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THE Ministry ofEnvironment says theprovince is not ready inthe event of an oil spill,according to recentlyreleased documents.

The documents, obtainedthrough a Freedom ofInformation request, are fromnew minister Mary Polak’sbriefingbookanddealspecificallywith “the expansion of oil andgas transport through B.C.(such as the Northern Gatewayand the Kinder Morgan pipelinein the Lower Mainland) andthe risks to B.C.’s environmentfrom oil spills.”

According to the document,“The Ministry of Environment— as the ministry responsiblefor preparedness, prevention,response and recovery for spills— is not adequately staffed andresourced to meet the existingand emerging expectations toaddress spills. Even a moderate-sized spill would overwhelm theprovince’s ability to respondand could result in a significantliability for government.”

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SOME car owners could see their insurance rates goup on their next renewal.

ICBC announced on Friday it is filing an application withthe British Columbia Utilities Commission to increase its basicauto insurance rate. If approved, customers could see their basicinsurance rates increase more than four per cent starting Nov. 1.

“We put forward capital management framework to the BCUCfor their approval and what that’s doing is saying we want to containrates within 1.5 per cent of what was approved the previous year,

making rates more predictable and stable,” said Mark Blucher,CEO and interim president of ICBC.

For customers with optional coverages, such as collision andcomprehensive, rates will decrease by four per cent. ICBC is raisingthe basic rates due to the increase in bodily injury claims.

“The number of claims that we’re actually receiving is a result ofmore crashes where drivers are being distracted behind the wheel

using their smartphones, (and) more pedestrians and cyclists, we’regetting more claims from them,” said Blucher. “When we paythose claim amounts to our customers, the amount we’re actuallypaying is increasing as well.”

He said there are two reasons for the increase in claim amounts;high medical costs and lawyer-represented claims.

Ian Tootill, co-founder of Sense B.C., a group that advocatesfor motorists, said the timing of the announcement was cynical anddeliberate right before the long weekend.

“On the one hand they’re telling us that all the changes thatthey made to the Motor Vehicle Act and all this clobbering they are

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It all happened within aweek. Sheree Morgan left theguy she was dating and thecompany she was working for.Tired of having to answer forsomebody else, she decidedshe wanted to start her ownbusiness.

“Everything that I’ve done overmy life has sort of led me in thisdirection,” says Morgan, a WestVancouver resident. “If all thosethings hadn’t happened at the sametime, I probably wouldn’t have endedup here. It’s great when a very strongpositive comes out of a negative.”

Sheree Morgan is a matchmaker.She’s the real life equivalent of

Cupid, though she carries a sense ofhumour instead of a quiver of arrows.

Morgan started her company,Match-Works Matchmaking, in 2006.She had flown to Los Angeles andMexico for a vacation and along theway she read a book that changed herlife.

“In the airport in L.A. betweengoing to Mexico, I was looking for abook to read to distract me and thebook Rich Dad Poor Dad fell on myhead.”

Having wanted to read the financialindependence how-to book for awhile, she decided to buy it.

“It’s interesting to look at thebook — it’s margarita stained, it’s tearstained, I dropped it in the water, but Iread it from cover to cover,” she says.

“I came back and I went ‘I havegot to start my own business.’ I didn’tknow what it was going to be, I justknew I wanted to work with people, Iwanted to do something that matteredand I wanted to do somethingthat nobody else in Vancouver wasdoing.”

Back at home, she was walkingalong the Seawalk with a friend whenthey began talking about Morgan’srecent breakup. She met the guythrough online dating, she says, after aguest dared her to on the online radioshow she co-hosted. Her friend askedher if she would ever consider onlinedating again and Morgan was quick toanswer.

“I hated it for so many reasons.It brings a throwaway mentality. Itdoesn’t work for relationships,” saysMorgan. “Then we started talkingabout the other options and so on, andI said, ‘Dating services don’t work;they just throw dates at you. The onlything that would work is somebodywho really sat down, spent the timewith you, got to know you on a verypersonal level as a true matchmakerwould but there just isn’t anybody likethat in Vancouver.’”

Once Morgan uttered the words,she knew that’s what she wanted todo.

“That was it. Two weeks later, Ihad designed my business card, hadmy business name and was buildingmy website,” she says.

Match-Works isnot adating service,Morgan says, and she’s adamant thatpeople recognize the difference.

“The way you can tell the differencebetween a matchmaker and a datingservice is a dating service sells you anumber, so they sell five, eight, 10,12 dates, that’s they’re contractualagreement. A matchmaker will neversell you a number because a truematchmaker will only introduce youto someone that’s a good possiblematch on both sides.”

Morgan says it’s not just what youare looking for, but you have to bewhat the other person wants for it tobe a good possible match.

“I like to explain that online datingis the phone book. Lots of people in thephone book, there’s probably a good

couple of possibilities in there. Goodluck fishing through all of it becausethere’s a lot people to go through andthere’s a lot of false advertising,” shesays.

“A dating service will sell you oneof those pages, doesn’t mean it’s theright page but that’s how you geta page. A true matchmaker such asmyself will only introduce what wouldbe considered in sales a good, fullyqualified, screened lead. So you’redealing with quality matches versusquantity.”

There are a plethora of onlinedating sites but only a handful ofcompanies in Vancouver that claim

to be matchmakers. Morgan has beenvery successful, she says, and has beencontacted not only locally, but also allacross Canada, the United States andeven internationally.

“Most people find me through aGoogle organic search. I do have afair amount of referrals that come inas well,” says Morgan. Media coverageand referrals from other matchmakersin different cities have also propelledher business, but she is reluctant to saytoo much more.

“I can’t give away all my secrets,”she says, adding her competitors oftenkeep a watchful eye on her business.

“They do always try and find out

exactly what I’m doing.”Match-Works has two membership

options: the gold membershipthat is the top tier and the silvermembership.

“My gold members tend tobe those professionals, executives,entrepreneurs and so on,” she says.“My silver members tend to be a littlebit of everybody.”

The gold membership not onlyallows Morgan to search through all ofher members and the thousands in herdatabase, but also outside of that. Forthe silver membership, Morgan willonly search through her gold and silvermembers to find a possible match.

“There is a very big pricedifference. I don’t quote my pricesover the phone because people thatdon’t know the difference between amatchmaker and a dating service reallydon’t know, and then they tend tocompare apples and oranges,” Morgansays. “I am absolutely not the cheapestbut I’m definitely the best, and that’swhat I strove for when I started mybusiness.”

When someone contacts Match-Works, Morgan will meet with them inwhat she calls a prescreening before shedecides to take them on as a client.

“We talk a little bit about thematching and what they’re lookingfor, but on a whole it’s mostly for bothof us to get to know each other a littlebit,” she says. She asks them questionsto use on their basic search and takesnotes throughout the meeting. “It’salso an opportunity for them to get toknow me, decide if they want to workwith me, and me to really get to knowwho they are.”

It’s this process that allows Morganto gain a better understanding of apotential client and decide if she wantsto work with them. Morgan saysalthough she wants to help people,she’s learned over the years that shecan’t help everybody and she wants tomaintain her good reputation.

“I take great pride in what I do,so I’m not going to shoot myself inthe foot and take on somebody that Iknow I can’t get what they’re lookingfor or if I don’t feel like I can representthem,” says Morgan. “I also won’ttake somebody on if I think the timingis wrong, or I think their expectationsare unrealistic and I can’t get themwhat they’re looking for.”

She says people will often send hertheir profile beforehand, but it’s notenough to truly understand what theyare like.

“It has all sorts of facts on it, but itdoesn’t tell me anything about them,”Morgan explains. “I learn more aboutthem by 15 minutes in front of them,but I usually spend about an hourprescreening beforehand.”

Once both sides have decided theywant to work together, a backgroundcheck is required, something Morganinsists on for everybody. Then it’s aconsultation and a walkabout.

“I want to know who they arephysically attracted to as well asthe consultation of what they’relooking for in a person. You need tohave a balance of a little bit of both,otherwise the most I can give them isa really good friend,” she says. “Whenyou’re picking just on chemistry andnot looking for the balance in theirlife path, similarities and so on, youtend to get something that is hot andheavy, but it also has a lot of issues andproblems along the way, not necessarily

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SHEREE Morgan owns and operates Match-Works Matchmaking. She began her business in 2006after deciding that dating services did not spend the necessary time to get to know their clientsproperly. She aims to match mutually attractive couples on similar paths with common goals.

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B.C. not buying NV oil skimmersChristianne Wilhelmson, executive

director of Georgia Strait Alliance, a marineenvironmental protection group, said themost recent news does not surprise her.

“We have been telling the governmentthis for years, so it’s actually quite disturbingthat the government’s been saying that weare prepared when in fact their own staffhave been telling them exactly the opposite,”said Wilhelmson. “This to me indicates thatdecisions are being made on a political leveland not being made based on facts, becausethe staff who are working on these issuesevery day, they know better than probablyanybody how prepared or not prepared weare for an oil spill.”

NigelBennett,co-founderofAquaGuardSpill Response Inc. in North Vancouver, saidthat fortunately there have been no largespills yet considering the news.

“Our feeling from the outside lookingin (is) that they are under-equipped,” hesaid. “Everybody’s doing the best they canwith what they have, we just don’t have thebudget.”

Aqua Guard specializes in designing andsupplying oil spill response equipment and

services. He said they just completed 10days of demonstrations and testing at thedry dock in Lower Lonsdale for their latestoil skimming system. Many of the major oilcompanies attended as well as MSRC, thelargest oil response group in the UnitedStates, but there was a lack of local interestin their product.

“One of the sad things is that we designand manufacture all this equipment inNorth Van,” said Bennett.” I can’t see anyslated here for our coast, which is kind of anironic thing.”

He said Canada is one of their smallestmarkets for oil spill response equipment.

“Ninety per cent of all of our businessis outside Canada. We’re heavily into SouthAmerica, Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, you nameany country that’s moving or transporting oilon the surface of the water,” said Bennett.

He said diluted bitumen, something thatis included in the ministry’s documents, is“something that’s a little more alien” andthe technology needs to be there to dealwith it.

“There should be a budget for thiskind of thing,” said Bennett, adding thatit shouldn’t take a major spill, such as theEnbridge spill in the Gulf of Mexico, to

bring the government into action. “Theenvironment is going to suffer.”

Wilhelmson said the effects of recentgovernment budget cuts would not help thesituation.

“I know we all love hearing abouttightening belts, but remember that thereis a cost on the ground,” she said. “Whenyou cut people in the public service youare cutting service to the public and thatincludes our ability to deal with an oil spillalong with a variety of other services that arebeing cut.”

Wilhelmson adds that the governmentshouldstoptalkingabout increasingshippingtraffic, specifically bitumen.

“Staff are trying to tell the politicalleaders what’s going on, and they’re notbeing listened to,” she said. “It’s completelyreckless on the part of any government toapprove more tanker traffic when we’re notready for what we have now.”

Liberal MLAs Jane Thornthwaite andNaomi Yamamoto were unavailable forcomment.

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Liberals still milking ICBC for cashdoing of motorists is resultingin safety benefits,” said Tootill.“And then in the next breaththey are telling us that no, infact injuries have gone up andclaims have had to be paid outbecause of that.”

If approved , the increase willnet ICBC approximately $114million. Tootill said the increasecould be due to the provincialgovernment trying to balanceits own books by transferringmoney from ICBC.

According to the ministryof finance’s review of ICBC in

August 2012, ICBC paid $576million in dividends to theprovincial government in 2010,and $101 million in 2011. Notransfer was made in 2012. In2013, ICBC will hand overanother $226 million. In all, thegovernment has said it plans totake $1.174 billion from ICBCbetween 2010 and 2014/15.

“The corporation needsto define who their duty is to,ratepayers or the government,”said Tootill. “I think they havea duty to their ratepayers andthe ratepayers are rightly duethose reserves to offset whathopefully is a temporary trend

in rising costs.”According to Blucher,

ICBC has two businesses, onlyone of which the governmenthas their hand in. “The basicbusiness where we are applyingfor an increase in our rate, thatbusiness is separate from ouroptional business,” he said.“Ouroptionalbusiness . . . that’sour competitive business so wecompete with other insurersfor it. Under a framework wehave with government, that’sthe business where if we accrueabove a certain level of capitalthat’s actually transferredthrough to the government.”

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Forever youngMUCH as we’d like to, there’s

no denying that the leavesare starting to change and

the blackberries are appearing on thevine — both unmistakable signs ofthe passage of time.

The Labour Day long weekend alsomarks the beginning of a predictableschool year of grad parties.

Local police agencies dust off pressreleases warning about the dangersof underage drinking and the havocout-of-control ragers tend to bring.

Newspapers take calls from angryresidents who have been kept up allnight or found the woods or fieldsnear their homes buried in beer cans.

Inevitably, there will be some whotake things too far and someone willend up in the back of a patrol car, anER or worse.

Then everyone will be able to say,

“I told you so.”Of course they’re right to do so,

but it seems no level of indignation,stern warning or certainly a newspapereditorial can change what is a partof local culture. We don’t condonethis activity, but short of puttingeveryone under 20 under a strictpolice-enforced curfew, it’s going tohappen.

So it’s upon us then to manoeuvrehowever we can to mitigate the riskand mess. That means keeping mindsand lines of communication open,and taxis on speed dial.

Soon-to-be grads tend to gooverboard with these things becausethey believe, quite wrongly, that thiswill be the greatest time of their lives.It wouldn’t hurt to remind themhow much better life gets after highschool.

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“I noticed an airconditioner dripping waterdown and I thought if there’sa way that we could containthat it would be helpful foreverybody.”

Splash Water Canada vice-president Phil Fraser discussesthe inspiration that led to theatmospheric water harvester, adevice which stores and purifiesdrinking water from the airusing a process similar to adehumidifier (from an Aug. 30news story).

• • •“As long as spending

limits are as high as they are,it freezes out the third partiesand the independents.”

Former NDP MLA DavidSchreck bemoans the price tag ofbecoming an MLA after notingthat most successful candidatesin last May’s provincial electionspent between $60,000 and$90,000 (from an Aug. 28 newsstory).

• • •“It’s hard to eat concrete.”North Vancouver’s Edible

Garden Project managerHeather Johnstone says bees arethreatened globally by pesticidesand disappearing food sources(from an Aug. 25 Sunday Focusstory).

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Telus just wants to compete fairlyMailbox

Dear Editor:I would like to respond to your Aug. 28 editorial

about the wireless industry, Wave Action, that hassome incorrect information in it.

First and foremost, at Telus we don’t shy awayfrom competition. We say “bring it on.” What weare advocating for is the chance to compete on alevel playing field. The current rules set out by thegovernment do not allow for that and, in fact, handtaxpayer-funded advantages to huge foreign firms— in Verizon’s case a firm with three times as manycustomers as the entire population of Canada. Theycan afford to compete with us head-to-head.

Competition in the Canadian wireless marketis fierce and we go head-to-head with all wirelesscarriers on a daily basis for customers’ business. Werecently introduced SharePlus plans, building on a

drive to put customers at the core of pricing plansthat began with Clear and Simple plans launchedin 2009 — the first wireless plans in Canada to doaway with the system access fee. Since then, Telushas eliminated activation fees, introduced datanotifications and caps to eliminate bill shock whentravelling, introduced device unlocking, re-writtencontracts in plain language, added caller ID andvoicemail as standard on all Telus rate plans andeliminated contract cancellation charges in favour ofa device balance.

It is incorrect to write Canadians pay sky-high prices. It is a myth. The latest OECD reportout just this year actually proves, once again, theprices Canadians pay for wireless services are aboutaverage for developed countries and that Canadianshave access to some of the best wireless networks

anywhere in the world.Report after report finds the same thing. The

recent CRTC-sponsored Wall Report, the Jeff Fanreport issued in March, the 2011 Nordicity report,even the 2011 OECD report all found Canadianpricing is about average in the developed world, andin most cases lower than in the U.S.

Telus has invested $102 billion in technology andoperations since 2000 across the country. We are notperfect, but we are getting better. All we want is thechance to compete fairly.

Unfortunately, all Canadians will be affected bythe federal government’s current policy frameworkthat offers unfair advantages to massive foreignorganizations.Lisa LaMothe, general manager,Telus, North Vancouver

Dear Editor:I am certain anyone living in North Vancouver is well aware that developers have

been allowed (encouraged?) to run amok. This comes with a myriad of negative sideeffects, and one in particular in the city has been driving me to distraction of late.

Do we as taxpayers not employ some sort of traffic management “professionals”at city hall? Why have developers seemingly been given the green light to do whateverthey like, with no consideration whatsoever to their surroundings, and how theirconstruction activity affects things?

Marine Drive, along with Keith, Bewicke, Welch and other streets all havedeveloper-driven lane closures in close proximity, some as many as two in one city

block. This has been ongoing for some time. Is there no planning at all? Does thecity simply rubber stamp every application that comes in? Why has none of this workbeen staggered, so as to mitigate the gridlock it causes? Add in street work on Forbesand other locations, and getting anywhere without becoming incensed by this ispractically impossible.

The current situation is not acceptable, and needs to be remedied and not repeated.The residents and general road users deserve better than this. We should dispense withpaying traffic management individuals if this is the result of their “management”Chris Cullen,North Vancouver

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Stodgy old Quebec is no longer a cool catMatthew ClaxtonContributing writer

EVERY province triesto be cool in its ownway.

You’ve got your Albertanversion (tough cowboys),your Maritime version (fiddle-playing Celtic folks withweird accents), and your B.C.version (stoned slackers).

For years, it seemed likeQuebec had a lock on beingthe coolest province. Youcould buy beer and wine inthe corner stores! Everybodyspoke French and the citieshad great architecture. Best

of all, they were constantlysticking it to Ottawa.

Then, they started takingthemselves a little tooseriously. Threatening totake your ball and go homemaybe works once, but if youdo it half a dozen times over30-odd years, people just startrolling their eyes.

Worst of all has been theweird habit of constantlyclaiming to be a victimizedminority, while increasinglytrying to stomp on non-Francophone minorities.

Earlier this year, wesaw the Quebec SoccerFederation ban players fromwearing turbans or other

religious head coverings onthe pitch.

Now the Parti Québécoisis proposing a ban on anyreligious head coverings orsizeable religious symbols forall public employees.

It’s like PQ leader PaulineMarois was stung by onewasp, and then decided towear an entire hive as a hatwhile jumping up and downvigorously.

Obviously, this newproposed law is stupid, racist,and if it was held up to thevalues of the Charter ofRights and Freedoms, wouldstand as much chance ofsurviving as a delicate origami

crane placed inside the engineof a large jetliner.

Why is this law beingproposed in the first place?Marois has defended theso-called Charter of QuebecValues as part of the uniqueQuébécois culture ofsecularism.

Well, I’m so full ofsecularism it’s coming outmy ears, and that’s a load ofsteaming horse manure.

The freedom of peoplein Quebec to practise theirreligion or culture shouldonly end when it causesdemonstrable harm to others.

Let’s say that I firmlybelieve that I must, at alltimes, wear a bedazzledpurple pirate hat. Is thisbelief backed up by centuriesof religious philosophyand tradition? Nope. Is ita statement about a proudcultural heritage? Nope.Should the government be

allowed to say that I can’twear my spangly purple hat?Absolutely not. The point offreedom of religion meanseven freedom for dummieslike me to believe whateverwe want.

This law is not aboutbringing Quebecers togetherand uniting people in la belleprovince, as Marois and hersupporters have claimed. It’sabout staking out a tribalenclave and making it clear tothose who aren’t white, purelaine Francophones that theyaren’t welcome.

Quebec has turnedfrom a cool young rebel ofthe 1960s, with its QuietRevolution and radicalpolitics, into a stodgy, aging,xenophobic old twit, shakinghis cane at the kids and tellingthem to get off his lawn. Sobasically, it’s doing what allthe other old hippies havebeen doing since the 1980s.

Thankfully, not everyonefrom Quebec is this stupidand intolerant. JustinTrudeau, actually impressingme for once, has spoken outagainst it.

Trudeau pointed to theidea that people this law seesas outsiders are contributingto an evolving Quebecculture. That’s how I see ittoo — a culture, Canadianor Québécois, is a growing,changing thing. Quebecwas very, very different asa society 60 years ago. Itchanged, in many ways for thebetter. Now it has a chance tochange again.

It it doesn’t change, it willsuffer the fate of every otherold, cranky, annoying andessentially powerless bigot.It’ll wither and die.

Matthew Claxton is a reporterand columnist with the LangleyAdvance.Dear Editor:

Regarding your Aug. 21 story, Union BacksCall for 2nd WV Ambulance:

In December 2012, an 87-year-old womanin Toronto died after waiting three hours foran ambulance to come to her aid. She reportedabdominal pains, and the ambulance hadbeen re-routed three times “due to limitedresources.”

Seniors and all families in West Vancouverare subject to exactly the same risk giventhe government of British Columbia’sunderstaffing of our ambulance service. Oneambulance may have been enough for ayounger, smaller population. One ambulancesimply won’t cut it today.

Our firefighters, heroic as they are, areprohibited by the province’s regulations from

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During the provincial election, standing asthe independent candidate for West Vancouver-Capilano, I pushed our incumbent MLA andall of the candidates to make the ambulanceand first-responder services in our communitya central concern.

It is time for Ralph Sultan, now returned asour MLA, to show his mettle and integrity inchampioning the needs of our community. Hemust secure for us the ambulance services weneed, so that no one will suffer the appallingfate of the gentle lady in Toronto.Michael MarkwickWest Vancouver

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of chemistry they have a goodshot, and that’s basically thebottom line on why the peoplethat I’ve put together have hada lasting relationship. Thosethings are there before they findout that they have that blindingchemistry that makes us all loseour mind.”

When Morgan first startedMatch-Works, she thought herage demographic would be 40years old and up. Not the case,she says.

“My biggest agedemographic, male and female,is between 27 and the latest late40s,” says Morgan. She says she

has had people 50 years old andup, but very seldom and notvery many.

The North Shore has its fairshare of singles. According tothe 2011 Census by StatisticsCanada, those classified assingle, or never legally married,numberedaround39,370 forall

three municipalities, with malesmaking up roughly 20,580 andfemales about 18,790. Morgansays that although women aremore proactive in seeking herout, her client base is fairly equalwhen it comes to the sexes.

“Right now I have a verygood balance, but I work onthat balance,” she says. “Whathappens is, let’s face it, we’rein Vancouver and men inVancouver tend to be a littlelackadaisical and women areproactive — usually, again theseare generalizations and notalways true of everybody.”

She says she does not pursueclients.

“I just create awarenessfor men specifically, so I’mreally fortunate in that I get areally good balance of 50-50,”says Morgan. “You start yourbusiness, you pay attention,you adapt and evolve throughwhat you see coming in.”

Match-Works has beensuccessful in making matchesand Morgan says the resultsfor her gold members areparticularly good. “I tend toget my matches by the secondor my third introduction,” shesays. “But I’ve had 17 couplesthat I’ve got on the very firsttime — that only happens whenyou do the work.

“The only reason thateverybody else doesn’t do itis because it’s a lot of work, itdoes not happen easily. I haveto spend a lot of time withmy clients,” says Morgan. “Iknow them all personally andI have to spend a lot of timedoing the cross-matching andthe pre-screenings for thembeforehand, before I introducesomebody to them. There’snothing immediate about it,but the results are good.”

Morgan says she haslearned all she knows from lifeexperience and learning fromher mistakes.

“I always got the lesson thefirst time,” she says. “I havealways believed that any successand failure in relationshipsalways has two sides and thatthe only person I was in controlof was me.”

Interviewing experts whenshe co-hosted an online datingand relating radio show, aswell as reading numerousself-help books, also helpedmould Morgan’s education onrelationships.

“EverydayIlearnsomethingnew,” explains Morgan. “Ifyou’re in this business youhave to love talking to people,and part of talking to people isreally listening.”

When she began herbusiness, Morgan was notinterested in finding someonefor herself. “I just don’t thinkyou can focus that much onstarting a business and startinga new relationship, and likeI said, one of the number 1things I’m looking for always istiming. Now it’s finally timingbut I can’t date my clients, it’sa conflict of interest.

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A neighbour of West Vancouver’sCollingwood School who hascomplained about the impact oftraffic and school construction onhis Glenmore neighbourhood haslost a bid to force the municipalitylimit the number of studentsallowed at the private school.

Andrzej Lepiarczyk filed a petition inB.C. Supreme Court asking a judge to forcethe District of West Vancouver to make theschool abide by the original 600-studentlimit in the zoning for the school’s Morvencampus.

Lepiarczyk was among a number ofGlenmore residents who raised concernsabout traffic volume, parking andconstruction associated with the school overseveral years.

“All parties agree that in 2007 the

school had significantly more students thanthe District of West Vancouver’s zoningrestrictions allowed,” wrote Justice HeatherHolmes in her decision of Aug. 14. Schoolofficials acknowledged at one time therewere 718 students enrolled, wrote Holmes.

Grade 7 students were later moved tothe school’s Wentworth campus, bringingnumbers at the Morven site down — mostrecently to 568 students.

In the meantime, after discussionswith the school, the District of WestVancouver changed its bylaws to allow amaximum of 600 students at the Morvencampus, provided the school operated as a“combined” elementary/secondary school.

In court, Lepiarczyk argued the schoolis not really a “combined” school, becauseit takes students in grades 8 through 12— and therefore should be considereda secondary school, subject to tighterenrolment restrictions.

But the judge noted district bylaws define“secondary school” as grades 9 through 12.

The judge also rejected Lepiarczyk’s

request to toss out West Vancouver’sdecision to grant the school at permissive taxexemption. Lepiarczyk argued the districthad not given enough public notice beforemaking the decision. But the judge notedunder the Community Charter, publicnotice is not required for the granting of taxexemptions for private schools.

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Construction of a new 75,347-square-foot wing to the school with 150underground parking spaces started in June2012 on the Morven Drive campus.

District of West Vancouver spokeswomanDonna Power said recently the bylawdepartment has had a strong presence onthe site and issues tickets to truck driverswhenever there has been a violation.

But Lepiarczyk said the tickets have donelittle to deter the trucks from continuallystopping on the street.


THE North VancouverRCMP is asking for thepublic’s help in locatinga stolen go-kart.

The vehicle was takenfrom a residential shed in the300-block of East 16th Streetbetween Aug. 13 and 18.

“The guy had it in his outbuilding, like a small shed,and he doesn’t go to it everyday so to speak, but duringthose dates he figured it wentmissing,” said Cpl. Richard DeJong, spokesman for the NorthVancouverRCMP.“Henoticedthe gate was left unlocked atone point, so probably whenhe was gone during the day

somebody came in and helpedthemselves to it.”

He said because it wasmissing, there was not muchfor forensics to work with.

“He’s very upset of coursebecause its not cheap and hethinks maybe somebody sawhe had it in his driveway,” saidDe Jong. “Maybe somebodysaw him start it up.”

De Jong said the kartis worth around $6,000, isbright orange and black witha Maxtor motor. It also has aCRG Road Rebel decal and alarge number five on the front.He said the owner had taken itout various times on differenttracks.

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Boisvert is a job developer at WorkBC EmploymentServices Centre - North Shore Youth through YWCAMetro Vancouver.

“I have been working on the North Shore forfive years now through the Canadian Mental Health

Association,” says Boisvert. Three years ago shereceived a phone call from an employee at GrouseMountain who was in what she calls “an employmentcrisis.”

“She asked us if we could work with Grouse toprovide job coaching for her,” says Boisvert.

Boisvert also spoke to a Grouse supervisor aboutdoing in-service training for their staff on workplaceaccommodation for people with disabilities.

“They embraced the idea and so I went up,provided one-hour in-service training to theirsupervisors, kitchen and housekeeping,” she says.“Last May, they contacted me again because of newstaff, so I went back up to provide session two.”

According to the WorkBC website, the centre“provides services, programs and support to assistindividuals who are legally entitled to work in Canadafind meaningful employment.”

“The Employment services centre at the YWCANorth Shore is here to work with businesses and thecommunity to provide a rich diverse labour force,”says Boisvert. “Grouse Mountain is good proof thatit works.”

She says the process usually involves refreshing theemployee’s memory about their job description.

“I’ll go on site with an employee, so if they’re

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Employees have much to offerhaving issues with either the task that they mustdo or time management,” Boisvert says. “I’llwork on a job list for the employee or suggestways for thecompanytoprovideaccommodationsuch as the job list, time management — likea checklist of duties that the employee wouldhave throughout the day or their shift.”

She says this year to date she has helpedaround 25 employees, and not just at Grouse.

“As a job developer the most challengingaspect of the work is to convince employers thateven though clients have disabilities, they haveskills and abilities and they are capable of beingpart of the workforce,” says Boisvert.

A lot more North Shore businesses, shesays, could be utilizing the skills of people withdisabilities.

“Perhaps they’re not aware of the programsthat WorkBC has to offer through eitherextra training or in-service training for theiremployees, additional training for new skills,”Boisvert says. “Because WorkBC does offerthat.”

The most fulfilling part of Boisvert’s work ishaving a successful outcome.

“It’s placing a client and that the client keepsthe job and they love it and they flourish,” shesays.

Grouse Mountain has been using thecentre’s program for many years before she gotinvolved, says Boisvert.

“They don’t look at disability as a challenge,”she says, adding that in circumstances suchas wheelchair accessibility, which is more of aproblem at the top of the mountain, Grouse willmake adjustments for the employee. “They willaccommodate situations like this. They’re veryresponsive, they want the ongoing in-service formore education on how to support.”

Boisvert also works with numerous otheremployment agencies.

“All of us are supporting, are preparing,providing skills to clients who are job ready,” shesays. “We would love to work with employerson the North Shore.”

But, Boisvert says, there is still a lot of workto be done in creating more awareness.

“There’s a lot of education that has to happenwith employers, companies, about hiring peoplewith disabilities,” she says. “Unfortunately for alot of these clients, because of the barrier thatthey deal with, they need an advocate.”

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THE new and oldworlds of wine shareas many differences assimilarities, which goespartway to explain why,in Burgundy at least,wine tourism as we knowit is a relatively newphenomenon.

However, in a regionwhere food and wine areso inextricably intertwinedit comes as no surprise todiscover that wine-inclinedaccommodations and dining arevery much on the rise.

Hospitality in Burgundyenjoys a variety of styles,whether your tastes (andbudget) lean towards dining ina Michelin one-star, trackingdown less-celebrated cellarsor exploring how gloriousEpoisses cheese is made, thisremarkable and historic regionhas it all.

Few have borrowed fromthe New World playbook asastutely as Olivier Leflaive.Aside from owning highlyregarded Domaine Leflaive,with his brother Patrick, heoperates a thriving restaurantand luxury boutique hotel,on the treed village square invenerable Puligny-Montrachet.

When I arrive for my tourI’m offered a choice of Frenchor English: each brotherescorts a group according topreference. After a short walkthrough the village and a briefhistory lesson we arrive at thewinery where it doesn’t takeme long to realize that OlivierLeflaive is a born entertainer.Even for the most determinedtourist, visits to fermentationtanks, barrel cellars andbottling lines can sometimesseem just a tad repetitious,but Olivier’s explanations areliberally sprinkled with cheeky,sometimes wicked humour thatrarely fails to elicit a chucklefrom his audience.

It’s easy to see why peoplecome from all over to stay atthe hotel. In fact, we shareour lunch table with a visitingchateau owner from Bordeaux,who’s dropped by to have a

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Part of their success is owedto offering realistic choices.Lunch can be accompanied byone of three tasting flights, eachdesigned to appeal to a differentlevel of interest, experience andbudget. All are well paired withan excellent menu. The glassesarrive first to allow you to tastethe wines alone before each ofthe three courses. Each leveloffers good value.

Our 10-taste, “Prestige”(45) spans a range that includesfour Leflaive Premiers Crus,including the floral, intenselymineral Puligny-MontrachetChamp Gain 08 (92 points)and the extraordinary, complex,stone fruit, citrus and mineralstreaked Corton Charlemagne

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Eighty-two-year-oldMargaret Bentley, whohas Alzheimer’s disease, iscurrently being spoon fedby her care staff contrary tothe wishes she expressed inher living will. Diagnosedwith Alzheimer’s at the ageof 68 in 1999, Bentley hasbeen institutionalized since2005 and has been in a“vegetative” state for at leastthree years.

Bentley made out aliving will in 1991 andspecified she was to receiveno nourishment or liquidsif there was no reasonableexpectation of recoveryfrom extreme physical ormental disability. Despitethose instructions, and overthe objections of her family

and her physician, Bentleycontinues to be spoon fedat her care home. Bentley’sfamily is asking the courtto recognize her Statementof Wishes as a valid andenforceable advance directiveunder the Health CareConsent Act.

Anyone who is competenthas the right to consent orrefuse medical care. That’snot in dispute. The carefacility housing Bentley,which operates under theFraser Health Authority,takes the position that itis obligated to providenecessities of life for patients.

Ten years ago, mostof us had no idea whatan advanced directive orliving will was. Now manyCanadians have resorted toliving wills because we fear

being kept alive in a hospitalor nursing home beyondthe point that anyone wouldchoose to endure.

It would be useful, Isuppose, to know if the rightto refuse medical treatmentincludes the right to refuseordinary care such as foodand water. I suspect thepublic is more interested inknowing if they are going tobe allowed to make decisionsaround when they want todie, if they want to die andhow they are going to die,if they are facing a terminalillness from which there is nohope of recovery.

How the court willrule here is difficult to say.I would expect the courtto uphold the provisionthat fully informed andcompetent patients havethe right to make individualtreatment decisions includingnot accepting treatment evenif that decision is likely toresult in death.

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Chinese Seniors OutreachGroup: A free program to learnand connect with the commu-nity and make new friends. Lan-guages: Mandarin, Cantoneseand English. The group meetsWednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-12:30

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Circle of Friendship: For wom-en 50+ offering companionship,discussions, guest speakers, andmore, Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at West VancouverSeniors’ Activity Centre, 69521st St. Drop-in fee: $2 formembers/$3 for non-members.Info: 604-925-7280 or west-vancouver.ca/seniors.

Coffee Talk: Topical discus-sions about current events, his-tory, holidays and more, the firstMonday of every month, 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Mollie Nye House.Drop-in fee: non-members $4/members $2. Info: 604-987-5820.

Coffee Talk: Mondays, 11a.m.-noon at West VancouverSeniors’ Activity Centre. Free.Info: 604-925-7280 or west-vancouver.ca/seniors.

Community Kitchen Lunch:Mondays and Wednesdays,11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Park-gate Community Centre, 3625Banff Court, North Vancouver.Fee: $6 for non-members/$5for members. Info: 604-983-6350 or myparkgate.com.

Coronation Street Chat:The last Sunday of the month,12:30-2:30 p.m. at West Van-

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Coronation Street Regulars:Spend time with others whowatch this British soap, the firstFriday of every month, 2-3 p.m.at Mollie Nye House, 940 LynnValley Rd., North Vancouver.Drop-in fee: non-members $4/members $2. For more informa-tion call 604-987-5820.

Diner’s Club: Tuesdays, 5-6p.m. at Parkgate CommunityCentre, 3625 Banff Court,North Vancouver. A shuttle busis available for Lions Manor,Roche Point Towers, BowronCourt and Atrium. For moreinformation call Andrea at 604-904-6483. Fee: $6.

Lunch and Bridge: Tuesdays,noon, at the North Shore Vol-unteers for Seniors, 275 21stSt., West Vancouver. Cost: $5.Info: 604-922-1575, [email protected] or nsvs.ca.

Lunch and Games: Wednes-days, noon, at the North ShoreVolunteers for Seniors, 275 21stSt., West Vancouver. Cost: Free.For more information call 604-922-1575, or email [email protected] or nsvs.ca.

Multicultural Program: Se-niors meet to discuss areas of

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Creating a positive homecare experienceA presentation on: Knowing when to start homecare,understanding the range of services available and the benefitsof having homecare, dealing with resistance to receivingsupport, promoting caregiver well-being through homecare.Monday, September 9, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.at West Vancouver Community Health Centre.

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treatment, and the question of iftreatment once started must becontinued is a bit of a grey area.

I think it is unlikely that activeeuthanasia will be accepted or madelegal in Canada except perhaps in theprovince of Quebec. What is neededhere, in my opinion, is for the courts tomake a clear ruling on whether or not

a prior statement, such as a living will,must be respected first and foremostin a patient’s decision and choice toterminate ordinary care.

The challenge facing the court isto find a balance between personalautonomy and the protection of humanlife. Even if we could agree that no oneshould be kept alive against his or herwishes, does an individual have the rightto require others to bring about death?

The courts will need the wisdomof Solomon to sort this one out. Let’shope for Margaret Bentley’s sake, andindeed for all of us, that the court hearsthis case soon.

Tom Carney is the executive director of theLionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. Ideasfor future columns are welcome. Contacthim at 604-985-3852 or send an email [email protected].

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THERE was once atime when I taughtobedience classes wherethe main focus of mytraining was having adog sit for 10 minutesthen heel around theother dogs.

In general this type of dogtraining is valuable becausewhen the dog owner applieswhat they have learned inclass to their everyday life,a dog is given structure andit learns how to live happilywithin healthy boundaries ofleadership.

But during the lastdecade I have dropped theclassroom setting and havebegun working with peopleand their dogs individually,addressing their needsand their dogs’ needs on apersonal level.

The goals of the ownersare not to win an obediencetrial, but rather to have adog that is polite, social andwilling. A companion that iswelcome wherever it goes bywhomever it meets.

During the training, wefollow the natural evolutionof the dog’s maturity anddevelopment. Whateverproblematic behaviours ariseduring this time, I try not to“fix” them per se, but ratherhave the owner learn from

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In the case of workingwith dogs, the dog is theteacher and the owner is thestudent.

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Well, more often thannot, dog trainers are calledupon to fix problems. A dogis misbehaving, the dog is atfault and the owner wants itto stop. Sometimes a moreZen-like approach is required:what is it about yourself thatis becoming irritated by yourdog that you need to fix?

As an example, I hadbeen called to the home ofa woman whose dog wasconstantly chewing on hershoes. She had wanted me tofix the problem because thedog had eaten most of herfootwear.

Upon meeting the dog,I noticed the dog was filledwith exuberant joy. It wasso peacefully happy it wouldgrab whatever was on thefloor — be it a toy or a shoe— and proudly trot aroundthe house with the item inits mouth making a cooingnoise.

My first question to thewoman was, “How do youfeel when your dog runsaround the house like this?”

Her response was, “Itmakes me so happy becausehe is so joyful.”

My next question was,“How do you feel when hedestroys your shoes?”

Her response was, “Iget angry, almost enraged.I loved those shoes and Iworked hard to buy themand it angers me that they aredestroyed by him.”

My next question was, “Sothe shoes brought you joyand their absence brings youanger, and you are blaming

your dog for making youmore angry?”

“Yes!” she said. I couldsense her irritation beginningto grow.

She had a difficult timewrapping her head aroundthis next part.

“Your dog is not chewingyour shoe out of spite orboredom, he is chewing itbecause he is forcing theemotion of anger to shinewithin you, so you canrecognize it and heal it. Onceyou stop being so angry andbegin to truly be presentand enjoy life — as he does— he will stop chewing yourshoes!”

Her homework was toplace all footwear in closetsand leave out the dog’s toys.When the dog grabbed a toyshe was to participate in thedog’s joy by playing withhim.

If an accident did occurwhere a shoe got destroyedshe was to remind herself thatshe absent-mindedly forgotto put her shoes away becauseshe was not being present— it’s not the dog’s fault. Ifshe felt anger, she was to lookwithin and find the reason.

After a few weeks sheconfided in me, saying sherealized that she had createda false sense of self-worthfrom her expensive footwearand this lack of authenticityhad made her angry. Onceshe began to love her dog ashe was, those loving emotionsbegan to override her angerand the dog stopped chewingher shoes.

When the student is ready,the teacher will appear.

What is your dog trying toteach you?

Joan has been working with dogsfor over 15 years in obedience,tracking and behaviouralrehabilitation. Contact her atk9kinship.com.

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Poetrycollectionappeals todog loversn I Could Chew on This byFrancesco Marciuliano,Chronicle Books, 112 pages,$14.95

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FORGET aboutwondering what dogswould say if they couldtalk and get a load ofwhat they would write ifthey could get their pawsto work a keyboard.

This whimsical wanderinginto the poetic souls of ourcanine friends is the delightfulfollow up to FrancescoMarciuliano’s bestseller I CouldPee on This.

Poetic license is taken tonew levels as we are treatedto dog tales that will get youhowling with laughter.

Canine outlooks on topicslike going to the park, thedoorbell, dinner, chasing ballsand many more are presentedin this collection.

Accompanying thepoems are a wide variety ofphotographs showing dogs ofall shapes and sizes.

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NORTH Shore players featured prominently as Canada bookedtheir ticket to the 2015 IRB Rugby World Cup by beating theUnited States 40-20 in aggregate score over home and away gamesplayed recently in South Carolina and Toronto.

West Vancouver’s Harry Jones and Ryan Hamilton, North Vancouver’s Jason Mar-shall and Squamish’s Jamie Cudmore, a former Capilano Rugby Club player, all suitedup for the men’s national team as they battled to a pair of wins over the AmericanEagles.

The series started Aug. 17 in Charleston, S.C., and Canada took a commandinglead by scoring a 27-9 victory away from home.

The Canadians took an early lead in the game off of a nifty try from Phil Mack whotracked down his own chip-kick to make it 7-0 with a James Pritchard conversion.Pritchard added two penalties to make it 13-0 at halftime but U.S.A. got on the boardwith a penalty early in the second.

That’s when Jones, making his third national team start at flyhalf, stepped up andput an end to any American momentum. The Rockridge grad turned heads with histackling and command of the Canadian backs and then, in the 50th minute, finished apowerful Canadian move by smashing through two tacklers to score a back-breakingtry.

DTH van der Merwe scored the final try of the game, pushing Canada home witha big advantage. The second leg was played Aug. 24 at a raucous BMO Field and,although it wasn’t pretty, the home side did what they needed to clinch a World Cupberth for the eighth time in eight tries — Canada has qualified for every World Cupsince the tournament’s inception in 1987.

In Toronto the Americans put up more of a fight, scoring the first try of the gameand putting pressure on the Canadians for much of the first half. The tide turned nearthe end of the half, however, when Pritchard kicked in a penalty and then crossed overfor a try after taking a nice feed from Jones off of a lineout. An American penalty kickmade the score 8-8 at halftime, keeping the aggregate lead at a healthy-but-not-un-reachable 18 points with one half to play.

With the win in the balance it was again time for a North Shore player to step up asMarshall smashed over the line to score the only try of the second half. U.S.A. kickeda late penalty but the final score of 13-11 gave Canada another win over their NorthAmerican rivals and sent them to England 2015.

Cudmore, Hamilton and Marshall have all suited up for World Cups in the past but

for 23-year-old Jones the tournament in England would be his first.“Stoked to be qualified for the 2015 RWC,” Jones posted on Twitter following the

win. “Great to finish off the trip with another win!”Canada was the first country to win direct qualification into the tournament, join-

ing 12 other teams who earned automatic berths. With several spots already filled, theCanadians already have an idea of what their schedule will look like. They’ll open thetournament against Ireland on Sept. 19, 2015, before moving on to face Italy, Franceand another team that will emerge from the European qualifiers. The Canadians havemoved past the World Cup opening round just once in their seven appearances at thetournament.

• • •Another North Shore link helped Canada to a strong finish in men’s national team sev-ens play. North Vancouver’s Adam Zaruba suited up for Team Canada as they earnedbronze at The World Games held in Cali, Colombia last month.

Canada defeated Hong Kong and Colombia but lost to South Africa to finishsecond in their pool. They then knocked off Brazil in the quarterfinals but lost to Ar-gentina in the semis to wind up in the bronze medal game. With a medal on the linethe Canadians rallied for a 26-14 win over France.

The World Games, first held in 1981, are an in international, multi-event competi-tion featuring sports that are not part of the Olympic Games. The 2013 World Gameswere the final appearance for rugby sevens as that sport will be contested at the 2016Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

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WEST Vancouver’s Harry Jones finds some running room during a 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying match against the United States heldAug. 24 at Toronto’s BMO Field. Canada topped the States 40-20 in their two-game series to book their spot in the World Cup.

Canada earns World Cup berthNorth Shore stars play keyroles as rugby team tops USA

Scan this page withthe Layar app to seevideo highlights ofCanada’s wins overU.S.A. to qualify

for the 2015 RugbyWorld Cup.

photo Anthony Isabella

WEST Vancouver’s Harry Jones (left) and North Vancouver’s JasonMarshall (right) both scored important tries for Team Canada.


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DAVE Baldwin of Team B.C. takes aim during the finals of theCanadian Lawn Bowling Championships held last weekendat West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club. Scan with the Layarapp or visit nsnews.com to see more photos from the final.

BRITISH Columbia rolled to the topof the medal standings as the NorthShore’s West Vancouver and NorthVancouver Lawn Bowling Clubs co-hosted the country’s best bowlers lastweek at the Canadian Lawn BowlingChampionships.

Gold medal finals were held Saturday atthe West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Clubwith grandstands placed beside the threechampionship lanes to create an intimate andintense bowling experience. British Columbiaused their home turf advantage to score sixmedals in the six divisions, including two golds,three silvers and a bronze. North Vancouver clubmember Malcolm Taylor got in on the winningaction, scoring silver in the men’s triples divisionwith the B.C. Team B that included teammates

German Santana and Mel Eccles.Host province gold medals went to the B.C.

Team B of Marlene Cleutinx, Josephine Lee andRita Patterson in the women’s triples divisionand the B.C. Team B of Dave Baldwin, ChristieGrahame, Stanley Chow and James Chen inmen’s fours.

The B.C. Team A of Diane Fulton, JennySiu and Shirley Choi took silver in the women’striples division while the B.C. Team B of KinonLau and Francis Yau took silver in the men’s pairsdivision. The women’s fours team of On KowAu, Rainbow Lung, Lisa Cheung and Gigi Chantook home bronze for the host province.

This was the first time that the men’s andwomen’s doubles, triples and fours nationalswere held at the same location at the same time,making it the largest Canadian Championshipsever staged, according to event organizers.

— Andy Prest

B.C. bowlers roll at NorthShore-hosted nationals

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WEST Vancouver teen EmilyOverholt continued her summersiege on the aquatic world Monday,winning bronze in the 400-metreindividual medley at the FINA WorldJunior Swimming Championships inDubai, United Arab Emirates.

Overholt, 15, clocked a personal best andset a 15-17 age-group Canadian record withher time of 4:42.03 seconds in the final. Shefinished 2.01 seconds behind winner Ella Eastinof the United States with Eastin’s U.S. teammateRebecca Mann coming second in 4:40.26.

“I’m definitely surprised but excited by thismedal,” Overholt said in a Swimming Canadarelease. “I could see the Japanese girl (fourth-place finisher Emu Higuchi) beside me and Ithink my training just kicked in at the end tohelp me get third.”

Janusz Kaczmarek, Overholt’s head coach atthe West Vancouver Otters Swim Club, was inDubai with his young pupil.

“Emily is a very determined girl and veryfocused,” he said. “She wanted to get thatmedal. We started preparing for this six monthsago and she worked very hard this summer. Shecame into these worlds very well prepared.”

In July Overholt won gold in the 200-m butterfly at the senior women’s SummerNationals, following that up with three goldsand a silver at the Canada Summer Games inSherbrooke, Que., earlier this month.

Overholt just missed a second World Juniormedal Monday when Canada finished fourth inthe 4x200-m freestyle relay. She still managedto score a personal best in the race, clockinga time of 2:00.66 to start things off for TeamCanada.

Overholt, a Collingwood School studentheaded into her Grade 11 year, also competedin the 200-m butterfly at the World Juniors,finishing 10th in the preliminaries and missingthe final. Her meet ended with anotheragonizing fourth-place finish with the 4x100-mfreestyle relay team.

TheWorldJuniorSwimmingChampionships,held every two years, are for girls age 14-17 andboys age 15-18. Overholt is young enough toattend the Championships again in 2015.

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