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Pipeline protesters target MLAsJames [email protected]

MORE than 200protesters descendedon the ofce of NorthVancouver MLA NaomiYamamoto Wednesday aspart of a province-wideeffort to derail plansfor new and larger oilpipelines to B.C.s coast.

Wavingplacardsandcarryingumbrellas against the rain, thedemonstrators gathered atmidday outside the East 15thStreet ofce block to voicetheir opposition to Enbridgesproposed Northern GatewayPipeline and plans by oil giantKinder Morgan to expandanother line on Burrard Inlet.

Over the past few years,weve mobilized hundreds ofthousands of people againstthese pipeline and tankerprojects, said Calvin deGroot,speaking into a megaphone.And our politicians arentlistening to us.

The Capilano student a leader of the rally whodescribes himself as a formerclimate change denier saidthe projects come with a hugerisk of oil spills and tankerdisasters on the coast, and thatthe associated approval process is an erosion of democracy. Weveunied in a way we havent seen before, and were only going to getlouder, he said. We will not be silenced until the death certicatesof Enbridge and Kinder Morgan are in our hands.

The event was among several dozen organized by activistsoutside selected MLA ofces across the province Wednesday. Theco-ordinated protests came two days after a larger rally outsidethe provincial legislature in Victoria, which drew several thousanddemonstrators.

Megan Martin, a North Vancouver resident and another of theevents organizers, also spoke at the rally, saying the pipeline plansmust be scrapped for the benet of coming generations.

We are standing up to make sure our coast, our environment,our communities and our global climate future arent put at risk ofdevastation, said Martin. No tankers, no pipelines, no way!

Martin and deGroots words were greeted with cheers from the

NV demo oneof many acrossthe province

NEWS photo Mike Wakeeld

MORE than 200 protesters gathered outside the ofce of North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Naomi Yamamoto Wednesday to protest theproposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and the planned expansion of Kinder Morgans pipeline on Burrard Inlet.

English not mother tongue for 26% of N. ShoreJane [email protected]

WHEN Nasir Mirlohi moved to North Vancouverfrom Iran four years ago with his wife and son,they joined the almost 11,000 people on theNorth Shore whose rst language is Farsi.

Mirlohi, 37, said his family still speaks mainly in Farsi athome. But after four years in the school system, his son, now 13,is uent in both Farsi and English.

We sometimes have to explain things in English to him,said Mirlohi.

He hopes that his son grows up continuing to be uent

in both languages, and is making an effort to make sure hesexposed to both.

Its hard, but at the end its worth it, he said.Mirlohi and his family are among more than 26 per cent

of the North Shore population that list a language other thanEnglish or French as their rst language.

Thats lower than the 40 per cent gure seen across theGreater Vancouver region as a whole, but in keeping with thewide diversity of languages likely to be heard at bus stops and ingroceries stores around the Lower Mainland.

The information released this week by Statistics Canadapointed to Farsi, the Persian language, as the language most

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boisterous crowd, which rangedin age from teens to retirees.The event featured severalother speeches, followed bychants and a group photo op. Itwrapped up within the hour.

Yamamoto was out of townon business at the time of thedemonstration. Reached byphone Thursday, she said sheshared a lot of commonground with the protesters.

I am passionate aboutprotecting our coast andour land from spills, saidYamamoto. Tourists dontcome to British Columbia tosee our cities; they come tosee our coastline and our riversand our pristine mountains. . . .Its one of our most importantassets.

She would only support theproposed projects in principleif they met the ve conditionsher government laid out in July:That the environmental reviewprocess be completed; thatworld-leading preventionand spill response systems beput in place on land and on thecoast; that legal requirementsrelated to Aboriginal treaties beaddressed; and that B.C. receivea fair share of the scal andeconomic benets.

With regard to theprotesters complaint that thepipelines would expand fossilfuel use, Yamamoto reservedjudgment.

Whether or not we believein fossil fuels as a bad thing, Ileave to individuals, she said.

If its applications areapproved, Enbridge plans tobuild a 1,200-kilometre pipelineto carry petroleum from the tarsands just north of Edmontonto a new terminal in Kitimat,where it will be loaded ontolarge tankers for shipment toAsia and the United States.

In a parallel but unrelatedeffort, KinderMorgan is aimingto expand the capacity of its60-year-old TransMountainpipeline which carries oilfrom Alberta to the BurrardInlet from 300,000 barrels aday to 750,000 by 2017.

Safeway site plan gets hearing

Brent [email protected]

WHAT could be oneof the most ambitiousdevelopment projectsin the City of NorthVancouvers recenthistory is going to thepublic for consideration.

Despite a substantial list ofconcerns with Onnis proposalfor two condo towers atopcommercial and retail space atthe Safeway site at LonsdaleAvenue and 13th Street,council voted 5-2 in favour ofsending the project for publicfeedback on Monday night.

The public will be asked forinput on the proposed 344-unittowers measuring 180 feet and240 feet (73 metres) in height,at a special public hearing onNov. 19.

The vote followed adelegation from threeneighbours who urged councilto vote against the motion onthe grounds that the residentialbuildings were too tall, toodense and would create havocfor cars and pedestrians on theotherwise quiet 14th Street.Slightly more than 1,000residents have signed a petitionrejecting a development thatwould devastate the quietstreet.

In exchange for the increasein density allowed for the site,Onni is offering 10,000 square feet of non-prot housing, childcare space, a $1-million contribution to the citys amenity fund, a connection to the Lonsdale EnergyCorporation, infrastructure upgrades to the surrounding streets and trafc signals,$250,000 in public art, green building standards and extra commercial space.

Coun. Guy Heywood offered the idea of deferring the vote until after councilhad a workshop on its density bonusing policy, scheduled for the end of this month.This project is probably the most important one we in the little City of NorthVancouver are going to deal with, so if we end up taking more time to get it right,its not time wasted, he said.

Heywoods suggestion found no takers, however.Couns. Rod Clark and Pam Bookham voted against the motion, saying that

after two years the proposal still too many problems.I dont believe a workable trafc plan with respect to the project is in place as

yet, and without that, its premature to go to a public hearing, Clark said.The density was far too high, he added, noting that he would prefer to see

more open space, similar to the plaza next to city hall. The proposal, as is, wouldlook like a concrete bunker block he said.

I feel very, very sorry for the people who live on 14th Street, or anywhere nearit, he said.

Clark also lobbed a challenge for Coun. Linda Buchanan and Mayor DarrellMussatto to avoid the discussion on the grounds that they accepted sizablecampaign donations from Onnis parent company during the 2011 election. Whileit wouldnt amount to a legal conict of interest, Clark said, morally and ethically,it stinks.

Bookham agreed on the density issue, and added that it wasnt clear the cityneeded all the amenities Onni had bargained with for density bonusing.

But, the project is not as dense as some other ones council has approved, Coun.Craig Keating noted, including the Vista towers. And the city is in need of the perksOnni is offering in exchange for density, he said.

Public response to Onnis proposal has trended positive since the original planfor three towers was scrapped more than a year ago, Mussatto noted before thevote.

This project has been in the works for over two years. Its been in the public eyefor much of that. Its been in our design panels a number of times. Its had publicand town hall meetings and been to city council a number of times. I think its timewe move on get going with this and make some decisions, he said.

As for the lingering concerns about trafc, Mussatto said he was condent thosecould be resolved through the public hearing.

Yamamotopassionateabout coastprotectionFrom page 1

A West VancouverLamborghini ownerleft police in Richmonddumbfounded last weekwhen he complained theticket they issued himfor failing to insure hisultra-high-end sportscar was too expensive.

An RCMP ofcer pulled the 22-year-oldover just before 6 p.m. Oct. 17 after noticinga problem with his licence plate, according topolice. On talking to the driver, the Mountiequickly established themans2012LamborghiniAventador which retails for as much as$400,000 was uninsured, and handed him

a ticket before having the car towed. The manreportedly didnt think that was fair.

When the ofcer gave the driver a $568ne for not having insurance, said Cpl. RobertMcDonald, spokesman for the RCMPs LowerMainland District Trafc Services, the driveractually complained the ne was too muchmoney. James Weldon

likely to be spoken on the North Shore otherthan English. Other prominent languagesspoken include Mandarin, Cantonese and otherChinese languages. Together, more than 7,400people on the North Shore list those as theirrst language. More than 3,000 people on theNorth Shore list Korean as their rst language.

Tagalog, the language of a growing numberof immigrants from the Philippines, is the rstlanguage of more than 2,700 people.

While English is still spoken as a rstlanguage by the majority, more than 30 percent of the population in both West Vancouverand the City of North Vancouver now list alanguage other than English or French as theirmother tongue. A smaller percentage of them between 16 and 17 per cent say theirrst language is the one most often spoken athome.

In West Vancouver, more people 3,345 listed Chinese languages as their mother

tongue than any other non-ofcial language.Farsi and Korean were the second and thirdmost prevalent languages.

Farsi is spoken by 4,235 people in theDistrictof North Vancouver, while 2,850 people speakChinese languages.

In the City of North Vancouver, 3,390people list Farsi as a rst language, whileTagalog is a mother tongue to 1,465 peopleand 1,175 people speak Korean.

City of North Vancouver Mayor DarrellMussatto said the growingdiversity is somethingcivic leaders have to respond to if they want toengage their citizens. It is evolving, he said,noting the library has a collection of books inother languages.

As the second generation of Iranians toimmigrate to Canada, Mirlohi said he suspectshes had an easier time tting in to Canadiansociety than older generations did. Canadians,too, are more used to living in a place made upof people from elsewhere, he said.

They understand our multicultural issues.

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1,000 residentssign petitionagainst proposal

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ONNIS representation of what the redeveloped Safeway site at Lonsdale Avenue and 13th Street will look likeif approved by City of North Vancouver council. A public hearing is set for Nov. 19.


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Condo approval reignites city rental debateBrent [email protected]

THERES a new seven-seven storey mixed-usecondo building coming to the Lower Lonsdaleneighbourhood.

City of North Vancouver council moved ahead with rezoning127 and 133 East Third St. Monday night after a public hearingthat saw mostly positive comments from nearby business owners,and residents.

Once completed, the building by Kamcon Construction,will house four commercial storefronts at street level, 18 marketrental housing units and 43 condos, ranging from bachelorsunder 400 square feet, to two-bedroom units.

The buildings on the site now only have vacant commercialspace.

The proposed small tower is in keeping with the citys ofcialcommunity plan for the area, but needs rezoning and councilspermission to build higher than 50 feet.

In exchange for two extra oors and another 19 feet of height,the developer is offering the city $100,000 for the communityamenity fund, $25,000 worth of public art, streetscapeimprovements on Third Street, a new pedestrian/cyclist crossingalong with 18 units of market rental housing.

But the proposal revived an oft-repeated debate in the cityscouncil chamber: Whether including market rental housingshould be enough of an incentive for council to allow developersmore height or density for a property.

Coun. Guy Heywood argued that using the citys density-bonusing leverage to shore up rental stock amounts to meddlingwith the free market, and doesnt necessarily produce rental unitsthat are cheap to live in.

Every time the city accepts rental housing in lieu of moremoney for community amenities, it is a lost opportunity, addedHeywood.

We are basically wasting taxpayers money on trying toaffect market dynamics and missing an opportunity to build thepublic infrastructure for which we do not have enough money,he said, referring to North Shore Neighbourhood House and

Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre.But, council agreed it was a worthwhile tradeoff, especially

when Kamcon could have simply taken out a permit for a ve-storey building without any consultation or benet for thecommunity with the existing zoning.

And council has its defenders of the citys policy to encouragemarket-rental housing.

What housing activists and specialists have told us again andagain is that by adding new market rental, you cause the priceof older market rental to go down you contribute to the netaffordability of rental housing, said Coun. Craig Keating. Inthis respect, this project meets that goal. And its a goal, by theway, thats in our ofcial community plan.

The need, or lack thereof, for rental housing came up duringthe public hearing.

Don Peters, co-chair of North Shore Community Resourceshousing action committee, spoke in favour of the project.

This one did catch our attention because it signicantly addsto the rental stock in North Vancouver, and in particular, in thatneighbourhood.

I do know you face a number of challenges regarding height,and density, and parking and trafc in your deliberations. . . .

The bottom line for me as a member of this community is it doesadd what we desperately in need of: more rental space.

Nearby resident Meghan Mathieson, said she would supportthe project if it didnt include more height for the sake of gettingmarket rental units in the building.

Id like to challenge the assumption that theres a needfor additional market rental units, she said, noting that theneighbourhood has a low average income, a low proportionof homes owned by residents, and a high proportion of peoplemoving in and out.

I do believe there is a need for affordable rental housing, butI do not believe the term market rental indicates affordable,said Mathieson.

At least 16 neighbours wrote to council, urging them to turnthe proposal down on account of how the new building wouldspoil views and block sunlight.

To those whose views would be affected, Mayor DarrellMussatto reminded the gallery that no matter what a real estateagent says, no one ever owns the view they see from their homes.He too lost his sightlines of the North Shore mountains whentwo duplexes were built behind his home, but the neighbourhoodhas been better for it, he said.

E. Third condo dev. gains 2 oorsby guaranteeing market rentals


Numbers gameTHE level of participation inpipeline protests across theprovince this week suggestAlberta Premier Alison Redford willhave a ght on her hands from BritishColumbians if she continues to suggestthat the B.C. coastline belongs toCanada.Redford told CBCs Peter

Mansbridge this week, A Canadiancoast is a coast that should be availablefor all Canadians to make use of and toexport their product.That statement doubtless played

better in Alberta than B.C., but by thesame line of argument the tar sandsnorth of Edmonton belong to Canadaand all Canadians should share in thetax revenue from it. Perhaps PremierChristy Clark should try a similarargument in support of her pursuit ofa fair share of the economic benet

from the Northern Gateway pipeline.But in the minds of average British

Columbians, tax revenue or economicbenet to Canada clearly does notjustify the environmental risks posedby the proposed pipeline, its Enbridgecounterpart and their oil tankers.This weeks protests drew 3,000 to

the lawn of the provincial legislatureand more than 200 to the sidewalkoutside MLA Naomi YamamotosNorth Vancouver ofce. There were200 in Whistler and 500 in DavisBay near Sechelt. The province-widereach of the 59 protests suggests thisis a Mother Earth and Apple Pie issuethat unites young and old. As such, thepipelines issue will play a part in the2013 provincial election.The NDP has already said No to

Northern Gateway. The Liberals willbe hard pressed not to as well.

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A grandiose WV plan with no parkingIF West Vancouvercouncil buys theGrosvenor-drivenrevitalization ofAmbleside, expect morepublic hostility.

Council will. The x isin. No shrewd mammothdeveloper like Grosvenorwades into small ponds likeWest Vancouver without rstcalculating its exact depth and which small-townpoliticians and bureaucrats willhelp lace up their boots to crossit. (If previous mayor PamGoldsmith-Jones comes tomind, OK.)

By the time the merepublic learns of it inanother case, think of councilsclosed-meeting approval ofthe Pattison bus shelters its a done deal. Grosvenorsuninformative informationstorefront on Marine Drive wasa joke without a punch line,smiling young women withoutfacts, PR without substance.That passes for publicconsultation.

Town hall cunninglywrapped up its war of upmarket

condo-dwellers and high-endshoppers against Amblesidesmore modest and especiallyolder citizens in a big pink bowof multiple projects. Bafementby bulk.

Anchored by Grosvenorsalready strongly denounced,guidelines-jumping seven- andeight-storey towers at WestVans 13th Street gateway,those projects council unveiledlast week will cumulatively driveout human-scale Ambleside.(The north side of the blockwill be next it wont dofor the nouveau riche on theeighth oor.)

Let me be kind, amomentary lapse, I promise:West Van has unusualproblems, daunting for anycouncil. One, God in herwisdom created little actual WVsoil, a thin strip between seasideand mountainside. Obviouslyshe favours ox-stunning realestate prices. Two, for 80-oddyears its had one overarching but, to be fair, carefuland conscientious super-developer, British Properties.Bigger than council, arguably.

The third huge factor isPark Royal Shopping Centre.You can almost hear thewhoosh as ever-expanding ParkRoyal sucks business activityfrom Amblesides Marine Driveand beyond. With its almostlimitless parking, the centrehas relentlessly waved in trafcfrom an Ambleside wherending street parking hasbecome hard labour.

Above all, more parking isignored in the multiple-facetedplan, the one thing that couldreally goose Ambleside (andDundarave) retailing. Butit fashionably peddles morebicycle trailways for recreationalcycling.

A few other considerations:Converting newly-

acquired properties at 1468and 1472 Argyle Avenueinto ocean-front restaurants.Putting aside that WestVancouver has no ocean tond it, turn west, sail for 90minutes, and cross a largeisland will Carmelos, ChezMichel and other excellentrestaurants warmly welcomenearby competitors leasingwaterfront from town hall?

Keep the very few, colourfulArgyle houses as houses. Theyadd variety to the beach andafter-dark safety.

Food carts/trucks: Seeabove re competition. Anyway,Feastro the Rolling Bistro andthe like may t downtownVancouvers demographics. Butin West Van? Your great-auntmunching shrimp burgers orhalibut tacos on the street?Yeah, right.

A business case for a newArts Centre on the 1600-blockof Bellevue. Why? The FerryBuilding, Silk Purse, library,and many private galleriesarent enough?

Upgrades to the SilkPurse Gallery to create a more

usable outdoor space. Thatspuzzling. As well as small artshows, the Silk Purse indecline since well-connectedCheryl Karchuts leadership,and Victorias cuts to thearts holds music concerts.Upgrades? Usable outdoorspace? Explain.

More closures of ArgyleAvenue to vehicle trafc forother opportunities. Meaning?This is West Vans popularpromenade, also offeringscarce parking space for thearea, especially for the frailattending the Silk Purse, theFerry Building, the HarmonyArts Festival. Vehicles andstrolling families coexistcomfortably. Its a solution forwhich the town halls meddlingmandarins seek a problem.Leave it alone, council.

The Streetscape Project,which aims to improvesidewalks, pedestriancrossings, street furniture, bikeconnections and other openspace elements in AmblesideVillage. Translation:Gimmicks to lure unwarytourists beyond Park Royalto a North Carmel-by-the-Sea. Someone even suggested

cobbled roadways. Warning:Never trust anyone who usesthe word streetscape.

Make your own list.

WV council unanimouslypassed third reading of leakyWestshore Places rezoningapplication. Town hallacknowledged Westshoresought to resolve life safetyand building envelope issuesresulting from unauthorizedbalcony enclosures . . . weatherwalls . . . were removedmost often without buildingpermits. Like, illegally.Council-watcher George Pajariwas in full ight:

Unbelievably . . . yourerecommending no penalty forthe bylaw infractions (or) thebuilding code violations, and,oh, by the way, well give youincreased property value to thetune of $30,000-$50,000 perunit . . . with no communitybenet. Yes, for problemscaused by the strata ownersthemselves. Great example forothers.

Westshores advocate:Former mayor Mark Sager.Smart lawyer, Mr. Sager.

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Leaders diss democracy by ducking debateDO you know whenthe B.C. legislature orParliament is actually insession? Do you followthe goings-on in thoseinstitutions?

I suspect most BritishColumbians (and fellowCanadians) fall into the Idont care category. Afterall, the number of peopleinvolved in our politicalsystem (involved to the pointof actually voting) has beensteadily declining for years, sowhy should anyone expect alarger majority of citizens topay attention to what theirelected representatives are upto?

Thats too bad, really.Ignoring our politicalinstitutions is risky, as it opensthe door to everything fromfaulty public policies and badlaws to outright corruption.

But what may be feedingthis public disengagementwith politics is the actions (ornon-actions) of the politiciansthemselves.

Three political leadersin particular have, in recentweeks, contributed to thisgrowing malaise. They are:

Prime Minister StephenHarper, outgoing OntarioPremier Dalton McGuintyand B.C. Premier ChristyClark.

The prime ministerespecially has whittled awaythe respect and the power ofan elected body. His distastefor parliamentary processis one thing hes not theonly PM or premier to arriveat that view after being inpower for a while but hisinsistence on bundling allkinds of laws into a singleomnibus bill goes wellbeyond treating Parliamentlike a nuisance that must betolerated.

Not allowing adequatedebate and scrutiny oflegislation that can affect somany people in so many waysis not only bad public policy,but its anti-democratic. OurMPs are elected not just torepresent the interests of theirconstituents, but also to keepin check the power of thestate.

By effectively bypassingmuch of the role of the MPs,the Harper government haschose to snub the historic roleof an elected body.

McGuintys actions areno less questionable. He ispresiding over a minoritygovernment, yet has chosen to

use his power to prorogue, orend, the legislative session.

His motivation seemssuspect. His governmentis becoming enmeshed ina potentially messy if notscandalous controversyover the cancellation ofsome power plants in theprovince, and getting ridof the legislature is a neatway to shield himself andhis colleagues from somepotentially embarrassingquestions on an almost dailybasis.

All of which brings us toClark. Her cancellation ofthe legislatures fall sitting isnot extraordinary in terms of

precedent in this province. Noparty is innocent of shuttingdown the house when itpolitically suits them, but itdoesnt make it right.

Clark exacerbated her snubof the house by calling theplace sick and suggestednothing good comes from it,reinforcing in some peoplesminds no doubt that thelegislature is useless.

In all three instances, ourleaders have demonstrated anattitude that says our electedrepresentatives and the placethey do the peoples businessare not worthy of their respector time.

I cant help but wonder

whether their actions pusheven more people into the Idont care category whenit comes to their take onpolitics.

Will George Heyman

be appointed to cabinet ifthe NDP wins next springselection?

The former union leaderand current environmentalactivist won the partysnomination in Vancouver-Fairview last weekend, beatingout Geoff Meggs, a formerGlen Clark aide and current

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The Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, housing the Artist for Kids Teaching Collection, was ofciallyopened Oct. 13. Gallery namesake, artist Gordon Smith, was in attendance and welcomed artist Robert Davidsonwhose original print, There is Light and Darkness, was released. The new gallery, located at 2121 Lonsdale Ave., inNorth Vancouver, is open Wednesday through Friday, from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is by donation.

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A Passport to Spain A Passport to Spain, a West VancouverMemorial Library Foundation fundraiser,Friday, Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.Festivities include music, amenco dancing, art,fashion, ne wine, regional cuisine, Spanishcoffee, and silent and live auctions. Tickets:$125, available at the library, or by phoning604-925-7425. Info: www.passporttoart.ca.

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NICOLE Brown hopes an upcomingfundraising evening whisks guests awayto Spain, offering a taste of the nationssucculent cuisine, ne wines and sensualmusic and dance.

No passports are needed, as the event venue,the West Vancouver Memorial Library, will betransformed, offering a feast for the senses as ameans of raising funds for the librarys foundation insupport of programs, services and enhancements.

Set for Friday, Nov. 2, the fundraiser, dubbed APassport to Spain, is the foundations second annualinternationally themed event. Last years had Italy asits focus.

Its going to be a really fun night, I think peopleare in for a treat, says Brown, the event chairwomanand past-chairwoman of the West VancouverMemorial Library Foundation.

A Passport to Spain also marks the culminationof an inaugural month-long art auction fundraiser,entitled A Passport to Art.

Theres some really great pieces at fantasticprices, says Brown, adding people who love librariesand ne art will enjoy the opportunity the silentauction provides.

For 13 years, the West Vancouver MemorialLibrary Foundation presented the popular MalletMasters Croquet Tournament as its annualfundraiser. Interested in a change of pace, as well asto present an event that wasnt weather-dependent,last year, representatives decided to move in adifferent direction.

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something a little simpler to host from our end butalso still have the kind of glamour and unique themeand something that would be a big draw for peopleto attend, says Brown.

They came up with the idea of hosting an annualinternational night, featuring a different countryeach year, launching the event with A Passport toItaly in 2011.

It was a huge success. Honestly, Italian food andwine? Not a tough sell, says Brown.

This year, organizers chose Spain.Again, amenco and tapas and cava it lends

itself to a party, says Brown.A Passport to Spain, which gets underway at 7:30

p.m., boasts music, dancing by Karen Flamenco, afashion show hosted by Park Royal Shopping Centrefeaturing local media personalities as models, newine, regional cuisine, a Spanish coffee bar, and,silent and live auctions. CBCs Fred Lee and KathrynGretsinger will serve as MCs.

Guests will also get once last chance to view andbid on the works currently up for auction as partof A Passport to Art. Artists who donated piecesinclude Miriam Aroeste, Alan Beaton, CameronBird, Bobbie Burgers, Lil Chrazn, Cori Creed, BrianEby, Maria Josenhans, Richard Roblin, GordonSmith, Luis Sopena, Shirley Claire Williams and PaulYgartua.

Were so fortunate to have them contributepieces because they get so much buzz going in thecommunity, says Brown.

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ARTIST Bobbie Burgers donated a work to be auctioned as part of the West Vancouver Memorial Library Foundations fundraising efforts.

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Art Space: 335 LonsdaleAve., North Vancouver. Info:604-988-6844 or www.nvartscouncil.ca. Gallery hours:Tuesday to Saturday, noon to5 p.m.Ethereal Landscapes: Acollection of landscape art byMaegan Harbridge, GalenFelde and Tracey Tarling will bedisplayed Oct. 26-Nov. 17. Talkand slideshow presentation:Saturday, Nov. 3, 1-2 p.m.Call for Artists: The NorthVancouver Community ArtsCouncil is looking for artiststo participate in the upcomingAnonymous Art Show.Deadline for submissions:Saturday, Nov. 3, 4 p.m.District Foyer Gallery: 355West Queens Rd., NorthVancouver. Gallery hours:Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30p.m. Info: 604-988-6844 orwww.nvartscouncil.ca.The North VancouverCommunity Arts Councilwill present an exhibition of oilon canvas paintings by OlgaZakharova and sculptures byJulie Emerson until Nov. 13.District Library Gallery:1277 Lynn Valley Rd., NorthVancouver. Info: www.nvartscouncil.ca.The North VancouverCommunity Arts Councilwill present a photographicexhibition by Mike Wakeeldthat explores industriallandscapes until Dec. 4.Ferry Building Gallery: 1414Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Admission to all shows is free. Info:604-925-7290 or www.ferrybuildinggallery.com. Gallery hours:Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Mondays.MixedMedia: An exhibition of works by Ray Bradbury, ClancyGibson, Monique Martin and Tom Smith will run until Nov. 11.Meet the artists: Saturday, Oct. 27, 2-3 p.m.Painters Landing: Local artists will work, exhibit and sell arton the grass areas adjoining the Ferry Building Gallery 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily until Oct. 31. Permit applications: email [email protected]. Info: 604-925-7266.The Gallery at Artisan Square: 587 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island.Info: 604-947-2454 or www.biac.ca. Hours: Friday-Sunday, noon-4p.m.Gallery Jones: 1725West Third Ave., Vancouver. Info: 604-714-2216 or galleryjones.com.Exhibition:New paintings by Ross Penhall will be on display fromNov. 1 to 24. Opening reception: Thursday, Nov. 1, 5 p.m.KayMeek Centre: 1700Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Info:www.kaymeekcentre.com or 604-981-6335.OnOurWalls: Paintings by Grazyna Wolski will be on display.North Vancouver City Library: 120West 14th St., NorthVancouver. Info: 604-998-3455 or www.nvcl.ca.Exhibition:Conceptual artist Iain Baxter& (pronounced

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being accepted at the library as well as online, at passporttoart.ca.

The West Vancouver Memorial Library Foundation has beenestablished for more than 25 years.

We are here to raise money to enhance the library, saysBrown.

Initiatives like BOOKtopia (a childrens literature festival), anew teen space, early literacy and seniors programs, to variousfacility enhancements, all those things are made possible thanksto the West Vancouverites who give generously to their library,says Brown.

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Art help fulll the wishes of library staff to make continuedimprovements to better serve the public.

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IN the makeup room of a nationally syndicated TVshow, the politician met the producer.

The politician was Richard Nixon. The 1968 presidentialelection was looming and Nixon was hoping to rebound from aclose and controversial loss to the more TV camera-friendly John F.Kennedy eight years earlier.

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personalities and small fact-checking departments.

In that rst meeting, theseeds were sown for both aprofessional relationship anda right-wing ascendancy thatcontinues 45 years later withPrimeMinister Stephen Harperin Canada and a swell of right-wing candidates in WesternEurope, according to politicalpundit Warren Kinsella.

Those two guys gured outhow to transform blue-collarDemocrats into blue-collarRepublicans, Kinsella says.Conservatives, whether youlike them or not, you have togive them credit. Theyre justgetting increasingly better atwinning elections for a wholenumber of reasons.

Kinsella, who advised JeanChretien during the formerLiberal leaders decade as PrimeMinister, looks at how to undoconservative dominance inhis new book Fight the Right:AManual for Survivingthe Coming ConservativeApocalypse.

The former punk bassistnotes the way Nixon and Ailesharnessed a primarily southernbacklash to the civil rightsmovement, the feminist movement, and the anti-war struggle tocreate a new base of support.

He transformed the perceptions that working class Americanshad of those three things and started to move them into theconservative category, he says. Harper has done a lot of the samethings here in Canada in the last 10 years. It had the result of justmaking them win more elections.

Kinsellas work drips with condescension and disdain,according to Toronto Sun columnist Jerry Agar, who derides thebook for its lack of facts and the authors hatred of Conservatives.

While the book includes chapter titles like: How a ConservativeThinks (Or Doesnt), and How Conservatives Stole Values, thebook is underpinned by an admiration for the effectiveness of

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attack ads that painted him as an intellectual elitist who lackedpatriotism. The commercials usually concluded with the phrase:He didnt come back for you.

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Kinsellas book is largely about controllingthe frame, and the way political discussionscan be weighted by establishing the dominantvocabulary. At the moment, Kinsella believesConservatives are winning the linguistic battle.

Something like oil drilling becomes energyexploration, he writes. Its not governmentoutsourcing instead, its governmentinnovation. Its never undocumented workers,naturally its illegal aliens or refugees.

Finding a dynamic symbol can be the key tochanging a perception, according to Kinsella.

The author and former lawyer writes at lengthabout the growing viewpoint in the early 1990sthat Jean Chretien was old and enfeebled, and nomatch for the youth and energy of ConservativeKim Campbell.

And then Chretien was photographed water-skiing.

Thats when yesterdays man went outthe window. And it turned things around: myso-called health problem disappeared, Chretiensays in the book. My words could not haveconvinced the press . . . my actions had toconvince the press.

Controlling language and speaking aboutvalues win elections, according to Kinsella,discussing the rst debate between incumbentBarack Obama and conservative challenger MittRomney for the U.S. presidency.

The president came across sounding a littlelike a university professor, and he was just iteratinglists of statistics and factoids and it was Romneywho was speaking most effectively in the language

of ordinary folks and talking just repeatedly aboutvalues. Thats one of the main reasons why hewon that debate, Kinsella says.

Unsurprisingly for a man who wrote thebookKicking Ass in Canadian Politics, Kinsellaadvocates aggression, and if Obama loses it canbe chalked up to an unwillingness to exploitRomneys refusal to disclose his tax records.

They let him get away with it, Kinsellasays in disbelief. He still hasnt disclosed whatany other presidential candidate in history hasroutinely released. Those are the kind of mistakesout of which defeats are made.

Kinsella was also critical of Obama for notharnessing the energy of the Occupy movement.

They have the message there: the one percent versus the 99 per cent. Nobody would everseriously consider Romney to have been anythingother than the one per cent of the one per cent.He comes from the most privileged and the mostwell-off.

Left-wing parties have a harmful reluctance toembrace cultural tides, according to Kinsella.

I think conservatives tend to be much moreadept at embracing and absorbing populistmovements, he says, discussing the Tea Partysintegration into the Republicans and theCanadian Alliance melding with the ProgressiveConservative Party. I think it may be kind of asociological thing where liberals have a tendencyto have an antipathy or a suspicion aboutpopulism, and I guess what Im saying is youshouldnt.

As for the Liberals and the NDP, Kinsella

Obamas mistakes maycost him U.S. election

See Trudeau page 32

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THERE has hardly been a moment in LucianaSouzas life when she hasnt been listening to, making,or thinking about music.

Music was all I knew, says Souza, a Grammy Award-winningvocalist. It became an inevitable choice.

The Brazilian-born singer and songwriter performs at CapilanoUniversity tonight with A Band, Capilanos big band, andNiteCap, a vocal ensemble.

Souza grew up in Sao Paulo in a household lled with artand music. Her mother was a writer, poet, thinker and politicalstrategist, while her father played the guitar and ran a music studioand jingle house. Musicians were constantly visiting the familyshome, and she began her professional musical career recordingjingles at the age of three.

Mom always reading or writing, dad playing music, she says ofher upbringing. It was pretty amazing, looking back.

Souza moved to the United States in 1985 to study music,eventually earning a masters in jazz composition, and released herrst album in 1998. She now lives in Los Angeles with her youngson and her husband, Larry Klein, the well-known producer ofmany of Joni Mitchells albums.

In August, Souza released two records:Duos III, the nal releasein her trilogy of Brazilian jazz, and The Book of Chet, an explorationof Chet Baker standards. She recorded both in the space of twomonths. The effervescence ofDuos III contrasts sharply with theslow, introspective songs in The Book of Chet, but Souza says the twoalbums simply reect the different sides of day-to-day experience.

I think I exist in these two worlds all the time, says thesinger. I dont think theres a day that goes by where there isntsomething dark, or something extremely light. photo supplied

BRAZILIAN-BORN jazz musician Luciana Souza performs with Capilano Universitys A Band and NiteCapensembles tonight at 8 p.m. at NSCU Centre. Tickets $32/$29.

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Cadence Weapon mixesthings up on latest releaseNicholas M. PescodContributing Writer

HIS father was awell-respected DJ,his grandfather was afootball legend, andnow hip-hop artistCadence Weapon isquickly making a namefor himself.

Rollie Pemberton, betterknown as Cadence Weapon,returnsed to Vancouverlast night to perform at theFortune Sound Club.

I am really excited tocome back to Vancouver anddo my own show, he says.Being from Edmonton I haveso many friends in Vancouverbecause thats usually wherepeople move.

In May, Cadence Weaponreleased the 11-trackHopeIn Dirt City, which wasshortlisted for the 2012 PolarisMusic Prize as best Canadianalbum (eventually won byFeist forMetals). His debutfull-length effort, Breaking photo supplied

CADENCE Weapons new album Hope in Dirt City is out now on Upper ClassRecordings. For more information visit cadenceweaponmusic.com.See Miles page 22


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TONIGHT the Backstage Lounge presents Jammin for Jess, a fundraiser inspiredby 11-year-old Jessica Wilson and in support of all others with type 1 diabetes.Hosted by Rock n Roll Hall of Famer Red Robinson, Jammin for Jess featuressinger-songwriter David Hay and his band House Arrest along with Leo Award-winning comedian Erica Sigurdson. Limited to 175 seats, advance tickets will beavailable at $45 each and can be purchased online at ww.ticketstonight.ca. Allproceeds will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).

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Miles grandfather namedto the CFL Hall of FameKayfabe, was also nominated for the Polarisprize back in 2006.

Pembertons father, Teddy Pemberton,was a college DJ at CJSR-FM in Edmontonand he raised his son on a wide range of musicwith Kurt Cobain, Nas, Organized Konfusionand Freestyle Fellowship all part of his musicaleducation growing up.

With my dad being a DJ, I kind of grew upin a library full of music, he says.

Pembertons grandfather, Rollie Miles playedin the CFL for 10 seasons with the EdmontonEskimos. The three-time Grey Cup winner(who played on offence, defence and specialteams back in the day) is a member of both theCFL Hall of Fame and the Alberta Sports Hallof Fame. In 2006 he was also voted one of theCFLs Top 50 players of the leagues modernera by Canadian sports network TSN.

A lot of people might not know butmy grandfather is a CFL Hall of Famer,Pemberton says. Its cool that I am namedafter him.

Working onHope in Dirt City, Pembertonwanted to create a set of tracks unique in theirown way.

I wanted to do something more organicand have more of a natural feel to it. EverythingI had done had been highly electronic up until

then, he says. I was very inuenced by a mixof 60s and 70s classic pop music. Particularlythe early 80s, and late 70s disco music I wouldsay anything from Grace Jones to the TalkingHeads. I wanted to have a mix of all these ideasand inuences. Its a mix of all the kinds ofmusic I am into.

Cadence Weapon is currently in the middleof a month-long North American tour includingshows in Toronto, Chicago, Minneapolis,Detroit, Peg, Rapskatoon and Edmo.

I am excited to be touring the album now,he says. I am really looking forward to sharingmy music with people, he adds.

Throughout the tour Pemberton and his DJcontinually evaluate each performance.

From show to show the transitionsbetween songs will change and the structurewill change, he says. Its a very free owingorganic thing. It keeps it fresh for us.

Pemberton says there are downsides to doingso many cities in such a short period of time.

The tough thing is travelling for so long. Itcan becoming numbing in a way, he says. Thepositives way outweigh the negatives though.

Some people drive for hours to see himperform live. Armed with his songs CadenceWeapons job is to make sure they see a show.

For more information visit www.cadenceweaponmusic.com. Follow him ontwitter @CadenceWeapon.

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EAST Vancouverdesigner Lincoln Hellerhas thrown everythingbut the kitchen sink athis handmade briefcases,handbags and totes.

His fabrication processbegins with dropping hubcaps,bicycle spokes and tractorparts on top of wet leather tomake unusual patterns in thenished piece.

By turn, he doesnt care ifhis customers beat the hell outof his bags.

When you buy a bagand you walk away with it,and someone else buys a verysimilar bag, at the end of theyear, those two bags lookdifferent . . . the personality ofthe person really is absorbedinto the bag, says Heller,owner of Fiveleft Leather.One person goes outdoorsa lot, one person sweats alot, one person beats on theirbag.

Heller, 38, created hisbusiness in 2005 and has beena xture at events like theEastside Culture Crawl andCircle Craft. Now he and hisnew business manager, CarolHyslop of North VancouversFavourite Gifts, say theyreready to bring the businessto the next level. Theyll becelebrating this new stageof Fiveleft at a Nov. 3 partycalled A Night of a ThousandWonders. Partygoers will havethe chance to bid on Hellers1,000th bag.

He pulled out all thetricks, all of his trade secrets,Hyslop says of the bag, whichthe duo are keeping underwraps until the big night(teaser pictures can be viewedon Fivelefts Facebook page).

It is completely hand-stitched and theres a lot ofextra-special love going intothis bag.

Fiveleft is a labour of lovefor Heller, who grew up inrural Washington and came toVancouver in 1995 to studyphotography at Emily Carr

University of Art and Design.To put himself through artschool, he worked at a loggingcamp in Alaska, strippingbranches off logs with achainsaw. Thats where theleather bug hit him.

I was working on aremote island with no poweror anything for seven monthsat a time, explains Heller.When the guys would leavethe camp, theyd throw theirboots away.

He started cutting theleather off the boots andmaking tool pouches. Backin the city, he picked upsome remnant pieces fromTandy Leather and startedexperimenting. Heller sayshes not afraid of using asewing machine he has hismom to thank for that, whogot him and his brother andsister to sew some of theirown clothes each summer. Buthe doesnt have any formaltraining in fashion design orpattern making.

Me and fabric and soft,oppy garment leather dontget along well, says Heller.Thats not the way my braindesigns things.

Instead, Hellers bags aremade of stiff, thick leather, amaterial he likens to paper,plastic or metal, rather thancloth.

You can fold it over andcrease it, and you dont usescissors to cut it you use aruler and a knife, says Heller.Its very architectural.

Heller and his studioassistants start with pieces ofwet, undyed leather. Thatswhen the throwing of tractorparts begins: like a large-scale stamp, the metal objectscreate impressions on thematerial. Heller and his studioassistants then use a multi-stage dying process to makethe impressions more visible.

As soon as you start todo different layering of dye,colours and things, thats whatactually reveals the texture,says Heller.

Each pre-cut bag pieceis individually textured andcoloured with plant-baseddyes.

In some ways yourebuying a canvas or a piece ofart thats wrapped into a bag,says Heller.

The results are a mix ofelegantandedgy.Fiveleftmakesglossy handbags studded withmetal, folded into complex

origami shapes; luxe leatherluggage hailing from the erawhen people dressed up totravel; and a cheeky versionof the traditional briefcase(Heller has dubbed his versionthe career carrier) with widestraps woven through the sides

of the bag. Wallets and beltsround out Fivelefts productline.

Hyslop has been a fanof Hellers work since herst approached her to carry

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