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Woodfibre LNG gets province’s approval

Project gets environmental green light, faces more hurdles JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

The provincial government has given the proposed Woodﬁbre liqueﬁed natural gas export facility in Howe Sound environmental approval, despite concerns expressed by local municipalities and

environmental groups opposed to the project. On Monday, B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak and Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman issued the project an environmental assessment certiﬁcate, subject to 25 conditions. The provincial decision comes after the Squamish

Nation council recently gave the project its own conditional green light in a 12-2 vote, following a separate environmental assessment. Byng Giraud, vicepresident of corporate affairs for Woodfibre LNG, described the province’s environmental approval as “a significant milestone, but one of many.” In particular, Woodfibre still needs approval from the new

federal government before it can go ahead with what Giraud described as a “ﬁnal investment decision.” “Obviously we’re watching closely to see what the federal government’s going to do,” said Giraud. “We still need the federal approvals.” Both prime ministerdesignate Justin Trudeau and new Liberal MP for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast- Sea to Sky

Country, Pam GoldsmithJones, were noncommittal about the Woodfibre project when asked about it during the election campaign. Woodfibre Natural Gas Ltd. – owned by Pacific Oil and Gas – wants to liquefy and export 2.1-million tonnes of LNG per year at a plant built on the site of a former pulp mill near Squamish. If approved, the $1.6-billion facility would ship 40 double-hulled LNG

tankers to Asia each year. For the past two years, the proposed project has pit residents throughout the Howe Sound corridor who question possible environmental impacts and safety risks against others who see the project providing jobs and a needed economic boost. West Vancouver council was one of several local municipalities that voted See Activist page 3

CNV council calls for one-zone SeaBus fares JUSTIN BEDDALL newsroom@nsnews.com

City of North Van staff are concerned that recently reduced bus fares may cause transit users to avoid SeaBus trips to save money – which could further strain already overloaded bus routes. As of Oct.5, bus riders travelling between North Vancouver and Vancouver now pay a standard onezone fare of $2.75. A commute across the Burrard Inlet aboard the SeaBus costs $4. That’s because as TransLink has started rolling out its new tap-in, tap-out, See Fare page 8

PARK PROJECT Family and friends of late Squamish Nation hereditary Chief Mathias Joe celebrate at the groundbreaking and blessing ceremony Friday for upgrades to his eponymous park. Renovations to the Lower Lonsdale park will incorporate natural materials. The late chief’s granddaughter, Margaret Prince Mathias Joe, hugs Gerda Mathias in her mother’s 100-year-old regalia with brother Rocky wearing his dad’s regalia. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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TransLink looking to put brakes on UBC express bus Proposed route cut ‘totally unacceptable,’ says WV mayor MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

The idea of TransLink eliminating an express bus from Dundarave to UBC is “totally unacceptable,” says West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith. Smith was reacting to TransLink’s proposal to cut service for the ﬁnancially “less successful” 258 bus, which directly connects West Vancouver students and UBC faculty members to the Point Grey campus in about 40 minutes. The mayor also said the municipality, which operates the West Vancouver Blue Bus system under the TransLink umbrella, was not consulted on proposed changes to the 258 ahead of time. “And this service for our students to UBC is one that needs to continue,” said Smith. Earlier this month TransLink announced it was seeking public feedback on potential changes to a handful of North Shore bus routes, including the 258. As it looks to optimize bus service for the region, TransLink said it has identiﬁed the 258 as a high-cost passenger route that ranks 200th out of 212

routes for performance. Contributing to that poor grade is the fact the 258 makes four morning runs from Dundarave to UBC, but comes back empty on the return trip. “So, it’s a long route that serves a specialized market,” said TransLink spokesperson Chris Bryan. When it comes to crunching numbers for the 258, which runs from September to April, Smith said TransLink and Blue Bus are not on the same page. Looking at September’s passenger counts, Blue Bus is reporting double the amount of riders for the 258 than TransLink’s stats for that same time period. TransLink said peak level use for the 258 is 30 passengers on average for a 55-seat bus, or approximately 200 passengers per day going to and from UBC. Blue Bus, meanwhile, puts the daily passenger count at 434, while noting that the buses often experience overloads between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. “The salient fact is the route is at or near capacity. It’s one that our residents need, particularly the students,” said Smith, adding that the 44 bus is not an acceptable alternative. If the 258 service is scrapped, passengers bound for UBC would take the 250 or 257 Vancouver buses

West Vancouver residents Anne Miele, Lucille Hoover and Stephen Price look over a letter that Price is circulating among transit users to advise of TransLink’s proposal to eliminate the 258 UBC express bus. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD and transfer at Burrard and Georgia to the 44 UBC bus. The alternative is not sitting well with some West Vancouver students and UBC faculty members who have taken the 258 for decades and are protesting the proposed schedule change. “For me, this change means 140 hours more per year spent on a bus,” said West Vancouver resident Stephen Price, a mature student in UBC’s education program. Price took the proposed alternative route one morning last week and experienced a signiﬁcantly longer commute. “The scheduled 44 (bus) didn’t show up, so the commute from Park Royal to UBC was one hour and 40 minutes instead of 40

minutes,” said Price. West Vancouver resident Lucille Hoover, a UBC psychology faculty member, has faithfully taken the 258 to and from the university every day for more than 30 years. Figuring she is one of the original riders of the route, which she says started in 1983, Hoover has joined a chorus of regular 258 commuters decrying the proposed shakeup to their routine. Hoover said she sometimes takes the 44 but often the bus is “standingroom only and you squeeze on.” Once the 44 rolls up to Georgia and Burrard, explains Hoover, it’s the third stop on the route and the bus has already picked up heavy loads of passengers from Waterfront Station.

Hoover’s concern is that she will be left waiting at the curb. TransLink said it anticipates, under the proposed changes, the travel time will be roughly the same even with the transfer factored in. “We believe once the adjustments are made it will actually improve the speed for the majority of customers travelling to UBC from North Shore and downtown Vancouver,” said Bryan, adding they would compensate by increasing service on 250, 257 and 44 buses. Smith plans to send a letter to TransLink outlining his concerns about the potential cancellation of the 258. “The pushback that I am going to make to TransLink is: West Vancouver residents pay by

far the highest percentage of property taxes because of our high assessments. We pay over $800 per homeowner to TransLink and it goes up every year,” said Smith. TransLink is asking for public feedback on the proposed changes until Nov. 6 in the form of a survey which can found online at translink.ca. “It’s important that we hear from our customers and our riders, it plays a signiﬁcant role in the decisions we make about whether we proceed with these proposals or not,” said Bryan. Any service changes TransLink makes will be rolled out quarterly over the next year and a half. To take the rider survey, go to nsnews.com and click on this story link.

Activist calls for moratorium on LNG exports

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last summer to request a ban on LNG tanker trafﬁc in Howe Sound. Opponents of the project who turned out to a meeting in West Vancouver earlier this year raised concerns ranging from the risk of shipping accidents in Howe Sound, possible environmental impacts of the plant’s proposed seawater cooling system, large wakes from the tankers and potential air pollution. In written reasons for the decision, the provincial ministers stated conditions placed on the project will prevent or reduce any serious problems.

Among issues pointed to, the ministers pointed to the depth of the seawater cooling marine intake as minimizing impacts on juvenile herring – one of the environmental concerns identiﬁed. They also noted the company has agreed to slow the speed of the LNG tankers to minimize the wake from the tankers and reduce impacts on marine mammals. They added each tanker would be accompanied by at least three escort tugs and be guided by two coast pilots. An analysis of safety risks and emergency response will have to be completed as part of the permit application

to the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission, the ministers noted. Ruth Simons, executive director of the Future of Howe Sound Society, said she was disappointed but not surprised that the project had been granted environmental approvals. Simons said approval of the project was “pre-determined” by the provincial government, but noted many communities around Howe Sound remain opposed to it. “This project didn’t obtain a social licence to proceed,” she said. Delena Angrignon, co-founder of the My Sea to Sky group, called the provincial approval

“reckless” and the process used to assess the project inadequate. Angrignon pointed to potential impacts of the seawater cooling system as among issues that haven’t been addressed. “If this is supposed to be such a rigorous process why are they being given an environmental assessment certiﬁcate knowing this system has been banned (in California)?” she said. She said her group is calling on the new federal government to put a moratorium on LNG exports. During a campaign stop in West Vancouver this summer to promote

marine environmental policies, Trudeau side-stepped the issue of whether a Liberal government would support the Woodﬁbre LNG plan, saying only that “citizens need to be assured issues are properly addressed.” On the campaign trail, Goldsmith-Jones called for “an immediate audit of the environmental legislation that’s been gutted over the course of a decade before we can entertain any proposal.” At that time, Goldsmith-Jones also criticized marine safety standards that would govern tanker trafﬁc in Howe Sound as “inadequate” but did not

come out as either for or against the project. She could not be reached for comment by press time. Giraud said the company is hoping ﬁnal approvals will be granted in 2016, which would mean the plant could be operating by 2018. In addition to regulatory approvals, “we still have to ensure we have markets for our gas,” he said, adding that the company is taking part in an upcoming trade mission to China with B.C. Premier Christy Clark. The company that owns Woodﬁbre also owns 35 per cent of a state-owned LNG import facility in China.

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Orphaned bear cub taken to Critter Care

JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A tiny black bear cub spotted wandering alone around the Lynn Creek area of North Vancouver was tranquilized by a conservation officer and taken to the Critter Care animal rehabilitation centre in Langley on Sunday. The female cub, which weighed only 22 pounds, is the first black bear sent to the animal rehab centre from the North Shore this year. The fate of the cub was much happier than that of two other bear cubs shot by conservation officers in the British Properties earlier this month. Those cubs and their mother were shot after the three bears were deemed by conservation officers as too habituated to human food and involved in too many conflicts with people to be prospects for rehabilitation. Christine Miller, spokeswoman for the North Shore Black Bear Society, said the latest cub was first spotted around Oct. 16 behind Lynnmour elementary. The cub was spotted again several times in the neighbourhood over the next 10 days, she said.

Conservation officer James Kelly with the tranquilized cub. PHOTO SUPPLIED Conservation ofﬁcers managed to tree and tranquilize the cub near Park & Tilford Gardens on Sunday. “The cub was very small,” said Miller. “It just looked teeny.” Colin Bridge happened to be in the area when the drama unfolded and caught a glimpse of the tranquilized bear cub lying in the back

of the conservation ofﬁcer’s truck. At ﬁrst, Bridge said he was afraid the cub had been destroyed. But when he got closer, “I could see it breathing,” he said. “I thought ‘Holy cow, that’s fantastic.’” Miller said nobody knows what happened to the cub’s mother. Normally, black bears stay with their mothers until they are about 18

months old. The same day, Sunday, a second orphaned bear cub that had been spotted around a residential area of Squamish was also captured by conservation officers and taken to Critter Care. Simon Gravel, conservation officer in the West Vancouver-Sea to Sky corridor, said both bears fit the criteria for successful rehabilitation – they had not become habituated to human food sources, hadn’t been in conflict with people and were in healthy condition. Gravel said conservation officers follow provincial policy set by wildlife biologists and other experts when deciding what to do with orphaned bear cubs. Since 2007, conservation officers had been taking all orphaned bear cubs to the rehabilitation facility, which releases them back into the wild. But Gravel said last year, conservation officers were told to start assessing bear cubs by the existing provincial policy. That means cubs will usually be shot if they have been entering occupied homes or garages or have been learning to access human food sources from their mother over an

extended period of time. Miller said the change is concerning to animal advocates, who feel cubs of sows that have been in conflict with people can still be rehabilitated and released. “I don’t know how habituated a cub can be,” she said. Miller said she’s hoping the provincial policy about bear cubs will be changed. Gravel said one young “conflict” bear shot by conservation officers in Whistler this summer had been released in the spring

from Critter Care after getting into a house the year before. Gravel said if cubs can be caught before they get into trouble with people they stand a better chance. “Often we get the call when the bears are at a very high level of conﬂict,” he said. This time of year it’s especially important to store attractants like bird feeders and store garbage indoors until pick-up, he said. “It’s a very critical time for bears. They need to eat a lot before the winter.”

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eaBus vs. bus. Which do you prefer to take on a trip downtown? A SeaBus ride is generally faster and more scenic. The SeaBus is also designed to carry far more people efﬁciently and hooks in easily to rapid transit options. But thanks to the endlessly convoluted logic that governs decisions at TransLink, it just got signiﬁcantly cheaper to take the bus. Which will have the exact opposite effect to what TransLink should be aiming for. As legions of policy-makers have already discovered, money is one of the best drivers of human behaviour. People avoid expensive options. They sign up for the cheaper ones. That’s especially true of daily activities like commuting, where small amounts can quickly add up to a lot of cash.

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Email scandal an affront to democracy

Dear Editor: The practice of triple deleting emails by the B.C. government, is not the accidental delete from your inbox. That happens to the best of us. No, this is deleting an email from the inbox, then from the trash bin, and, now comes the proof this was an intentional and deliberate act, delete it from the mail server too. Deleting government communication is against the rules, but more

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and there is no room for interpretation. Computer storage is cheap, cheap, cheap and has been for the last 10 years, so that cannot be a factor. We have heard the responses of Premier Clark and Minister Virk: Both seem totally in denial trying to spin their way out of this. These are serious charges and there should be very serious consequences. To suggest that from now on, everything will be better

is simply ludicrous. Who wants to have people running a government who can’t understand the simplest of instructions, especially when only two years ago this matter of (electronic) record-keeping was brought up as well? Or who wants to have people in government who do this intentionally and disrespect the principles of our democracy? This is not the ﬁrst time this government has come

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Trail markers would help point hikers in right direction Dear Editor: I am a 56-year-old North Vancouver resident and I hike and bike the North Shore trails almost daily. Most of the trails

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Enjoy the moment, give new gov’t a chance

“The ‘red tide’ washed up on the North Shore Monday night as all three ridings went to the Liberals. ...While pollsters were cautiously predicting a Liberal minority, few anticipated the 184-seat majority that swept the country.” - North Shore News The analogy reporter Brent Richter chose for his Oct. 21 front-page debrieﬁng of the North Shore’s Decision 2015 was a good deal more apt than the same-day one used in The Province where columnist Michael Smyth attributed the Liberal win to a “new wave of Trudeau-mania.” I lived through the mania on which middleﬁnger Pierre Trudeau rode to power and, while future events may prove me wrong, I sensed that a far different sentiment caused this year’s red tide. Far from being mindless, celebrity-style fans, I heard traditional and brand new voters voicing their concerns at home, in supermarkets and coffee shops. Online and in the media, people were

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discussing real issues. That said, a common thread throughout those discussions was whether voters should throw out some good Conservative candidates with Stephen Harper’s sour bath water. For me, the answer to that dilemma was this: for all the good points a Conservative candidate might have, if he was willing to allow Stephen Harper to deny him the right to answer questions at all-candidates’ meetings, if constituents are only permitted to receive information from their government via a blizzard of preapproved, sanitized goodnews junk mail, how could

those candidates deserve the people’s trust or votes? Election results suggest many thousands of voters felt the same way. So John Weston who, by all accounts had been an excellent West Vancouver MP and Mike Little, who did a bang-up job as councillor in the District of North Vancouver went down to defeat on the receding blue tide. One of my own options, carefully studied, was to vote strategically – which party stood the best chance of ousting a party ruled by a “my way or the highway” prime minister? Instead, after being sorely tempted right up to the day I cast my vote in the advance polls, I decided to vote solely on the basis of whether or not a candidate’s views and party policies most closely matched my preferences. Win or lose, I wanted to feel good about my vote and, tide-less, I do. I cannot end this deliberately short note about Decision 2015 without some reaction to another of Mike Smyth’s comments in his Province column: “Now get

set for the red ink to flow out of Ottawa, as Trudeau turns on the federal spending taps with billions of borrowed dollars.” Good grief! Barring some really sour grapes, the country in general is feeling an overwhelming sense of relief or, as one Saskatchewan voter put it, “I feel as though a weight has been taken off my shoulders.” Could we not just enjoy the moment and give our new government a fair chance? And to help things along – should my advice even be needed – all our new government needs to do in order to fund many of its promises, is to get out from under the multi-billiondollar, no-tender decision to purchase much-troubled, inappropriate single-engine Lockheed-Martin F-35 fighter jets and rethink Canada’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. And now for some followup words on tree issues: It did not take long for four District of North Vancouver readers to comment – one with photos, one in person and two

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A transit users navigates the Compass Card system at Lonsdale Quay. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD some already crowded bus routes,” the report stated. Staff noted a reduced fare could attract more SeaBus users and reduce bridge backlogs. The SeaBus is also more desirable for cyclists because it can take up to six bikes, while buses carry only two. “As such, staff recommend that a request be made to TransLink to introduce the one-zone fare relaxation for the SeaBus, in line with the one-zone bus fare.” Staff reported that District of North Van staff expressed similar concerns and recommended that the resolution be referred

to district council for their support, along with West Vancouver and City of Vancouver councils. Coun. Don Bell said the disparity in fare prices has led to a “deﬂection of ridership.” “So the request that the staff have suggested that a one-zone fare be adopted including the SeaBus makes sense,” Bell said. In response to an earlier delegation of residents who lamented the level of service provided along the 232 bus route, Bell added an addendum to the motion stating that city council express concern to TransLink about the need

for improved service for that route. Bell also asked for copies of the fare request be delivered to all North Shore MLAs. “The reason I say that is because it is really the province that has created a number of problems that we have with the transit system.” Coun. Craig Keating added a further addendum to the motion, requesting that council advocate for the construction of North Shore bus park to replace the depot on East Third Street that’s scheduled to be shut down and to write newly elected Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson requesting that any federal money for Lower Mainland transportation include provisions for North Shore transit. Mayor Darrell Mussatto said North Shore transit service needs to be improved. “There were supposed to be eight SeaBuses by the year 2000. We still have two boats running in 15 to 30 minute service. That is nowhere near what we need on the North Shore. We need more bus service in general; we need the three B-Line buses,” said Mussatto, adding that the SeaBus terminal also needs repairs. Colleen Brennan,

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Fireworks banned in City of N. Van

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Bottle rockets and Roman candles are back with a bang this week, ahead of Halloween on Saturday. While public safety ofﬁcials don’t want to rain on the revellers’ parade,

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with them could face up to a $600 fine. The district permits the pyrotechnics with certain conditions: they can only be discharged after 6 p.m. on Oct. 31 and only on private property. The person setting off the fireworks has to be at least 18 years old and needs to have a permit from a fireworks vendor or the district. In West Vancouver, meanwhile, fireworks are legal from Oct. 25 to 31 with a $5 permit which can picked up at the No. 1 Fire Hall. Roman candles, rockets and other

noisemakers are legal but can’t make up more than 30 per cent of a family pack of fireworks. Fines for violating the bylaw start at $500 per offence and can reach $2,000 or more for misuse of fireworks. The Canadian National Fireworks Association advises people to purchase fireworks from a reputable distributor or retailer to ensure they have met safety standards. Police are also asking motorists to pay extra attention for trick-ortreaters on the streets Halloween evening.

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or markers may cut down on rescues and not stretch the volunteers to their limit. Hikers and other outdoors people still need to be diligent about carrying the proper gear and being informed and there will always be a need to help injured hikers; however, I am hopeful some of my suggestions may assist in ﬁnding a solution to reduce the number of calls to North Shore Rescue. We appreciate all their efforts as they are a greatly valued organization. Michael Baia North Vancouver

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A Colorful Home by Susan Hable, Chronicle Books, 208 pages, $40. Through the brilliant presentation of saturated colours, Susan Hable provides a new appreciation of the combinations of speciﬁc shades. Effective use of colour in home decor can change a room dramatically and Hable celebrates the potential in each part of the home. Basing the chapters on speciﬁc colours, Hable offers a wide range of approaches in colour choices that go from the very subtle to bold. She discusses the

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inﬂuences of colour in all parts of the room, from paint and ﬂoor coverings to the inclusion of personal items chosen for their colour highlights. All of the choices should be based on what appeals to you visually. Hable encourages you to look to nature for those unexpected colour combinations that can spark your imagination. With colour photographs throughout, there are plenty of examples to encourage you to create your own new look. ••• Rethink by Amanda Talbot, Chronicle Books, 312 pages, $40.

The world is changing and Amanda Talbot wants to offer insights into ways that we can all reexamine our own part of it. Rethink is not a bible for living; it is a guidebook to looking at how people around the globe are changing their priorities about how we live in our personal spaces. Talbot offers up an enormous range of thoughtprovoking ideas. From the opening pages through every section she questions current practices and looks to the future with innovative approaches to all aspects of our homes — how we connect, how we use

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TRAIL DAY Members of the Girl Guides of Canada, West Vancouver District, (sixyear-olds Aleka Simon and Anika Lofgren are shown above), work together Oct. 18 to plant trees to restore a degraded area of Lighthouse Park in memory of their sister Brownie, Erin Moore, who died in a landslide while hiking in Lions Bay last December. The Girl Guides were aided by a $2,500 grant from the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation Tree Planting Project and will watch over the area, now referred to as Erin’s Grove, whenever visiting the park. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN

technology and much more. Using proﬁles of some very forward thinkers, Talbot merges their stories with her own thoughts to help further the discussion on each topic. In a chapter

on getting back to basics she simpliﬁes her thought process with a simple checklist that includes things like: consider what you buy, will it endure your

family’s lifestyle and do you really need another one? With suggestions for both big and small ideas throughout the book, Talbot provides clear alternatives to applying the concepts being discussed whether she is looking at how furniture and rooms in the home can be made multi-functional or how to focus on creating an environment where every item is considered. Great photographs work with creative design in every part of the book to make it both visually and intellectually stimulating from start to ﬁnish. — Terry Peters

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The days are getting shorter and the harshest weather of the year lies just ahead. With Halloween just around the corner, now’s the time to show your home some TLC.

“Dry leaves are easier to handle than wet leaves,” Clarke points out. “Before the rains come, dispose of the leaves that have gathered in your yard and make sure your gutters are clear. Clear away spiderwebs from your eaves, siding and soffits.”

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“Your front door, porch, front stairs and garage doors are the first things that visitors or potential buyers will see when they visit your house. A new trim colour can instantly liven up your home’s exterior. Make sure your house numbers are clear and look appealing.

Consider installing a new front door if you’re getting ready to sell.” When the Halloween decorations come down, a wreath on your front door will make your home more welcoming throughout the winter season. Happy Halloween! Do you have a question or an experience you’d like to share? Email your questions or comments to me at curbappeal@gclc.ca.

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on your porch light or front door light to let trick-or-treaters know they’re welcome. ■ Clear away leaves on your front walk. Power wash your porch and path to ensure they’re not slippery. ■ Scan your porch, path and the sidewalk in front of your home to make sure there are no tripping hazards. ■ Keep jack o’lanterns away from curtains, decorations, flammable materials or areas where children will be walking. ■ Use flashlights or glowsticks in jack o’lanterns rather than candles. ■ Confine or otherwise prepare your pets for a long night of visitors and strange noises. ■ Don’t overload your electrical outlets with Halloween lighting or special effects. ■ Make sure your Halloween decorations won’t cause a safety hazard for trick-ortreaters. ■ Fireworks are banned in the City of North Vancouver. In North Vancouver District and West Vancouver, adults 18 and over can discharge fireworks on private property, but must have a valid fireworks permit.

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Greet trick-or-treaters with spooky decor Get glowing with freaky eyes or a mummy front door Play into the spirit of this year’s Halloween season with some simple but effective decorations. Boost the fright factor with glowing eyes in the front bushes and create a spine-chilling spectacle with eerie pumpkins along the way to your door. We don’t always have time to create the most elaborate Halloween decor but here are a few ideas that you can assemble quite inexpensively and at the last minute if you are in a pinch for time. Glowing eyes These little eyes are really effective when placed strategically in the greenery at your front door or along the front path. The idea is quite simple.

Leftover toilet paper rolls are cut out with different styles of eye patterns. Choose a few templates that you may like from the Internet or simply draw free hand on the rolls. Cut the eyes out with a pair of nail scissors. Set aside. Purchase multiple packs of glow sticks in various colours from your local dollar store. Activate the sticks by snapping them in different places until they glow. Place inside the toilet paper roll and seal off the ends with black electrician tape. Insert the glowing eyes in and around the greenery at the front door. Cookie cutter pumpkins Let’s face it. We are

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Leftover toilet paper rolls cut out with different eye shapes and illuminated with glow sticks are effective in adding spookiness to your front door greenery. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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HOME Green Guide WEST VANCOUVER SENIORS’ CENTRE GARDEN CLUB A vibrant group that brings together both new and experienced gardeners to engage in a wide range of activities to get their hands in the dirt, expand their gardening knowledge and make new friends Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Seniors’

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Independent Schools We asked local independent schools to highlight something unique about their curriculum or a unique approach they have to teaching, and here’s what they told us.

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Service at St. Edmunds

As stated in our mission statement, St. Edmund’s Elementary is committed to excellence in all areas that promote the development of the whole child to his or her full potential. We believe it is the opportunities beyond the classroom that allow students to fully develop into the people and leaders we know they can be. These additional programs include opportunities in the areas of sports, arts, and leadership. Our school’s athletic program includes ﬁve separate sports, and any student who attends regular practices will be able to participate regardless of skill level. Our ﬁne arts program includes choir, art club, and speech arts. Being able to achieve and co-operate in an area other than academics brings

a wonderful energy to a school and its students. Our leadership program is designed to gradually give more responsibilities to our intermediate students while supporting our primary students. Our school Buddy Grade program pairs kindergarten with Grade 4, Grade 1 with Grade 5, etc. Older buddies are expected to model good behaviour in assemblies and masses, as well as look out for their younger buddies on the playground. Duties are added each intermediate year in the form of jobs around the school (ofﬁce monitors, recycling, etc.). By grade 6 and 7, students are organizing schoolwide events targeted at the younger students. While we take our academic responsibilities as a school very seriously, we believe what distinguishes us from other schools

Students Sophia Jeliazkov, Mackenzie Newman, Martin Anicic, and Aiden Kwong working on story structure at St. Edmund’s elementary. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD are the opportunities our students have to develop a

perspective of responsibility and ownership. If

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Combining academics with equestrian pursuits at Queen Margaret’s

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Every young horse girl dreams of combining her riding with school and other recreational activities. Students at Queen Margaret’s School (QMS), in Duncan on Vancouver Island, no longer have to choose between their passion for horses and excellence in academics. QMS is the only school in Canada with an integrated on-campus equestrian riding program. In addition to academic classes, such as Chemistry,

English and AP Studio Art, students are also given the opportunity to earn high school credit for riding in their academic timetable. QMS is lauded as one of the top university preparatory high schools in Canada. Arts, sports, clubs and activities are blended with opportunities for leadership, responsibility and independence. The boarding residence at QMS is a welcoming home away from home for girls in grades 6-12. The school offers an optional

ﬁve-day boarding program, which allows boarders from the Lower Mainland to travel home on the weekends and embrace school life during the study week. They also offer a full-time seven residence program. “Riders feel understood and supported by their teachers at Queen Margaret’s School,” explains Rebecca McKay, admissions director at QMS. “From recreational riders to high performance competitors, our unique

programs are designed to accommodate each student’s academic and riding goals.” Students at QMS also have the opportunity to study Equine Sciences, which examines stable management and basic veterinary care, equine physiology and anatomy, equine history, and the equine industry. To learn more about Queen Margaret’s School and apply for entrance in January or September 2016, visit qms.bc.ca.

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Learning from a Christian perspective at LGCA

Lions Gate Christian Academy has a history of providing Christian education in North Vancouver for more than two decades. From a modest beginning of less than 20 students in an elementary program, we have grown to more than 300 students in our B.C. Ministry of Education accredited kindergarten-Grade 12 program. As we excitedly look forward to graduating our ﬁfth class of seniors in 2016, we look to our past to see the vision for our future: Community. Speciﬁcally, a faithful community of believers brought LGCA into existence and we have been growing ever since. At LGCA our student body represents approximately 20 different Christian churches in the area. Our B.C.accredited teachers enjoy engaging our students in lessons that are infused with their Christian perspective. Our students

really enjoy participating in our weekly chapels by engaging in their faith in the audience or by joining one of our praise and worship teams at the front. We keep Christ at the centre of what we do in and out of the classroom. LGCA is composed of an elementary and secondary school housed on one campus just off Mount Seymour Parkway. It’s always refreshing to see how excited and interested our younger students are to interact with their upperclassmen. Likewise, this inspires and motivates our secondary students to be the positive role models and leaders we encourage them to be. As we enter our third decade of educating students in North Vancouver, we strive to look for opportunities where our students can contribute to the positive learning community that exists at LGCA.

Principal Adam Reid speaks with students Tatum Bergen, Kylene Tiu, Brian Lee, and Deliah Friesen at Lions Gate Christian Academy. The school focuses on community as a key tenet of their curriculum. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Graduation presentations at IPS

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Black holes, electric cars and Buddhism. Or, becoming an entrepreneur, the possibility of perpetual motion, and bridging the gap between humans and computers. These are topics that 14-year-olds comfortably discuss with the community during Masterworks season at Island Paciﬁc School . Masterworks is a Grade 9 graduation requirement at IPS wherein students must select an idea of personal interest, work with an advisory committee of two-three adults (a faculty member and one-two external advisors), write a 12 to 25-page paper, and then publicly present and defend their work in front

of an audience of 90-120 people. Head of the school and founder Ted Spear says, “When we started the school 20 years ago, we knew we wanted a culminating intellectual and creative challenge for our Grade 9 students. There is an authenticity here in which students and adults alike investigate a problem of shared interest for the joy or intensity of the thing in itself.” Spear is always impressed by the students’ abilities. “The presentations themselves are fairly intense. They are not unlike a TED talk that may include demos, music, video, and slides, and in the past have included novella readings,

cooking techniques, science experiments and live plays. The kids then take questions from their committee and the audience as a whole. Although it takes a lot of time and work to help prepare the students, every time I watch a Masterworks, I am blown out of the water by just how remarkable these 14-year-old kids can be.” The big idea here is that if schools can create the right context and support for students to investigate their own ideas, then incredible things can happen. In the context of this distinctly different middle school on Bowen Island, this is just one element of setting kids up for the rest of their lives.

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‘Authentic’ experiences key to Alcuin College curriculum “People never learn anything by being told, they have to ﬁnd out for themselves.” -Paulo Coelho Since the school year began, Alcuin College students have been inquiring, exploring, experiencing, discussing and reﬂecting. This summarizes the approach to learning at Alcuin; students from kindergarten to Grade 12 actively engage with the subject matter to gain a deeper understanding and enjoyment of the curriculum. For example, every Monday, kindergarten to Grade 2 students take their learning out into the forests and parks of the Lower Mainland. They are exploring their curriculum through the lens of our natural environment, while also learning to be good environmental stewards. Students in grades 3 and 4 have been learning about Barkerville. They have each taken on different societal roles, visited Burnaby Village Museum and

explored Britannia Mines, all in the quest to understand what it was like to live in that time period. After building a scale model, students undergo a simulation of burning down the town, experiencing for themselves, ﬁrst-hand, the building of a community and the aftermath of disaster. During this election period, students in grades 3 to 12 have taken part in a student vote to understand better the electoral process, the different party platforms and the signiﬁcance of the recent vote. In all learning experiences, students are encouraged to pose questions, construct meaning and to personally synthesize their learning. Going beyond the four walls of our school and working with experts in the community who are passionate about their careers are integral to the educational program at Alcuin College. Student interest helps guide our teachers in seeking authentic learning experiences both locally and abroad. No week is the same as the next.

Becoming multilingual at Bodwell school Becoming multilingual gives young people the power to communicate across cultures. At Bodwell, we welcome students from different countries to immerse into English learning and living.

Our Academic and English Preparation Program (AEP) is a focused English Language Learning (ELL) curriculum for newcomers. High school content is interwoven into AEP programming. Instruction

covers basic interpersonal communication to advanced academic language proﬁciency, in addition to crucial skills such as teamwork, research and problem solving. We focus on literature,

Alcuin College students Finn Lucas, Graeme Robertson, Alisha Lilley, and Charlotte Clayton discuss voting and the federal election. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD social sciences, and academic writing for all AEP levels. We plan for students to spend three-quarters of their time during each term in this intensive English program before moving into the academic grade program. In the various levels of AEP language learning,

teachers tap into students’ prior knowledge, model best language practices, apply plenty of verbal cues and body gestures, build key vocabulary terms, and scaffold learning step by step. Elective courses are offered to AEP students in each term, including

art, drama, concert band, physical education, food and nutrition, digital media and mathematics. Students with lower English skills will start with less language-intensive subjects and progress towards subjects requiring more English skills.

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Independent Schools Engaging interest at North Star

Dr. Maria Montessori observed that children have a natural love for work and if we can keep their interest sparked, then knowledge grows in a meaningful way. At North Star Montessori Elementary School, we foster the children’s enthusiasm for learning by delivering a curriculum that is geared towards how they learn. This curriculum is based on the characteristics of children between six and 12 years old. Children of this age have a very strong imagination and love to know the “why” questions of the world. They are extroverted, enjoy forming social groups, and are very independent. The Montessori Elementary Program at NSMES is termed the Cosmic Curriculum, a totally integrated curriculum where all subject matters (math, language, art, music, geography, geometry, biology, and history) are shown to be completely interrelated. Lessons in

math not only include addition and subtraction, but also touch on the creation of numbers and operations. This connects math with language, history, and geography. A typical day at North Star looks very different than other schools. The children are grouped in three-year age spans: sixto nine-year-olds in the

Lower Elementary class and nine- to 12-year-olds in the Upper Elementary class. These mixed ages allow the children to work with others at different levels than them, which encourages peer mentoring and collaboration on projects with children of varying abilities. During a three-hour uninterrupted work cycle, the room is

abuzz with activity at group tables and ﬂoor rugs instead of single desks. During this time the teacher gives whole-class or small-group lessons from all subject matters, encouraging follow-up work. The children keep track of their work and lessons in a daily journal, which is then reviewed by teacher and child at the end of every day.

North Star Montessori students Savannah Keiswetter, Adam Weibe, and Darien Day work on placing animals onto a “time of life” chart. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Communicating with confidence at Waldorf At a Waldorf School there are unique opportunities embedded in the curriculum that allow every student to surpass ordinary standards for public speaking and presentation skills. In our early childhood programs this begins with traditional storytelling, singing, and reciting rhymes and verses. In the younger grades, it moves to lively rhythmic activities, reciting arithmetic tables, poems, and even practising tongue twisters as students share both their academic learning and their voices out loud in the classroom. Beyond the classroom, each year every grade prepares and presents a theatrical production to the community, and over time, every student has the opportunity to have a speaking role. In addition, each spring students participate in our annual Festival of the Arts, a creative curriculum presentation at Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver. Performing before an audience of 650 each year is indeed a unique aspect of student life at the VWS, and overall student confidence is well developed as they progress. By Grade 12, this capacity is fully realized during the Grade Twelve Project Presentations, a mini TED Talk-style presentation each student gives to the larger community. They are the culmination of a full year of research, thesiswriting, and practical and artistic work on a distinct topic chosen by the student. As Maria Timm, from the VWS Class of 2001 (who has a Master of Arts degree) writes: “Waldorf prepared me very well for graduate school. My thesis did not seem daunting to me since I had an idea of what it’s like to stick to one specific topic for a year or more. The small classes and emphasis on group participation and public speaking at Waldorf are also very similar to graduate school.” Parents and students alike appreciate these profound gifts as students move on, and that confidence is readily apparent in a Waldorf School graduate.

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Independent Schools Retraining and rewiring at Eaton Arrowsmith Integrating a creative

Eaton Arrowsmith Vancouver and Magnussen are two different schools with a common goal: to help students reach their potential by nurturing their gifts and eliminating obstacles that prevent them from achieving greatness. EA has options for children and teens (K-12) with learning difficulties and Magnussen offers programs for K-7 students who think outside the box and benefit from teaching methods that meet their needs and unlock their talents. If you want to run a marathon, you train your body. At EA, we follow a similar principle. Children improve their brains so they can better learn throughout their lives. You won’t find Band-Aid solutions or work-arounds for learning difficulties at this school. EA uses the world-renowned Arrowsmith Program, a form of rewiring for the brain. Students complete targeted cognitive exercises to strengthen

weak connections in their brains just as athletes go to the gym to build muscle. By using the Arrowsmith method, this school has helped children overcome their learning difﬁculties. In fact, students who complete the program return to mainstream schools where they excel academically, graduate and go on to have successful careers.

Not all children learn in the same way. Some students are independent learners, while others need more emotional support and encouragement. Mainstream schools do not always have the resources to cater to these differences. Magnussen celebrates children as individuals by giving them the opportunity to develop their interests and

skills in small, supportive classroom settings. Attachment theory, which states that humans thrive when they develop lasting, psychological connections with others, is at the core of what Magnussen does. Our teachers are supportive, understanding and trained to help out-ofthe-box thinkers become their best selves.

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thinking approach at Brentwood College

While contemporary education models focus largely on dividing curriculum into a dichotomy of segregated classes, research continually says that creative thinking and critical learning occurs when higher order connections are made with increased regularity. To that end, the importance of providing an organized and thoughtful course of study for high school students at Brentwood College School, one that combines topics from both the science and social studies curriculum, is an important focal point. The integration of our Biology 11 and the Civics 11 courses allows for a more holistic and practical application of theory across different disciplines. Students are taught both biology (with a marine focus) and civics. While 70 per cent of each course operates separately (to provide a foundation of knowledge and understanding of key topics), 30 per cent is focused on co-operative learning and bigger ideas that serve to integrate the two courses. The students beneﬁt from learning through real world issues and problems. This translates to the pushing of the boundaries of critical thinking beyond prescribed curriculum, adding value to student studies and reinforcing the necessity of broadmindedness. This collaboration is indicative of the school’s integrated approach, designed to involve student participation in academic learning, athletic endeavours, artistic demonstrations and volunteerism. Brentwood, located in a prime oceanfront location, is ideally situated to provide students with a thoughtful, comprehensive and useful education.

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IB excellence at Mulgrave

Mulgrave inspires excellence in education and life. It is an IB Continuum World School. All students are IB students and graduate with a distinguished double qualification: the IB Diploma and the B.C. Dogwood Diploma. Mulgrave features strong core values and an emphasis on inclusiveness, empathy and respect, lifelong learning and intercultural understanding. Mulgrave’s values sit at the heart of its outstanding educational programme. The quality, professionalism and dedication of its teachers are unique. In addition to being caring people and outstanding teachers, the faculty include significant numbers of teachers with advanced degrees, the highest levels of IB training, and certifications as international IB workshop leaders, school evaluators and examiners. In the early primary years, each classroom has two full-time certified teachers, while the upper years feature numerous support teachers to enhance languages,

Mulgrave students Chelsea Henry, Jordan Somani, Tom Zhang, Jude Arafah, and Krista Cook enjoy a chat at one of the school’s many meeting spots. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD mathematics, science, visual arts and athletics. The superior levels of stafﬁng ensure personalization of learning and support for every student to achieve their personal best. The academic strand of the school is complemented by rich programmes in arts, athletics, and experiential and outdoor education with students often reaching provincial and national recognition. These strands combine to

create a holistic educational experience for students where the personalization of curriculum, learning and support are enriched to a high degree. Underpinning a Mulgrave education is the development of modern key skills for success as an active and informed citizen of the mid 21st century. At every programme level, these key skills are central to ensuring a child has the skills understanding

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At Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School and Maplewood Alternative High School, each of our classes is the most eclectic mix that you can imagine and our school functions quite wonderfully with more than 160 different educational plans operating at the same time. Our teachers are masters of the art of running a truly student-centred and differentiated classroom, being aware of the range of learning styles and needs that they face and helping children and young adults navigate their way through the curriculum. Do they have supports? Of course they do. We have relatively small core co-taught classes (14 -16 students with two core teachers), which are subdivided into working groups of ﬁve or six with an additional dedicated teacher for language arts and mathematics; we have specialist support teachers in science, social studies, phys-ed and the arts; we have a strong counselling department, which delivers our Social-Emotional Learning program; we have psychologists, an SLP and an OT at our disposal; and a legion of expert tutors that provide close to an hour of one-on-one tutoring for each elementary student every day, and individualized academic support for all of our high school students. In our school, students with complex learning needs are not a challenge to be faced, they are a puzzle to be solved. We work as a team to unlock the barriers to their learning and open up new pathways to success. It is often a difﬁcult task, but it is always rewarding. Come visit us and see what we are all about.

Genius Hour at Shawnigan Lake It may be the boldest academic initiative Shawnigan Lake School has ever undertaken. Jumping on an educational trend that devotes as much as 20 per cent of classroom time to creative inquiry, Shawnigan now gives students an hour a week to work on independent projects. The projects are proposed, researched and presented by the students. That means it’s one aspect of their education that should, by design, be relevant and interesting to the young people themselves. Some work in groups, others individually. Some tackle scientific and environmental problems with significance to the entire world, others make or learn something just for themselves. Some will find spectacular success and launch careers of intrigue and substance, others will ultimately fail. In a school environment as structured as Shawnigan’s, that’s exactly the point. “It’s part of making education work for a new job market we don’t yet entirely understand,” says Wendy Milne, the school’s dean of academics. “We want to teach them

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Storefront The Ava Music storefront offers more than 1,000 different items in stock, ranging from musical instruments and accessories to the latest sheet music and book publications; it is a one stop shop for all musical needs. Rentals and Instrument Repairs Ava Music has a variety of instruments available for rent. Prices are competitive and an excellent selection ensures customers will find everything they need.

Ava Music’s Spooktacular Grand Opening and Halloween event – 4 to 6 pm Saturday October 31st!

“We also have a storefront, a fun and exciting annual summer camp, instrument rental and repairs,” they said. Music Programs Ava Music’s extensive music programs join people of all ages, talents, backgrounds and financial circumstances in a joyful, collaborative and enriching environment. The Centre is a place where creativity and musicality are encouraged and where concentration, commitment and collaboration are fostered. With the help of professional instructors, students study year after year to broaden their knowledge of music. Ava Music programs include theory classes and also Orff and Kodály classes for children ages one to seven.

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Minor instrument repairs can be done on-site. There is also a registered piano technician on staff who has over 20 years province-wide experience in piano tuning, repair, and restoration.

Acting on behalf of clients, Ava Music can arrange to have larger repairs performed by a trusted local company.

“Ava Music has over 300 students and we are proud to say we know each and every one of them,” said Deris and Safaei.

Safe to say they’ll know a lot more about them when students and their friends and neighbours visit Ava Music’s SPOOKTACULAR Grand Opening and Halloween event from 4-6 pm on Saturday October 31st! The afternoon’s festivities will feature a haunted house, spooky costumes, trick-or-treating and live musical performances by teachers and students. Come enjoy the fun at a great family event at 734 Marine in North Vancouver. Call 604.990.3541 or visit www.avamusic.ca

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PARENTING Young Artist of theWeek

Kids Stuff SPOOKTACULAR CRAFT Create a paper bag haunted house with scary creatures like ghosts and witches, Thursday, Oct. 29, 3:30-4:30 p.m. at Lynn Valley library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd. North Vancouver. Register: 604984-0286 x8141 nvdpl.ca STUFFIE SLEEPOVER Kids, bring your most adventurous stuffed animal for a special storytime Friday, Oct. 30, 6:30-7 p.m. and then return Saturday, Oct. 31 to pick them up. Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court. North Vancouver. nvdpl.ca

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Tyler Edmunds (8) Capilano elementary Art teacher: Sasha Sidhu Favourite art: All types Favourite artist: Gordon Smith His teacher writes: Tyler takes a lot of pride in his artwork. He takes care and effort while he works adding many unique elements and detail to his art. Young Artists of the Week are selected from North Shore schools by Artists for Kids for displaying exceptional ability in their classroom artwork. For details, visit the website artists4kids.com. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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HALLOWEEN PARTY For grades 7 and up. Drop in for creepy trivia, scary games, prizes for best costumes, snacks and a lot more. Friday, Oct. 30, 4-5:30 p.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14 St. nvcl.ca HALLOWEEN AT HOLLYBURN Hotel Transylvania will be showing for kids ages 6-12 See more page 34

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WHO:

City of North Vancouver

WHAT:

“Active Design Guidelines: In Support of Daily Physical Activity and Social Interaction in Buildings”

WHEN:

Monday, November 2, 2015 at 7:00 pm in Council Chamber

The City’s “Active Design Guidelines: In Support of Daily Physical Activity and Social Interaction in Buildings” is a guidebook and assessment tool intended to encourage building designs that make daily physical activity more inviting and encourage social interaction among neighbours. The Guidelines would be used in the review of larger commercial and mixed use rezoning applications and include guidance to building designers to: • • • • •

Encourage the everyday use of stairs; Encourage the design of spaces for neighbours to meet naturally; Provide indoor amenity areas; Include outdoor recreation areas for all ages and abilities; Provide outdoor garden areas.

If you would like to provide input on the Active Design Guidelines in advance of the Public Meeting, written or email submissions should be sent to Jennifer Ficocelli, Deputy City Clerk at jficocelli@cnv.org or by mail, and received no later than 4:00 pm on Monday, November 2, 2015. The Active Design Guidelines and background material will be available for viewing at City Hall between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from October 22, 2015, and online at cnv. org/City-Services/Planning-and-Policies/Active-Design Please direct inquiries to Michael Epp, City Planner, at mepp@cnv.org or 604-982-3936. 141 WEST 14TH STREET / NORTH VANCOUVER / BC / V7M 1H9 T 604 985 7761 / F 604 985 9417 / CNV.ORG

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE

to EXCEPTIONAL CUISINE

Cross-section of café menu charms

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The Dish

ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents recipes featuring traditional U.K. pub food page 32

After spotting the term “homemade” attached to a number of items displayed in Echo Café, I was apparently inspired to run with the concept and made myself feel right at home, knocking over my cappuccino and covering the table in rich milk foam. I was seated with my family at a long communal table that runs down the centre of the café. In a bid to relocate my daughter, Blondie, to a seat away from her brother, The Boy, pursuant to some raucous, cheesecake-fuelled animosity between them, I carelessly tipped my nearly full cup. This was a shame, really, given the great quality of the cappuccino and the elegant little heart design that was crafted into the foam. The table was of the heavy wooden variety with a decidedly porous, natural grain ﬁnish, permitting espresso-tinted milk to seep right through it and eventually drip onto the ﬂoor below. I surveyed the room and clocked a pair of raised eyebrows from another patron reading a book nearby. It was one of those moments in which I felt every ounce a parent rather than a diner, but remarked to myself that the

Spinach, tomato and feta quiche with quinoa and spinach salad is on the menu at Echo Café on 14th Street in North Vancouver. The eatery has savoury and sweet offerings. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH café’s owners, who were manning the fort, were remarkably patient and seemed unphased by my misadventure, providing support with damp cloths, despite the fact that the café seems to attract a decidedly adult audience. I appreciated their good humour as I was eventually able to settle back into my sampling of the solid, conﬁdently simple fare that deﬁnes Echo’s menu. The café is spacious and airy, with both communal and more private tables. This would be a great spot for a quiet respite from the bustle of Lonsdale on a Sunday afternoon. Indeed, a number of other patrons were buried in their

newspapers, accompanied only by a steaming cup of caffeinated goodness. Customers order their meals at the till, situated next to bright and tempting displays of quiches, panini, wraps and all manner of baked goods that beg to be tasted. Seeking a good crosssection of Echo’s menu, we opted for Spanish Omelet with a side of spinach salad, a bowl of Cream of Broccoli Soup with a chive scone, a Thai Chicken Wrap and a Pesto Chicken Panino, which was grilled to order. The Spanish Omelet was my choice and I wasted no crumb, devouring every creamy morsel of that

savoury treat, a multi-layered assemblage of thinly sliced potatoes, fresh herbs and eggs. The omelet retained a remarkable lightness despite its generous potato content and beneﬁted from a healthy dose of pungent garlic and fresh, fragrant notes of oregano, thyme and little ﬂecks of dried red chilies. The accompanying spinach salad consisted of a handful of crisp, fresh leaves with a sprinkling of concasse tomatoes and a drizzle of balsamic vinaigrette. The dish made for a light but satisfying meal and was my favourite of our selections, though my wife DJ’s Cream of Broccoli soup was very good as well. Too often,

cream of anything soups tend towards the thick and pasty, with barely discernible bits of proteins or veggies adding nominal textural contrast. Not so with Echo’s soup, which featured a tasty stock nicely augmented with a lift of cream (rather than dominated by dairy) and bite-sized, still ever-socrunchy morsels of broccoli. The chive scone was buttery and rich and married nicely with the soup. The Boy’s Thai Chicken Wrap was a curious sandwich, exclusively showcasing the sweet and tangy elements of Thai cuisine and omitting the salty, sour and spicy See Shortbread page 33

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‘Pub grub’ simple, filling fare 1 large onion, thinly sliced 2 Tbsp ﬂour 3 cups low-sodium beef broth 1⁄3 cup light cream 2 Tbsp butter ¼ cup sour cream Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

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Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with cold, generously salted water. Cover and simmer for about 20 minutes or until easily pierced with a fork. While potatoes are cooking, prick sausages with a fork in several places. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat the oil and brown the sausages on all sides; remove sausages from skillet and set aside. Add the onion to the skillet and sauté until golden and soft, about ﬁve minutes. Sprinkle the ﬂour over the onions; stir and cook for about one minute. Slowly whisk the beef broth into the pan and bring to a simmer. Return sausages to the skillet and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes, turning sausages occasionally. Drain the potatoes and mash thoroughly, then add the cream, butter and sour cream, blending well. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve sausages on a mound of mashed potatoes; ladle some of the gravy over top. Makes four servings.

Yorkshire Pudding is a classic British dish and part of what columnist Angela Shellard calls“pub grub.” Pub fare features food from traditional British pubs. FILE PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD Source: thethrillbillygourmet. blogspot.ca Jam & Coconut Pudding ½ cup raspberry jam 2½ cups all-purpose flour 3 tsp baking powder 1½ cups granulated sugar 1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut 3 large eggs 1½ cups milk 1 tsp vanilla 2 ⁄3 cup butter, melted vanilla ice cream or softly whipped cream for serving Preheat the oven to 350° F. Spoon the jam into the bottom of a shallow one-quart baking dish and spread it out evenly. Whisk the flour, baking powder, sugar and coconut together in a large bowl. In another bowl, beat together the eggs, milk, vanilla and

melted butter. Pour the liquid mixture into the dry mixture and beat together just until well mixed. Pour the batter over top of the jam and spread evenly. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and the centre springs back when lightly touched. Remove from the oven and allow to cool to warm before serving. Makes six servings. Source: theenglishkitchen. blogspot.co.uk See this column online in the Taste section at nsnews.com for a recipe for Beef Pie. Angela Shellard is a selfdescribed foodie. She has done informal catering for various functions. She can be reached via email at ashellard@ hotmail.ca.

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Shortbread flavours shine From page 31

notes that help round out these flavours. Still, the wrap was well prepared, stuffed full of chicken in a subtly flavoured mayonnaise not unlike a salad cream with carrot sticks and romaine lettuce. Blondie’s Pesto Chicken Panino, stuffed with white chicken meat and a quarter-inch of fresh spinach, made for a hearty meal that bested her at the halfway point. Her appetite may have been tempered, mind, by the fact that I promised to go back for dessert, the siren-like call of the various cakes and confections proving too enchanting to ignore. In addition to the aforementioned spilled cappuccino and a spicy, perfumed chai tea for DJ, we tucked into Caramel Cheesecake, Chocolate Cheesecake, a slice of Double Chocolate Loaf and an assortment of inhouse baked shortbread cookies. The cheesecakes were a solid three inches tall, and in a battle of the two the chocolate prevailed, principally due to its modest sweetness; dark chocolate notes balanced the richness of the cream cheese and chocolate crust. Of the shortbread cookies, the matcha tea and original flavours shined in particular, allowing the signature butteriness of the dough to shine through clearly, though none of the

SQUAMISH NATION & WOODFIBRE LNG WORKING TO BUILD A BETTER PROJECT Echo Café owners Echo Xie and Dimitri Svech pose with some cheesecake at their 14th Street eatery. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH other ﬂavours, including cranberry, chocolate, and lemon, were so intense as to eclipse the innately rich qualities of the cookie. The Double Chocolate Loaf was moist and decadent, a good pairing for at least a couple sips of a strong espressobased beverage. The savory portion of our meal, including sodas and juices, was $40. The sweets and their corresponding

drinks, were $28. Echo Café is located at 116 East 14th St. in North Vancouver. 604-971-3246. facebook.com/echocafenorthvan Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. A self-described wine fanatic, he earned his sommelier diploma in 2001. hungryontheshore@gmail.com

On October 14, 2015, Squamish Nation Council voted to approve an Environmental Assessment Agreement and issued an Environmental Certificate for the Woodfibre LNG project. The agreement comes from Squamish Nation’s independent environmental assessment of the project, which began more than two years ago, and includes legally binding conditions that Woodfibre LNG Limited is required to meet for the project to move forward. Among these conditions: •

Squamish Nation has a direct say on our cooling technology

A redevelopment is being proposed for 1103, 1109, 1123 Ridgewood Drive and 3293 Edgemont Boulevard, to construct a townhouse project. You are invited to a meeting to discuss the project.

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No LNG carrier travelling to the Woodfibre site will bunker in Howe Sound

Date: Thursday, November 5, 2015 Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Location of meeting: Highlands United Church 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver

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No expansion of Woodfibre LNG operations without Squamish Nation consent

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We will co-manage environmental management plans

PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING

The applicant proposes to rezone the site from single-family zoning to a comprehensive development zone, to permit a 24-unit townhouse project. Homes range between approximately 1,536 and 2,452 square feet in size and the project includes 50 underground parking spaces.

The Squamish Nation environmental assessment process is likely the first of its kind in Canada, and we’re proud to have participated in this groundbreaking new process.

Information packages are being distributed to residents within a 100m* meter radius of the site. If you would like to receive a copy or if you would like more information, please contact Natasha Letchford, Community Planner, District of North Vancouver at 604-990-2387 or Josh Anderson, Director, Development of Boffo Properties (Edgemont) Inc. at 604-648-0594. *This is not a Public Hearing. DNV Council will receive a report from staff on issues raised at the meeting and will formally consider the proposal at a later date.

The Squamish Nation Environmental Assessment Agreement means we can build a better project; one that protects traditional land, water and heritage resources, and brings responsible economic opportunity to the region.

Building a project that’s right for Squamish. That’s our number one priority. woodfibrelng.ca

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PARENTING

Encourage children to embrace education

When I was a child I knew from early years that education was important. My father grew up on a farm in southern Alberta and down the road was the one-room school. When he was a preschooler he would often disappear from the yard and my grandmother knew exactly where to ﬁnd him. The school had a cloakroom at the back behind the classroom and there would be my dad, crouched down and pretending he was a student. This was a boy who couldn’t wait to be old enough to go to school. When he was an adult he had the opportunity to teach a class on journalism at Carleton University. Of all the work he ever did, teaching that class was a highlight for him. So, you can imagine that I grew up knowing that school and education were important. My dad set up an expectation that we would ﬁnish school. He believed it was a privilege and one we should embrace. When parents set up a

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Parenting Today

home environment that encourages learning and education, the kids understand that school matters. Another way we can encourage schooling is to let our kids take responsibility for their own learning by making certain they have the resources they need and support them doing their learning on their own. In some situations, having the right resources can be a challenge. Not everyone has a home computer. In that case, teach your child to use the library. Making regular visits to the local library and taking the child to the

library when he needs to look something up offers him the ability to figure things out on his own. Remember, your child’s homework is his homework. Don’t do it for him. Typing his paper while he sleeps, doing the lion’s share of the work on a project or doing his research for him are not helpful or appropriate. Be supportive but remember you made it through school, it’s now his turn. Creating an environment that encourages learning is not an onerous task. It’s simply a case of seeing the opportunities for learning. Every night you cook dinner and this is a great opportunity to help kids learn. Get them to read the recipe and figure out what ingredients you need. So now they are not only reading but also doing so out loud and having to comprehend the material in order to find all the necessary components. When you are measuring you can have them figure out how much sugar you would need if you were going to halve the recipe. Cooking is also a good time

power lines can also create a severe danger. Over the next few months we will be pruning and removing trees in the Pemberton area.

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Trees are pruned using the best arboriculture (tree care) practices. Skilled workers employed by BC Hydro are trained in both electrical safety and tree care. Only correct and proper techniques are used to eliminate any safety hazards. For more information about this work, please call Jeff Hill at 604 469 8809. For more information on our vegetation management practices, please visit

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Submit a photo of yourself or a loved one who served our country and include a name and a 25 word or less biography to be published in the North Shore News or in our online photo galleries at nsnews.com/galleries in early November.

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Saturday, Oct. 31, 1 p.m. at the Hollyburn Funeral Home, which is located at 1807 Marine Dr. West Vancouver. RSVP to hold your seat by calling 604-9221221.

LYNN VALLEY HAUNTED VILLAGE Kids are invited to a free afternoon of spooky Halloween fun Saturday, Oct. 31, 1:30-4 p.m. at 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. There will be face painting, trick-ortreating, storytime, crafts, science experiments and a

Kathy Lynn is a parenting expert who is a professional speaker and author of Vive la Différence, Who’s In Charge Anyway? and But Nobody Told Me I’d Ever Have to Leave Home. parentingtoday. ca.

TRICK-OR-TREAT AT CAPILANO MALL Bring your kids to the mall for trick-or-treating at participating stores, 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, 935 Marine Dr. North Vancouver. capilanomall.com listings@nsnews.com

Because we are proud of the men and women that are serving our country or served in the past, the North Shore News would like to pay tribute to our military personnel.

Trees are a signiﬁcant cause of power interruptions. Contact between trees and

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meetings, it’s much easier to go to the school to discuss any challenges your child may be having. Studies show that parent involvement in a child’s education will have a positive effect on their school experience. Setting up a home environment that encourages learning prepares them for schoolwork. These actions will signiﬁcantly reduce the possibility that your child will drop out of school.

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become involved. This does not have to be as time-consuming as it sounds. Sometimes a teacher occasionally needs someone to make a few phone calls or copy some worksheets. The parent committees in the school are important. If at all possible attend the meetings. These committees help you to know what’s going on in the school and give you the extra beneﬁt of not only meeting other parents but also some of the school personnel. Being involved with your child’s education gives you information you may need if your child is having a problem. If you have already met the teacher and the school principal at parent-teacher nights and/ or the parent committee

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to talk about nutrition. Children like to learn and to explore. When we do everything for them and give them all the answers to their questions they stop being curious. When we encourage them to research, to try to figure out answers, to do things on their own, their curiosity grows and their interest in learning and school increases. It’s the difference between giving them a fish and teaching them how to fish. It’s also important that we become involved in their education. When they see us doing our bit, they understand that their education is important to us. Attend the parentteacher nights and get to know the teachers. If there are opportunities to help the teacher in the classroom,

Cpl. Glen Windsor Served in the Canadian Army during World War II. Member of the Red Deer Branch of the Legion in Alberta with Member Title of Trooper. Cpl. Windsor passed away on June 11, 1997 at the age of 80.

Please email submissions to display@nsnews.com with the subject line ‘Veteran Photo Submission’ no later than Monday, November 2, 2015.

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Coache Collision Receives Volkswagen Canada Certification!

“Congratulations on an incredible achievement!” Scott Wideman, Volkswagen Canada

TIME TRAVELLER Do you remember the Old Dutch Mill Service Station? An example of a North American fad called “fantastic architecture,” popular in the 1920s and ’30s, this structure was at the northeast corner of St. Denis Avenue (Mountain Highway) and Main Street, where an A&W sits today. For questions or comments, contact 604-9903700 x8012 or ided@dnv.org. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NORTH VANCOUVER MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

What’s On

artists are welcome. BISTRO LUNCH All ages are invited for a homemade soup and sandwich lunch every Wednesday and Friday, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. $6.

Wednesdays AMBLESIDE ORCHESTRA rehearses Wednesdays 3:15-5:30 p.m. at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. Intermediate level of musicianship required. Bring a music stand. David, 604-922-1035. ART CLUB Practise your creative arts in a welcoming group Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 885 22nd St., West Vancouver. In addition to traditional art projects, knitters and fabric

CAROUN PHOTO CLUB Meetings are held the third Wednesday of every month 7-9 p.m. at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Visitors are welcome. carounphotoclub. com CHESS CLUB All levels are welcome to play chess Mondays and Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m. at Parkgate

Community Centre, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver. 604-983-6350 myparkgate.com CIRCLE DANCE Learn easy dances with music and steps from many traditions the third Wednesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. (arrive 6:45 p.m.). Admission by donation. Registration and location: Wendy Anne, 604-9883522. CWEST – CREATIVE WOMEN EXPRESSING SOUL TOGETHER A free group for women to write, knit, draw, paint, scrapbook or otherwise be creative together meets the second Wednesday, 7-9 p.m. and the fourth Saturday 3-5 p.m. See more page 36

As is the case with all of the vehicles that are trusted to his team,Tietze says the achievement also assures VW owners that the work done by Coache Collision meets the standards set by Volkswagen Canada. “Our attention to detail gives our customers confidence that their VW, Audi, Honda - all vehicles - will be repaired by well-trained technicians using state of the art, vehicle-specific technology that complies with manufacturers’ specifications,” said Tietze. As they provide quality service to owners already stressed by their damaged vehicles, the Coache Collision team goes way beyond the immediate repairs. While experienced technicians restore the vehicle to ‘good as new’ condition, other staff arrange for customer pick-up and drop-off or a courtesy vehicle, to provide owners with uninterrupted mobility. During the repair process, Coache Collision also makes customers’ vehicles available for glass repairs or replacement, removal of dents unrelated to the accidents and bumper-to-bumper detailing.

Along with our lifetime warranty, your vehicle is in good hands and will be returned to you in pre-accident condition,” said Tietze.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

Sandino Dumandan of the Capilano University men’s volleyball team takes a serve during a 3-0 win over Columbia Bible College in Capilano’s PacWest home opener Friday. The Blues beat CBC in two straight matches to move to 2-2 for the season. Visit nsnews.com for more photos. PHOTOS PAUL MCGRATH

NORTH SHORE SCORES AAA football Oct. 23 Rutland - 20 Handsworth - 49 PJHL hockey Oct. 24 Aldergrove Kodiaks - 3 NV Wolf Pack - 5 PacWest soccer Oct. 24-25 Women Langara - 2 Capilano - 2 Douglas - 0 Capilano - 1 Men Langara - 0 Capilano - 1 Douglas - 0 Capilano - 1

Coach finds home at Cap Former all-star player hopes to bring stability to men’s volleyball program

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New Capilano University men’s volleyball head coach Emmanuel Denguessi remembers the first time he came to the North Shore, a former Cameroonian national team member making his first appearance on Canada’s West Coast following three years in Montreal. It was 2007 and Denguessi was recruited to suit up for the Blues in the PacWest league. A native French speaker, he was not confident about his ability to communicate in English, which could have been a problem for someone brought in to be a team leader at the setter position on a college volleyball team. “I came here I was a 100 per cent Frenchspeaking guy,” Denguessi says. “What I picture is a guy who struggled to

communicate, and I also see people surrounding me and accepting me the way that I am. That’s what Capilano represents…. Being an ESL student at the time, working out my way to communicate, I found people not understanding me, but making feel that I was the greatest English speaker in the world. When I look back at it I say thankyou to everyone who was a part of that journey.” It probably didn’t hurt the Denguessi was a heck of a player, winning PacWest Rookie of the Year honours and a spot on the league’s ﬁrst all-star team. He was a shooting star, however, moving on after one year at Capilano, eventually landing at Abbotsford’s Columbia Bible College where he won a CCAA national title as a player and made another trip to the Canadian championships as an assistant coach. This season the head

coaching chair opened up at Capilano once again and Denguessi jumped at the chance to return to the North Shore campus, calling it a “dream come true.” “Coming back to Capilano is like going back to the spot that you met your wife,” he says. “Those good emotions, you re-live those good moments. Every single time I came to Cap as a player from another college or assistant coaching, there was some part of me that was still attached to that university.” It may be a dream job for Denguessi but the men’s volleyball program has been having a bit of a nightmare ever since that 2007-08 season. Veteran head coach James Sneddon stepped down at the end of that campaign and since that time no head coach has lasted more than two seasons with the team. All but one of those seasons have started with a different head coach

New Capilano head coach Emmanuel Denguessi leads his squad on the way to his first PacWest win Friday. than the one who ﬁnished the previous year. Denguessi, still sporting a thick accent but armed with a ﬁrmer grasp of the English language, says he’s hoping

to bring some stability to the program. “I have that compassion for the players, especially the See Coach page 38

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RED HOT BLUES Stewart Elliott of the Capilano Blues men’s soccer team tries to scoot around the Douglas College goalkeeper during the final PacWest regular season game of the season Sunday at Capilano. Elliott was taken down on the play, leading to a penalty shot goal for Thomas Arnott in a 1-0 win over the first-place Royals. The Blues began the season with an 0-5-1 record in September but have been on fire since the calendar flipped to October, compiling a 6-1-1 mark to move from last place into third. The Blues will take on second-ranked Vancouver Island University in the provincial semifinals Friday starting at 3 p.m. at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex West. The winner of that match will earn a berth in the national championships and will play the winner of Douglas versus Kwantlen in the PacWest final at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Burnaby Lake. The Capilano women finished last in the league with a 2-10-3 record. Visit nsnews.com to see more photos. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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returning players, having a new coach every single year, a new philosophy every year that they need to adapt. I think everyone would come to the team with a little bit of scepticism if that guy is going to stay or is he going to go…. If everything goes well, I see myself there for a long period of time.” This year’s team will also be challenged by a lack of experience, boasting a lineup that includes only one player with more than one year of previous college experience. The results on the court, however, have been encouraging so far. The Blues lost a pair of contests to high-powered Douglas College to open the season but rebounded to score a pair of victories over CBC at home last Friday and Saturday. Denguessi downplayed the fact that his ﬁrst ever win as a PacWest head coach came against the school he spent the previous six years with as a player and coach. “People sometimes say it’s a rivalry playing against your old institution, but for me it was another team against whom we needed to win,” he says. “It’s always gratifying to have a win but I think to put it in perspective that the result at this point is the least important. For us it’s more about building the team and building strong student athletes. We see that coming.” The strongest student athlete on the roster may be Brendan Cairns, a secondyear outside hitter from Manitoba who earned a spot on the PacWest all-rookie team last season. “Brendan is deﬁnitely going to be one of the big names in the league this year,” Denguessi says. “With what he can do with the ball and knowing that he’s only in his second year gives us a good deal of hope. He’s also somebody who I trust in terms of communication – he’s not afraid to speak his mind…. Having a leader you can speak to openly as a coach on a new team is really important. I think this will be one of the best players in the league if he stays here for the next three years.” Outside hitter Victor Zych from Port Coquitlam, the team’s elder statesman as a fourth year athlete, is another player Denguessi will be counting on for

leadership. “He’s somebody that knows the game, knows the ball. He’s really consistent in what he does and I have a good deal of expectations towards him and I have confidence that he can deliver the work that he is called to do.” Second year players Matthew Graham, a setter turned libero from Red Deer, and John De La Cruz, a middle blocker from Vancouver, will also play key roles for the team. Leading that attack will be rookie setter Simon Friesen from Abbotsford. With the mishmash of young talent that he’s inherited, Denguessi isn’t putting any pressure on his team to win right now but has big plans for the future of the program, starting with a top-four finish this year. “We’re not going to be the top No. 1 team but we are on our way there,” he says. “I’m satisfied with the team that I have. Yes we still have to work to reach the level that we need to be in order to compete against teams like Douglas, but I don’t have any doubt that we’re going to reach there…. We’re there to build a program, we’re there to make sure Capilano remains one of the big contenders in the PacWest.” Whatever happens on the court, Denguessi says that his work off the court will be equally important. Volleyball and life have taken him around the world and he’s excited to share those experiences with young players and help them find their own paths. “It’s not just about volleyball,” he says. “It’s about the persons you encounter in your life. Those guys are passing through my journey of life as a person and I would like to see them in 20 years and them stating that I have known Emmanuel Denguessi and because of him I’ve learned all these things…. An opportunity to be part of another life journey and to influence people in one way or another, I think those are the real excitements in that position. ••• The Blues will be back on their home court for a pair of matches against College of the Rockies tomorrow and Friday nights. Game times at the Capilano Sportsplex are 6 p.m. for the women followed by the men.

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