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Tax hike likely for City of North Van residents: mayor

SEAN KOLENKOS T A F F R E P O R T E R

City of North Vancouver residents can expect about a three per cent jump in

their taxes this year, the majority of which is being used to fund an increase to public servant salaries, says Mayor Darrell Mussatto.

On the whole, the city will see a nearly $1.9 million increase in expenditures in 2011, $945,00 of which is earmarked for its CUPE contract and $600,000 for its RCMP commitment. The remainder is split between new maintenance fees for areas such as Shipbuilders’ Square and agencies such as the recreation commission and arts office.

The CUPE contract, which deter-mines the wages for municipal staff, emergency services, public utilities staff and social services, is bar-gained on behalf of the region with the exception of West Vancouver, which is non-union. The RCMP contract is negotiated by the prov-ince.

Municipalities that use the RCMP for policing have no access to the RCMP’s finances. Mussatto feels the policing agency has to become more accountable for its budget since cit-ies such as North Van tend to subsi-dize larger areas with higher crime rates.

The draft operating budget for 2011 shows the city expects to receive $56.9 million in revenue. More than 75 per cent of that comes from taxation; the rest is spread amongst a host of streams ranging from parking and bylaw enforcement to business licences. Of the tax revenue, only 10 per cent goes to capital expenses such as paving roads and repairing build-ings. The rest goes to salaries.

The primary ways to fund inevi-table wage increases, says Mussatto, is through an increase in taxation levels, an increase in the number of people paying taxes, casinos or more parking meters.

“Our community has been ada-mant they don’t want more parking meters. We’re hearing that loud and clear. And, we’re hearing they don’t want a casino,” says Mussatto.

“There is a clear divide in the Lower Mainland between munici-palities that have casinos and those that don’t. It’s a great funding source, but it’s a stigma thing. It’s seen as a tax on the poor and we’re hearing people don’t want that type of revenue.”

Richmond sees about $22 million per year in revenue from the River Rock Casino; New Westminster makes about $6 million from the Starlight. Together, that represents slightly less than half of the city’s

total revenue.Tax roll growth, on the other

hand, has been a strength of North Van. The Vista towers next to city hall earn the city $300,000 per year and with more towers in Central Lonsdale on the way, the city stands to see significant jumps in popula-tion in the next few years.

“Could we have kept our expen-ditures a bit lower? Probably. We could have not hired a maintenance person for Shipbuilders’ Square, or we could have laid off city hall staff,” Mussatto adds.

“But staff are working to the max right now and that would result in a loss of service to the public. And that I’m not comfortable with.”

TransLink payments are added to property values and done outside of municipal jurisdiction. All three North Shore mayors, however, have been vocal about their objections to such a scheme as property values on the North Shore tend to be some of the highest in the region, while new transit projects like the Evergreen Line don’t significantly affect area ridership.

“We’re very alive to the fact that when people pay their taxes they don’t split up the costs. It’s just one big tax thing,” says Mussatto.

“But the mayors on the North Shore are realizing we’re not going to see much more in terms of rapid transit so we need that room to pay staff.”

Mussatto says staff will decide on a firm tax increase number within a month. The 2010 increase was 3.1 per cent.

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Mussatto says three-per-cent increase may be needed to cover growing salaries and contract costs.

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Metro eyes tough recycling rules JEFF NAGELB L A C K P R E S S

Metro Vancouver plans to toughen enforcement of garbage disposal bans and recycling rules for both residents

and businesses to help reach its goal of signifi-cantly cutting the waste stream.

Beefed-up regulations on what can’t be tossed in the trash and what recycling amenities devel-opers must provide when new buildings go up are big parts of the vision laid out in the region’s new Zero Waste Challenge strategy.

The document is Metro’s latest road map for reaching its new target of recycling 70 per cent of waste by 2015 - up from 55 per cent now - and 80 per cent by 2020.

Front and centre is the push to get organic waste, including kitchen scraps, out of the gar-bage and into compost bins.

The region aims to ban organic food waste and soiled papers from disposal by single family homes by the end of 2012, coinciding with the deadline for all Metro cities to introduce curb-side pickup of all organics.

In most cities, that will mean cutting garbage collection to every two weeks to save costs and help pay for more frequent weekly pickup of compostable organics.

Metro officials aim to extend the organics ban to businesses and multifamily housing - both considered tougher nuts to crack but major sources of organic waste - in 2015.

Organics account for an estimated 40 per cent of all Metro garbage and diverting 265,000 tonnes of it is expected to get the region half way to the 70 per cent recycling target.

Nobody expects it will be easy.“We’ve taken the bulk of the low-hanging fruit

and made a great effort at getting 55 per cent,” Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said. “From this point on gains are very, very expensive and dif-ficult to attain.”

He backs the planned disposal bans and the strategy’s emphasis on greater regulation, includ-ing more pressure on businesses to comply.

Many recyclables - including everything that can go in a blue box - are already banned from transfer stations. But large amounts still get through.

Increased fines, tightened enforcement at transfer stations and ticketing of garbage ban vio-lators by local cities are all envisioned to ensure better compliance.

Metro will press cities to pass coordinated bylaws requiring new multifamily and commer-cial buildings have ample space for recycling, along with requirements for improved waste han-dling by existing buildings, potentially through on-site or neighbourhood composting or collec-tion.

Business licence renewals would require proof of adequate recycling or pickup arrangements for organics and other recyclables by 2013, the paper says.

“We want to bring in the private sector and the multi-family residents or building owners,” said

Metro waste committee chair Greg Moore, Port Coquitlam’s mayor.

“We’re in this together. So how can we achieve this together?”

He expects more ideas will emerge at a Zero Waste conference Metro will host March 10 in Burnaby.

Multifamily condos and apartments are a major recycling and composting problem area because most were built without recycling facili-ties and wasteful sins get anonymized in a com-mon dumpster.

The result: a multifamily recycling rate of just 16 per cent that Metro planners say must go up sharply since such buildings represent a rapidly growing share of households as the region densi-fies.

So far, Metro is using Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre as its regional composting facility but the region also expects to award a contract this year to build a regional biofuels processing plant that would also take organics next to Surrey’s transfer station.

Much food goes to waste in stores and further back along the supply chain, said Richmond Coun. Harold Steves, adding more must be done to tackle those sources.

He recently found out an entire semi-trailer full of food that was one day past due was being sent to the dump and tried to have it redirected to a food bank instead.

“There’s a tremendous amount of stuff wasted out there before it even gets to the consumer,” Steves said. “Composting and biofuels is great. But why create that waste in the first place?”

Metro’s overall recycling rate of 55 per cent is something of a misnomer.

That’s actually elevated by the high recycling rate of the construction and demolition industry, at 76 per cent.

Businesses recycle 44 per cent on average but generate the most waste overall - 1.2 million tonnes per year.

Single-family homes have a 46 per cent recy-cling rate and generate 800,000 tonnes of gar-bage.

Metro also hopes to divert large amounts of wood now discarded by the construction and demolition industry by banning wood disposal by 2015.

Metro Vancouver is still awaiting provincial approval of its draft solid waste management plan, which could allow construction of a new waste-to-energy plant in the region.

But the waste-reduction targets in the plan are likely to be enshrined whether or not the prov-ince allows Metro to incinerate more garbage.

The region will also continue to press the pro-vincial and federal governments to make product makers and retailers responsible for more take-back programs, along with broader reforms to design products to be recycled, rather than dis-carded.

“We know to get beyond 70 per cent will be difficult, especially if products are made the way they are made today,” Metro spokesman David Hocking said.

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REBECCA ALDOUSS T A F F R E P O R T E R

Coming to a neighbourhood near you — organic waste pick-up.

If the North Shore municipali-ties get their way, a $400,000 food waste facility will be built at Metro Vancouver’s North Shore Transfer Station. This addition would allow the districts and city to start food waste collection as early as this year.

“We have all got our fingers crossed,” said Phil Bates, West Van’s engineering services manager.

For the past year, West Van has collected food waste from 500 Caulfeild homes. The pilot project is an extension of the municipality’s yard waste pick up, as homeowners add their food scraps to yard trim-mings.

Like all North Shore municipali-ties, West Van organic waste makes up between 40 to 50 per cent of overall trash.

“What most people are treading toward is eventually moving garbage pick up to every other week,” Bates said.

Not only does this push make environmental sense, but also works financially, said Jozsef Dioszeghy, theDistrict of North Vancouver’s direc-tor of engineering, parks and envi-ronment.

This year, Metro Vancouver’s gar-bage tipping fee rates increased by $15 to $97 per tonne, while organic tipping fee rates jumped from $4 to $63 per tonne. Metro Vancouver forecasts that by 2015, garbage tip-ping fees will stand at $182 per tonne and the organics rate will sit at $75 per tonne, Dioszeghy said.

“You can see a huge gap growing between the two,” he said.

Like its neighbours, the City of North Vancouver has been waiting on this final piece of the waste puz-zle, said Steve Ono, the city’s engi-neer. If the proposal is approved by the Metro Vancouver board on Feb. 25, Ono said the city is looking to roll out its organic pick up no later than the fall.

“We are pretty much ready to go,” Ono said.

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GREG HOEKSTRAS T A F F R E P O R T E R

Plans to create a Business Improvement Area in Lower Lonsdale have hit a snag, less than a month before the issue was to be reviewed by

City of North Vancouver council.Doug Ausman, president of the Lower Lonsdale

Business Association, told The Outlook Tuesday that the organization’s BIA proposal is being withdrawn so the group can reduce the size of the planned area.

A small section of the proposed lands – east of St. George’s Ave. between Esplanade and 2nd — will be removed from the proposal, due to opposition from some of the light indus-trial businesses in the area, Ausman said.

“We still think it’s a great idea but we’re going to exclude that block and a half because much of the opposition was coming from that area,” said Ausman. “They just didn’t feel a BIA would benefit their type of business.”

The LLBA, said Ausman, had hoped to launch a BIA this July but now those plans will have to wait another year while a new strategy is drawn up and a survey is redistributed to the community.

Ausman said the LLBA first began working on the proposal 18 months ago when it was just a “glimmer of an idea.” The group felt a BIA was a good idea, Ausman said, because it would generate money for initiatives such as street beautification, crime preven-tion and community festivals in the Lower Lonsdale area.

Membership in the current LLBA is voluntary. However, if a BIA was created, approximately 500 businesses in the Lower Lonsdale area would be required to pay into the organization — meaning a huge influx of new members and money.

“As a business association we have limited resources and rely heavily on volunteer efforts. We’ve reached a peak in what we can do,” said Ausman. “But with BIA status, we’d have enough funding to hire permanent staff.”

Lower Lonsdale businesses would pay an annual

levy based on property values, which would be pooled together and used to pay for the group’s efforts.

Ausman said the proposed levy is 81.5 cents per $1,000 of property value — lower than the average mill rate of 95 cents among Vancouver-area BIAs.

In total, the BIA would collect in the neighbour-hood of $350,000 in levies each year. An estimated $90,000 of that would go things such as advertis-ing, banners, posters, and a website. An additional

$60,000 would go to beautification and sig-nage, while $30,000 would go toward secu-rity.

Mike Boehm, chair-man of the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors, said the cham-ber is very supportive of the idea.

“BIAs have proven to be successful throughout British Columbia and we see no reason why it wouldn’t be successful in Lower Lonsdale,” said Boehm.

And the group wouldn’t just benefit cur-rent businesses, Boehm added. A strong BIA

could also help attract new shops and companies to the neighbourhood, too.

“We see the BIA’s role as complimentary to the Chamber’s role,” said Boehm. “If it’s good for busi-ness in Lower Lonsdale, then it’s good for business across North Vancouver.”

CNV staff were scheduled to table a report on the BIA at the Mar. 21 council meeting, but for now, all plans are on hiatus.

Ausman said it was a difficult decision to go back to the drawing board this late in the process, but adds that in the end, it will likely mean a stronger and more unified BIA.

“It’s certainly disappointing. We put hundreds of hours of volunteer work into it,” said Ausman. “But we’re not going back to square one by any means. We just need to catch our breath.”

For more information on the proposed BIA, including a sample annual budget, visit www.lower-lonsdalebusinessassociation.com.

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Lower Lonsdale BIA on hiatus for another yearOpposition from industrial businesses stalls proposal, says LLBA president.

This map shows the original area proposed for inclusion in the Lower Lonsdale BIA. The new proposal will omit properties east of St. George’s Ave. due to opposition from industrial businesses.

BUSINESS AS USUAL - A plan to create the North Shore’s first business improvement area in Lower Lonsdale has been set back until at least July 2012.Rob Newell photo



Demolition Mama Suzanne Wilson has preserved thousands of demolished buildings — on film.


Some people collect stamps. Others gath-er coins, trading cards, comic books, or antiques.

North Vancouver’s Suzanne Wilson, however, prefers collecting something a little more unique —demolished houses.

Throughout the past decade, the local history buff has photographed more than 3,000 buildings slated for destruction across the city and district.

As a volunteer at the North Vancouver Museum and Archives, Wilson says she believes every building holds a story about our past. And those tales, she adds, are too important to be lost forever in a pile of dust and rubble.

So, in 2001, Wilson and her camera got to work. Any time a building in North Vancouver was slated for demolition, municipal staff would notify Wilson.

With a small allowance to cover the cost of film, Wilson captured snapshots of the build-ings, then developed black-and-white prints in a makeshift darkroom in her home. (When the lights are on, it’s called the laundry room).

The resulting images became part of the muse-um’s permanent collection, accessible to anyone who visited the archives.

Wilson continued on that path until sometime in 2009, when she saw the film Julie & Julia and was struck with a new idea.

In the movie the lead character, Julie Powell, attempts to cook all of the 524 recipes in Julia Child’s famous book “Master the Art of French Cooking” over the course of a year.

Each day, Powell records her experiences in an online journal.

The idea of keeping a blog excited Wilson, a former freelance writer and unpublished novel-ist, who retired from her job as a teacher in the 1990s.

“I like things that are for a limited period of time and are really a challenge,” she says. “So in 2010 I started my blog and called it ‘Demolition Mama.’”

Beginning Jan. 1, 2010, Wilson set to work on a project that would keep her busy for the next 365 days.

From Monday to Friday she wrote daily about a building that had been torn down. On the weekends, meanwhile, she would blog about travel (on Saturdays) and churches (on Sundays).

Using building permit records and city directo-ries, Wilson was often able to piece together the stories of homes in North Van — watching many balloon in value from $2,000 to $600,000 in only a few generations.

“It was fascinating. You’d see people’s lives develop,” says Wilson.

“It would mention someone as a student, then as a labourer, then as a president of a construc-tion company, and then you’d just see their wife’s name,” she adds. “You’d follow their whole lives.

You’d get to know this person, and then they’d die.”

The project, she says, took a great deal of effort and work, but in the end it was worth it, because it’s led to some-thing that will be of use to the museum for years to come.

“I like doing things that are permanent. Things that are going to stick around when I’m done,” says Wilson with

a smile. “This project is my tribute to the people who lived in those houses.”

This is not the first time that Wilson — who is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin — has embarked on such an ambitious project for the museum.

In the year 2000, she set about photograph-ing 2,000 homes in the city to celebrate the new millennium, culminating with an art show at the Presentation House gallery.

“It was my way of celebrating,” she recalls fondly.

Seven years later, Wilson used 1,000 of her doubles to make decorative cards, which she then bundled in small gift bags and hung from doorknobs.

“That was a huge feat,” she laughs. “It was sort of like leaving a present, then running away and hiding behind a tree.”

When asked what motivates her to invest so much time in such projects, Wilson says it’s simple: she wants to give something back to the community where she’s raised her family.

“This entire community is our home,” she says. “This is our history, and it needs to be shared.”

On Monday, Feb. 21, the District of North Vancouver presented a heritage advocacy award to Suzanne Wilson for her various projects for the North Vancouver Museum and Archives, including the blog ‘Demolition Mama.’ To view Wilson’s work, visit www.demolition-mama.blogspot.com.

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NV Liberals prepare to pick candidate


A little more than a week remains before Liberal party members in North Vancouver choose their candidate for the next federal election.

The vote, scheduled for next Saturday (Mar. 5), will deter-mine who will run against Conservative incumbent Andrew Saxton the next time voters are called to the polls.

Four hopefuls are currently vying for the position, includ-ing District of North Vancouver councillor Roger Bassam, community leader Dee Dhaliwal, former Nunavut politician Kevin O’Brien and former VANOC vice-president Taleeb Noormohamed.

Paul Sullivan, communications chair for the North Vancouver Liberal Riding Association, says the experience and notoriety of the four candidates speaks to the level of political interest in North Van.

“We’re all quite pleased at the quality of candidates. We’re quite lucky. They all bring something really special to the table,” said Sullivan. “I think it’s indicative of the fact that there is a lot of interest in the upcoming election, and that the incumbent is vulnerable.”

The association, he added, is urging all registered Liberal party members in North Vancouver take part in the nomina-tion vote

“Democracy is right here. It’s about being involved in the process at the beginning,” Sullivan said. “The more the candi-

date is a representation of the will of the community, the morelikely it is that we’ll have a representative in Ottawa that is reflective of North Vancouver.”

Meanwhile, Conservative MP Andrew Saxton will be mak-ing appearances throughout the riding this week, including an appearance at Capilano University and an infrastructure announcement in the City of North Vancouver.

Speaking in Vancouver on Monday (Feb. 21) Prime MinisterStephen Harper said he doesn’t want to see Canadians go to the polls, but some pundits have speculated that an election could be triggered when the federal budget is released next month.

Saxton won the North Van seat two years ago with 42.2 per cent of the vote, edging out former Liberal MP Don Bell (37.3 per cent), who held the seat for four years.

NDP candidate Michael Charrois, who garnered 9.24 per cent of the vote in 2008, has announced he will once again represent his party if an election is called in 2011.

The federal Liberal nomination vote is scheduled to take place Mar. 5 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Memorial Community Rec Centre (corner of St. Georges and East 23rd Street).

For more information on the vote visit northvanferderal-liberals.com. The Outlook’s profiles of all four candidates are also available online at www.northshoreoutlook.com.

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RACE TO THE FINISH - North Van Liberals will choose their next candidate in a nomination vote Mar. 5. At left, the four contenders — Taleeb Noormohamed, Kevin O’Brien, Dee Dhaliwal and Roger Bassam (from left) — pose with Liberal party leader Michael Ignatieff (centre) during a Feb. 5 rally.Greg Hoekstra photo

MADELINE KOZAKN V D I S T R I C T P U B L I C L I B R A R Y

When you’re looking for a new book to read, a personal rec-ommendation is a great way to

go. Part of the fun of reading a recom-mended book is reflecting about the per-son who suggested it. You can ask your-self, what is it, in particular, about this book that made this person like it?

To help you get to know the 2011 North Vancouver District Public Library Board, the group of eight volunteers and one council representative who develop the policies and strategic directions for the library, here is a list of their favou-rite books, or books they are currently reading.

Lucia Cayuela, the chair of the library board, is reading The Last Cato by Matilde Asensi. This is a thrilling adven-ture story with a Christian historical theme. Lucia, who says she has diffi-culty putting the book down, is origi-nally from Mexico so she is reading the Spanish version of the novel.

Areef Abraham’s current favourite book is Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. This is a story of twin broth-ers born of a secret union between an

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Board member Colleen Drain is read-ing Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. This story follows the fates of five inter-related families - American, German, Russian, English and Welsh - as they move through the dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage.

Newly appointed board member Fiona Kelly’s favourite book is The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. From the same author as The Three Musketeers, this classic tale features the themes of hope, justice, vengeance and forgiveness, all set in the 19th century.

Ken Lim, also a new board mem-ber, says his favourite book is Less is More, an anthology selected and edited by Goldian Vanden Broeck, of ancient and modern voices raised in praise of simplicity. It is a delightful collection of little gems of wisdom dedicated to the art of simple living.

Helio Lopes Da Costa Jr., who is returning for his eighth year as a board

member, says his favourite book of this year is a non-fiction book on the elderly, A Bitter Pill, by Dr. John Sloan. Helio notes that this book is particularly rel-evant in view of the increasing number of elderly people in our society.

New board member Mike McGraw’s favourite book is Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler. This biography captures the character of the man who created Mickey Mouse, and examines his influ-ence on American culture.

Frank Sullivan lists the books in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series among his favourites. The first book in this nautical historical series, Master and Commander, tells the story of Captain Aubrey and Stephan Maturin, ship’s surgeon and intelligence agent, all set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars.

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“The elders of our nation have always had a saying,” says Justin George, chief of the Tsleil-Waututh

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“There used to be a great economy here in Indian Arm, before coloni-zation, and today our goal is to get back to that quality of life. I think the table is already set.”

The Tsleil-Waututh Nation used to number 10,000 people, living well off a territory that ranged from Mamquam Lake near Whistler all the way south to the Fraser River.

Today the 445 members call the lands around Indian Arm home, including the 225 living on the reserve near Deep Cove. Under the leadership of new planners, including Chief George, the Tsleil-Waututh seem to have a very bright future indeed. But, a few short years ago that certainly wasn’t the case.

“We need to be hunters of the 21st century,” explains the 40-year-old son of famed chief Leonard George and grandson of the even more famous Chief Dan George, in an interview at the band’s conference room. Joining him are land development specialists Ernie George and Evan Stewart. “That means doing things in a new way that balances social, economic and cultural needs while also remembering we are building a nation here. We have been living here thousands of years and we aren’t going anywhere. The

elders say it is important to plan 500 years ahead so that’s what we are doing.”

Planning centuries ahead seems like a daunt-ing task for a small First Nation with few resources. However, a quick review of the prog-ress made by the Tsleil-Waututh Nation over the last decade shows an astonishing economic turnaround. Starting with a partnership forged

by Leonard George with the Kwok family, the Tsleil-Waututh have built 1,200 units of housing in their Raven Woods development, with 200 more units underway selling from $850,000 to $1.2 million. Building key partner-ships with the right people, say band leaders, is the key to the band’s future prosperity.

“The Kwok family share the same respect for family values as we do,” says George. “People used to laugh at us, First Nations people cutting down trees on our only prop-erty, but that was mostly third generation wood of little value. We have gone from a tiny company with two paid staff to 85 employees and growing, and the band has less than one per cent unemployment. Really, we are just getting started.”

While it seems that the Tsleil-Waututh Nation has already achieved a measure of prosperity, planners Evan Stewart and Ernie George say that the last decade has pri-marily been spent planning for the future. All of their traditional lands have been intensively geo-mapped with strict regard to all the players involved, including non-natives. There have been energy audits with a strong emphasis on sustainability.

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LOOKING AHEAD - Tsleil-Waututh Nation Chief Justin George (left) and Ernie (Bones) George, Co-Director Treaty Lands and Resources. Rob Newell photo

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Stewart says elaborate plans have been laid for their entire Indian Arm territory that goes far beyond the traditional focus on fish and wildlife.

While planning and research has been ongoing for years, the turning point for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation may well have been the Olympics. The band is study-ing carefully offers for partnerships have come forth.

“We’ve been very proactive in building selective partnerships and we’ll have some major announce-ments coming soon with regards to new initiatives we are planning with solar and wind energy,” says Justin George. “These will be global energy partnerships, not local. For instance, in India there are 60,000 villages without electricity that we want to help. Fish farming, not on water but on land, is also on our list. We’ve signed a protocol with the Squamish regarding land claims. We are looking into acquiring plots of land around the Lower Mainland, off reserve, to do more land development. We are studying carbon credits. We may extend our eco-tourism company [Takaya Tours] to include canopy forest walks, fish watching and cleaning up the environment.”

The key for such a small band, say all three, lies in leveraging the resources they already possess. While the band now has little unemployment, they are put-

ting a lot of money into educational programs, providing mentorship and direction for their youth. A job at the driving range or retail shop may provide a steady income but it doesn’t necessarily ensure a prosperous future.

“My dad says that education, degrees, diplomacy and partnerships are the tools of the modern-day hunter,” laughs Justin George.

Married for 14 years with two young children, the leadership torch has now been passed to him. “We’ve built partnerships with the government, like co-managing Indian Arm Provincial Park and Cates Park, and with the Port Authority. I remember when my dad was invited as a courtesy by [former premier] Mike Harcourt to the ribbon cutting for Indian Arm Park. My dad had to explain to Harcourt whose land it was. Things have changed a lot since that day.”

Rights and title to their traditional lands are at the core of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s planning. Last year the band dropped a bombshell when it announced that any developments on its tradi-tional hunting and fishing lands – which they say include downtown Vancouver – would require a development permit from the band. The reverberations from that “stewardship policy” are still being heard at municipal offices around the Lower Mainland, and all three leaders admit the poli-cy still comes up for discussion regularly on the reserve as well.

As one of the four First Nations hosts of the 2010 Olympic Games, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation received $17 million, monies the band has earmarked largely for land acquisition but with $2 mil-lion going into trust for cultural, education, youth and elder pro-grams.

“Being on the podium with other world leaders at the Olympics showed thee world we are equal partners with other governments,” says George. “It was a moment of great pride. We want to continue to build partnerships with governments and companies who share the same values as we do. So far I think we are on the right track.”

“The elders say it is important to plan 500 years ahead so that’s what we are doing.”

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Frederick Brummer doesn’t listen to much music these days. Sure, he touts the influence of the Beatles, Beck and Björk when asked about his inspirations, but he’d much rather be

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“The better a song is, the more I want to turn it off,” he says, with a laugh, “and go do something of my own.”

But what Brummer does when he makes music isn’t often of the three-chord, radio-friendly pop song variety. Brummer does things a bit differently.

Growing up in an artistic home, Brummer, 35, says he was inspired at a young age to pick up an instrument after watching his father play the guitar. His mom, he adds, frequented second-hand clothing stores and was a master at piecing together new outfits.

And, so far, it would appear the apple hasn’t fallen too far from either tree. Brummer’s current art show at the Café for Contemporary Art highlights his interest in both music and experi-mentation. Sound/Proof, which runs on Saturdays until Mar. 5, showcases Brummer’s homemade instruments and features hand-picked experimental bands performing live in the cafe’s gallery space.

Throughout the recently sound-proofed room – café owner Tyler Russell said he had to fortify the gallery especially for this show – the objects of Brummer’s imagination hold court. An old turntable attached to two 45-inch records, the neck of a bass guitar and a wooden piano hammer behaves like a modern drum machine.

A horn with a speaker attached to either end, wired through an amp, creates feedback when notes are struck. It isn’t a viable instru-ment, Brummer admits, but what he’s hoping to show – or prove, he says – is that there’s more out there than just the run of the mill drums, bass or piano. Instruments are part of a continuum and he wants to explore what’s next.

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“If you looked at a car engine in the 1960s you’d figure out how it worked. But you wouldn’t today,” he says. “This show allows a con-versation with technology and demystifies the electronic nature of things.”

Sound/Proof opens at 8 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission is by dona-tion. For more information on the show, visit www.cafeforcontempo-raryart.com. To view Brummer’s other musical endeavours, see www.thirtystone.com

Sound art show at the Café for Contemporary Art features inventive instruments and live music.

IN THE STUDIO - Frederick Brummer is the mastermind behind Sound/Proof, an experimental show on now at North Van’s Cafe for Contemporary Art.Kenn Tam photo


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All my life I have wanted to be a rock star or the chance to pretend. The only music I remember in our house growing up was opera,

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the music is so loud they can hear it over at their friends’ house a block away. In fact for my 40th birthday my husband crowned me Edgemont Idol and everyone was encouraged to come in costume to sing or act out their favourite song - best gift ever.

My husband also loves “good music” and he has taught our family to respect the album. Two hundred albums hide alphabetically on the top shelf of our coat cupboard in our little tiny rancher and when we have par-ties the guests get to choose which album to hear this is referred to as the “record game”.

Thanks to a friend we found the local School of Rock where our son began piano lessons but quickly got the bug for electric then acoustic gui-tar and vocals and is now part of a performance band. The founder’s name is ironically S. Melody! She and her passionate teachers teach way more than just musical notes for they encourage and inspire these musicians to live their dreams among like minded friends. Like a family, they are safe to move out of their comfort zone to reach their potential.

Watching our son on stage playing in his band, singing vocals to songs from artists he loves is as good for me as being that rock star. He has gained the love of music and treasures his collection of concert tickets from some of those favourite artists that he and his dad have enjoyed from the likes of Neil Young, The Who, AC/DC, John Fogerty, Eric Clapton with many more planned. Living vicariously through my son, I am that rock star.

Denise Kelly is a North Vancouver Boomer proudly living with her two children, husband and dog Mel. She looks forward to sharing stories to motivate others. She can be reached at [email protected]

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The personal disability credit is often overlooked as many individuals do not feel that they are eligible. Even if you have not previously claimed a dis-ability, you may be eligible as the requirements have recently been modified. For example, the definition of a disability now includes multiple impair-ments that would not qualify individually, but whose total

effect is severe enough to meet the requirements. A qualified health professional (such as a medical doctor, optometrist, psychologist, occupational therapist, speech-language pathologist, or audiologist) must certify that you have one or more mental or physical impairments that have mark-edly restricted all or almost all of your basic activities of daily living for at least 12 months (or are expected to last for at least 12 months).

You may transfer part of your age, disability, or pension tax credit to your spouse or common-law partner if you do not need the whole amount to reduce your federal tax to zero. By doing so, you are reducing your taxable income by allocat-ing income on the tax return to your spouse or common-law partner.

Finally, the medical expens-es credit can be claimed for expenses paid by you or your spouse for medical services or products. Eligible expenses may include professional medical services; equipment and sup-plies or medicines; medical treatments or hospital services; lab exams and tests; private

health services or attendant care; nursing or group home fees; or renovation, moving and travel expenses for medi-cal treatment. There are other medical expenses that may be claimed if a physician indicates that they are required.

Filing your income tax can be a stressful task for many seniors. However, planning ahead and understanding your options can help you to save your hard earned money.

For more information on any of the tax credits discussed in this article, please contact the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) at 1-800-959-8281 or visit their website at www.cra-arc.gc.ca.

There are also low or no-cost volunteer tax preparation clin-ics available for low-income seniors and persons with a disability on the North Shore. For more information about these clinics call North Shore Community Resources at 604-985-7138.

Kendra Jones is a researcher/writer with the Supporting Caregivers Across the Lifespan Project, North Shore Community Resources.

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Inside a tiny trailer home lies the scattered debris of construction material and tools, while the pungent smell of fresh paint fills

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as a radio plays in the background.It’s approaching noon on Friday, Feb. 11, and

time is running out.But Pierina Brown isn’t showing any signs of

stress - yet.

Home makeover artists Pierina Brown (left of North Vancouver), Margo Meade, Terry Meade and Doreen Gowans worked tirelessly around the clock to complete the renovations at a trailer in Kamloops as part of the Variety Show of Hearts Telethon. Photo courtesy Kamloops This Week.

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However, her face is showing the effects of someone who hasn’t slept in two days.

She can’t afford shut-eye. A comfy pillow can come after the job is done.

Brown, who runs a design company in North Vancouver, is leading a group of residents in a home-makeover project for a Kamloops family who could really use the help.

The recipients of the transformation are the Lust family - Len, Leanne and Desiree.

The catch - the family had no idea that, while they were away on a visit to Vancouver last week, the small army of friends and volunteers were busy making over their modest trailer in Kamloops.

The big reveal took place on live television on Sunday, Feb. 13, as part of the Variety Show of Hearts Telethon on Global TV. (The telethon raised more than $7 million.)

Mom Leanne and three-year-old Desiree both have cerebral palsy - a condition that can cause physical disability - and the family has had a recent run of bad luck.

So, when a friend contacted Brown and asked if she could help in any way, she was moved to act.

“I’m lucky,” she said, with tears in her eyes. “I’m so fortunate to have healthy kids.”

Though Brown had never met the Lust fam-ily, she did see a video of little Desiree - who she now calls her “princess”- and was heartbroken.

“That was enough for us to say, ‘We’re going to help you,’” she said.

And help is what this group has done.With Brown’s expertise in design, thousands of

donated dollars and supplies was spent overhaul-ing the trailer in just three short days.

A group of 15 volunteers worked tirelessly around the clock to complete the renovation.

The interior got a new paint job, kitchen floors

and a set of brand-new furniture.The home was also fitted with new patio and

outdoor furniture.But the most touching touch-up can be seen in

Desiree’s bedroom.The three-year-old’s room was converted from

the drab to an homage to Dora the Explorer - Desiree’s favourite character.

“When they see it on TV, they’re going to have tears in their eyes,” said Doreen Gowans, a fam-ily friend who volunteered her time to do some of the work, prior to the reveal.

“They’re going to be in awe of how their house was transformed.”

Gowans said she was approached by Brian MacKinnon, Leanne’s father, prior to Christmas and asked if she would be willing to help.

She didn’t hesitate - not a question asked.Gowans said the effort by total strangers and

friends, really reflects the community’s spirit.“Friends help friends,” she said.And judging by the reaction to the make-

over, the Lust family has a new friend in Pierina Brown.

Pierina Brown is the owner of Pierina and Associates Interior Design. She is a colour consul-tant at Benjamin Moore’s North Shore Decorating Centre at the Westview shopping centre.

continued from PAGE 16 From drab to Dora the Explorer heaven – Pierina Brown is most proud of the way she transformed the young girl’s bedroom.

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36. Upper Delbrook

★ 899,000 498 Montroyal Place ...................... Sun.2-4

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captain’s cornercaptain’s cornercaptain’s cornercaptain’s cornerNAME: BRANDON HESKETHPOSITION: SkipTEAM: Argyle Pipers Senior Boys’ curling COACH: Janice Duncan

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Best thing about curling? “Anybody can play. You can start at 6 or 7 and still play to 90. And there’s so much strategy. It’s fun to be able to call your shots [as skip] and try to think ahead.”

Are you involved with other sports? “Hockey and golf. And I might get back playing baseball. I’ve been refereeing hockey for 7 or 8 years and umpiring baseball for 6 or 7 in the Lynn Valley Little League.”

Favourite subjects in school? “Band and choir. I play trombone for the jazz and concert bands and sing in the vocal ensemble and concert choir.”

Pet peeve? “I’ve got a lot of them. One is when someone goes off in their own little world when I’m talking to them. That’s annoying.”

What’s on your bedroom wall? “Two hockey paintings, a poster of all 30 NHL team logos and a poster of [the movie] The Italian Job.”

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Provincial acclaim.North Vancouver’s

Lauren Woolstencroft has been named the

province’s top athlete in Sport B.C.’s 2011

Best of BC Award. This year marked the first

time the winner of this competition was

selected by the public. In three Paralympic

Games, Woolstencroft won eight gold medals,

one silver and one bronze medal in para-

alpine skiing events. She is also the first Canadian

winter Paralympian to win five golds at a single Games. The awards will be handed out Feb. 24.

-Sean Kolenko

North Van’s Jaime Ward says she still has plenty of goals left to accomplish in the ring, even though she’s a member of Canada’s boxing B-team and a national bronze medal winner.Rob Newell photo

NV boxerNV boxer laces up her gloves for CanadaAfter years of grueling training, Jaime Ward‘s making a name for herself in the ring one jab at a time.

SEAN KOLENKOS T A F F R E P O R T E R

Jaime Ward can’t remember the first time she got punched in the face. But she does recall the first time an opponent cleaned her clock.

“The first time I sparred with a experienced opponent, she beat the crap out of me,” says Ward, with a laugh.

“Oh my God.”But, Ward says, that’s what keeps you going.

Every cut lip, black eye and exhausted muscle makes you a better boxer. It isn’t the world’s easiest lesson to learn – painful experiences rarely are – but it’s paying off for Ward.

In January, she earned a spot on the Canadian national boxing B-team and won a bronze medal at the national tournament in Quebec City. She’s also a three-time B.C. champ and an

Alberta Golden Gloves silver medalist. Not bad for a girl who only discovered the sweet science because the winters in Calgary weren’t ideal for marathon training.

“It’s just too cold; you can’t run,” she says. “So, I joined a boxing club recreationally at the University of Calgary and that’s where I fell in love.”

Having grown up in North Vancouver, it was school, not athletics, that took her east. She studied graphic design at the Alberta College of Art and Design, before returning to the North Shore to complete her post-secondary education at Capilano University.

When she got back to North Van, she quickly joined the North Burnaby Boxing Club and began training under a handful of instructors until she met coach and future husband Dave Schuck. It was then, she says, things got serious.

These days, Ward trains out of Vancouver’s Astoria Boxing Club. When a competition looms, she’s in the gym two hours a day, six times a week. During off times it’s five days a week for about 90 minutes a session and she has no plans to slow down any time soon.

Ward has a host of training camps coming up with Team Canada, the Pan Am Games quali-fiers in Ireland and even some coaching with some of her gym’s younger members.

“We just had a 12-year-old girl sign up and all she wants to be is a boxer,” says Ward, know-ingly.

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As usual, a number of North Shore athletes will be in the spotlight during the 45th annual event, including North Vancouver Paralympian Lauren Woolstencroft who has been chosen the Best of B.C. in a public online vote.

That’s a rare accolade for an ama-teur athlete. Previous winners have been some of professional sports greatest stars such as Lui Passaglia, Joe Sakic, Larry Walker, Greg Moore, Ryan Dempster, Steve Nash, Jason Bay, Justin Morneau, Jeff Francis and Mitch Berger.

The winners of other awards won’t be revealed until the gala event takes place but Woolstencroft is one of three finalists as Athlete With a Disability and three others

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Athlete, Handsworth hoop star Kristjana Young in High School Female Athlete and rugby referee Dave Smortchevsky as Official of the Year.

Harry Jerome was the first winner of the Senior Athlete in 1966 when there were only two awards and the first winner of the Comeback Athlete in 1968, an award that is

now named after him.Karen Magnussen is the most

prolific North Shore winner, having won the Junior Athlete in 1967, the Comeback Award in 1970 and the Senior Athlete in 1971, ’72 and ’73.

Five others have been two-time winners: George Morfitt, Master Athlete in 1977 and ’78; Dave Wilkinson, High School Athlete in 1982 and ’83; Paige Gordon, Junior Athlete in 1989 and Senior Athlete in 1993; Alison Sydor, Senior Athlete in 1995 and 2004; and Rosalyn Hicks, High School Athlete in 1997 and University Athlete in 2003.

There are some interesting common denominators among the 34 North Shore athletes and teams who have won a total of 44 Sport BC awards over the years. So here’s the ultimate quiz for you to try, with answers at the end (don’t peek).

Aside from all winning Sport BC awards, what do each of these groups of North Shore athletes, coaches and officials have in common?

1. Harry Jerome (former world sprint record holder), Karen Magnussen (1973 world figure skating champion), Elaine Tanner (the Mighty Mouse of swimming), Stephen Pickell (swam for Canada in the 1976 Olympics), Alison Sydor (former professional mountain biker), Paul Kariya (two-time winner of the Lady Byng Trophy as the NHL’s most gentlemanly player) and Blythe Hartley (bronze medallist in 10-metre synchronized diving in the 2004 Olympics).

Hint: Think gold, silver and bronze. Worth: 1 point.

2. Magnussen, Kariya, Britt Janyk (won her first World Cup ski event in the downhill in Aspen, Colorado, in 2007) and Manny Osborne-Paradis (first Canadian to have World Cup wins in two skiing disciplines, downhill and Super G in 2009).

Hint: Competed in the five rings of ice and snow. Worth: 2 points.

3. Shelley Howieson (longtime coach at SFU), Rosalyn Hicks (Argyle multi-sport star in the 1990s), Diana Artuso (All-Canadian at Capilano University in 1997 and ’98) and John Meachin (once refereed a game in front of 100,000 fans in Mexico City).

Hint: White is the colour, … is the game. Worth: 2 points.

4. Hartley, Ian Bird (Canadian field hockey star who played in the 1988 and 2000 Olympics), David Wilkinson (set the still-standing B.C. high school 110-metre hurdles record in 1982), Eugene Wong (voted Canada’s top male amateur golfer for 2010) and Jessica Barnett (captain of two teams – basketball and soccer – that won B.C. high school championships in 2009).

Hint: Think blue and gold. Worth: 3 points.

5. Tanner, Janyk, Jean Sparling (winner of both the 100 metres and 200 metres at the B.C. high school track and field championships in

1972 and 1973) and Maureen (Crowley) de St. Croix (SportBC’s 2001 master athlete of the year).

Hint: The Highwaymen came riding. Worth: 3 points.

6. Sydor, Hartley, Dorothy Lidstone (1969 world archerychampion) and Lauren Woolstencroft (the first Canadian to win five gold medals in a single Paralympic Winter Games).

Hint: Wild Rose country. Worth: 4 points.

7. Pickell, Sarah Pike (1985 Sport BC high school athlete of the year) and PhilipBester (pro tennis player who is now 256th in the world ranking as of this week, his highest position ever)

Hint: Spartans rule. Worth: 4 points.

8. Jerome, Tanner, Pickell, Bird, Hawkins (first Canadian to high jump 7’0”), Brit (Lind-Petersen) Townsend (won the B.C. high school 1500m in 1975 and bronze in the 1987 Pan-American Games) and Paige Gordon (silver medallist in the three-metre diving event at the 1991 Pan-American Games).

Hint: Not just Olympians. Worth: 6 points.

9. de St. Croix, Hawkins, B.J. McHugh (marathon record holder in the 75-79 and 80-84 age classes), Olga Kotelko (took up track and field at age 77), Les McDonald (first president of triathlon’s international governing body) and George Morfitt (former president of the Canadian squash rac-quets association).

Hint: The older the better. Worth: 7 points.

10. Jerome, Magnussen, Tanner, Lidstone, Sydor, McDonald, Morfitt, and Linda Moore rink (won the 1985 world curling championship).

Hint: Election is only for the best. Worth: 8 points.

Note: Other former Sport BC award winners include Arlene McLaughlin, Anita Botnen and Hollyburn’s 1969 synchronized swimmers.

Answers: Hey, you’re peeking. 1. All won Olympic medals 2. All competed in the Winter Olympics 3. All involved in soccer 4. All gradu-ated from Handsworth 5. All attended Hillside 6. All were born in Alberta 7. All attended Sentinel 8. All competed in the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Pan-American Games 9. All won Sport BC Master Athlete awards 10. All have been elected to the BC Sports Hall of Fame.

Total points: 40. Outstanding: 30-40. Very good: 20-29. Still need to read this column regu-larly: 0-19.

This is episode 411 from Len Corben’s treasure chest of stories – the great events and the quirky – that bring to life the North Shore’s rich sports history.

The ultimate Sport BC quizWhat do each of these groups of North Shore athletes have in common?

North Shore athletes, top to bottom, Harry Jerome, Karen Magnussen and Lauren Woolstencroft are among a long list of Sport BC Athlete of the Year awards winners. Jerome: Len Corben photo. Magnussen: North Van Archives collection. Woolstencroft: Jenna Hauck photo.

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World harmonyGREG HOEKSTRA

S T A F F R E P O R T E R

Music lovers can roll up their sleeves this weekend and dig in to an “aural feast” of sounds from around the globe.

On Saturday, Feb. 26, the North Shore’s Sinfonia Orchestra presents “World Harmony” at Centennial Theatre — a show that promises a veritable buffet of international music and dance.

Organizer Carolyn Cole says ticket holders can expect the unexpected, including everything from the popular Maritime ballad I’s the B’y to traditional Japanese, Persian, Czech, and First Nations folk songs.

The use of folk songs, notes Cole, is a unique

twist for a classical orchestra. In addition to music and dance, the perfor-

mance will include a multimedia display and a spoken word segment by students at North Vancouver’s Handsworth secondary.

“In some ways it’s almost like a party, or a fes-tival that celebrates different cultures,” says Cole.

This is key, she adds, because it helps bridge the gap between people of different backgrounds within our own community.

Tickets for the show are still available through the Centennial Theatre Box Office at 604-984-4484 or online at www.centennialtheatre.com. Prices are $35 for adults, $30 for seniors and $15 for students.

For more information visit www.sinfonia.ca.

Sinfonia Orchestra at Centennial Theatre this weekend.

On the CalendarFEBRUARY 25 TO 27Book Sale: Tons of great books

to read (plus DVDs and CDs) are up for grabs at the Lynn Valley Library. Please bring your own bags. Friday, February 25: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, February 26: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, February 27: 12 to 4 p.m. Everything half price on Sunday.

TO FEBRUARY 26Time (Time Again): Late

Works by Lionel Thomas + John Vanderpant at the WV Museum. Exhibit places their work in jux-taposition for the first time, pre-senting 14 vintage photographs by Vanderpant (from the period 1929 - 1936) and 15 paintings by Thomas (from the period 1985 -1987).

TO MARCH 6West Coast Folk Art: Mixed

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FEBRUARY 25• An Evening with Maestro

Bramwell Tovey: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra director Bramwell Tovey shares stories, talks about his new opera, and performs a selection of music on the piano at the West Van Library, 7:30p.m.

FEBRUARY 26• Heritage Fayre: Park Royal

North 2-4pm. Displays/info about local groups: environmental, heritage, historical, community including BlockWatch, Parks, and AmblesideNow. Piper at 3 p.m.

• Ambleside Players and Ambleside Orchestra: a con-cert at St. Andrew’s United Church, North Vancouver, 7 PM. Program includes Vivaldi, Bach, Beethoven, Gottfried Finger and Gershwin. Admission is by donation. 604-904-3620.

FEBRUARY 27• Snowshoe Tours: Cypress

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• Feel Like a Star: Oscar night party and fundraiser organized by three Northshore residents at Gossip, 750 Pacific Blvd, Plaza of Nations, Pacific Avenue, Vancouver. (Please note new location.) At 3:30 p.m. enjoy your own red carpet

treatment as the paparazzi’s cam-eras flash. Complimentary cocktail and appetizers. Live entertain-ment by Myles Bigelow. At 5 p.m. thrill in a live screening of the 83rd Academy Awards. Celebrity MCs, great prizes, star swagbags. Proceeds to Starlight Children’s Foundation. $40. 604-722-2914, www.vancouverfilmevents.ca.

• Riley Inge Benefit: Riley Inge, who used to sing with the Temptations, wa paralyzed in an

accident on the wooden roller-coaster at the PNE. A group of his friends and admirers – includ-ing North Shore bassist Dino NiNicolo – have arranged a Soul to Soul benefit concert for Inge, who is now paralyzed from the neck down, at The Yale, 1300 Granville Street in Vancouver. Doors open at 3; the show is from 4 to 8 p.m. Tickets $20 at the door. Riley Inge Trust Fund at Vancity, account #702886, branch 2.

Sinfonia concert organizer Carolyn Cole. Rob Newell photo


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