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FOCUS4The last greatwildernessNorth Vancouver woman embarkson Antarctic adventure
BRIGHTLIGHTS 10Readers ChoiceWinners reception atThe View on Lonsdale
SPORTS25Jr. Girls hoopactionArgyle Pipers winprovincial championship
North Vancouver resident Kody Baker, co-founder of VelvoMetro, shows off the Veemo – a lemon-coloured pedal-powered three-wheeled streamlinebaby - which he hopes will become part of a new approach to urban transportation by combining the benefits of bike and car. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
Pedal-powerhybriddrivingchangeNorth Vanco-creatoraims forsustainability
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NorthVanmayorwantseveryonetobuttoutJEREMY [email protected]
If the City of North Vancouver mayor has hisway, he’ll put a price on all your butts – ciga-rette butts, that is.
That’s the message Mayor Darrell Mussattohad for all the smokers who flick their filters, stubsand cigarette butts throughout the City of NorthVancouver’s streets, sidewalks and parks.
In an effort to stem the yellowing tide of litter,
Mussatto is proposing a province-wide deposit onall cigarettes sold in B.C. Smokers would pay anextra $1 per pack and get five cents back for eachcigarette stem returned.
If working with the province isn’t fruitful,Mussatto said the city may consider a NorthVancouver-wide deposit program – provided such aprogram is legal.
“Do we have the authority to require a deposit?”he asked. “That’s what we’re going to ask … ourlawyers.”
While a lack of ashtrays may exacerbate theproliferation of cigarette butts, Mussatto said he’snot anxious to bring back the bins.
“We don’t want to normalize, or make smokingacceptable,” Musssatto said. “We don’t want tomake it look like it’s OK.”
The situation is a bit of a conundrum, accordingto the mayor.
“On the one hand, we want to keep a clean city.
BRENT [email protected]
It’s more than a bike – butit’s definitely not a car.
The North Vancouverdeveloper of the Veemo is hop-ing the pedal-powered vehiclehe’s co-created will be themissing link and the next bigthing in the way we get aroundour cities with sustainabilityin mind.
“We see this as modal shift– getting people out of carsand into active transporta-tion like cycling,” said KodyBaker, chief technology officerfor VeloMetro. “We wanted totake that concept of a three-wheeled, stable, electric-assist,enclosed vehicle andmakeit more approachable, moreuser-friendly.”
Inside the enclosed cabin,the rider straddles a transmis-sion humpwith pedals oneither side. The Veemo hashandlebars with front andrear brakes, as well as turningsignals and a touch-screendisplay for navigation. Its topspeed is 32 kilometres perhour.
Baker, who hails fromCentral Lonsdale, co-foundedthe company with an aimto woo the demographic ofpeople who want the func-tionality of a car without thegreenhouse gasses.
“We’re all very passionateabout electric vehicles and seean electric vehicle future asone of the solutions to climatechange,” he said. “We wantedto tackle the challenge of how
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Antarctica can bedescribed in a series ofsuperlatives.
It is, on average, the cold-est, driest, windiest placeon Earth. It has the highestaverage elevation of the sevencontinents and it is the leastpopulated with no permanenthuman residents.
On March 14, 61-year-oldNorth Vancouver residentAbby Antal will board theOcean Endeavour in Ushuaiaat the southern tip ofArgentina. The ice-class shipwill spend two days crossingthe legendary Drake Passage,where large waves and galeforce winds prevail, beforereaching the west coast of theAntarctic Peninsula.
“It’s the trip of a lifetime,”says Antal, sitting in her LynnValley living room just daysbefore her departure. “I’m likea little kid at Christmas time,you know, I can’t wait.”
Due to its hostile environ-ment and remote location,Antarctica is not the firstvacation choice for mostpeople. But for Antal, whohas always felt at home inthe great outdoors, the icylandmass at the bottom of theworld, sometimes referredto as the world’s last greatwilderness, has an almostmagical quality.
She’s making her two-weektrip down south with the 2041Foundation – an organiza-tion dedicated to preservingAntarctica by promotingrecycling, renewable energyand sustainability to combatthe effects of climate change– and will join more than 100other people from around theglobe who were hand-pickedfrom thousands of applicants.The expedition is being led by2041 founder Robert Swan, anexplorer and environmental-ist from the U.K. who becamethe first person in historyto walk unassisted to boththe North and South poles in
the 1980s. His foundation isnamed for the year the cur-rent moratorium on miningand drilling in Antarctica is upfor renegotiation.
Antal subscribes to TedTalks and Swan’s lecture,Let’s Save the Last PristineContinent, showed up in herinbox one day last year.
“He’s quite an amazingspeaker and when I listenedto his story it just grabbedmy heart,” she says. “I didn’teven think twice. I went tothe website after I listened tothe talk and found out thathe does the expeditions on ayearly basis, so I just clickedon ‘apply’ and wrote frommyheart.”
Antal was accepted tojoin last year’s expedition,but participants must paytheir own way and there justwasn’t enough time to findthe money. So, she deferredto this year and has spent thelast several months raisingthe $12,000 (U.S.) neededto make the trip a reality.
That has meant selling offpossessions, renting out herbasement suite, crowdfund-ing online, and securing twocorporate sponsors, Conergyand BrainTest, to help coverher expenses.
Fortunately, Antal alreadyowns most of the cold-weather gear needed tosurvive the frigid Antarctictemperatures thanks to herprevious travels up North.Now, with everything in place,she’s looking forward to apacked itinerary that includesshore landings in inflatableboats, visits to penguinrookeries, glacier hikes andpitching tents on the ice.
“I’ve been looking at somany pictures and videos andthe landscape, to me, it’s aweinspiring,” she says. “There’sso few wildernesses left outthere and to be able to wit-ness that is totally amazing.”
! ! !
Antal’s relationship withthe outdoors began in theToronto neighbourhood
where she was raised.“I guess I was fortunate
enough to be brought up inthe age where parents wouldlet their kids out and they’dsay, ‘Don’t come home untilthe lights come on.’ So, Ipretty well was sent outsidein the morning as a younggirl and I just explored allaround me. My parents gaveme a microscope one yearfor Christmas and I hauledit around to the local pondto try and see if I could findany swamp creatures,” sherecalls.
Her father was a nature-lover and the two of themwould often go fishingtogether. He encouragedher to participate in sportsand sent her to summercamp, “which I just lovedimmensely because I wasable to go outside and befree.”
In her adult years, herpassion for sports and recre-ation continued to grow.
“I became a long-distance
runner. I’ve run sevenmarathons, did one ultra(marathon),” she says.
Her outdoor adventuresinclude sea kayaking andcamping in the High Arctic,Baja Peninsula and WestCoast of B.C., and ice climb-ing in the Rocky Mountains.For a time, she operated adog sled touring business inEdmonton where she wouldwake up every morning andfeed 65 dogs (and chip theirpoop off the ice) in -25 Ctemperatures.
“Just the exhilaration ofworking with the dog teamswas pretty exciting.”
Antal lived in the LowerMainland 30 years ago andraised her children here.She resided in Calgary untilrecently, but returned tothe West Coast just lastSeptember and settled on theNorth Shore.
“It’s great to be backbecause I’m close to the
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Exploring the Antarctic Peninsula in inflatable boats is one of the activities intrepid travellers from around the world will enjoy when they join the 2041 Foundation on an expedition tothe world’s southernmost continent this month. PHOTO SUPPLIED THE 2041 FOUNDATION
The last greatwildernessNorth Vancouver woman embarks on Antarctic adventure
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! ! !
Robert Swan and the 2041Foundation lead an expedi-tion to Antarctica every yeararound this time, which islate summer in the SouthernHemisphere.
“This year’s our biggestone so far and we have about160 people coming fromall over the world,” saysSarah Sperber, developmentspecialist with the Truckee,Calif.-based organization.“You get people from thesedesert climates who’ve neverseen snow before.”
The average age ofparticipants is 33, butSperber notes there will bean 11-year-old and a 72-year-old on board. Regardlessof age, everyone will begetting a crash course onAntarctica thanks to the edu-cational mandate of the 2041Foundation. Expert lecturerswill be on board the OceanEndeavour to teach thetravellers about the uniquewildlife, geology, history andgeography of the AntarcticPeninsula.
“It’s largely focused onsustainability, conservationof resources and climatechange ... but the other bigpiece of it is about leader-ship development,” Sperbersays. “It’s, for many people,extremely life-changing andfor a lot of them it propelsthem into all of these otherprojects and eco-initiativesthat they then start in theircommunities.”
! ! !
Antarctica covers avast area and there arehuge regional variations intopography, ice coverageand weather patterns. Whilesome areas, particularlyin the east, are actuallyexperiencing cooling andseeing a net gain in sea ice,the Antarctic Peninsulais one of the spots on thecontinent most profoundlyaffected by climate change,says Capilano Universitygeography instructor CherylSchreader.
“That western area, as faras I know, is the area that’sexperiencing more changesin weather and long-termclimate than any other areaof Antarctica,” she says,
pointing to an increase inwesterly winds as one ofthe major change-makers.“Those west winds wouldbring a lot of warm, moist airfrom the oceans to the areaof the peninsula.”
Those conditions leadto sea ice melt, retreatingglaciers, an upwelling ofCO2 enriched waters, and achange in surface reflectiv-ity, which means more heatenergy is absorbed, sheexplains. And all of theseenvironmental changesimpact local plants andanimals.
“With the loss of sea ice,researchers have found thatkrill stocks are declining insome areas and krill are sortof the foundation of the foodchain in that area,” Schreadersays. “Some species wouldbe able to adapt to some ofthese changes over time, andsome species, if their limitsare exceeded, could face areal downturn in their popu-lation and possible extinctionin the years to come.”
As to what we can do tomitigate or possibly reversethe effects of global warming,Schreader encourages peopleto support climate scienceand be aware of their carbonfootprint.
“It’s hard because a lot ofthese impacts we’re seeingwould have been triggereddecades ago, but I think thatif we continue to move for-ward and really consider ourreliance on fossil fuels andwhat a transition to morerenewable, less CO2 fuelswould be, I think that’s reallyimportant.”
! ! !
Tapping into renew-able energy sources issomething Antal supportswholeheartedly. She has twogranddaughters, ages six andnine. They call her MountainGrandma and they are ahuge part of the reason shewanted to join this expedi-tion in the first place: toshare the story of Antarcticawith the younger generation.
When she returns home,Antal hopes to set up speak-ing engagements in schoolsto talk about her experienceon the fragile continent, toteach youth the importanceof global sustainability, andto encourage them to go out-doors and learn from nature.
“You protect somethingthat you love, and so if kidsget outside and really appre-ciate nature and love it, thenthey will hopefully do thingsthat will keep it that way.”
AbbyAntal will be bringing her Canadian flag, alongwith plentyof extreme coldweather gear, when she heads to Antarctica thisweek. PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD
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On the other, we don’t wantto . . . support any smokingat all.”
The first step will be tocontact West Vancouverand the District of NorthVancouver, according toMussatto.
From there, the city hopes
a united North Shore will peti-tion the province to add thedeposit.
It’s crucial the provincetakes the lead, as opposed totobacco companies playinga role in recycling smokes,according to Mussatto.
Any extended producerresponsibility program wouldoffer tobacco companies
a chance to market theirwares, a prospect Mussattoopposes.
The project got a thumbs-up from council, althoughCoun. Rod Clark suggestedthe deposit ought to besteeper.
“What if we made it fivedollars a pack? Wouldn’t thattend to up compliance?” he
asked. “As far as I’m con-cerned it’s an investment inthe environment.”
The City of Vancouverhas collected 200 pounds ofcigarette butts during a pilotproject that kicked off in2013. The city installed 100bins around Vancouver at acost of $12,000. The city plansto remove 24 of the bins.
Council endorses cigarette butt deposit ideaFrom page 1
JUSTIN [email protected]
The North VancouverSchool Districthas named a newsuperintendent.
The school district madethe announcement this weekafter a nation-wide searchto find a replacement forretiring Superintendent JohnLewis.
In the end, they didn’tneed to look much fartherthan down the hallway.
This week the schooldistrict named assistantsuperintendent MarkPearmain as Lewis’s
replacement, effective July 1.Pearmain grew up on the
North Shore and has more
than two decades of experi-ence in the public schoolsystem.
He joined school districtNo. 44 in 2014 as assistantsuperintendent after severalyears with the VancouverSchool District as a teacher,assistant principal andprincipal.
As assistant superinten-dent Pearmain supervisedthe distributed learningprogram, as well as devel-oping the InternationalBaccalaureate program andleading various technologyinitiatives.
He was also responsiblefor overseeing the Carson,
Handsworth and Sutherlandfamily of schools.
In a press release,Christie Sacré, chair of theNorth Vancouver Board ofEducation, stated, “We areconfident he will supportgoals that inspire successfor every student and willencourage our communityto learn, share and growtogether.”
Both of Pearmain’s chil-dren attend North Vancouverschools.
Lewis retires on June 30.He has worked for districtfor more than 37 years, serv-ing as superintendent for thelast decade.
School district names assistantsuperintendent to top position
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do we provide an electricvehicle for the masses?”
Within the next cou-ple months, the City ofVancouver’s staff will begetting a fleet of 10 througha city programwhich allowsclean tech startups to testtheir products and services inreal-world conditions.
With its automatic trans-mission and torque sensor, the120-kilogram Veemo’s electric-assist motor will give the rideran extra boost when headingup a steep hill. It’s designedto tackle hills with a grade of20 per cent. “It makes it reallyeasy. You’re putting barelyany effort and energy in at all,”Baker said. “We’d be able toget up Lonsdale very easily.”
The Veemo got some sunnypraise from PrimeMinisterJustin Trudeau at last week’sGLOBE 2016 sustainabilityconference.
“He loved it,” Baker said,although Trudeau’s securitydetail doesn’t let him getin any vehicle they haven’tapproved. “As a concept, hewas really supportive andreally interested to hear aboutour plan and our vehicle.”
The ultimate businessmodel is to have a Veemosharing program, similar towhat we’ve seen with car2goor Modo. VeloMetro is plan-ning to launch a pilot Veemosharing program at UBC intime for the fall semester. Anumber of Vancouver compa-nies have also shown interestin getting their own privatefleets.
With a small cab behindthe seat, there’s room enough
for your books, grocer-ies, growler and briefcase,although people checking itout at the GLOBE conferencehad other plans, Baker said.
“There’s no regulationsagainst doubling on a bikewith your dog right now.We had people at the Globeconference last week actuallyhaving a second person sittingin the back,” he said.
The Velo does run therisk of getting ensnared in
the politics of who the roadsbelong to – of being told it’stoo big for bike lanes and tooslow for regular streets, Bakeracknowledged, but so far, theresponse has mostly beengood.
“We’ve been kind of antici-pating some backlash becauseof the size, but because of thespeed we’re travelling at andbecause of the visibility of thevehicle, we’re getting a lot ofthumbs up.”
Pilot sharing program to belaunched at UBC in the fall
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The living daylights
If you’re reading this editorial andfeeling a bit out-of-sorts, you prob-ably have daylight savings to thank.
The official time to turn yourclocks back an hour was 2 a.m. (or is
that 1 a.m.?) Sunday morning.Other than offering an extra hour in
the pub on the second Saturday night inMarch, we’re at a loss trying to find anybenefit to monkeying with our circadianrhythms in order to outwit the sun.
The agrarian practice of shifting ourclocks an hour here or there to betteralign with farmers’ working day is athrowback and we’d argue it’s time to fastforward to the present on this.
Saskatchewan, the most agriculture-centred province in the country, doesn’teven bother with it anymore.
Benjamin Franklin was a big advocateof daylight savings, cheekily suggesting itwould cut back on the use of candles, but
more modern studies have shown it doeslittle to reduce energy use – or may evenincrease it.
And we pay for our chronographichubris with our health. Studies havelinked daylight savings (both forward andback) with an increase in traffic acci-dents, workplace injuries, heart attacksand strokes. And hell hath no fury like acat that perceives its breakfast is beingserved late.
Yes, leaving the office at 5 p.m. toglorious sunshine in mid-March is a nicethought, but most of our hemisphereremains cold and dreary this time of yearregardless of the hour, and getting up indarkness is also unappealing.
There’s little agreement on the issue,even in the U.S. where the clock-switch-ing scenarios tend to dictate our own.
It’s time we saw the light and left thissemi-annual illogical ritual behind.
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NSN STORY:Pet Owners Feel RentalMarket Squeeze
RON POLLY: Red is a beautiful fellow..People with pets tend to stay more andare better tenants.
BEETIT Things have to change. Wewant people to adopt pets but this isnot exactly incentive. I understand theproblem, but I think for the most part itis completely exaggerated to say youneed to replace carpets every time.Take a larger damage deposit then andembrace compassionate tenants, doyour due diligence to ensure thingsare being looked after (which landlordsshould be doing anyway) and that’s that.There should be laws about this kind ofdiscrimination.
CARL LINNAEUS: What if the nexttenant is allergic to pet dander? Sure, youmight not need to replace the carpetsevery time, but it is a major contingencyto consider. All pets and owners aredifferent. But the market has spoken,property owners are reluctant to rentto pet owners — even the ones that alsohave their own pet family members.
CHRIS BRIDEAUX Cats are way moredestructive than dogs.
JODY BUTLER: We have rented our suiteto two individuals over the past five years.Both had either a cat or a dog. Therehas been no damage nor have we hadto replace carpets. I find this argumentridiculous. We only rent to those whohave a pet because we understand howhard it is to find accommodation as wewere once in their shoes. Pet owners areresponsible, more responsible than mostpeople who have none. It also infuriatesme to see landlords jack rent up becausethey allow pets. Landlords, give thesepeople and their pets a break. Seriously!
ROBYN BROWN Allowing seniors whorent to have a pet is extremely beneficialto their health and happiness. Theyprovide companionship, joy, exercise,and a daily focus and purpose. Mostolder folks would have a smaller pet, dogor cat...I agree that there are many petowners that are very responsible ... oftenthe few that aren’t make it difficult forthose that are.
MIKE O’NEILL I feel the pain. Try findinga place with three dogs and a two year old.People will discriminate against anything– kids, pets even against specific breedsof pets. I have three pit bulls – as soon asthey hear that “oh no only small dogs.”
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ABA autism treatmentworthy of tax fundingDear Editor:
Re: Elizabeth James’column on autism and ABA,March 2.
Kudos to James forwriting an informative andvaluable column on autismand the unrivaled efficacy ofApplied Behavioural Analysistreatment (ABA). This is asubject that deserves muchmore attention, and govern-ment action, than it hasreceived to date in Canada.As a director of the Medicarefor Autism Now! Society, anda former trial lawyer, I readthe column with especialinterest.
In her column, Ms. Jamesdoes make one importantfactual error: In its 2004decision, the Supreme Courtof Canada, in the leadingAuton case, did not overturn
the 2000 decision of the B.C.Supreme Court, insofar asit concerns the trial judge’scentral finding of fact, basedon all expert medical evi-dence introduced at the trial,that ABA is “medically neces-sary.” Nor did it overturn herrelated, and equally impor-tant, finding of fact that therewere “no effective competingtherapies,” a situation thatexists to this day. The B.C.Court of Appeal unanimouslyaccepted the trial judge’stwo essential findings of fact.
The Supreme Court ofCanada, ruled that the sec-tion 15(1) charter rights ofchildren with autism hadnot been violated by virtueof the government’s failureto provide funding for theirABA treatment, and heldthat it was for the legislature
to determine how publicmonies were to be spenton health care or othersocial programs. While theB.C. courts focused theirdecisions on whether, as amatter of fact, the treatmentwas medically necessary,the SCC concentrated on alegal analysis of the relevantstatute, the BC MedicareProtection Act, whichprovides that only “physi-cian-provided services” wereto be considered “medicallyrequired” and fully funded.This intentionally narrowstatutory definition is irrel-evant to the crucial questionof whether, in fact, ABAtreatment is medically neces-sary and worthy of properfunding by taxpayers.David MarleyWest Vancouver
QUOTES OF THE WEEK:It’s a strip of tarmacadam around the city, there’s nothing green
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Both drivers claim to have had the right of way.”
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Act of kindness restores faithDear Editor:
On Sunday, March 6, I wasbiking to church just before 8a.m. I was excited to get outonmy bike in the sunshineand forgot to zip upmy jacketpockets. Unbeknownst to me, Ilost my wallet. It has sentimen-tal value in that it was given tome bymy late daughter andmy son onmy birthday many
years ago. I retracedmy routefrom home to church severaltimes. When I got home thelast time after searching withno luck, I walked into thehouse and the phone rang.It was the North VancouverRCMP saying a stranger hadturned in my wallet. I wouldlike to send a huge “shout-out”to the kind person who turned
in my wallet and the localRCMP for looking me up. Whatcould have beenmany phonecalls to cancel my credit cardsplus the loss of personalmementos turned into a happyending. It was a small event inmy life but it restoredmy faithin strangers. Thank you.David BrearNorth Vancouver
Dear Editor:Re: Teen Girl Allegedly
Assaulted at UnsanctionedGrad Party, March 2 front-pagestory.
The headline for your storyis misleading and does a dis-service to the community yourepresent.
The fact is there was anassault on a young woman –no allegations, just fact.
Furthermore, it is dis-heartening to read the schooldistrict representative’squotes relating to the situationwhere the assault occurred
(“Michaud said the schooldistrict strongly encouragesfamilies to speak to their teensabout only attending officiallysanctioned grad events, whichthe school makes parentsaware of”). This suggests thatshe became a victim becauseshe attended an unsanctionedgrad event. There is nomen-tion of outrage over the factthat this person became avictim simply because of hersex. The real discussion thatparents should be having withtheir children (and peers)is that it is wrong for this to
be happening in our society,what is the root cause, andwhat can be done to stop it.Focusing the majority of yourcoverage on the situationwhere the assault occurredrather than the real crimeand its causes is detrimentalto this discussion and aninsult to the victim. She didno wrong by attending theevent. Her parents did nowrong in allowing her to go.She deserves more from hercommunity.Phil DupasquierNorth Vancouver
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The 20th Annual North Shore News Readers Choice Awardswinners reception was held at NorthVancouver’s The View on Lonsdale Wednesday evening and saw business owners and representativesof community groups and service organizations on hand to collect their award plaques. After a record5,000 votes tallied this year online and in print, 115 winners and more than 200 finalists were selectedin a wide variety of categories, from favourite places to eat, shop and exercise to places to enjoy thegreat outdoors. North Shore News publisher Peter Kvarnstrom presented the awards to winners, someof whomwere celebrating their first time being honoured while others received Platinum Awards forwinning their category five years in a row. See winners at nsnews.com/community.
S’Wich Cafe’sErik Smith, North Shore News’Kelly Pownall and The Soup Meister’sRalfDauns
Integra Tire’s Brian Wilson and ElevateTraining’s Wesley Williamson
North Shore News’ Vicki MagnisonandHollee Brown flank City of NorthVancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto andSkoah’s Yavanna Arnold
North Shore News’Larry Veriginwith PacificHonda’s Heather Headley and Darryl Nelson
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North Shore News publisher Peter Kvarnstrom awards Delany’s Coffee House’s Robin Delany andDean Kneider
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Those behind a new non-profit society offeringcancer patients free rides to and from medicalappointments are looking to the community forsupport.
The Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society was launched ear-lier this year and started serving patients Feb. 29.
Community members are encouraged to come on board asvolunteer drivers, sign up as clients or make monetary dona-tions. “We’ve basically done everything we can do. Now it’sup to the public and businesses to support us,” says GarthPinton, society president.
The 67-year-old retired North Vancouver resident waspart of a group of people who banded together to get theVolunteer Cancer Drivers Society up and running in thewake of the closure of a similar service long offered by theCanadian Cancer Society.
“The Canadian Cancer Society’s Volunteer DriversProgram was closed in B.C. in October 2015. We made thedifficult decision for a number of reasons, including decreas-ing volunteer numbers and ridership, the existence of similargovernment-funded driving programs and increasing operat-ing costs. We are pleased to hear of volunteers starting theirown program to drive people to their cancer treatments andfollow-up care. We applaud any organization that supportsthose fighting cancer or aims to make their lives a littleeasier,” says Leanne Morgan, director of support services,Canadian Cancer Society, B.C. and Yukon.
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Caffeine helps fuelamorningworkoutQuestion:
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Many prefer to exercisebefore eating, but someexperience nausea with this.So try both and see whatfeels best for you.
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Pinton, a foundingpartner of PFM ExecutiveSearch, and former GreaterVancouver Food Bank boardmember, volunteered as adriver with the CanadianCancer Society’s VolunteerDrivers Program for fiveyears. He was compelled toget involved after supportinghis own mother, a Vancouverresident, through her cancerjourney.
The challenging time ledhim to wonder how otherpatients could cope, par-ticularly those who lived faraway from their treatmentcentres and were withoutfamily members or friendsto offer rides, particularlythose who were unable toafford private, fee-for-serviceoptions like taxis or care-giving service providers.Further troubling to him wasthe knowledge that followingcertain treatments, patientscan feel quite ill. Havingto then worry about howthey’re going to get homeseemed like an unnecessarystress.
Pinton became a vol-unteer with the society’sprogram in 2010 and fromday one realized the positiveimpact it had on both thepatients and volunteers.
“It was just incredible. .. . My expression is, ‘At theend of the day I felt badlybecause I felt so good,’” hesays, explaining the positiv-ity expressed by those hedrove, despite the diffi-cult situations they foundthemselves in, was trulyoverwhelming. He drovepeople from diverse back-grounds, for example, thoseliving in subsidized housingas well as those in the BritishProperties. While the major-ity of clients were in their60s and 70s, he also drovepatients as young as 10 andas old as 85.
The news of the CanadianCancer Society’s VolunteerDrivers Program closurecame as a shock to Pintonas well as many of his fellowdrivers.
“They were devastated,not because they didn’t havesomebody to drive, becausethey knew how those peoplewere going to be affected,”he says.
Not wanting to see theservice disappear, Pintonand a group of like-mindedindividuals started takingsteps to launch their ownprogram.
“When we started to talkabout it, we thought, ‘Youknow? We can do this,’” hesays.
The Volunteer CancerDrivers Society is now upand running and is awaitingcharitable status. They’remaintaining a virtual officeto limit overhead costs and
everything is made pos-sible through the efforts ofvolunteers.
“Obviously family, in thisday and age, can’t always beavailable five days a week,”says Pinton.
“We take the stress outof the transportation issue,focus everything on gettingbetter, not, ‘how I’m going toget there and how I’m goingto get back,’” he adds.
So far they’ve attracted50 volunteer drivers to thesociety, 35 of whom wereinvolved in the formercancer society program.Interested drivers areencouraged to apply, askedto complete an applicationform and submit an ICBCdriver’s abstract along withproof of $3 million thirdparty liability insurance. Thesociety hopes to eventu-ally be able to pay drivermileage.
“It’s the perfect jobbecause you set your ownhours, days, times,” saysPinton.
Clients are also encour-aged to get in touch and sofar 10 have registered.
“It will only continue togrow the longer the word isout there,” says Pinton.
There is no charge for theservice. Clients can makedonations if they like, butthey’re by no means pres-sured to do so.
Drivers offer door-to-doorpersonalized service, and thesociety’s dispatch system isset up to ensure patients aredropped off and picked up asper their time-specific needs,whether their appointmentlasts 10 minutes or six hours.
The Volunteer CancerDrivers Society is cur-rently offering rides tothose in North and WestVancouver, Port Coquitlam,Coquitlam, Port Moody, NewWestminster, Langley, Delta,Surrey, White Rock andAbbotsford. Society driversare also happy to pick upthose arriving in HorseshoeBay via ferry.
Common destinationsinclude the B.C. CancerAgency Vancouver clinic,B.C. Children’s Hospital aswell as other area hospitalsand medical offices.
“It’s a vast geographicarea from east to west and,as everybody knows, goingback and forth to the cancerclinic over those bridges isnot easy these days and Ithink it’s very stressful fora lot of the residents,” saysPinton.
North Vancouver’s AnnRoberts, 77, is one of thesociety’s first clients.
“I am absolutely ecstaticthat they’ve come back,” shesays.
Roberts started using theCanadian Cancer Society’sVolunteer Drivers Programin 1998 in light of a diagnosis
with breast cancer followedby uterine cancer.
“They picked me up andtook me to the cancer agencyand brought me back. Goodservice, local men or womendriving and they got to knowtheir patients and the peoplethey were driving. They werevery kind. If I wasn’t downat the appropriate time theywould go upstairs to what-ever department I was in tosee if I was alright and when Iwas coming home,” she says.
“They talk to you aboutyour family and if you’re inthe dumps about somethingwith cancer, they jolly you
back,” she adds.Having some upcom-
ing appointments with heroncologist and no family liv-ing locally, she’s grateful forthe return of the service andfor the support of the newlyfounded society.
“It’s important to me as aperson and it’s important forpeople on the North Shoreto know that this program iscoming back. It’s our duty aspeople to help each other. Ithink that the (new society)is going to be wonderful,”she says.
According to Morgan, theCanadian Cancer Society
continues to support cancerpatients in B.C. through avariety of programs, includ-ing two intended to reducethe burden of travel onpeople with cancer. One isthe Travel Treatment Fund,where clients receive a sub-sidy to help offset the costsof transportation (i.e. fee-for-service providers) andthe second is its four cancerlodges. In many cases, it canbe more cost-effective andless tiring for clients to staynear their treatment locationrather than commuting forhours a day, she says.
The Freemasons Cancer
Car Program (freemasonry.bcy.ca/textfiles/cancer.html) services patients liv-ing in the Vancouver,Burnaby, Richmond andNew Westminster areas.In addition, other similardriver programs have beenstarted by former CanadianCancer Society volunteers inSquamish and Victoria.
For information on howto volunteer as a driverwith the Volunteer CancerDrivers Society, to registeras a patient, or to providefinancial support, phone604-515-5400 or visitvolunteercancerdrivers.ca.
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Last week I covered thetraining steps necessary towalk out the front door witha calm, focused dog. Now it’stime to attempt a walk aroundthe block.
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What’s Going OnSENTINEL GRAD76Areceptionwill be held Saturday,June 11, 6 p.m. at HollyburnCountry Club, 950Cross CreekRd.,West Vancouver. Foodwill be served throughoutthe evening to allow formingling. Help findmissinggrads by joining SentinelGrad 76onFacebook. $63.brownpapertickets.com
NOROUZ FESTIVAL The
Canadian Iranian Foundationwill host a celebration of springSunday, March 13, 11 a.m.-5p.m. at CapilanoMall, 935Marine Dr., North Vancouver.The event will includeentertainment, kids’ activities,art andmore.
GETTING STARTED WITHINSTAGRAMSign up andget started with Instagram,the visual photography sitethat helps you share with yourfriends Tuesday, March 15,
2-3:30 p.m. West VancouverMemorial Library, 1950Marine Dr. Register online:westvanlibrary.ca
INTRO TO WORDPRESSBLOGGINGUsingWordPress,you will learn how to set up anaccount and establish a webpresence. First-come, first-served basis as there are 12computers per class. Tuesday,March 15, 7-8:30 p.m. at NorthVancouver City Library, 120West 14th St. nvcl.ca
PERSIAN NEW YEARFIRE FESTIVALThe IranianCanadian Congress incollaboration with the Districtof West Vancouver presentsShahyad and the Persian FireFestival Tuesday, March 15, 4-11p.m. at Ambleside Park. Ticketscost $10, kids under eight arefree. [email protected]
SKYPE — ANINTRODUCTIONLearn howto use Skype to connect withfriends and family aroundthe worldWednesday, March16, 2-3 p.m. and 3-4 p.m. WestVancouver Memorial Library,1950Marine Dr. Registeronline:westvanlibrary.ca
WEST VANCOUVERHISTORICAL SOCIETY’SGENERAL MEETINGDistrictof West Vancouver Coun.Nora Gambioli makes theintroductions during thesociety’s general meeting,Wednesday, March 16, 7 p.m.at theWest Vancouver SeniorsActivity Centre, 695 21st St.
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INTERMEDIATE MS EXCELA hands-on computer classto learn how to graphicallydisplay information Thursday,March 17, 7-8:30 p.m. at North
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BE KIND Michele Blanchet, Krista Braathen and sonsCyrus and Sean, along with Ellen Hayakawa, celebrateInternational Day of Random Acts of Kindness by handingout flowers to passersby on Lonsdale Avenue. Thenext Random Acts of Kindness event will take place onWednesday, March 16 starting at 6 p.m. at North VancouverCivic Plaza. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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ENGLISH CORNER EnjoyEnglish conversation whilemaking new friends Friday,March 18, 10-11:30 a.m. at WestVancouver Memorial Library,1950Marine Dr. 604-925-7400westvanlibrary.ca
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OPTIONS FOR VOLUNTEERS
Options for VolunteersThe following is a selection of volunteer opportunities fromvarious community organizations,made available throughVolunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore CommunityResources Society.
LUNCH PROGRAM VOLUNTEER North Shore NeighbourhoodHouse seeks volunteers to help with cooking and preppinglunches and assisting themain chef in the kitchen.
WALK MARKERS Volunteers are needed to assist with themarking of the walk, from Cates Park to Panorama Park, onseveral days prior to the walk. Volunteer will be accompanied bya society member familiar with the route. On the day of the walkthe volunteer becomes a beach walker, whomonitors to provideassistance as required to participants at themore difficult parts ofthe route.
GARDEN MAINTENANCE Bee Friendly Native Bee ConservationSociety is looking for volunteers to take care of communitygarden (maintenance and upkeep) through the spring andsummer.
SPECIAL EVENT VOLUNTEERS Volunteers of all ages areneeded to help with special events such as Big Bikes and othershort-term events. Volunteers will be involved in activities such asreception/site registration, greeting, etc.
VOLUNTEER “ROADIE”Seniors Acting Up are looking for avolunteer “roadie,” someone who will help them transport soundequipment to performances twice amonth and, if possible, helpwith setup.
LITERACY MENTORWriters’ Exchange is looking for volunteerliteracymentors to get inner-city kids excited about reading andwriting. Mentors work in small groups with the kids (six-13) tocomplete literacy projects. The kids benefit from the programs,but mentors also have lots of fun while helping the kids.
If you are interested in these or other possible volunteeropportunities, call 604-985-7138. The society is a partner agencyof the UnitedWay.
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New toolshelp seniorsagewellSometimes a columnalmost writes itself.I had that thoughtrecently when my editorsent me a copy of a B.C.Ministry of Health pressrelease highlightingsome new tools to helpBritish Columbians agewell.
The late Bette Davisonce said, “Aging isn’t forsissies.” That’s a bit harshbut growing older is a partof life.
There are nearly threetimes as many people overthe age of 65 living in B.C.today compared to 35 yearsago and the older popula-tion is projected to doubleover the next 25 years.
So finding resources tohelp seniors stay healthythroughout their longerlives is important.
The latest version of theB.C. Seniors’ Guide is nowavailable in print, PDF anda new ebook format andcontains information on a
range of topics from trans-portation to housing, healthservices and healthy living.
The items that draw themost questions from myreaders, Fair Pharmacare,Medical Services Plan(MSP) premium assistance,the Home Adaptationsfor Seniors Independenceprogram (HASI), ShelterAid for Elderly Renters(SAFER), the bus pass pro-gram and the B.C. SeniorsSupplement, which tops
up the federal Old AgeSecurity/Guaranteed IncomeSupplement, are all wellcovered.
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Chinese, Punjabi and Frenchversions will be ready in thespring.
A new ebook version isavailable and a download-able EPUB document hasbeen developed for thegrowing proportion of olderadults using e-readers. I’massuming that an EPUB isan electronic documentand not a new place to goand have a drink but I’d behappy either way.
I keep two other direc-tories close at hand. TheRCMP’s Seniors Guidebookto Safety and Security isdesigned to help seniorsand their caregivers
recognize elder abuse,frauds and scams.
The aptly named SeniorsDirectory: A Resourcefor Seniors Living on theNorth Shore is producedby the North Shore News inpartnership with the NorthShore Community ResourcesSociety (nscr.bc.ca). The2016 edition of the seniorsdirectory is available now.
Finally, I think everyhousehold should have aguide that helps seniorsand their family membersdevelop an estate plan.These are usually available
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ST. PADDY’S PARTY The Londoners invite community members to the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day Pub Night andSingalong, Thursday, March 17 at West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre. A fish and chips dinner will begin at 5 p.m. followedby entertainment at 5:15 p.m. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
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NAVIGATINGCHANGECassidy/SawtellFinancial Managementwealth advisers TristanSawtell and ChristineCassidy (also a District ofWest Vancouver councillor)speak at Aging: ProtectingYour Family and Your Estate,a presentation for seniorsand adult children of seniors,held recently at Amica atWest Vancouver.PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
ELDERCOLLEGE — AGING IN PLACEWITH NEW TECHNOLOGY Presentationand facilitated discussion that focuses onthe question of whether modern onlinetechnology can assist seniors in living long,healthy and safe lives at home Monday,March 14, 10:15-11:45 a.m. at Capilano library,3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. $10.nseldercollege.org
MOVIE MATINEE — BUILDING OUR LOGCABIN ON MOUNT SEYMOUR IN 1948Adocumentary narrated by Ross Regan on thebuilding of his cabin Thursday, March 17, 11:30a.m.-1 :30 p.m., at North Shore Volunteers forSeniors, 275 21st St., West Vancouver. Cost: $5,which includes a pizza lunch. 604-922-1575
NORTH SHORE NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSEBUS TRIP Join a trip to Mahony & Sons, anIrish restaurant, to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day,
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY Celebrate at Amica atWest Vancouver with live performances byCeltic dancers Thursday, March 17, 2-3 p.m. at659 Clyde Ave. Participants are encouraged towear green. RSVP: amica.ca/event/wv-2016-st-patricks-day-celebration/ or 604-921-9181.
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Don’t letmarket imbalance throwyouoffOne of my friendswouldn’t even talk tome about money duringthe latest stock marketturmoil.
“You’ve just spoiledmyday,” she said. “Please let’s talkabout something else.”
Perhaps her portfolio isn’tproperly balanced – whichled to her imbalanced feelingsabout her finances.
Themost important factoris having enough liquid assetslike fixed-income instruments(GICs, bonds) to cover your cash needs – so you don’t
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Another important factor isdiversification. If a particularsector or individual stock goesup significantly, for example,that could leave you with toolarge a proportion of yourportfolio in that sector or thatstock and therefore overlyvulnerable if that sector/stockdrops – again, creating animbalance.
So, how do youmaintainthe correct balance?
First, ensure the percent-ages of stocks versus bondsversus real estate versuscollectibles and any otherinstruments are appropriatefor your situation at this time.
When your portfolio mixshifts, you can buy or sell torestore the balance – but thatcan cost you brokerage andother fees, and also tax if theselling produces capital gainsoutside an RRSP, RRIF, etc.
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The Investment Reporternewsletter notes from 1946through 2012 stocks’ com-pound annual return was 10.5per cent, government bonds5.8 per cent, T-bills 4.3 percent and inflation 3.9 per cent.(That was in the U.S.; Canadianstocks were a bit lower, bondsand T-bills a bit higher.) Best
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It’s easy to see that accept-ing more risk over the longterm can pay off. But fewpeople can hold investmentsfor 66 years. And that’s whyit’s so important to keep yourinvestments balanced what-ever your time horizon.
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Exploringempathy,emotion throughactingCOMMUNITYPROFILE: ALL THEWORLD’S A STAGE
Trinity Zylstra and Jasmine Gish work on an improv exercise at The First Step Actors’ Workshop in North Vancouver. The scenariopresented themwith a challenge to stay connected during a fake phone call involving another person. PHOTO CINDYGOODMAN
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“If I never get to experi-ence your true responsein any given situationwill I ever get to knowwho you really are?”
Russell Porter stands infront of a group of 16 teens.He is holding up a cellphone.
“Who here has a phone?”he asks. Not surprisinglythey all raise their hands.
What follows is adiscussion about true com-munication, the resonance ofthe intention of feeling, andwhat it means to live withouta protection system like aphone. When texting you canstrategize your response andcontrol the narrative morethan when you are talking tosomeone in person, he notes.As he kneels on the groundin front of the group, Porterposes a question: what ismissing from texts?
“Your beautiful, flawed,interesting, unique handwrit-ing,” he suggests quietly,tying it in to the expressionof honesty, individuality andpersonality.
There is no sound fromthe audience as Porter addsmore layers. He talks about
getting down to the deep-est, most powerful place ofcreative decision-making. Hetalks about the teens battling
their brains to reach back toan instinctive empathy theywere born with but may haveforgotten.
“Is this hard?” he asks thegroup at the end.
“Yes,” they answer almostin unison.
“And that’s a good thing,”Porter tells them.
It’s a regular rainyThursday night outside
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After Porter finishes hisinstruction, the class breaksinto two groups and heads toseparate rooms to partici-pate in an improv exercise.
Two students sit facingeach other. A phone rests ona table between them. Theystart to have a conversation,but are interrupted by a call.One student answers thefake phone and has a conver-sation with the person on theother end. It is that student’sjob to then somehow includethe other student in the con-versation without explicitlytelling them what’s going on.
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of the action. In this way, noscene starts at the beginning.The theme is connectedempathy, and the teens areasked to dig down to thetruth inside themselves andthe truth inside each other.
As the next half an hourunfolds, the two groupstackle serious subjects intheir phone conversations,including cancer, crime,and abusive boyfriends, all
unscripted. The students,whether they are part of thescene or not, seem highlyengaged.
Each scene is just amoment in life and they areall present for it, one of theinstructors tells the class.
The scenario may be pre-tend, but what they’re doingin the scene is not, explains17-year-old Jasmine Gish inan interview after the class.
“It’s not putting on a showit’s being able to actually
have some truth with some-one,” she says.
At school everyonefiguratively wears a mask orcarries a security blanket,but in this class they don’t.
“People who come herereally do want to feel some-thing and want to explore,”says Gish. “It teaches youabout yourself and it helpsyou grow.”
It’s not surprising toPorter that the teens broughtup somewhat dark subjectsduring their improv exercise.Although the instructorsgive them the broad narra-tive, the students migrate towhere they will most be ableto feel, he says.
“They choose to be in amoment that elicits the mostfeeling,” he explains. “Isn’tthat interesting? Becausewhere are they getting thatout there in the world?”
One of Porter’s life theo-ries is that everything wedo, every day all day long,is about feeling. Feeling,empathy, and connectionare themes that come up
repeatedly in our discussionabout the teen acting class,which seemed more like anexercise in human study thanan exercise in scene study.
“They get to feel, they getto be connected, they getto be respected, they get tolisten, they get to have empa-thy. They don’t get to walkdown a high school hallwayand be empathetic,” saysPorter of the young students.“We’re inviting them to be inthe reality that they want tobe in.”
Craig Shand has beenattending one of the adultclasses at the studio forabout four years. He washooked after the first classand enjoys the emotionalelement of acting.
“It’s exciting to be on theedge of different feelings,” hesays. “It’s really just portray-ing life, which is what peoplestruggle to do.”
Shand has been in somecommercials and had asmall part in a Bollywoodfilm, but says although hewould enjoy pursuing actingas a career, he’s not rely-ing on that to happen andenjoys the weekly classesas an opportunity to openup to different sides of hispersonality.
Although students also doscripted scene study, Shandenjoys the improv exercisesbecause they hone instinctand encourage being in themoment.
“Just live and be humanand don’t be afraid to gowith how you feel,” he says.
Reflecting on the social-emotional exploration hewitnesses and guides eachweek at the studio, Portersuggests he has had a revela-tion of sorts.
Although he didn’t setout to, after 17 years of run-ning his business, he nowwonders if he has foundsomething he didn’t know hewas missing.
Exercisesencourage improving instinct
Russell Porter leads a teen acting class at The First Step Actors’ Workshop in the photosabove and below. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN
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“Maybe after all thistime maybe I’ve learnedsomething: that none of it’sabout acting. Maybe it wasa journey, maybe it was asearch. I’m finding somethingthrough them.”
A graduate of Balmoraland Carson Graham schools,Porter found a safe placein their drama programs asa teen. What got him intoacting was a need to beseen and heard, he notes,and fortunately he got whathe needed then. After highschool, Porter went on toact professionally and hasappeared in popular moviesand TV shows, includingThe X-Files, Head Over Heels,Supernatural, and Arrow.
However, he now admitsthat in the early days of hiscareer he didn’t know whathe was doing.
“I had no idea what actingwas then,” he says, addinghe knew what the TV andfilm industry was about,what getting an agent was,what going to an audi-tion was, but didn’t trulyunderstand the craft. “ThenI realized, wow, the personyou are really is the catalyst.It’s all personal.”
Acting, as in life, he nowbelieves, is about beingconnected and being in themoment without fear andwithout strategy. And he’shoping to pass that messageon.
“I would say it’s about
feeling, it’s about definingcharacter, meeting our owncharacter, and rediscoveringour instinctive empathy,” hesays, adding there’s some-thing that might be lackingin his students’ everydayexperiences that they getthrough acting.
“It’s a place whereeverybody walks through thedoor and they’re recognizedfor who they are, not whothey’re supposed to be.”
Porter says he is con-stantly amazed and inspiredby the work he watches inclass every week.
And probably withoutmeaning to, he makes a state-ment about the students thatcould just as much be aboutlife in general as it is abouthis acting workshops: “We’reall so different, we’re all sounique and yet we are all soessential to this experience.”
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A big serving of break-fast basketball – toppedoff with a sweet perfor-mance from star pointguard Georgia Swant –helped the Argyle Piperswin the junior girls pro-vincial championshipslast week at LangleyEvents Centre.
Swant was sublime inArgyle’s 71-65 win overLangley’s Walnut GroveGators, scoring an incred-ible 44 points while alsodishing out five assists – allin a game that lasted just 32minutes. The biggest playof all, however, may havecome on the defensive endwhere Swant took a chargeagainst Walnut Grove super-star Tavia Rowell with lessthan two minutes left in thegame. The defensive stopgave the ball back to thePipers with a 68-65 lead thatthey never relinquished andit also handed Rowell herfifth foul, sending her out ofthe game.
“I’ve never had a player score that manypoints before,” said head coach AnthonyBeyrouti, who has been coaching on theNorth Shore for more than a decade. “Butthen to also get the assists and get thecharge on top of the points, it makes it evencooler.”
Swant was the star of the final butthe team has been building up steam allseason long, thanks in part to optional
early-morning workouts, said Beyrouti.“We’ve done something called breakfast
club at our school where kids would comeshooting at 7:15 in the morning twice aweek,” he said. “It was totally optional butwe started with four kids, then we got to fivekids. By the time we got to our last sessionwe had 10 kids out. High school kids findevery reason not to come out at 7:15 in themorning to shoot, (but) our kids bought intoit and they came out and they did the work
and it paid off at the end of the season.”The Pipers came into provincials ranked
fourth and battled their way into the semin-finals where they were matched up againstNo. 1-ranked Lord Tweedsmuir from Surrey.
The Pipers were cruising to an upset buttrouble brewed when Swant fouled out ofthe game with six minutes left. The top-ranked Panthers seemed poised to pounce,but the Pipers held on to their lead thanksto some inspired last-minute play from
Chloe Walton, the coach said.“Chloe took the reins and helped get us
to the final,” said Beyrouti. “She really madea huge impact for our team.”
After beating the No. 1 team, the Pipershad the pleasure of facing No. 2 WalnutGrove in the final.
“We came into the tournament thinkingwe could win the thing but we also knew
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Pipers win junior provincialsSwantscores 44in final
The Argyle Pipers junior girls team celebrates a championship win at the provincial tournament held last week at Langley Events Centre. The fourth-rankedPipers beat the No. 1- and No. 2-ranked teams to score gold, led by a 44-point performance from Georgia Swant in the final. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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SEVENS HEAVEN Canadian national rugby player Nanyak Dala talks with North Shoreyouth rugby players during a clinic held Thursday at Carson Graham secondary. The eventwas one of several held in and around Vancouver in conjunction with the Canada Sevensinternational rugby tournament running this weekend at BC Place. North Shore players HarryJones and Adam Zaruba will suit up for Canada at the event which features top teams fromaround the world. For full details visit canadasevens.com. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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that we weren’t the favou-rites to do it,” said Beyrouti.“We had an underdog men-tality to us and it was goodfor the kids – they playedwith a little bit of a chipon their shoulder and theyexecuted the game plansflawlessly. We took care ofbusiness.”
Walton and TeaganMackay took turns guard-ing Rowell who had torchedearlier opponents. Rowellstill dropped a hard-earned24 points in the final but itwas her lowest point total ofthe tournament.
“She’s a hell of a player,”Beyrouti said. “To do what(Walton and MacKay) didis unbelievable. It’s a 1-2punch. It’s one thing ifyou’ve got one kid who
can guard the ball, butthen when you put twopeople who can reallyguard the ball, it allows forsome pretty cool things tohappen.”
Argyle got into some foultrouble in the game, whichshifted the scoring load fur-ther onto Swant’s shoulders,said Beyrouti.
“That’s what we neededfrom her,” he said. “Shegoes out of her way to geteverybody involved and shereally wants to achieve bigthings. … We had some foultrouble, we used a lot of theclock on a lot of our pos-sessions to try to limit theamount of defence we hadto play. We ended up going1-4 low for her a lot, but thatwas mostly to keep our bigkids out of foul trouble. To
keep everybody in the gamewe needed her to (score),and she did and she wasfantastic, obviously.”
Swant actually playedon the Argyle senior teamlast year as a Grade 9 playerso that she could suit upbeside her sister Sophie,who is now a first-yearplayer carving out a nicerole on the Simon FraserUniversity team. This year,however, the Argyle coachesdecided to drop Georgiaback down to junior to playwith her cohort, a stronggroup of Grade 10 players.
“We’re trying to changethe culture of the school sowe thought it would be ineveryone’s best interest tokeep the kids together andreally getting them workinghard and buying into the
culture that we’re trying toset,” said Beyrouti. “We’vegot a couple other very tal-ented kids as well and we’vekept them all together andsaid let’s see how we can doas a group.”
They obviously did wellthis year, winning the NorthShore, Lower Mainland andprovincial titles. Swant wasnamed provincial tourna-ment MVP while BriannaJoyce was named to the firstall-star team.
The junior showingbodes well for the future ofthe Argyle senior program,said Beyrouti.
“We’re very exited,” hesaid. “We’ve got a lot ofstrong seniors coming back,so to add to them the strongGrade 10s, it’ll make a goodteam for next year for sure.”
Tournament MVP Georgia Swant leads the break for Argyle atlast week’s junior provincial championships. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Swant steps upwith title on the line
Seycove’s Stephanie Laube fires a shot during the AAprovincial championships. PHOTO SUPPLIED LOGAN HART
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The Seycove Seyhawks senior girlsclaimed silver at the AA provin-cial basketball championships lastweek at Langley Events Centre, fall-ing just a few points shy of an upsetover top-ranked Duchess Park.
The third-ranked Seyhawks knockedoff defending champs and second-ranked Immaculata with a strong 78-66semifinal win to set up a final againstPrince George’s Duchess Park, butcouldn’t quite top the Condors inthe final, losing 80-71 in a well-playedslugfest.
“We ran out of time,” said Seycovehead coach Darcy Grant. “It was one ofthose games where we had some of our
girls play their best basketball games ofthe year, but that being said, we couldn’tstop some of their better players. … Fullcredit has to go to the Duchess girls.There wasn’t really anything that we didpoorly. We played a very good game, justDuchess Park played better.”
Forwards Claudia Hart and SageStobbart both earned spots on thetournament first all-star team, whilethe Seyhawks also got standout playfrom starters Stephanie Laube, LindseyBott, Kayla Krug and super sub AshleyBradshaw. All of those players except forHart are in Grade 11, giving the Seyhawkshope that they’ll be in contention for areturn trip to the final next season.
This year’s team topped their rankingin winning silver, but Grant admittedthat they were shooting for more.
“I think from an outsiders perspec-tive looking in, most people would sayit was a great success,” he said. “I thinkafter the game sitting in the locker roomwith our three coaches and 13 players,I think we looked at it as disappointing.We looked back and reflected on ourfirst meeting where we said our goalwas to win a provincial championship.And then coming so close, failing bynine points, we were upset, we weredisappointed. But I think at the sametime we left that dressing room and thatgame with all of us committed to doingmore to be back there again next year.… Knowing the girls and the characterof the room, I think they will be verymotivated to be doing things over thesummer and to come back in Septemberready to work.”
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