing light Dear Editor: Re: LNG Facility in Howe Sound Not Worth the Risk, Other Voices guest column Oct. 7 I commend Wade Davis and Tom Rafael on their informative article on the dangers of a liquefied natural gas plant at Woodfibre and the devastating effects there would be on Howe Sound communities and West Vancouver in the case of an accident. What confuses me is that Wade Davis has been supporting a party that has refused to take a firm stand on the issue.

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On the beach in West Vancouver on Sept. 11, (Liberal Party of Canada leader) Justin Trudeau was questioned three times on whether he supported the LNG plant at Woodﬁbre, but he would not give a deﬁnitive answer. He spoke of “building a better future that understands you can’t make a choice between what’s good for the environment and what’s good for the economy – they need to go together.” “So,” pressed the reporter, “You have no position?” to which Trudeau responded, “We’re going to be having

debates in the coming weeks.” Like Wade Davis, I am very concerned about the possibility of this plant becoming a reality, but I am even more concerned about voting for a party that is wafﬂing on an issue that is of such supreme importance to the people in this riding. Like the LNG facility in Howe Sound, it’s not worth the risk. Rose Dudley Lions Bay

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VIEWPOINT

Visit to voting booth prompts election reflection

On Thanksgiving Monday I stood in line at Handsworth secondary waiting to vote in the advance poll for the upcoming federal election. I was betting that everyone else would be at home feasting. Unfortunately 3.6 million other Canadians had the same idea. Hence the lineup. That’s OK. It gave me time to reﬂect on the longest election campaign in modern times. And all grumbling about the length of the campaign aside, it’s been ... interesting. Speaking of tedious, it was as if the digital revolution never happened at poll #600. Elections Canada personnel took us through a process that was invented by Charles Dickens. It’s a wonder they weren’t all sitting on high stools wielding quills. First, they match your voter card and your ID. Then they write down your name. Then they check off your name using (get this) a ruler. Then you have to sign your name. And only then do they cough up a ballot, which you mark with

sources, he went up the week before to make sure he could get to the top in under an hour to keep up with the pace set by his apparently fearless (and ﬁt) leader. Could Stephen Harper climb the Grind in under an hour? Maybe North Vancouver incumbent Andrew Saxton could; he looks pretty ﬁt. But he seems reluctant to appear in public, at least at all-candidates town halls sponsored by environmental groups. If he’s avoiding hostile environments, that would have to include the Grouse Grind. How about Tom Mulcair? The NDP leader started the campaign in a great position to “stop Harper” yet has promised more of the same: a balanced budget, appealing to accountants everywhere. For everyone else, how about universal daycare … eight years from now? In eight years, today’s eligible toddlers won’t need daycare. They’ll be shaving. If you’re North Vancouver NDP candidate Carleen Thomas, that’s some choice when you go door-knocking. Speaking of choices,

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The North Side a pencil. It’s only a slight exaggeration to say it takes about an hour, and that’s if everything goes well. Still, it’s an honour and a privilege to vote. Said the woman next to me: “When I think about people in other places who walk for miles just to vote, this doesn’t seem so bad.” Exactly. Democracy is a grind. In fact, it’s a Grouse Grind. As Justin Trudeau strides up Mother Nature’s Stairmaster in that Liberal commercial, North Vancouver Liberal candidate Jonathan Wilkinson matches him frame for frame. Wilkinson had to climb the mountain twice. According to the usually reliable campaign

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and that seems to be the overwhelming ballot question: Is it time for a change? And if the answer is yes, Claire Martin may be too Green. Payam Azad apparently has all the time in the world. If you’re lucky, you can spot the North Vancouver independent wandering around the riding putting up his own, utterly unreadable signs outlining his platform. So you don’t know if he’s

there’s Green candidate Claire Martin. Energetic, photogenic, she has everything going for her, except that her previous experience is as a CBC TV weather celebrity. So is she ready? And even if it’s a good idea to be represented by a meteorologist in this time of climate change, “strategic” voting works against her. It’s unlikely the Greens will win enough seats to dislodge Harper,

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October 16, 2015

And now it’s time for YOUR say This marks my 40th weekly column in this newspaper. And it is the ﬁnal one before you ﬁnally have an opportunity to have your say – on October 19th. It is time to bring this series full circle – and to conclude with the message with which it began – the message that underlines why I am running in this election. Here is a reprint from the North Shore News of January 21st.

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ready or not. After enough squinting drive-bys, I’ve been able to determine that he’s promising to nationalize the banks. That’s the sort of stuff the NDP used to promise before they discovered the galvanizing magic of a balanced budget. Ready or not, your last chance to vote is Election Day: Monday, Oct. 19. Make it count. Or at least make them count it. p.sullivan@breakthroughpr.com

• A country that was respected on the global stage as a trusted voice of reason that seeks collaborative solutions to difﬁcult international issues such as climate change. • A democratic country where debate and – yes – dissent were encouraged in matters of public policy…where government scientists were not muzzled and decisions were made on the basis of fact rather than ideology;

• A country where Parliament actually mattered…and elections were about communities delivering the message to Ottawa rather than Ottawa delivering the message to communities; • A compassionate country which was inclusive and strove to provide opportunity for all its citizens regardless of income, race, age or gender. Drifting out of reach I write – with regret - about our Canada in the past tense. It is not gone yet, but it is drifting further and further out of reach under Stephen Harper. I believe his mean-spirited politics are at odds with the fundamental historic character of Canada and Canadians. Four more years of this is not a future I can easily envision for my children. My wife Tara and I are raising our two daughters in North Vancouver. Like you, we are so grateful to call this community our home. Through our example, we hope to instill in our children a strong sense of right and wrong and the courage to act when they know something is wrong. Compelled to act I have faith that Canadians know that what is happening in this country under Stephen Harper’s watch is fundamentally wrong. And that is why I feel compelled to act and do what I can on behalf of the people of North Vancouver to help get our Canada back. I’m all in. I hope you’ll join me. Jonathan Wilkinson is North Vancouver’s Liberal candidate in the upcoming Federal election. He is a Rhodes Scholar, former clean-tech CEO and North Shore soccer coach. Authorized by the ofﬁcial agent for Jonathan Wilkinson.

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On October 19th, only Carol Baird Ellan and the NDP can defeat Stephen Harper. I’ve served the public as a Crown prosecutor, Chief Judge of the Provincial Court, and as a judge at the North Vancouver courthouse. I’ve taken on crime and corruption, and never shied away from a tough decision. I’ve raised 5 kids here in North Vancouver, and know that North Shore families need a fighter for them. I will stand up for our coast against a massive increase in oil tankers, fight back against Bill C-51 and the attack on our civil liberties, and work to build a better health care system for everyone. On October 19th, be a voter for me, Carol Baird Ellan.

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VIEWPOINT

Liberals likely to see some growth

NDP’s strategic election message may end up working against them Whatever the outcome of the Oct. 19 federal election, it seems likely the party that will see the greatest growth in votes and seats will be the Liberal Party of Canada. It may not form the government, or even take the most ridings, but it appears the Liberals may regain a lot of ground that, in historical terms, it used to own during most elections. And there’s a good chance it may win back some of its turf in B.C. For years, the Liberals have been the third-place party in this province, which in recent elections has usually been divided up between the NDP and the Conservatives (and the Reform Party before them). But I’m betting the Liberals will be at least a little closer to the other two parties when it comes to winning the 42 ridings in this province. The party went into

this election with just the two B.C. seats that it won in 2011, but a number of political observers have suggested it would be wise to reject the 2011 election as typical of anything. Public opinion about the main parties appears to be returning to historical levels, which will beneﬁt the Liberals more than any other party. In fact, the six elections before the 2011 vote elected, on average, six Liberal MPs in B.C. (a high of nine in 2006). The eighties were barren years for the party in this province as it held just one seat for almost 15 years. I noted in this column last week that the NDP’s popularity was sliding and that its leader Tom Mulcair had his work cut out for him in trying to regain any momentum. I’ve seen nothing since then to suggest he has been notably successful. Instead, it has been

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Liberal leader Justin Trudeau who continues to surprise. With less than a week before the vote, everything is trending his way. Ironically, a key part of the NDP’s strategic message – that it and it alone was best positioned to defeat the Harper government – may be coming back to haunt the party, much to the apparent beneﬁt of the Liberals. The underlying theme of that message was that voters had to ﬂock to whoever had the best chance of beating the

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Conservatives. If people are buying into that message – and I think they are starting to – it’s reasonable to assume that they are headed the Liberals’ way more so than the NDP. So how can this play out in B.C.? If we go back a few years, we can see the Liberals used to routinely win seats in Richmond, the North Shore, south Vancouver, Surrey and Victoria. We can forget Victoria – the party’s candidate dropped out of the race – but the other cities have ridings where the Liberals have to be given pretty good odds of winning. If they do, they will pick up seats at the expense of the Conservatives (although the NDP’s hopes of winning two new ridings – Vancouver Granville and Burnaby North Seymour – may be dashed if a Liberal freight train does indeed materialize). And they may pick up “soft” NDP voters from the past, who now just want to beat Harper.

The Liberals have never been particularly popular outside of the Lower Mainland or the capital region, and that is likely not going to change. But while it’s far from certain that the party will return to the heady days of seven to nine seats, it’s logical to suggest they are going to win more than their current allotment of two B.C. ridings. Of course, things are very unlikely to return to the Liberal party’s golden days in the modern era of this province. And those days didn’t last long. That would be 1968, of course, when the party won 16 of the province’s 23 ridings. It had averaged winning just six seats in the seven elections previous to that year. Things have changed a lot since then, but one thing hasn’t: in that year the party was led by someone named Trudeau. Just like this time around.

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INQUIRING REPORTER How do you justify what is or isn’t worthy of your time? Some Canadians recently showed they were willing to camp overnight to be among the ﬁrst to get the latest iPhone. This summer people queued for hours to slip and slide down Lonsdale Avenue. But how about voting? How long would you wait in line? At advance polling stations this past weekend North Shore residents contended with lineups of an hour or more to make their vote count. So, with the election nearing we asked: How long would you wait in line to vote? Tell us what you think. Weigh in at nsnews.com. - Maria Spitale-Leisk

Sophie Marx North Vancouver “Probably an hour and a half, two hours, especially right now. It’s my ﬁrst election to vote in and I really want to get the Conservatives out.”

Lauri Loveland Richmond “As long as they have the voting lines open. My vote is important.”

How long would you wait in line to vote?

Doreen Winnett North Vancouver “Twenty to 30 minutes, depending on who is running.”

Gerald Roper North Vancouver “A couple of hours would be too long for me. I think it should be easier. It should be done online.”

Keenan Dagenais North Vancouver “As long as it takes. I believe we have an opportunity to exercise our freedom to vote here.”

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Green Party candidate Claire Martin to 15 per cent and a fall in support for NDP candidate Carleen Thomas to 11 per cent. A separate poll conducted by Mainstreet/Postmedia asked: “Who would you vote for if a federal election were held today?” The results showed a similar battle in West Vancouver, which handily returned Weston to a Conservative seat in the last 2011 election. That poll put the Liberals ahead by ﬁve points, 37 per cent to the Conservatives’ 32 per cent among decided voters. The poll put the NDP at 15 per cent and the Greens at 16 per cent among decided voters. Mainstreet polled 673 adults in the West Vancouver riding by automated phone poll on Oct. 9 and 10. The poll is considered accurate plus or minus 3.76 per cent 19 times out of 20. Mainstreet president Quito Maggi said the poll is reﬂective of national trends. He added the surge in support for the Green Party in West Vancouver could also have an impact on election results

in the riding. But the two polls gave differing snapshots of the election race in the Burnaby North-Seymour riding, meaning it could be too close to call. Insights West results showed the NDP’s Carol Baird Ellan hanging on to a very narrow lead at 36 per cent among decided voters over the Conservatives’ Mike Little at 33 per cent, a difference within the poll’s margin of error. The poll put the Liberals’ Terry Beech at 21 per cent and the Greens’ Lynne Quarmby at nine per cent among decided voters. The Mainstreet poll put the Conservatives out front among decided voters at 38 per cent, and the Liberals and NDP tied neck-andneck for second place at 27 per cent and 26 per cent respectively. The poll put the Greens at nine per cent. Neither Maggi nor Canseco could explain the widely differing poll results in the riding, although critics of election polls point to the way polls are weighted, and even the method used to reach voters as factors that can all skew results. “We do our absolute best to be as accurate as we possibly can,” said Maggi, noting pollsters

often get attacked during elections “just for releasing numbers.” Maggi said he believes polls capture, rather than inﬂuence, public opinion. Four days is still time for things to change in politics, he said, adding he’s seen party fortunes swing by six to eight percentage points in a single day. See full survey results at mainstreetresearch.ca and insightswest.com.

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! Dances for a Small Stage 32, Oct. 20 to 23, 8 p.m. at The Anza Club, 3 West 8th Ave., Vancouver. Tickets: $20 (show only); $45 (dinner, dessert and show); $30 (show and dessert), available online at smallstage32.eventbrite.ca or at the door (cash only). CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

Next week, some of the biggest names in the local dance world will take to one of the smallest stages imaginable. Vancouver’s Anza Club is hosting the 32nd instalment

of Dances for a Small Stage Oct. 20 to 23. The alwayspopular contemporary dance series, produced by MovEnt, will showcase a selection of original shorts all performed on a tiny 10-by-13-foot stage. First time smallstager Heather Myers

is choreographing and dancing in a seven-minute contemporary piece entitled “Threshold” that she created in collaboration with actress and dancer Agnes Tong. “We’ve had equal input in movements and in any dialogue, so we both speak a little bit, we both move a little bit, we both do a little bit of both,” she says. Their piece blurs the line between dance and theatre, combining elements of both art forms. “It’s quite abstract. It’s

not necessarily a narrative. I would describe it more as a poem on the subject matter that we were kind of working off of,” Myers says. Myers and Tong formed a creative partnership over the summer during a series of artistic labs facilitated by Small Stage at Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. MovEnt artistic producer Julie-anne Saroyan matched different teams to a room or a space inside the Shadbolt as inspiration for a dance. The room assigned to Myers

and Tong contained a simple lightbulb on a stand, several large black boxes and some chairs. “It was a very dark, stark space, so that was our inspiration for the piece,” Myers says. “We took our inspiration off of what was provided.” The pair have since reconﬁgured their Shadbolt performance for a much smaller stage — a challenging process, but Myers never felt

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CENTENNIAL THEATRE LOBBY GALLERY 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Photo Exhibit: Members of the North Shore Photographic Society will display a variety of work by different members in an ongoing rotating exhibit.

DISTRICT LIBRARY GALLERY 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. nvartscouncil.ca The North Vancouver Community Arts Council will present an exhibition of paintings by Lorn Curry titled From Palate to Palette — The Contemporary Food Still Life until Dec. 1.

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SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery.com 30 Years: Textiles artist Ruth Scheuing will show her work in celebration of the gallery’s 30th anniversary until Oct. 24. Art Party: A fundraising exhibition to support Seymour Art Gallery with original artwork for sale for $100-$300 by 40 established and emerging artists Oct.28-Nov. 15. Opening party: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m. Curator’s Talk: Every Thursday at noon there will be a 20-minute curator’s talk with background on the current show in the gallery.

CANADIAN ART 2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. WednesdayFriday, noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Adult admission by donation/children free. 604-998-8563 info@ smithfoundation.ca At What Cost? An exhibition guest curated by Hilary Letwin that explores the theme of environment, and its impact on Canadian artists will run until April 16, 2016. Artist for Kids Edition: An exhibition entitled Olives by Victor Cicansky will be released Wednesday, Oct. 21, 7-9 p.m. Artist talk: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 3-4 p.m. GRAFFITI CO. ART STUDIO 171 East First St., North Vancouver. TuesdayFriday, 1:30-6:30 p.m. or by appointment. 604-980-1699 or gcartstudio@shaw.ca KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Art Display: Prints by nature and landscape photographer Mark Daly will be shown until Oct. 31. MAISON MUSÉE ROEDDE HOUSE MUSEUM 1415 Barclay St., Vancouver. Tuesday-Friday and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. 604-684-7040 roeddehouse.org Souvenirs of Howe Sound: An exhibition on the history of local tourism will run until Nov. 1. Admission: $5.

WISHFUL THINKING After a year of international workshops, development and collaboration, Italy’s Teatro Elsinor presents I Wish, at Presentation House Theatre through Oct. 25. The production explores the hopes and dreams of young people in a world filled with change and migration. Written by Linda Carson, Col Cseke, Nathan Pronyshyn and Kim Selody, the North Vancouver production will feature Jay Brazeau and Emilie Leclerc and is directed by Teatro Elsinor Guiditta Mingucci. Tickets available online at phtheatre.org/show/i-wish/ or by phone at 604990-3474. PHOTO SUPPLIED NORTH VANCOUVER COMMUNITY HISTORY CENTRE 3203 Institute Rd., North Vancouver. TuesdaySaturday, noon to 5 p.m. 604-990-3700 x8016 nvma. ca

209 West Fourth St., North Vancouver. Open by appointment only. 604-9903700 x8016 North Vancouver Experience, an ongoing exhibit deﬁning life in North Vancouver.

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333 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver. PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY 333 Chesterﬁeld Ave., North Vancouver. Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 604-986-1351 presentationhousegallery.org BC Almanac(h) C-B:

Photographs, ﬁlm, mixed media works and ephemera that features Almanac artists will run until Nov. 29. RON ANDREWS COMMUNITY SPACE 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. 604-987-8873 or 604-347-8922 Nature Translated: Paintings with subjects of nature by Janna Kumi and ceramic sculptures of birds by Greg Kawczynski will be on display until Oct. 25. Form and Fantasy: Pastel and watercolour pieces by Valerie Wilson, ceramic vessels by Margaret Scott and ceramic decorative objects by Lee Johnson will be on display from Oct. 25 to Dec. 6.

SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 604925-7292 silkpurse.ca Hajni Yosifov: The artist’s recent body of work representing a conversation between stillness and passion will run until Nov. 1. WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca In the Gallery: An exhibition that demonstrates the wide variety of media, styles and approaches used by West Vancouver School District art teachers in the creation of their own work will run until Oct. 19. Celebrating 65 Years: Explore the history of the library Oct. 22-Nov. 22. WEST VANCOUVER MUNICIPAL HALL 750 17th St., West Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604925-7290 Art in the Hall: Large ﬂoral paintings by artist K. Sally Willcock will be on display until Oct. 17. See more page 23

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Project captured times as they were changing Presentation House Gallery revisits classic photo series ! B.C. Almanac(h) C-B, Presentation House Gallery until Nov. 29. For more information visit presentationhousegallery. org. MARIA SPITALE-LEISK Mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

Hippies in headbands, the sexual revolution, unabashed nudity and anti-war movements all come to life in a remounted photography exhibition - a nostalgic rewind for B.C. folks that came of age in the 1970s. B.C. Almanac(h) C-B, on display from now until Nov. 29 at North Vancouver’s Presentation House Gallery, brings to light a little-known chapter in Vancouver’s relatively recent art history. In 1970 the Stills Division of the National Film Board of Canada commissioned Vancouver artists Jack Dale and Michael de Courcy to create a West Coastcentred photography exhibition that captured the lifestyle of the day. The B.C. arm of the project, which overall was a public relations campaign for the government, was to correspond with similar exhibitions about Canadian life already being produced in the eastern part of the country. Dale and de Courcy embraced the assignment and took some creative license with how the exhibit was to be executed. “We had this sort of unconventional idea that the show should be more popular culture oriented than a salon kind of gallery exhibition. We felt photography was better consumed that way,” says de Courcy, speaking to the News this week. Dale and de Courcy ﬁgured people would better comprehend the images if they were in a magazine rather than on the walls of a gallery where he said they may be “interference from snobby high culture kind of stuff.” So what they proposed instead was a publication, photographic booklets.

B.C. Almanac(h) C-B features a remounted exhibition and reprinted book originally commissioned by the Stills Division of the National Film Board of Canada in 1970. PHOTO SUPPLIED TIM PORTER, CADILLAC, MONTREAL, 1971, SILVER GELATIN PHOTOGRAPH, COURTESY ARTIST AND PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY

“A lot of sort of the conventional photographers working in Vancouver at the time wouldn’t be interested in the far out ideas we had of publishing instead of exhibition, and giving everyone access to their own little booklets and printing it on newsprint – that was very radical too because everyone knows that newsprint doesn’t give you the highest resolution images,” says de Courcy. “But we chose to do that because we wanted it to kind of look like a mass produced object, like a comic book or something like that.” Commissioning 15 West Coast artists from different mediums, Dale and de Courcy put together these photographic booklets, one from each artist, that were compiled into an anthology called B.C. Almanac(h) C-B. The “(h) C-B” represents the French translation of the words almanac and B.C. to include both ofﬁcial Canadian languages. Each artist, including a sculptor, a painter and a poet, some with no photography experience, set out to capture a snapshot of their life and surroundings in 1970. A lifestyle revolution was emerging and young people, who were forging a different path than their parents, thought it was

special and they wanted to record it, recalls de Courcy, whose photos are also contained in the B.C. Almanac. “They felt like they were sort of on the cutting edge and photography was right there ready to use as an art form to record these changes,” says de Courcy. “It was a lifestyle manual in fact for that era.” Flipping through the booklets the images are organically captured and depict quintessential 1970s lifestyle: a young man walking in a group with guitar slung over his shoulders; a couple strolling through a daisy patch in the buff. Other artists’ booklets focus in on the drug culture of the day by

showing a couple smoking drugs, and the sexual revolution, including an image of a man with the words “sex relives tension” written on his back. A nude portrait series featuring both men and women ﬁgures prominently in the Almanac, alongside photos of a mass of people taking part in anti-war and anti-abortion protests. In another booklet, meanwhile, you see cars and transport trucks blurrily travelling down a highway. The Almanac also contains a snapshot of the fashion of the day: vests of every design, a Lee jean jacket, billowy tunics and ubiquitous ﬂoral patterns. De Courcy chronicled the birth of his daughter for

his booklet, getting behind the lens six months before his wife became pregnant and following her through pregnancy and the birth of their child. It wasn’t a conceptual approach, de Courcy explains of the sequential series of photographs. “I was crazy about taking pictures. And when I got interested in a subject I just took pictures of that subject all the time,” says de Courcy, of his now 40-year-long photography passion. There is a personal connection for de Courcy in that his father was an amateur photographer who died several months before he was born. While he was growing up, de Courcy’s mother would

give him supplies from his dad’s darkroom and other camera parts. “So I sort of grew up playing with those things, and that kind of planted the (photography) idea,” he says. B.C. Almanac(h) C-B’s content has become the subject of a touring exhibition, having been previewed in New York and soon to be shown in LA. A multimedia version of the book, complete with walls painted greyscale is part of Presentation House Gallery’s remounting of B.C. Almanac(h) C-B. The gallery has also undertaken a republishing of the book, which contains no originals but rather photos of pages in the Almanac booklets. Complementing Presentation House’s B.C. Almanac(h) C-B exhibit is a multimedia display from the 15 artists: Dale, de Courcy, Christos Dikeakos, Judith Eglington, Gerry Gilbert, Roy Kiyooka, Glenn Lewis, Taras Masciuch, NE Thing Co. Ltd., Michael Morris, Jone Pane, Timothy Porter, Peter Thomas, Vincent Trasov, and Robertson Wood. “You see what the artists who were in the almanac, the work that they were doing simultaneous to that project,” says de Courcy, whose iconic image boxes are featured in the exhibit. Forty years later and the exhibit and the images still hold up, ﬁgures de Courcy. “This is kind of opening that up and bringing that chapter forward so that the current generation, it’s like recycling, it’s great, you know to be able to suddenly breathe life into this ancient project and make it meaningful,” says de Courcy.

B.C. Almanac(h) C-B featured 15 West Coast artists. See Bright Lights on page 20 for coverage of opening reception. PHOTOS SUPPLIED FRONT AND BACK COVERS OF BC ALMANAC(H) C-B, COURTESY OF PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY

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NORTH VANCOUVER

Election 2015 2015 VOTE Federal Federal Election

Claire Martin Green

Payam Azad Independent

Name Party

Andrew Saxton Conservative (incumbent)

Age

Residence in riding?

Lonsdale area (22 years)

Near Capilano Mall

Deep Cove

What do you promise to do for your riding if elected?

Home for all (housing reform); comprehensive health care (including medicine, dental and vision treatments, physiotherapy, etc.); nationalization of banks, and an election on Canada’s form of government; a revisit of abortion-related laws; support for entrepreneurship and small free enterprises.

A strong, honest and independent voice for North Vancouver, implementing solutions to our issues and standing up for our community in Ottawa. Unlike other candidates, I am not told what bills to pass. I can vote with my conscience and work with other parties to represent our community ﬁrst.

I will continue to deliver for North Vancouver. Here is the Conservative record: shipbuilding contracts (over 2,000 jobs), five new overpasses reducing train noise, two new SeaBuses, new film school for Cap U, new soccer bubble for NS Girls Soccer Club, etc. I will focus on solving the traffic issue.

What is the most pressing issue facing the Canadian economy and how will your party address it?

Housing. Many people spend up to 85% of their income on housing. Many cannot even afford a home. Secondly, comprehensive health care. Medicine, dental, and vision treatments are costly and unaffordable for many people.

Climate change. Climate action means strengthening our economy. We have an amazing opportunity to create jobs for thousands of Canadians by investing in new infrastructure projects and upgrades to our buildings that will save us all money, improve our quality of life and reduce carbon emissions. Let’s get to work!

Global instability. Canada needs our low tax, balanced budget plan to create jobs and grow the economy. The other parties will take more money out of your pocket and off your paycheque. They will spend billions more than we can afford, destabilize our fragile economy and further burden future generations.

Do you believe foreign ownership of local real estate is pushing Canadians out of the housing market? What will your party do to ensure housing affordability?

Yes, absolutely. Housing strategy: nationalize rental homes; prohibit and revoke foreign ownership on homes and other real estates; set limit on number of units anyone can own; set ceiling on home prices; construct new public homes

It’s one of many factors. Part of our housing strategy is to eliminate the program that makes it easier for foreign home owners to park their money here, without residence. Amongst our other solutions, we will give tax incentives for rental housing and promote “aging in place” senior care.

The prime minister recently committed to resolve this question and, if necessary, take concrete action to curb foreign speculation. Our goal is to help 700,000 more Canadians become homeowners by 2020, through initiatives like the First Time Homebuyers Tax Credit, and enhancements to the Home Buyers’ Plan, and TFSA.

What do you identify as local transportation priorities and what will your party do to address these?

At least one more crossing must be built between North Vancouver and City of Vancouver. Provincial rules in passenger transportation industry that restrict and prohibit competition must be overcome. Residents of North Vancouver should get closer to their schools and workplaces.

We have made a commitment to spend $6.4 billion/year (1% of GST) in stable long-term funding to help improve trafﬁc. I would work with the province and city to improve our roads, transit and cycling options and also offer transit pass tax breaks for businesses.

Resolving traffic congestion. I was proud to recently deliver $46 million in federal infrastructure funds to build upgraded interchanges and overpasses for the Upper Levels highway. This will end stop-and-go traffic on the Cut, improve traffic flow and ease gridlock on the approach to Second Narrows Bridge.

What commitment will your party make to funding a federal share of the Lions Gate sewage treatment plant and other local infrastructure priorities?

I will push for federal funding of Lions Gate sewage treatment plant. I will also press for federal funding for expansion and improvement of Lions Gate Hospital and construction of a new link between North Vancouver and City of Vancouver as stated above.

It must undergo upgrades by 2020. The federal government must commit to its due share of costs so that future municipal taxes are not increased. In a minority government with a handful of Green MPs – we can hold the balance of power – and ensure projects such as these happen.

The New Building Canada Plan includes the P3 Canada Fund, which is suited to supporting this type of project – a modern secondary treatment plant that will protect our marine environment. I will continue to assist Metro Vancouver in their efforts to secure such a contribution.

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Like its two North Shore neighbours, the North Vancouver electoral district has also landed on many pundits’ “ridings to watch” lists and the parties appear to be treating it as a very close race. In 2011, the Conservatives won with more than 47 per cent of the vote, to the Liberals’ 29, New Democrats’ 16 per cent and Greens’ ﬁve per cent. In 2012 electoral boundary redrawings, the riding lost the eastern portion from Lynn Creek to Deep Cove to the new riding of Burnaby North-Seymour. Voters in that area heavily favoured the Conservatives in 2011. The seat has mostly been held by Conservative parties in recent decades. The Liberals’ Don Bell won the riding in 2004 and 2008, but prior to that, it was held by Ted White since 1993 as a Reform, Alliance and Conservative MP. The riding drew campaign stops from Elizabeth May, Justin Trudeau and Stephen Harper, during the 11-week-long campaign, often an indication of how much energy a party is focusing on a riding. Big issues in the riding, as judged by what the party leaders were here to talk about: affordable housing (or the lack thereof), transportation and trafﬁc as well as the closure of the Canadian Coast Guard station in Kitsilano. As demographics go, the riding is slightly older and wealthier than the Canadian average. Of its 45,000 households, roughly 30,000 are owned by their occupants. The average household income in 2010 was higher than the national average at $95,868. The riding contains wealthy ’burbs as well as a working class core in the City of North Vancouver. Voters in 2011 had a 67.7-per-cent turnout rate, higher than the national 61.1 per cent. The riding is home to numerous Port Metro Vancouver terminals, Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards and Squamish Nation land.

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Carleen Thomas New Democratic

Name Party

Jonathan Wilkinson Liberal

Ismet Yetisen Libertarian

Age

Residence in riding?

Tsleil-Waututh Nation

Capilano Highlands(17 years)

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What do you promise to do for your riding if elected?

Represent, with great energy, the people of North Vancouver and to defend our interests. I will make myself available to my constituents and will work alongside elected municipal and provincial leaders to give voice to pro-North Vancouver on all legislation relevant to our riding.

To be an accountable two-way link between the citizens of North Vancouver and the federal government. To develop collaborative solutions on local issues like trafﬁc congestion and affordable housing. To make North Vancouver proud of its MP as we work together to build a better Canada.

I would hire, out of my MP pay — #1) a small team of university political science students to check all federal laws and regulations for relevancy and which should be abolished and #2) a team of forensic auditors to price the savings from the sunset provisions of #1.

What is the most pressing issue facing the Canadian economy and how will your party address it?

How to jumpstart our languishing economy. The Harper Conservatives have left us in a sorry state. Growth rates and manufacturing exports are dismal. Unemployment is rising. We will stimulate the economy by lowering small business taxes to 9% and spending billions on much-needed infrastructure projects and the development of green energy technology.

Canada faces a massive infrastructure deﬁcit. Our cities risk being incapable of providing an effective platform for future growth. The Liberal party has announced an historic infrastructure program that will kickstart our economy now and will provide the platform for growth for future decades.

Free trade between provinces should be wide open. No subsidies on dairy products, poultry and eggs or meat. The Canadian consumer would pay much less for more products than now.

Do you believe foreign ownership of local real estate is pushing Canadians out of the housing market? What will your party do to ensure housing affordability?

As New Democrats we fervently believe that there is a strong role for our federal government to play in providing greater access to safe, affordable housing. By partnering with provincial and civic leaders, the Mulcair government will renew funding for social housing programs that have been cut or are about to expire in the next few years.

We currently lack the research to answer the question because, until this campaign, the Harper government didn’t bother to look for the data. A Liberal government will – and will then work with local governments to develop the appropriate policy responses. Also, our National Housing Strategy will expand affordable housing options.

The free market should operate to provide shelter and housing. Regulations should be as ﬂexible as possible to allow for affordable, multiple unit complexes to be built. I would work hard to get property rights entrenched in Canada’s Constitution.

What do you identify as local transportation priorities and what will your party do to address these?

Trafﬁc congestion. The NDP is committed to solving this issue by spending $1.3 billion in new funding annually across the country. This will double direct transfers to municipalities for transit infrastructure. These will start in cities with acute concerns such as North Vancouver.

The Liberal’s $60-billion infrastructure fund will help support priorities identiﬁed by local government: improved public transit, ie. an upgrade of the Phibbs Exchange and improved SeaBus frequency; a comprehensive and accelerated attack on unacceptable congestion bottlenecks, including a widened Lynn Creek Bridge.

Public transportation such as buses, ferries should be selfsupporting — contracted out to private providers and locally governed. Monopolies would not be allowed with a number of competitive providers being ideal. Uber model for taxis is a good idea.

What commitment will your party make to funding a federal share of the Lions Gate sewage treatment plant and other local infrastructure priorities?

Canada’s municipal infrastructure deﬁcit is a staggering $172 billion and rising. Municipalities own 60% of our public infrastructure, yet collect only eight cents of every tax dollar. Working with municipal and provincial leaders, the NDP will provide funding to rectify this lamentable state.

Must be operating by 2020 due to federal regulations, but the Harper government refuses to commit its one-third share of funding despite being asked by local government more than a year ago. I will work diligently to ensure Liberal infrastructure funds are committed to the project.

Sewage is a local municipal responsibility and funded by local taxation. The same applies to other local municipal projects as recreation, libraries, police, ﬁreﬁghting and medical services. The principle of userpay should apply, example, recreation.

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Hope Springs eternal at the Writers Fest Alejandro Frid puts theory into practice in new work ! Alejandro Frid at Hope Springs, with David R. Boyd, Friday, Oct. 23, 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at Studio 1398 (Festival House, 1398 Cartwright St.), part of the 28th Vancouver Writers Fest, Oct. 20-25 on Granville Island. Tickets ($17/$8.50 for student groups) and info: writersfest.bc.ca. ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

Everything changed when Alejandro Frid became a father. An ecologist long working in the areas of conservation and social justice it was common for him to run into bad news, seeing ﬁrsthand humans’ negative impact on the earth. Following the birth of his daughter, Twyla Bella, Frid came to realize his propensity for feeling discouraged in response to continued examples of environmental degradation – from loss of ancient forests to endangered species – a reaction he wholeheartedly wanted to change. “I needed a way to have a broader perspective in which I wasn’t just glossing over the challenges that we do have and are not going to go away easily,” he says. The Bowen Island resident gradually started working to reinstate a sense of hope within himself, becoming more aware of society’s potential as a whole to address current environmental challenges, as well as on an individual level, and very spontaneously started writing letters to Twyla Bella, then three-years-old, viewing them as “letters to the future,” he says. Frid, 50, hoped the process might assist him in regaining a hopeful outlook, which would then allow him to be able to communicate more positively with his daughter, now 11. “The whole motivation was to not have a doom and gloom perspective in my relationship with her but ﬁnd some real genuine optimism,” he says.

In his first book, A World for My Daughter: An Ecologist’s Search for Optimism, Alejandro Frid combines the voices of a scientist and a concerned parent to lead readers to imagine their own role in preserving our planet. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Over time as Frid’s letters accumulated, and as a result of encouraging feedback, he realized they may be of interest to a wider audience, and he set out to put them together as a work of nonfiction. A World for My Daughter: An Ecologist’s Search for Optimism, was recently published by Caitlin Press, which describes it as, “Merging the perspective of a scientist compelled to share the significance of his research, glimpses into the worldview of modern indigenous hunters and the voice of a parent speaking to his child about life’s conundrums, A World for My Daughter steers readers toward imagining their own role in preserving the vibrancy of our planet.” Frid will offer insight into his first book at the 28th Vancouver Writers Fest, running Oct. 20-25 on Granville Island. Examples of other featured authors at this year’s festival include Charles Demers, Lauren Groff, Elizabeth Hay, Lawrence Hill, Susan Juby, Beth Powning, Nino Ricci, Bill Richardson and John Vaillant.

Frid is set to appear at an interactive discussion Friday, Oct. 23 entitled Hope Springs, joined by David R. Boyd, an environmental lawyer, professor, co-chair of Vancouver’s Greenest City 2020 Action Plan team and award-winning author of seven books (including The Optimistic Environmentalist). Together they’ll explore the possibility of a greener future. “I’m pretty excited to be sharing the stage with him,” says Frid. Hope Springs will be moderated by Georgia Straight editor Charlie Smith. “This direct contact with an audience is super important. I’m . . . happy to have that opportunity because ultimately the book is about communicating science and other important perspectives that we need to improve our relationship with the planet that we live in and how to make it more sustainable,” says Frid. For the book, Frid, born and raised in Mexico City, drew on his diverse range of experiences, which include being arrested twice for

civil disobedience against fossil fuel companies, and working as an ecologist around the world going back to the early-’90s when he had an opportunity to study huemul, an endangered species of deer, in Chile. “It was my first major research project so it was one of these real pivotal experiences in which you’re actually out in the field figuring out how to make it all happen. It was a very satisfying research project that I feel launched my career in many ways,” he says. From there, Frid went on to study Dall’s sheep and caribou in the Yukon. After becoming interested in working in the ocean, specifically attracted to top predators, he went on to undertake a number of research projects that included conducting field studies of sea turtles under risk of tiger sharks in Western Australia. “Eventually I really wanted to study rockfish and lingcod because they’re just such beautiful species and they’re also important predators and that’s been the bulk of what I’ve done

over the last eight years or so,” he says. Frid, who has a PhD in biology from Simon Fraser University, currently works as a conservation ecologist and science coordinator for the Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance where he conducts marine species research and marine-use planning, as well as endeavours to improve ﬁsheries management. He also works as an adjunct assistant professor in Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria, co-supervising graduate students working with First Nations communities through the resource alliance. “Once I started working with First Nations it really was putting it all together because I still get to study these really important predators like rockﬁsh and lingcod (I study other species as well), but it really gives me the connection with indigenous people who have been connected to their place for so many generations. It really gives me an understanding of how people are such an important part of natural

ecosystems and it broadens my perspective on how humans might find a way of really rediscovering a better relationship with the oceans and the land,” he says. As Frid continued to work on the book, he came to feel increasingly stronger regarding his responsibility as an ecologist to incite action. “As a scientist I know that if I dedicate myself to just producing data and writing reports and papers that only other scientists read, it’s unlikely that I’m going to have much of an effect in how people get engaged in conservation, how general audiences, through democratic processes, contribute to improving policy that affect conservation, and how we use energy, how we reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” he says. In his book, by combining scientific research with the relatable love of a parent for a child, Frid hopes readers will be inspired to take action. “I find in my personal experience that the times I became really committed to doing something about conservation it was partly about understanding the science, but it was largely about a personal connection to what was at stake, about really caring about the species or the ecosystem,” he says. Frid hopes readers respond both in personal and political practice. On a personal level, maybe they’ll feel compelled to take a daily walk in the woods resulting in a stronger connection to the earth, or make other decisions like lowering their consumption, or getting involved in the protection of wildlife. On a political level, he hopes the book influences people to vote for politicians who align with science as providing evidence for making policy decisions. “I hope they become engaged in the democratic process so that we can have energy policies that are not just about short-term gain, but look at long-term issues of climate change and transitioning to a less carbon-intensive economy,” he says. In addition to Frid’s appearance at next week’s Vancouver Writers Fest, he’s also set to appear at next month’s Jewish Book Festival, Nov. 21-26, in Vancouver.

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BRIGHT LIGHTS

B.C. Almanac(h) C-B

by Paul McGrath

Nancy Tousley with Presentation House Gallery director/curator Reid Shier

Exhibiting artist Michael Morris, past and present

Exhibiting artist Vincent Trasov, past and present The latest Presentation House Gallery exhibition, B.C. Almanac(h) C-B, was launched with an opening reception Oct. 2. The show features a remounted exhibition and reprinted book commissioned in 1970 by the Stills Division of the National Film Board of Canada. Fifteen West Coast artists produced photo booklets that were compiled into an anthology that in itself became a touring exhibition. The opening reception saw many of the original artists in attendance. The show will continue until Nov. 29 at the North Vancouver gallery. See story page 15. presentationhousegallery.org

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constrained by the miniature dance space. “Creatively it’s not limiting, actually. It’s just simply a different parameter that you’re working with, because you’re always working with a certain size of stage, whether that’s big or small, and I think there’s just as many things you can do, it’s just that you might not be able to travel your steps as much or something like that.” One of the biggest challenges, she says, was ﬁguring out how to give

multiple dimensions to her work without relying on physical space. “I think what you do just needs to be relative and relevant to the space that you have to work with.” Originally from Calgary, Myers trained professionally as a classical artist and went on to dance with Alberta Ballet, Boston Ballet, Netherlands Dance Theatre, and as a contemporary freelance artist. She moved to Vancouver a year ago and joins a diverse cast at this edition of Dances for a Small Stage. Ballet B.C. dancer

Andrew Bartee (formerly of Paciﬁc Northwest Ballet) will be performing a piece choreographed by fellow Ballet B.C. dancer Kirsten Wicklund. Next week’s four-show run will also feature new works from Scheherazaad Cooper paired with Dayna Szyndrowski, and Burgundy Brixx joined by Judith Garay. Merging music and movement, Vanessa Goodman and

Karissa Barry will perform a new work featuring an original ambient soundscape from composer Loscil. And dancer Caroline Liffmann will bridge acts one and two with an immersive and interactive performance. “While upholding the cabaret performance style Vancouverites adore — punchy, ﬁve- to sevenminute original dance works with big impact

on a small stage — we’re daring our artists to boldly step beyond their creative conﬁnes, by collaborating with other choreographers and musicians outside their own artistic discipline,” Saroyan said in a press release. “Energized by our new digs at The Anza Club — which will bring audiences even closer to our revered artists — our performers will showcase such diverse

styles as Odissi Indian dance, ﬂamenco, Eurostyled contemporary, and so much more in an all-out celebration of dance in its many forms.” Myers is hesitant to reveal too much about “Threshold,” but says she is excited to present the piece in the intimate Anza Club setting. “I hope that it’s thought provoking,” she adds.

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Steven Spielberg turns to mostly-true history again in Bridge of Spies, set in 1957 during the chilliest part of the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. An entirely different timeframe than Lincoln and Amistad but with a similar grounding theme: the Constitution as inviolable saviour of a frequently fallible U.S. justice system. Who better to champion the Constitution than Tom Hanks, America’s most reliable – inviolable, in some circles – leading man. Hanks plays James Donovan, a Brylcreemslick insurance lawyer and See Coen page 24

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Nuremberg trials veteran tasked with defending a convicted Russian spy. “Patriotic duty”, and an “important mission”, is how the senior partner at his law firm (Alan Alda) sells Donovan on the job. In a clever opening sequence we see the man (Mark Rylance, excellent) at his easel, painting a stoic self-portrait. We like him instantly, even though – judging by the silent phone calls and counterintelligence paraphernalia littering his artists’ flat – he is clearly guilty. A herd of similarly suited, fedora-lidded agents descends on the man and arrests him. “Mind if I fetch my teeth?” is among the first things out of the Rudolf Abel’s mouth. But he won’t be doing much talking. Hell-bent on appeal, no matter the cost to his family or his firm, Donovan endures the bias and vitriol of policemen, fellow passengers on the subway, and even the judge assigned to the case. Donovan doesn’t much care if Abel is guilty, but he does care about the law: “everyone deserves a defense, every person matters.” A CIA agent clearly doesn’t know who he’s dealing with when

he leans on Donovan, threatening “don’t go all Boy Scout on me.” We are pretty sure Donovan was a Boy Scout, an Eagle Scout and lifetime card-carrying Scout member. Donovan admires Abel’s confidence and his refusal to give up Russian secrets. His conviction in Abel’s trade value should a U.S. agent find himself in a similar situation proves prophetic after an American pilot (Austin Stowell) is shot down and disobeys orders to kill himself. Now it’s a race to trade prisoners before the men crack and give up valuable secrets to their respective enemies. Audiences may find things a little tame by today’s spy standards: a bucket of water in the face and sleep deprivation seems a little tame when viewed against the interrogation techniques of Homeland, 24 and the like. It’s a throwback to a time when things were quaintly, if unjustly, black and white. Donovan heads to a divided Berlin, in the middle of constructing the wall, to “have the conversation our governments can’t.” No one wants to acknowledge anything so the lawyer is on his own, the man who went out into the cold. Meanwhile, a college

student is nabbed by the East Germans and charged with espionage, throwing a wrinkle in the prisoner exchange plan. Naturally Donovan disobeys orders and plans to save them all. It’s unrealistic how Donovan compromises the mission safety repeatedly when he’s just a regular guy. Save for an unconvincing cold, our hero seems unflappable, jovial even. He even insists on walking the Glienicke Bridge when the exchange is set. James Donovan may be the film’s moral authority, a one-man salve to soothe the corruption and bias of the American justice system, but ultimately his convictions and wellintended sermons about the law aren’t enough compensation for the audience. Spielberg’s film lacks the political urgency of Munich and the moral certitude of Lincoln. The movie is buoyed by impeccable set and costume design that impels us to crack a history book, look up a few newsreels. The script co-written by the Coen brothers is solid, consistent storytelling in keeping with its solid, consistent leading man. Bridge of Spies is entertaining but by no means taut or thrilling.

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Simons opens at Park Royal Department store anchors renovated west wing

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BLUE TREES Vancouver Biennale hosts pigmenting party at Park Royal. page 35

More than 800 fashion lovers descended on Park Royal Wednesday evening to celebrate the opening of the first Simons store in B.C. The Quebec-based retailer treated invited guests to wine and nibblies inside its new 100,000-square-foot location at Park Royal South. The two-storey building, with an offset second floor and glass atrium entrance, was designed by architecture firm Lemay Michaud. Party guests also got to admire installations by local artists. West Vancouver novelist Douglas Coupland’s striped Bow Tie sculpture is suspended high above the elevators. Coast Salish artist Jody Broomfield’s piece, Kayachtun, meaning welcome, is a sandblasted granite relief located on the exterior south entrance. And in the women’s wear department is Innocence Disobedience, a wall sculpture comprising blue ceramic flowers created by West Vancouver’s Bobbie Burgers. Simons has been a family-run business since 1840 when it opened as a dry goods shop in Quebec City. Currently under the helm of brothers Peter and Richard Simon, who

At left, West Vancouver artist Bobbie Burgers with some of the ceramic flowers installed in the women’s wear department. PHOTO SUPPLIED KYRANI KANAVAROS Above right, Douglas Coupland’s Bow Tie sculpture hangs high above the atrium. Below right, Jody Broomfield’s Kayachtun relief is featured on the exterior wall. PHOTOS PAUL MCGRATH were both in attendance Wednesday night, the department store is undergoing a major Canadian expansion. The new West Vancouver location features women’s and home fashions on the ground ﬂoor with menswear, a French café and customer service on the upper level. The ofﬁcial public opening and ribbon cutting took place yesterday morning. Representatives from the Squamish Nation

led a traditional ceremonial blessing of Kayachtun and Peter Simons made some remarks. The opening of Simons coincides with the opening of Park Royal South’s revamped west wing. The North Shore News was recently invited to tour the 30,000-square-foot fashion wing with Rick Amantea, Park Royal’s vice-president of community partnerships and development. “The concept has been from day one to link this

new mall entrance way and of course the new Simons store and this portion of the south mall with The Village (at Park Royal),” Amantea says outside the main doors of the new wing. He motions to a public plaza and the site of a soonto-be water fountain — one of several fountains planned for the shopping centre. “The idea behind the water features is to create these public gathering spaces — water seems to attract people,” he says.

Though the wing is now open to shoppers, not all the retailers are in place quite yet. “A number of stores will open at the same time as Simons, some will follow in November and some will follow in December, and then we’ve got a couple that will be opening in the new year,” Amantea says. The retail mix includes well-established chain stores such as Aldo and See Food page 35

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Food court to house first Tim Hortons in West Van From page 33 American Eagle Outﬁtters, as well as specialty brands like Plenty and European footwear purveyor French Sole. The goal of the redesign, Amantea says, was to create a cohesive and connected space with a clean, modern look. “Now you’ll be able to walk from Simons all the way down through to Indigo without having to go over stairs or walk up and

down ramps,” he says. “It’s become a much more friendly walk and a much more accessible walk than it ever has been in the past, and obviously a brighter walk,” he adds, gesturing to the new ceiling lighting. One major change regular shoppers will notice is the relocation of the food court from the ground ﬂoor to the upper level. Dubbed Picnic, the new dining zone, complete with an outdoor patio, is set to open

Oct. 23 and will feature a mix of existing food vendors and brand new tenants, including what will soon be the very ﬁrst Tim Hortons in West Vancouver. On the second ﬂoor, looking down at the renovated centre court, Amantea notes the former heavy wooden railings, hunter green colour scheme and brick columns have been ditched in favour of stainless steel and glass. “Park Royal is really moving to a much more modern

contemporary feel and one that’s more timeless than we’ve ever had before,” he says. The old food court area will be replaced with new retailers, including Dollarama. With so many changes taking place at Park Royal South, customers often ask Amantea what’s happening with Park Royal North. “We haven’t forgotten about the north side,” he says. “We’re investing a lot of time, effort,

money and creativity into making it as important a part of Park Royal as the Village, as the Main Street, as the south end, so we have not abandoned it.” Currently, work is underway on the new Loblaws City Market, the exterior facade and the landscaping on the north side. Amantea expects to make some tenant announcements for Park Royal North in the new year. “It will be the last piece of the puzzle,” he says.

Public invited to colour trees blue outside new Simons store CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

The Vancouver Biennale is inviting people of all ages to participate in the creation of a public artwork outside Simons at Park Royal South. A “pigmenting party” is set for Saturday, Oct. 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. during which volunteers will turn the trunks and branches of 260 trees a brilliant blue colour. To mark Simons’ 175th anniversary, the ﬁrst 175 people to register for the pigmenting party will receive a three- to ﬁve-foot potted red maple sapling (pigmented blue) and a T-shirt. The Blue Trees initiative was originally launched at the second Vancouver Biennale outdoor art exhibit in 2009-2011 by Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos. The art project has since been recreated in 14 cities around the world. Dimopoulos, who will be in attendance at Park Royal next Saturday, uses an environmentally

safe, water-based, natural blue pigment to alter the colour of smooth-barked trees. The colour slowly degrades over time and can be manually removed with water. According to a written statement by the artist, the colourful installation carries an environmentally conscious message. “The Blue Trees takes an urban landscape with which you are familiar and changes it for a brief period of time so that it becomes surreal, unfamiliar, even uncomfortable,” Dimopoulos states. “We are creatures who like certainty and we become disconcerted when our environment changes.

Yet we have altered and destroyed much of the global environment.” Dimopoulos is hopeful that his art generates discussion and highlights ecological issues. “I have always known that art is and has always has been an extended part of nature and that art can effect social change. For that to happen one has to move out of the art institutions and galleries and move outside among nature and people in their living spaces,” he states. The West Vancouver pigmenting party will take place rain or shine. Register online at vancouverbiennalebluetrees. eventbrite.com.

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BISTRO Hugos, Artisanal Pizzas and Global Tapas www.hugosvancouver.com 5775 Marine Drive, W. Van | 604-281-2111 Showcase your musical talents Thursday evenings in our beautiful chateau-style room or simply enjoy our reopened heated patio. Global fusion menu inspired by our love of travel, warm atmosphere inspired by our love of the community.

Sailor Hagar’s Neighbourhood Pub www.sailorhagarspub.com 86 Semisch Avenue, N. Van. | 604-984-3087 Spectacular view of Vancouver harbour & city, enjoy great food in a Brew Pub atmosphere. 18 beers on tap including our own 6 craft-brews. Happy Hour Specials Every Day 11am – 6pm! Satellite sports, pool table, darts & heated patio.

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BRITISH www.c-lovers.com Marine Drive @ Pemberton, N. Van. | 604-980-9993 6640 Royal Ave., Horseshoe Bay, W. Van. | 604-913-0994 The best ﬁsh & chips on the North Shore! Montgomery’s Fish & Chips International Food Court, Lonsdale Quay Market, N. Van. | 604-929-8416 The fastest growing Fish & Chips on the North Shore.

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Neighbourhood Noodle House www.neighbourhoodnoodlehouse.com 1352 Lonsdale Avenue, N. Van. | 604-988-9885 We offer the best variety and quality Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese cuisine with no MSG or additives at a very affordable price. Family owned and MSG operated for over 18 years. Conveniently located in central Lonsdale.

Woon Lee Inn www.woonleeinn.com 604-986-3388 3751 Delbrook Ave., North Vancouver

Thai PudPong Restaurant www.thaipudpong.com 1474 Marine Drive, W. Van. | 604-921-1069 West Vancouver’s original Thai Restaurant. Serving authentic Thai cuisine. Open Monday-Friday for lunch. 7 days a week for dinner.

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Pier 7 restaurant + bar $$$ www.pierseven.ca 25 Wallace Mews, N. Van. | 604-929-7437 Enjoy dining literally ON the waterfront with our inspired West Coast boat-to-table choices & extensive wine list. We’ve got 5 TV’s so you’ll never miss a game. Brunch until 2:30 weekends & holidays.

The Observatory $$$$ www.grousemountain.com Grouse Mtn, 6400 Nancy Greene Way, N. Van. | 604-998-4403 A thrilling and epicurean experience 3700’ on Grouse Mountain above the twinkling lights of Vancouver.

$$$ The Lobby Restaurant at the Pinnacle Hotel www.pinnaclepierhotel.com 138 Victory Ship Way, N. Van. | 604-973-8000 Inspired by BC’s natural abundance of fabulous seafood & the freshest of ingredients, dishes are prepared to reﬂect west coast cuisine. Breakfast, lunch, dinner & late night lounge, 7 days/week. Live music Fridays 8 - 11 pm.

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Chez Michel www.chezmichelvancouver.com 1373 Marine Drive (2nd ﬂr), W. Van. | 604-926-4913 For over 36 years, Chez Michel has delighted guests with his Classic French cuisine. Seafood & meat entrees, a superb selection of wines & a decadent dessert list. Superior service with a waterfront view completes an exemplary lunch or dinner experience.

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PUB The Black Bear Neighbhourhood Pub www.blackbearpub.com 1177 Lynn Valley Road, N. Van | 604.990.8880 “Your Favourite North Shore Pub” 18 years running. We do great food, not fast food. Full Take-Out menu. Reserve your party of 15-30 ppl except Friday’s. Monday night Trivia.

The MarinaSide Grill www.marinasidegrill.com 1653 Columbia Street, N. Van. (Under 2nd Narrows Bridge) | 604-988-0038 Waterfront dining over looking Lynnwood Marina under Ironworkers Memorial Bridge. Open every day at 8 am. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Brunch weekends and holidays serving eggs benny to juicy burgers, hot scallop salad, clam chowder. Happy Hour everyday from 3 - 5 pm. Free parking.

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INDIGO BOOKS Park Royal South, West Vancouver. Author Meet and Greet: Meet playwright and author Caitlin Hicks as she signs copies of her debut novel A Theory of Expanded Love Saturday, Oct. 24 at 1 p.m.

DEEP COVE SHAW THEATRE 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 604-929-3200 deepcovestage.com Are You Sure?: A mixture of comedy and suspense Oct. 16, 17 and 21-24 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $18/$16.

www.villagetaphouse.com 900 Main Street, Village at Park Royal, W. Van. | 604-922-8882 Start with a comfortable room, a giant ﬁreplace, add 20 ice cold brews on tap, really damn good food, some awesome events, & the most personable group of folks you’ll ever meet…welcome to the Tap House!

The Cheshire Cheese Restaurant & Bar $$ cheshirecheeserestaurant.ca 2nd Floor Lonsdale Quay Market, N. Van. | 604-987-3322 Excellent seafood & British dishes on the waterfront. Dinner specials: Wednesday evenings - Fresh halibut & chips. Thursday’s Pot Roast. Friday & Saturday- Prime Rib. Sunday - Turkey. Weekends & holidays, our acclaimed Eggs Benny. Open for lunch or dinner, 7 days a week.

2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. 604990-7810 capilanou.ca/ blueshoreﬁnancialcentre/ Cap Theatre: The Rocky Horror Show will be performed by Exit 22 Productions Oct. 16 and 17 at 7:30 and 11 p.m. Tickets: $22/$15/$10.

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Other events CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival will present a screening of Reel Rock 10 Friday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $17/$15. FERRY BUILDING GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. TuesdaySunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays. 604-9257290 ferrybuildinggallery.com Women Artists Through History: Trace the rise of women artists from the Renaissance to present day Mondays, Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2 and 9, 7-9 p.m. Fee: $55 for all four lectures or $15 drop-in. Celebrating French Impressionism: An exploration of impressionism and post-impressionist paintings Wednesday, Oct. 28

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The High Roller in Las Vegas is the world’s largest observation wheel at 550-feet tall and 520 feet in diameter. The LINQ Hotel and Casino anchors the pedestrian-only complex, which is about half way down The Strip opposite Caesar’s Palace. PHOTOS SUPPLIED NEVILLE JUDD

Pedestrian trafﬁc almost a thing of the past on the Vegas Strip

A walk on the wild side When I was 19 and backpacking the U.S., Las Vegas was not on the itinerary. It was 1986 and I was still two years’ shy of Nevada’s legal gambling and drinking age. I ended up on The Strip though, staying at the Imperial Palace because at $20 a night, it was cheaper than camping on the beach in San Diego. I ate like a king for under $10 a day, and I walked The Strip from end to end. Midweek during the heat of August, there were few cheaper places to stay. Almost 30 years later, The Strip is unrecognizable. No one walks The Strip from end to end. Fifteen of the world’s 25 largest hotels by room count are here, linked – barely – by a narrow ribbon of sidewalk that morphs into escalators and overpasses that seem to be designed to deter pedestrians at all costs. If you’re walking, you’re not spending. Two parts of Las Vegas though, buck this trend: one on The Strip, and the other in downtown Las Vegas, sometimes known as old Las Vegas. On The Strip, The LINQ Promenade is a pedestrian-only marketplace, fronted by stores, bars, restaurants and casinos. Yes, even on the hottest midweek

night in August, it’s busy, but unlike The Strip proper, The LINQ offers visitors the chance to stroll without worrying about falling off the curb into trafﬁc, or being accosted by hawkers and celebrity impersonators. Better yet, the area once home to the Imperial Palace is now anchored by two memorable attractions, plus a hotel that places you in the middle of it all. First, the High Roller – what people my age would call a ferris wheel – is the world’s biggest observation wheel at 550-feet tall and 520 feet in diameter. Unlike a ferris wheel, you’re not left dangling in a chair with a bar across your shoulders. The High Roller’s passenger cabins or capsules will be familiar to anyone who has experienced the London Eye in the UK. To ride a full rotation takes about 30 minutes and, day or night, the view is unsurpassed in Las Vegas. We boarded after dark and were treated to an everchanging perspective of the city, from the dazzling neon of Caesar’s Palace and The Bellagio to a sight much grander as we ascended to the High Roller’s apex – the outline of distant peaks in the west beyond Red Rock Canyon with Vegas itself looking all the smaller for it. There’s room for 40 people in a cabin, but avoid sunset hours like we did,

and you’ll probably be sharing with half a dozen others. Alternatively, private cabins are available, complete with bar service, for that special occasion! A few doors down from the entrance to the High Roller is the Brooklyn Bowl, which mixes 10pin bowling, live music, and comfort-food dining. Travelling with teens meant we had to exit by 8 p.m. when the venue becomes adult only, but until then we relaxed on the leather chesterﬁelds, bowled for an hour and listened to musicians warming up. I drank a Rogue Dead Guy Ale but swore I’d return some day for a Bourbon Street Shake with Nutella and a shot of Bourbon. The Roots and Elvis Costello opened the Vegas edition of Brooklyn Bowl (other versions are in London and Brooklyn – surprise!) last year. Its 2,400-capacity showroom makes it one of Las Vegas’s more intimate concert settings. The LINQ Hotel and Casino anchors the pedestrian-only complex, which is about half way down The Strip opposite Caesar’s Palace. Not only is the location great, but the hotel offers welcome convenience, including the option of an automated check-in process that reduces lineups to a fraction of what’s normal in some Vegas hotels.

Like many hotels here, there’s a decidedly adult vibe about The LINQ, including its swimming pool, which is off-limits to under-21s. Guests with children can use the pools at neighbouring Harrah’s and Flamingo. No such restrictions exist at the Downtown Grand, which features a rooftop pool and is on the doorstep of Fremont Street - Las Vegas’s other pedestrian-only area.

Known for years as Glitter Gulch, the Fremont Street Experience occupies ﬁve city blocks and is covered by an LED display canopy that blasts music and light extravaganzas every night, while zipliners zoom across the ceiling for $40 a turn. Roaming celebrity impersonators, near-naked showgirls, Chippendales, and several live music stages combine to make Fremont Street feel like a high-octane circus. Every

cheesy T-shirt you’ve ever seen is on display here, from Kiss Me, I’m Irish, to One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Floor. We lasted an hour before ﬂeeing around the corner to the Triple George Grill on Third Street. Ranked one of the city’s best steakhouses, Triple George didn’t disappoint. Private booths, sumptuous dark wood, and brass ﬁttings all See Walking page 44

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Museum gives crash course in the Mob JOHN MASTERS Meridian Writers’ Group

LAS VEGAS: Once upon a time, in the 1940s, America didn’t believe in the Mob - or the Cosa Nostra or the Mafia, as you will. Organized crime was a fairy tale. The Mob Museum explains how the nation learned otherwise. Central to the story are the nowforgotten Kefauver Crime Hearings. In 1950 the U.S. Senate, sensing that something was rotten in the state of the union, appointed Tennessee senator Estes Kefauver to hold 92 days of hearings across the country to investigate “crime in interstate commerce.” “The proceedings,” explains the museum, “offered Americans gripping theater – a crash course in organized crime.” The high point was the final series of hearings in New York City, televised live. This was back when television was brand new, and it was watched by 30 million people, “making it the nation’s first TV event.” The museum shows extracts. The Mob Museum

The Mob Museum tells the story of organized crime in America, including the country’s discovery that the Mob actually existed. Central to that revelation were the 1950 Kefauver Crime Hearings, which became one of the first big events on the decade’s new-fangled medium, television. PHOTO SUPPLIED JOHN MASTERS/MERIDIAN WRITERS’ GROUP opened in 2012. It could have set up in lots of places—the Kefauver hearings took place in 14 cities, all with their sordid stories to tell. But the Mob

was pivotal in making Las Vegas the gambling and nightlife mecca it became, so putting it here was an easy choice. Better yet, the building the museum

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There are also several places to interact with the exhibits: you can join a police line-up and have your friends take pictures of you, fire a Tommy gun and feel the recoil, or sit in a replica of the electric chair that saw off Louis Lepke, “the richest man to die.” It is, a bit depressingly, a favourite place for selfies. The Mob Museum’s formal monicker is “National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement,” so it also devotes space to crime fighting – methods used and inroads made – but the juicier tale is clearly the crooks’. That’s where the money is, too, as becomes obvious in the gift shop, filled with Al Capone shot glasses, brass-knuckle coffee mugs and Mob fedoras. If you go: For more information on the Mob Museum visit its website at themobmuseum.org. For information on Las Vegas go to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority website at lasvegas.com. – More stories at culturelocker.com

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is in, once a post ofﬁce with federal courtrooms on the upper ﬂoor, is exactly where the Las Vegas portion of the Kefauver hearings took place. You

can sit in the chambers – unchanged since the 1950s – and see witnesses’ testimony re-enacted. The museum explains why Las Vegas was so appealing to mobsters: it was an “open city,” meaning no one gang had exclusive dibs on it. A diorama shows some of the Mob bosses’ hotel-casinos, among them the Flamingo, built by Bugsy Siegel in 1946 (he was murdered six months later), and the Tropicana, opened in 1957 with Frank Costello as part owner. (After surviving an attempted hit that year, he retired and took up gardening.) Both establishments are still going, presumably clean now. For crime aﬁcionados, the Mob Museum has some singular items: the Chicago brick wall with the (still-visible) bullet holes from the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre; the New York City barber’s chair Albert Anastasia was shot dead in 1957 (comedian Henny Youngman used to own it), Lucky Luciano’s black fedora and silver cigarette case (the latter a gift from Frank Sinatra).

conjure up a bygone era of triple-Martini lunches and deals sealed over a dinner of 16-oz Ribeye done just right. It might as well have been a million miles away from Fremont Street, or the Hogs and Heifers’ biker saloon next door, for that matter. Three of the Judds spent their last day in Vegas on the roof of The Grand, flaked out in a cabana by the infinity pool. It may have been the combined effects of the Triple George, plus an all-American breakfast at the Grand’s S&O Restaurant that eventually got me off my lounger and walking again. I strolled across the street to Stewart Avenue and the Mob Museum. Once inside the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, I realized that I would need a day to fully explore this museum. The mob and its relationship

with Las Vegas, the United States, and law enforcement are put into historical context via three floors of photos, movies, and compelling exhibits. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre is macabrely brought to life with the actual blood-stained wall on display, alongside an electric chair, a tommy gun, plus a numerous artefacts relating to the mob’s involvement with gambling, drugs and prostitution. The world’s first slot machines look a lot easier to figure out compared to today’s versions. Craving caffeine with little time before our departure, I found The Beat Coffeehouse and Records three blocks down Fremont Street. Vinyl for sale in one corner, free magazines and newspapers, and great coffee, The Beat is the perfect antidote for anyone craving life after the party. Like the Mob Museum, I wish I’d found

it earlier. I told the lady behind the counter I was worn out. “It’s only the tourists who insist on partying 24 hours a day,” she said. For a moment, I felt like a local. nevjudd.com If you go: Between now and Dec. 31, The Downtown Grand will accept Canadian money at par when Canadian visitors stay and play the hotel’s slots. The offer is up to CDN $500 a day, which is worth about US$375 – equal to $125 in free play. Visit downtowngrand.com or call 1855 DT GRAND for details, plus information about The Triple George and the S&O. Rooms start from US$46 at The Linq Hotel and Casino. Visit caesars. com/linq for information about the hotel, the High Roller ($27-day/$37-night) and the Brooklyn Bowl ($100 per lane for up to 8 people).

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VW Bug still in style While it has changed considerably over the decades, the Volkswagen Beetle still expresses that unique character not found in any other vehicle. The current generation Beetle arrived in 2012 to compete with retro rivals the Mini Cooper and Fiat 500. Like the others in this niche, the VW is available as a coupe and a convertible. While the 2015 model doesn’t see signiﬁcant changes, two updates grab attention. The limitededition Beetle Classic joins the lineup and a new TDI Clean Diesel engine is also available. As most readers know, unfortunately this

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diesel engine is the one that’s been affected by the current VW situation around diesel. The brand has been tarnished for the time being because of the diesel issue, but this does not mean that

the products themselves are in any way poorly designed or engineered. In fact, VW makes some of the best products in the world and many are considered the benchmark in the industry. We will have to continue to monitor the news and information to see how this entire diesel issue evolves – until then, it’s hard to predict how the brand will be affected for the long haul. For now, however, we want to evaluate the Beetle as a product on its own, without the controversy surrounding the brand itself.

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His final stop in BC in the longest election campaign in Canadian history. Justin Trudeau returns to the riding once represented by his grandfather, Jim Sinclair, to close out Campaign 2015.

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Breathing new life into luxury.

The interior of the Beetle contains plenty of retro touches but the racy dials tucked behind a sporty steering wheel are distinctly modern. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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From page 51

Out on the open road, the Beetle may not be the most agile, but it is still plenty of fun to drive. The steering is accurate with a nicely weighted feel, it has lots of grip, and if you throw it in a corner it will not lean at all. However, the Beetle is not perfect. While it is reasonably comfortable, it does jump around a bit after going over a bump. Also, at high speeds there is a bit of wind noise.

all Beetles come standard with power windows, six-way adjustable seats with leatherette surfaces, and a leather-wrapped multifunction steering wheel. Fit and ﬁnish is solid, but all the interior trim pieces are hard plastic, which may add to its retro vibe, but don’t align with modern creature comforts.

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Environment Behind the wheel of the Beetle, the front seats are spacious and the robust controls are logically laid out. You will also ﬁnd a surprising amount of practicality in the front as well. As well as a normal glovebox, there is another storage box in the upper dash paying homage to the Bugs of the past. Other

storage places include the dash top, lower centre console and centre armrest. And, while the door bins are paper thin, the thick elastic band makes them usable and versatile. Nobody buys a Beetle to use as a cargo van or a taxi, but its lack of practicality behind the front seats must be noted. Since the Beetle only has two doors, it is difﬁcult to get into the back. Once situated in either of the two rear seats, knee room is very tight and headroom is not great either. As for the trunk, cargo space is okay, however, the sloping tailgate means you cannot carry tall items. Folding the rear seats reveals a rather large ridge that will not allow you to easily slide in longer, heavier items. All that being said, the VW Beetle requires fewer compromises than its smaller retro rivals. In terms of equipment,

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Chris Paproski, North Shore Resident, Eligible to vote for the ﬁrst time this year Our freedom to vote is that exactly - a freedom.The fact that we as Canadians have this ability, yet just over sixty percent of eligible Canadians chose to vote last election is apathetic. To me, knowing that there are thousands of people just a plane ride away who have never had the opportunity to do something that maybe takes us ten minutes is reason enough to get me to a voting booth. Whether you believe in our democracy or not is irrelevant; however to not utilize something that is so freely given to us is a waste. If we could all climb down out of our trees and glance at this forest, we might also realize that our power to choose the color of timber is pretty special.

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sent the Internet revving to redline, a sexy twodoor coupe concept that’s planned for reveal at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month. “New RX-7!” shouted the headlines – not so fast. While many, and count me among them, would be happy to see a return of everyone’s favourite slightly-rude-sounding engine – the Wankel – there are a few hurdles.

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Put it this way: if VW can’t or won’t get the wellunderstood turbodiesel engine to pass emissions requirements, how the heck is tiny Mazda going to get the oil-swilling rotary engine past the EPA’s tailpipe sniffers? The rotary is a very odd engine, one that excels at racing applications. 57This doesn’t necessarily translate to the street, and most RX-7 or RX-8 owners will tell you that their cars are delightful, but a bit thirsty. Not only that, but this new coupe concept could merely be a styling exercise, and not actually powered by anything. If forced to guess at what way a rotary engine might actually make its way back into a street-driven RXcoupe, it’ll be as an ultracompact range extender. Think BMW i8 for the rest of us.

Nissan Teatro for Dayz seeks to impress digital natives Speaking of the Tokyo Motor Show, which can be counted upon to always provide some seriously quirky machinery, Nissan has a full lineup on display. Along with an updated Leaf (practical) and a two-door sport coupe-crossover called the Gripz (less practical), there’s something called the Teatro for Dayz. Okay, first of all, putting “z” at the end of words has been clinically proven to be the least youth-oriented thing ever. It’s the kind of move Poochy the Dog might make. Second, the boxy little Teatro EV is a deeply unexciting car, and has nothing really to do with driving. It’s meant to be a moving space (“Teatro” means theatre in Italian), filled with digital screens for better social media whatever. Sure, an autonomous box to haul around people who’d rather look at their phones than drive might actually work – but who would want to own one? Sorry, TfD, but even digital natives will either buy a modern Z, or take the bus. Wire-frame Evoque convertibles take over London As a way to promote their upcoming Evoque convertible, an SUV that answers a question almost nobody was asking, Land Rover has pulled off a pretty neat stunt. Members of their design team fabricated wireframe models of the new car from thin aluminum rods, and then painted them day-glo colours and scattered them about the UK’s capital city, in front of Harrod’s, Bulgari and Burberry. I’m sure this didn’t annoy anyone looking for parking in traffic-choked London at all. No sir. The Evoque convertible is a very silly vehicle indeed, combining the best bits of an urban Land Rover with the practicality of a convertible. It’s like a high-heeled rubber welly that’s been converted into a sandal. I’m sure it will sell annoyingly well.

Panoz creates streetlegal Delta-Wing The Delta-Wing racing concept thrilled race fans simply because it was so otherworldly. It was a throwback to a time when racing demanded and rewarded innovation, a distant cousin to the sixwheeled Tyrrells. And it actually worked! The two close-mounted wheels up front gave the Delta-Wing the look of some high school notebook margin sketch, but the engineering was sound. A street version has been rumoured for years, but ﬁnally Panoz has come out with a concept version of what that might look like and ... oh dear. It’s part Ouija board pointer and part 1990s novelty videocassette rewinder. Some things only work on the track.

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Offers available from October 1 – November 2, 2015. ≈Payments cannot be made on a weekly basis, for advertising purposes only. *$2,180//$2,000//$2,500 no-charge all-wheel drive upgrade is available on new 2015 Juke (excluding SV FWD (N5RT55 AA00)// 2016 Rogue (excluding S FWD (Y6RG16 AA00) and SV Special Edition FWD (Y6SG16 AA00)) // 2015 Pathfinder (excluding S 4x2 (5XRG15 AA00) models purchased or financed with NCF at standard rates and delivered between October 1, 2015 and November 2, 2015. Offer consists of a discount that can only be used at the time of initial purchase/finance and applied towards: (i) the purchase of an all-wheel drive system from an authorized Nissan dealer; and/or (ii) the purchase price of the vehicle. **350//$400//$500 no-charge winter tire package offer is available on new 2015 Micra // 2015 & 2016 Versa Note // 2015 Sentra models purchased, leased or financed and delivered between October 1, 2015 and November 2, 2015. Offer consists of a discount that can only be used at the time of initial purchase/lease/finance and applied towards: (i) the purchase of a winter tire package (includes: all-season floor mats, emergency road kit, and 4 specified winter tires -- rims, tire installation and balancing not included) from an authorized Nissan dealer; and/or (ii) the purchase price of the vehicle. The discounts will be deducted from the negotiated price before taxes and can be combined with special lease and finance rates offered through Nissan Canada Finance. Any unused portion of a discount will not be refunded and may not be banked for future use. Offers are subject to change or cancellation without notice. Conditions apply. See your participating Nissan dealer or visit choosenissan.ca for details. ◆ $12,198 selling price includes MSRP and fees for a new 2015 Sentra 1.8 S M6 (C4LG55 AA00). $5,000 NCI non-stackable cash discount, includes $350 dealer participation in advertised amount. +Cash discount is $2,500/$5,250 available on 2015 Micra SR trims, excludes S trim which gets $1,550 and SV trims which get $1,750/2015 Pathfinder S 4X4 (5XBG15 AA00). $2,500/$5,250 comprised of ‘No Charge AWD’ credit of $2,500/$2,500, $2,450 NCF standard rate cash, $0/$300 dealer participation. Only applicable with finance through Nissan Canada Finance at standard rates. ≠Representative monthly lease offer based on a new 2016 Rogue S FWD CVT (Y6RG16 AA00). 1.99% lease APR for a 60 month term equals monthly payments of $279 with $0 down payment, and $0 security deposit. First monthly payment, down payment and $0 security deposit are due at lease inception. Payments include freight and fees. Lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km/year with excess charged at $0.10/km. Total lease obligation is $16,710. 2016 Rogue S FWD CVT does not qualify for ‘No Charge AWD credit’. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Conditions apply. †Representative finance offer based on any new 2015 Pathfinder S 4X4 (5XBG15 AA00). Selling price is $32,458 financed at 0% APR equals monthly payments of $451 monthly for a 72 month term. $0 down payment required. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $32,458. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Conditions apply. ▲ Models shown $37,008/$25,998/$18,438/$48,708 Selling price for a new 2016 Rogue SL AWD Premium (Y6DG16 BK00)/ 2015 Sentra 1.8 SL (C4TG15 AA00)/2015 Micra 1.6 SR AT (S5SG75 AE10)/2015 Pathfinder Platinum (5XEG15 AA00). See your dealer or visit Nissan.ca/Loyalty. *◆±≠▲Freight and PDE charges ($1,760/$1,600/$1,600/$1,760) air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, applicable fees (all which may vary by region), manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable are included. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Lease offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Vehicles and accessories are for illustration purposes only. ALG is the industry benchmark for residual values and depreciation data, www.alg.com. For more information see IIHS.org. °Forward Collision Warning is intended to warn you before a collision occurs; it cannot prevent a collision. Speed and other limitations apply. See Owner’s Manual for details. ^Ward’s Large Cross/Utility Market Segmentation. MY15 Pathfinder and Pathfinder Hybrid vs. 2014 competitors. ‡Around View Monitor cannot completely eliminate blind spots and may not detect every object. Always check surroundings before moving vehicle. Virtual composite 360 view. The Nissan Sentra received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among compact cars in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of owners surveyed in February-May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. See your participating Nissan retailer for complete details. ©2015 Nissan Canada Inc. and Nissan Canada Financial Services Inc. a division of Nissan Canada Inc.

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TODAY’S DRIVE

Bug fashionable and fun

From page 54

from $20,990 to $33,240.

to drive, the Volkswagen Beetle is an interesting choice.

Fiat 500 What the 500 lacks in size it makes up with playful attitude and an impressive list of fun colours and features. Fiat is still new to the marketplace after its long exile, and therefore still needs to earn back the public’s trust. With several trim lines to choose from, the Fiat 500 ranges in price from $14,495 to $26,495.

Competitors Mini Cooper The Mini has always offered a thrilling driving experience. Today’s Mini is not a spartan runaround, instead it boasts high style and advanced features. The John Cooper Works models also provide true sporting potential. Starting prices for the base three-door range

Volkswagen Golf If you like the size of the Beetle but need something

with a bit more versatility, the Golf may be the answer. The Golf shares many qualities with its sibling including a whole host of

variants to suit everyone’s unique tastes. Prices for the Golf family start at $18,995. editor@automotivepress.com

The Mini Cooper has recently added more comfort to its always thrilling driving experience.

The Fiat 500 is a relatively new arrival that is winning fans with its fun and playful attitude. PHOTOS SUPPLIED

The Volkswagen Golf is an option for Beetle fans who need a bit more versatility.

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Ask Infiniti North Vancouver about the No Charge Infiniti Elite Prepaid Maintenance Plan A convenient way to ensure your Infiniti vehicle receives the service it deserves! 819 Automall Drive, North Vancouver, BC V7P 3R8 Tel: 604.985.9311 | infinitinorthvancouver.ca *Limited time lease offers provided through INFINITI Financial Services, on approved credit. Offers valid until November 2nd, 2015 at participating retailers. Based on a new 2015 Q50 LTD AWD Q4XG75 WNOO // 2015 Q50 AWD Sport Deluxe Touring & Technology Q4XS75 CV00 // 2015 QX60 AWD J6XG15 AA00 // 2015 QX60 AWD Deluxe Touring J6XG15 CD00 // with a 1.9% // 1.9% // 1.9% // 1.9% lease APR for 48 // 48 // 48 // 48 months. Semi-monthly payment is $272 // $333 // $298 // $378 // (includes $1,995 freight and PDI, $25 EHF (tires), and a $100 air conditioning charge and other applicable fees, levies and duties) with $0 // $0 // $0 // $0 down payment or equivalent trade-in, $86 PPSA, $0 security deposit and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $26,146 // $31,938 // $28,653// $36,312. Documentation Fee $595, applicable taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra. 16,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.15/km for excess kilometres. Retailers may lease for less. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. †$2,250 Lease Cash Incentive is available only on new 2015 Q50 AWD LTD AWD Q4XG75 WNOO // $1,000 Lease Cash Incentive is available only on new 2015 QX60 AWD J6XG15 AA00 that are leased, registered, and delivered from an authorized INFINITI retailer by November 2nd, 2015. Offers are subject to change or cancellation without notice. Certain conditions may apply.The Infiniti Elite Prepaid Maintenance Plan code IMBR1 48/064 (Infiniti Oil Change & Tire Rotation Plan, Conventional Oil). Visit Infiniti North Vancouver or www.infinitinorthvancouver.ca for complete details. Vehicle and wheels may not be exactly as shown

Wise customers read the fine print: *, †, Ω The All Out Clearout Sales Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating dealers on or after October 1, 2015. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,695) and excludes licence, insurance, registration, any dealer administration fees, other dealer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Dealer trade may be necessary. Dealer may sell for less. *Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on select new 2015 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. †0% purchase financing available on select new 2015 Ram 1500 and Ram Heavy Duty models to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Example: 2015 Ram 1500 Quad Cab SXT 4x4 (25A+AGR) with a Purchase Price of $28,998 with a $0 down payment, financed at 0% for 72 months equals 156 bi-weekly payments of $186 with a cost of borrowing of $0 and a total obligation of $28,998. Ω$10,000 in total discounts includes $8,500 Consumer Cash and $1,500 Loyalty/Conquest Bonus Cash. Consumer Cash Discounts are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. $1,500 Ram Truck Loyalty/Conquest/Skilled Trades Bonus Cash is available on the retail purchase/lease of 2015 Ram 1500 (excludes Reg. Cab), 2014 Ram 2500/3500 or 2015 Ram Cargo Van and is deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. Eligible customers include: 1. Current owners/lessees of a Dodge or Ram Pickup Truck or Large Van or any other manufacturer’s Pickup Truck or Large Van. The vehicle must have been owned/leased by the eligible customer and registered in their name on or before October 1, 2015. Proof of ownership/Lease agreement will be required. 2. Customers who are skilled tradesmen or are acquiring a skilled trade. This includes Licensed Tradesmen, Certified Journeymen or customers who have completed an Apprenticeship Certification. A copy of the Trade Licence/Certification required. 3. Customers who are Baeumler Approved service providers. Proof of membership is required. Limit one $1,500 bonus cash offer per eligible transaction. Some conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. TMThe SiriusXM logo is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc.

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†$2,500 Hondacash purchase incentive is available on select 2015 Civic models (2D LX, 2D EX, 2D EX-L Navi, 2D Si, 4D DX, 4D LX, 4D EX, 4D Touring).Hondacash purchase incentive will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes and cannot be combined with special lease or finance offers. **MSRP is $17,245 based on a new2015CivicDXFB2E2FEXincluding$1,495freightandPDI.Pricesand/orpaymentsshowndonotincludeaPPSAlienregistrationfeeof$30.31andlienregisteringagent'sfeeof$5.25,whicharebothdueattimeofdeliveryandcoveredbythedealeronbehalfofthecustomer.OffersvalidfromSeptember1stthrough30th,2015at participatingHondaretailers.Dealermaysell/leaseforless.Dealertrademaybenecessaryoncertainvehicles.OffersvalidonlyforBritishColumbiaresidentsatBCHondaDealerslocations.Offerssubjecttochangeorcancellationwithoutnotice.Termsandconditionsapply.Visitwww.bchonda.comorseeyourHondaretailerforfulldetails.