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School drops Remembrance Day assembly due to strike

TODD COYNES T A F F R E P O R T E R

The ongoing B.C. Teachers’ Federation job action has caused one North Shore school to cancel its usual Remembrance Day school assembly.

Instead of a school-wide ceremony, North Vancouver’s Handsworth secondary will instead host a scaled-back ser-vice to commemorate veterans over its PA system while stu-dents remain in their classrooms Thursday.

Handsworth vice-principal Tim Jones said the audio cere-mony would involve the usual reading of John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields” and a minute of silence at 11 a.m. to mark the end of the First World War, but the ceremony would be led by students and administrators.

“There will be a prompt for teachers, if they will, to join in on the sentiment of the day,” he added.

The BCTF’s job action strategy discourages teachers from participating in non-essential duties like the organization of assemblies.

“We started having a look at all of these events at the start of the school year and we realized there were going to be some challenges,” Jones said. “We started hearing what the teachers would and wouldn’t do and, as this process unfolds, this is just how we have to operate.”

Handsworth is the only North Vancouver school known to The Outlook to be altering its Remembrance Day plans due to the teachers’ strike. All other North and West Vancouver schools are going ahead with their assemblies as usual on Thursday, the day before the Remembrance Day holiday.

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‘Theft of poppy money, an insult to war

veterans’: police


Donation boxes for Remembrance Day poppies have been disappearing across

the country and now the rash of thefts has hit the North Shore.

The North Vancouver RCMP are investigating as many as six thefts from local businesses of poppy

money which is collected before Remembrance Day to benefit war vet-erans through the Royal Canadian Legion.

Cpl. Richard De Jong, spokesper-son for the North Vancouver RCMP, said the Mounties are taking the thefts of the white dona-tion buckets very seriously and inves-tigators are going over video evidence to identify suspects.

“It’s very disrespectful and insulting to our war veterans,” De Jong said in a

release Tuesday. “These funds are destined for the benefit of the veterans, who have given their all for the privileges we have in Canada. Numerous veterans depend on these donations to help them in time of need.”

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If re-elected on November 19th, I will continue to work with my fellow councillors to provide the best services and facilities for District of North Vancouver residents and businesses. I will advocate for improvements in the following areas:

Controlling Taxes Through Cost Containment• Police Accountability• Detox and Rehab• Community Based Planning• Municipal Customer Service• Amalgamation of the three N• orth Vancouver communities

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Fiscal Prudence: We must keep operating costs and taxes low. Financial reserves should be used prudently to improve public facilities and benefi t everyone, not just special interest groups.

Engagement: Councillors must actively engage the community. Last term, my Citizen’s Engagement Task Force contributed great ideas to improve the election process and City outreach.

Public Spaces: Quality of life depends on public facilities, and many of ours are old and failing. Compare Harry Jerome to the West Van Aquatic Centre and ask why your Council will not prudently reinvest in you? I pledge to do my best to get the City to build facilities that you deserve and it can afford.

Density: Density can bring value to the whole community, but it should never reduce the quality of our neighbourhoods. We need good public processes where everyone is heard.

Police find alleged car burglar locked in trunk TODD COYNES T A F F R E P O R T E R

An 18-year-old North Vancouver man is in custody after allegedly breaking into a car and locking himself in the trunk.

At approximately 3:30 a.m. Monday, the North Vancouver RCMP were alerted to a possible theft from a vehicle in the 300 block of West 5th Street.

When officers arrived, the complainant advised police that a man had broken into a vehicle and may still be inside. Officers approached the car and found a side window smashed but no sus-pect in sight.

The Mounties used a police dog to try to track the suspect but were somehow unable to pick

up the trail of the suspect who remained at the scene, according to North Vancouver RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong.

The vehicle’s owner arrived shortly thereafter and opened up the trunk at the request of an offi-cer. To the surprise of police and the owner, an 18-year-old man was found hiding in the trunk and was quickly arrested. The unidentified man will appear in North Vancouver Provincial Court on charges of mischief and possession of break and enter instruments, De Jong said.

“It’s seldom that a suspect remains that close to the scene of the crime”, said De Jong. “I don’t think he expected to get locked in the trunk nor be greeted by police when it did open.”

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Ecological restoration instructor Ken Ashley has plans to restore the

MacKay Creek estuary, a once-thriving ecosystem

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At low tide the MacKay Creek estuary is not much more than a ditch, but if a planned local restoration project receives enough funding it will once again become a thriv-

ing piece of the North Vancouver aquatic landscape.Ken Ashley, senior scientist at Northwest Hydraulic Consultants

and ecological restoration instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, told The Outlook he has applied for

money from the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation to restore the estuary locat-ed just west of Harbourside. Estuaries are semi-enclosed bod-ies of water where salt and fresh water mix.

He is asking for $425,000 — the City of North Vancouver has already chipped in $15,000 — for what he calls “the full deal treatment.” If granted the entire sum, Ashley says he’ll be able to plant eel grass and sedges, return wood to the area, fill in the trench and rebuild a nearby stream. Osprey nests and bat houses would also be added.

For about $70,000 — the “light treatment,” he says — Ashley would be able to do all of the above, minus the trench and stream work.

“Estuaries are so unique, so productive,” says Ashley, a

North Shore resident.“I was talking about the state of the estuary and thought it

would be good to work locally. It’s fun to do something for your community.”

Prior to the completion of the Fullerton Fill in 1971 — the man-made land upon which the Harbourside area sits — the MacKay Creek estuary was significantly larger than the 300-metre-long, 40-metre-wide strip it is today. But as development altered the waterfront, the estuary suffered.

A revitalization of the area will result in habitat improvements for native salmon, cutthroat trout, clams and oysters, Ashley says. He’s found live oysters there before and says the estuary was likely once a lively oyster harvesting area. To help with the proj-ect, Ashley says he plans to involve students from BCIT, Simon

Fraser University and neighbouring Bodwell High School.

If successful, Ashley says he’d like to restore other estuaries in the area, namely the ones locat-ed at Lynn and Mosquito creeks.

“In the big picture, I’d love to restore all the estuaries. If you build it, they will come. When you put habitat back together, the animals don’t hold a grudge,” says Ashley.

“They come back.” According to a report for city council prepared

by Ashley, the reason estuaries are such produc-tive ecosystems is because they trap nutrients car-ried from the land by rivers and from the ocean by tides. By the constant mixing of these nutri-ents, with the rise and fall of the tide, plant and animal life thrive.

Estuaries also store substantial amounts of car-bon. The eel grass found in estuaries, a fine grass that needs to be submerged in water, trap carbon and invertebrates feed on it.

“Estuaries run on carbon, that’s what makes them so productive,” says Ashley.

“Eel grass is an easily digestible carbon source.” Estuaries account for only three per cent of

B.C.’s coast, but are used by approximately 80 per cent of all wildlife species that call the coast home. About one third of the area that was estu-aries is gone, the majority of which has been lost over the past 60 years.

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For the RecordIn last week’s election feature (Nov. 3), The

Outlook published the incorrect website for CNV candidate Linda Buchanan. Her correct website is

lindabuchanan.ca. We apologize for the error.

Also in last week’s election feature (Nov.3), The Outlook published the incorrect date DNV council

candidate Wendy Qureshi left the BC Teachers’ Federation. She left the BCTF in 1998. We apologize

for the error.

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Angst: It ain’t just for teenagers anymore.

That’s the revelation behind a new tell-all book by North Vancouver psychiatrist Dr. Fred Shane called Keeping Your Cool Through Your Midlife Meltdown.

In it, Dr. Shane tells stories inspired as much by his own struggles with mid-dle-adulthood as they are populated by patients from his North Van practice — names and identifying details obscured, of course.

It’s a relatively thin read, with 27 chapters each revolving around a single patient-doctor anecdote and then punc-tuated with a brief diagnostic section called “Therapist’s Notes.”

Chapter titles include the broad-view “Mid Life Crisis: Is It an Epidemic?,” the weight-conscious “Pounds That Don’t Melt Away,” one called “I Used to be a Pistol,” which tackles male erectile dys-function and “The Unspeakable Act,” a chapter on midlife suicide.

Sitting down with The Outlook, Dr. Shane said he was inspired to begin writing the book a couple years ago, partly on the realization that as much as 15 per cent of the middle-aged popula-tion of Canada take anti-depressants to cope with day-to-day life.

The book’s first revelation on this point is that angst and depression in middle-adulthood are normal.

“To have changes and moments of angst is well within the scope of most of our experiences,” Dr. Shane said. “Not everybody goes through stuff but if you live long enough, you’ll have your moments of marital breakups, death, tragedy, and aging parents.”

The scenarios described in the book are repre-sentative — not about any one person, but rather dramatizations of the psychi-atrist-patient relationship, a relationship Dr. Shane has shared with many all across the country.

“I’ve been fascinated with this period of life which is loosely defined as 35 or 40 years old to to 65, and I saw

a lot of people experiencing the upheavals and I’ve listened to them talk about sexual changes, you know, and marital relations and aging and how the world is changing,” he said. “And in Canada there’s well over a million people going through this right now.”

Dr. Shane’s self-published self-help book is available in hard-copy or digital download though online retailers and through the website keepingyr-cool.com


Clarification

In last week’s paper (Nov. 3), the North Vancouver Outlook placed a campaign advertisement for Mayor Darrell Mussatto

and a City of North Vancouver community ad on the same page which may have inadvertently given the appearance of a partnership or political endorsement. In fact, both advertisements were submitted

by the two parties separately and independent of each other, and neither party requested to have their ad placed on the same page. The Outlook apologizes for any confusion this may have caused.

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Editor, Congratulations to Seaspan

Shipyards on being awarded an $8 billion national ship-building contract. Winning this contract is a testament to the hard work and dedica-tion of Seaspan’s workers and to the shipbuilding industry we’ve had here on the North Shore for generations.

North Vancouver families can continue to look forward to well-paying jobs in the shipbuilding industry for years to come. Seaspan anticipates this deal will create an aver-age of 4,040 direct and indi-rect jobs over the next eight years.

I truly understand what this announcement means for B.C., especially for students. I spoke with a young man named Chris shortly after the

winning bids were announced last Wednesday. Chris is an apprentice who really likes working at the shipyards, and it looked like Seaspan wouldn’t be able to keep him on after his apprenticeship was complete.

That doubt was removed when Seaspan won the con-tract. Chris immediately called his brother-in-law in Alberta to say “Get your butt over here! There’s a job for you!”

That is what this contract means for families. Jobs.

Seven large vessels are going to be built in B.C. in the years to come.

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combat vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy, along with the Canadian Coast Guard’s offshore science vessels and a new polar icebreaker.

This will not only strength-en Canada’s Navy and Coast Guard fleets, but will also mean family-supporting jobs for generations to come here in North Vancouver.

As Minister of Advanced Education, this is especially important to me. I can tell young people: “Not only will your post-secondary education give you valuable skills, train-ing, and knowledge, but you will graduate knowing there is work for you right here in British Columbia.”

I can also tell you how proud I am to represent the riding of North Vancouver-Lonsdale because I know what this announcement means for our community.

Congratulations Seaspan. You have made North Vancouver and all of British Columbia very proud. Let’s get to work!

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— LETTERS OF THE WEEK—

This time there’s no excuse not to vote. In 2008, paltry voter turnout in the city and district of North

Vancouver was blamed largely on the lack of mayoral races. And without a heated race for the mayor’s chair or at least one divisive, hot-button issue, many would-be voters turned apathetic — at least that’s what many political pundits have opined.

The numbers support that theory. In the city and district, voter turnout was 17 and 16 per cent, respectively in 2008. In West Van, where incumbent Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones had a challenger, 32 per cent of eligible voters turned out.

So this time around, with races for mayor in North Van and interesting names on the ballot for council and school board, there should be a much higher turnout, right?

Well, the city and district aren’t taking any chances. Poor voter numbers in 2008 prompted the creation of the CNV’s

Civic Engagement Task Force. The group concluded that in addition to the aforementioned reasons for low turnout, there were some oth-ers, like lack of understanding about local issues and not knowing what the candidates stood for, among other things.

The task force also noted that the trend of lower voter turnout wasn’t just a CNV phenomenon. In fact, it’s a problem facing other jurisdictions, especially at the municipal level, as documented in a book by U.S. author Robert Putnam in Bowling Alone, the report notes. But the task force didn’t just throw in the towel. Instead, it offered up a series of solutions to encourage more ballot-casting, from setting up pre-election info kiosks to publishing election info in the North Van rec guide and posting more candidate info on the city’s website. And this election, CNV has adopted every single one of the task force’s recommendations. You can even check out the CNV’s Facebook account for election info.

The district is also attempting to engage more voters. Along with its standard means of getting the vote out — brochures, banners, newspaper ads, etc, — it will also be using social media for the first time to help get people to voting stations. In West Van they are also trying new ways to get voters out, from postcards to a ‘Save the Date’ campaign.

Of course all these measures may not lead directly to a huge spike in voter turnout. But more help is on the way.

At this year’s UBCM, municipalities endorsed the idea of using e-voting for municipal elections, which could significantly boost numbers. And in the City of Vancouver, where civic balloting was the lowest in 50 years in 2008, they have created an iPhone app to encourage younger voters. If it helps, you can bet other municipali-ties will get their own app.

Truth is, it’s never been easier to get informed about the issues and candidates. So there really is no excuse not to make your vote count.

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The Chesterfield House, an affordable apartment building for North Shore adults who are living with mental health challenges, officially opened on Tuesday. A joint partnership between the province, City of North Vancouver and Marineview Housing Society, the renovated apartment on Chesterfield Avenue includes 16 to 24 units, communal kitchen, a covered patio and a common amenity room. Pictured here (left to right): Brandon Brown, building manager Tom Nagy, Greg Diack and Carmen Rotella, manager of supportive housing for the Marineview Housing Society. Rob Newell photo

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Remembrance Day Serviceswill be held at:

Memorial Arch,20th Street at Marine Dr.,West Vancouver.

CenotaphKeith Road and Lonsdale Ave.,North Vancouver.

Lynn Valley Memorial CairnLynn Valley Road and Mountain Hwy.,North Vancouver.

REMEMBRANCE DAYFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11OBSERVE, HONOUR AND REMEMBER

On the North Shore we welcome all veterans and the public to attend the memorial service of your choice. Please gather at either the Memorial Arch in West Vancouver or the Cenotaph in North Vancouver, between 10:00 and 10:30am.Two minutes of silence will be observed at 11:00 am.Throughout the year, Canadians will honour, remember and teach our youth about the contributions and sacrifi ces of our veterans.

Special Thanks to all the people of the North Shore who contribute to our Poppy Campaign, and to all our wonderful volunteers for their help.

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to help present Canadian clothing designer Joseph Ribkoff, the 18-year-old Nebraska native was the epitome of style and smarts. With a smile that sparkled even brighter than her crown, this confident young woman made it clear that the era of Barbie doll blondes and beauty pageant pigeonholing is long over. Later this year, when her reign is over, she plans on returning to school

to study law. Also last week, the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce held its annual “Hats Off to Excellence” Business Awards at North Vancouver’s Pinnacle Pier hotel. With a “Mad Men” theme, and contributions by the Capilano University film students, the evening was both elegant and entertaining. Congrats to all nominees!

B Aldila Boutique owner Elif Costello, left, welcomes Miss America Teresa Scanlan, who is proud to have Canadian label Joseph Ribkoff as her official designer. C Joseph Ribkoff reps Lamar Walrond and Jennifer Ross check out the action at the Miss America event. D Gulay and Hasan Sarihan come out to meet Miss America at their daughter’s clothing boutique in West Vancouver. E Hair, hair! Let’s “hair” it for the gals from Holly’s Salons and School – nominee in the Business Person of the Year category at the North Vancouver Chamber event. F Paul Myers and his wife proudly accept the Best Business award for Keith Plumbing & Heating after 100 years in business at North Vancouver Chamber event. G Great Canadian Landscaping’s Chris O’Donohue, seen here with wife Laura Clarke, takes home the award for Business Person of the Year at North Vancouver Chamber event. H Cheers to legal eagle Digby Leigh for sponsoring the North Vancouver Chamber awards champagne reception. I North Vancouver Chamber’s events manager Gail Pickrell welcomes GlobalBC TV news anchor and MC for the night Chris Gailus. J Nominated for the Young Entrepreneur award, Derek Archer, right, has also just opened a new Browns restaurant in Lynn Valley with business partner CJ Kerr.

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If nothing else, Hugo Rayment was a survivor. And, we might say, a heroic

one at that. Of course everyone who

managed to return to their Canadian homeland alive after months or years of slogging through the mud, taking to the high seas or venturing into the sky during the battles of the Great War in far off Europe was a survivor of one sort or another.

For virtually all who came back in one piece, the ravages of war remained ensconced in their memory, hanging over them like a dark cloud. Since most never talked about the worst things they saw – or did – few really knew just how those years from 1914-18 had affected them.

On the other hand – and that term is sadly but particularly apropos in the context of this story – those who returned with a debilitating visible injury had to deal with both the mental anguish and the physical handicaps.

Hugo Rayment was one who had a debilitat-ing injury. And it was certainly a visible one. You see, he lost an arm in the war when he was not much more than a teenager. Just a kid really.

He was born in Cambridge, England, on March 23, 1898, as the first child of Charles and Margaret Rayment. Twin

daughters, Evelyn and Dorothy, were born in June the following year and another daughter, Margaret, completed the family in March 1906.

Why the decision to come to Canada was made when the parents were 39 years old is unknown but they arrived in North Vancouver in 1911 in time to be included in the nation-al census of that year. By 1912, the family showed up in Henderson’s Greater Vancouver directory as living on the north side of East 8thStreet in North Van, a house number not yet having been assigned. The number became 522 the next year and the house still stands today.

There is no record of Hugo having attended North Van High and, though at least some of the girls in the family did, it would have been quite likely that Hugo attended one of

the private schools, based on English school models, that were opening up along the Lonsdale corridor: St. John’s (which opened in 1906 but had closed by 1909 before the Rayments arrived), Chesterfield School (1907-43), Lynn College (1912-13)

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and Wykeham School (1913-16). We do know he liked sports, something

that held his interest throughout his life. He was a bowler for the North Shore Cricket Club at 14 in 1912, leading more credence to the assumption he probably attended a private school where cricket, football (i.e. soccer) and rugby were staples.

And he would have been involved with the scouts at St. Agnes Anglican Church, located only four blocks up the street at 530 East 12th. In addi-tion, the church’s boys’ club met in the Rayment home.

The 5’8” Hugo signed up for the war effort in May of 1916, just after turning 18, and served overseas with the University Battalion, leading one to believe he might have entered U.B.C. the previ-ous fall, the first year the university had detached itself from its affiliation with McGill University as U.B.C.-McGill.

The lad’s World War I pay book, a treasure found among items at the North Vancouver Archives, reveals he was paid one dollar a day plus 10 cents for field allowance. This was raised on Dec. 7, 1917, to $1.15 due to his appointment as Lance Corporal.

The sombre tone to the pay book is evi-denced with the page indicating his next of kin and five more pages detailing how to write out one’s will.

Entries in the little book note a leave of absence to the United Kingdom from Feb. 22 to March 8, 1918.

Of particular interest to me, which has resulted in close scrutiny, is his signature found on several pages. Was he right-handed or left-handed? Why, you might wonder, is that important?

Well, at some point during the war, wheth-er it was a battle at Ypres, The Somme, Vimy Ridge, Hill 70, Passchendaele or any of the other dozens of lesser-known conflicts, Hugo

was wounded in his right arm and it had to be amputated above the elbow.

For anyone, let alone an athlete, this would be trau-matic.

But when Hugo returned to North Vancouver after being officially discharged from military duty in 1919 as being medically unfit for the service, he became a fine left-handed tennis and badminton player.

Whether he had to switch to his left hand or was already left-handed is a question to which I’d love to find the answer. Either way, playing any sport where balance is par-amount, is a heroic achievement with one

arm. Especially so when you are not born that way. The adjust-

ment would be huge. After moving to Victoria, where he married

Jean Ida Dunbar on April 13, 1929, at Oak Bay’s St. Mary’s Church during a wedding that was deemed important enough to take up 21 column inches of space in the Victoria Daily Colonist, Hugo captured the 1936 Victoria badminton championship. Around

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the same time, he was ranked seventh in B.C. in tennis.

He returned to the Lower Mainland about 1943, at first working as an attendant at the Vancouver airport, and eventually took a position as a clerk with the Federal govern-ment. In 1950 he moved back to North Van, residing at 1691 West 15th Street where he lived out the rest of his life. What happened to his wife or their marriage is a mystery because in 1945 the Vancouver directories show his wife was now the former Eleanor Lillian Blackburn.

Hugo was a member of the War Amputees Society of Canada and the West Vancouver branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Noteworthy is his longtime involvement with the North Shore United soccer club which began in earnest in 1923-24 while he was secretary with North Shore Elks, win-ners of the Vancouver Mainland Soccer League’s Imperial Cup that season. The Elks later became United, winning the coveted Dominion championship in 1938 and 1949 and reaching the final in 1932, 1954 and 1957. He served every executive posi-tion with the club until his death on Feb. 25, 1974, at which time he was treasurer. Fittingly, NSU won the Imperial Cup that year.

Sometimes when Remembrance Day comes around, we think more of those who died in the wars than those who came back scarred.

Hugo Rayment was one who was scarred but not defeated. He took a toll for us. Bless his soul.

This is episode 439 from Len Corben’s

treasure chest of stories – the great events and the quirky plus, in this case, the som-bre – that bring to life the North Shore’s rich sports history.

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In 1991, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was signed by Canada (this is the most ratified of all the United Nations Human Rights treaties, signed by 193 countries) and our entire North Shore community has the responsi-bility to learn about children’s rights and support them if we are to have a community where chil-dren are healthy, happy, safe and supported.

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North Shore worked together through the North Shore Mayors’ Congress to develop and endorse a Children’s Charter, a most notable achievement.

Also in 2011, two coalitions representing North Shore child and family agencies and orga-nizations began work to raise awareness around the topic of children’s rights.

WECAN, the Early Child Development Planning Coalition, and MCM, the Middle Childhood Matters Coalition, located at North Shore Community resources, are developing a number of activities and events that include chil-dren, families, politicians, the business commu-nity, artists and volunteers.

The goal is to educate both children and the general community about children’s rights, and their importance to the healthy development of all children.

Please watch for more information about the North Shore Rights of the Child Campaign over the next several months.

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treatment■ The right to education■ The right to a caring home environment■ The right to be heard■ The right to equal access ■ The right to play and rest

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Taking a break from the community gardens, apiaries and urban farms that increasingly dot the North

Shore landscape, local greenthumbs gathered for the annual Table Matters event late last month.

Held at the Chief Joe Mathias Centre, Table Matters is a discussion focused on the growing world of urban agriculture in the area. To a nearly full house of politicians, municipal staff and residents, presenters with a range of backgrounds and interests briefly introduced the various agriculture-related projects they were a part of.

Amongst them, Gord Trousdell, a teacher at West Vancouver second-ary school, discussed his new urban agriculture class, Salvation Army chef Scott Rowe spoke of his culinary pro-gram that uses food provided by local grocers and Evonne Strohwald out-lined the BugBlitz initiative — a day-long event where residents chip in to build gardens of various sizes at area homes.

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senters to learn more about their enterprises. Andrew Copping and Tom Walker of the North Shore Fruit Tree Project, for instance, discussed their group’s concerns over the lack of fruit being harvested by volunteers this year.

The North Shore Fruit Tree Project picks fruit from trees in North and West Van, donating a portion of what they gather to food banks and other such services. About one-quarter to one-third of fruit picked from any given tree is reserved for tree owners.

This year, Walker said his group was able to harvest about 120 pounds of apples, 60 pounds of plums and expected to get 100 pounds of figs if “they don’t freeze before they ripen.”

Walker said there were many “idle hands” this season and he and Copping are hoping to partner with other groups to find new outlets for fruit collection to keep their volun-teers busy.

He expressed an interest in estab-lishing a community orchard, of which his group could be the stewards.

He also hoped to discover new ways of attacking a two-pronged problem: connecting with residents who have fruit-bearing trees and working to prevent others from being cut down. Worries over bears and the mess fall-ing fruit can create have been popular reasons from residents for getting rid of their trees.

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Lianne Shyry, who presented to the entire crowd prior to the more in-depth portion of the event, said Hen Party is planning on using the bylaws put in place last year in Vancouver as its template, with the addition of predator-related measures.

Attracting predators, said Shyry, is a worry for both North Van municipalities.

In Vancouver, a maximum of four hens, four months and older, are allowed to be kept by residents. The sale of any eggs, meat or manure is banned, as is backyard slaughtering. Roosters, as well, are prohibit-ed. New Westminster, Surrey and Victoria also allow backyard chick-ens, all with similar restrictions.

Some of the benefits discussed by the group were the fresh eggs, manure for fertilizer and the soil-tilling chickens provide. They also make great pets, the group added.

“It’s about responsible ownership,” said Stephanie Imhoff, who grew up in the British Properties with chickens.

Imhoff said chicken owners must ensure coops are clean and covered. To prevent the chickens from flying, she added, owners must have the wings clipped.

West Vancouver’s Dave Shulz said he’s been in contact with the Vancouver Zoo about using tiger feces as a bear repellent and has been given the green light by the zoo to test the effects.

For more information, visit Imhoff’s blog at chickensinnorthvancouver.wordpress.com.


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The 10-day event, dubbed the Artists for Conservation Festival, features a host of attrac-tions for visitors includ-ing a lecture series, workshops and a 73-piece exhibit fea-turing artists from around the world, all of which focus on some facet of wildlife and habitat conservation.

Robert Bateman, renowned Canadian artist and guest of hon-our at the festival, will also be unveiling a new work created specifically for the event.

Guy Harvey , acclaimed marine painter, will also be participating in the festival as will prominent Canadian artists Kelly Dodge, Mark Hobson and David Kilter.

“This is a special opportunity, a chance to meet others and learn,”

Jeff Whiting, North Shore sculp-tor and Artists for Conservation founder, told The Outlook.

“Art typically functions in a fundraising or auction capac-ity but it can have a much more important role. Art can connect with viewers and re-connect society to the natural world.”

In addition to the lectures and workshops, the festival will also feature live painting demonstrations and two film premieres. Artwork, ranging in price from $750 to $55,000, will be on sale. A percentage of all proceeds will go to a con-

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“I’m humbled by the company that I’m keeping with these artists, they are all extraordinarily talent-

ed,” added Whiting.“This truly is the

world’s premier conserva-tion-themed artists exhibit.”

The Artists for Conservation Festival runs until Nov. 13 at Grouse Mountain. Admission is free for those with a Grouse Mountain Skyride ticket.

For more information visit artistsforconservation/festival.


North Shore sculptor Jeff Whiting is curating the Artists for Conservation Festival at Grouse Mountain.Rob Newell photo

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October no one could have anticipated the remarkable phenomenon that was in store for the school’s soccer team.

The AA Windsor Dukes senior boys’ soccer club has spent the past four years in rebuild-ing mode. Coach Stewart Currie started with this team when his son Shawn, along with the majority of the team, was in Grade 9.

“We had 66 goals scored against us that year,” recalled Currie. “You could say it was a losing season.”

Today, the Dukes boast a strong soccer cul-ture. Currie estimated that more kids tried out for the soccer squad than Windsor’s celebrated football team this year.

And with only one week left in the season, the Dukes were on pace to claim their first regional high school soccer championship in more than a decade. They sat at the top of the standings which players religiously checked online after each match.

But logging on after a game on Oct. 17, the boys stared blankly at the computer screen: all of their points had been stripped.

Windsor athletic director Alec Lewis was also forced to come to terms with what has been called an “oversight” pertaining to one of the player’s eligibility. Documents revealed than an interna-tional student from Mexico, who was registered in Grade 11 courses at Windsor last year and then Grade 12 courses this year, was 19 years old, making him ineligible for competing in high school sports.

“Right away I went ‘oh no’,” explained Lewis.

“I knew the penalty was the forfeit.”What happened next has been described by

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With only one week left in the soccer season, the coaches of the other North Shore teams in Windsor’s division agreed to a do-over. There were four games to make up in four days, with one team even consenting to a 7 a.m. rematch at Windsor.

“There was good sportsmanship shown by the other teams knowing that one of the teams might not make the playoffs,” said Lewis.

None of the Dukes players blamed the inter-national student for the incident. Adds Lewis, “He still hangs around the team, he’s their No. 1 fan.”

Dukes centre-back Cameron Massullo spoke of the friendships the Mexican player had gained while on the team. Described as having a shy demeanor when he first arrived at Windsor, the student is now performing in musicals at the school.

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The bike lane along East Keith Road, between Sutherland and Brooksbank avenues, replaced a second westbound car lane when the road was repaved in early October and had only been a bike lane for less than a month when it was scrapped and redrawn for cars.

Because that section of East Keith Road is the border between the city and district, all North Vancouver residents were called to par-ticipate in a June survey and open house on repurposing one of the westbound lanes for bikes.

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The issue, Walton said, was the looming year-long closure of the Low Level Road for construction, which will likely force more com-mercial and commuter traffic up to East 3rd Street and East Keith Road where the second vehicle lane will be needed.

“We’re not taking a step back [from our transport plan], but given the Low [Level] Road closure for a period of time, we’re taking one more cautionary look at the timing of this [bike lane] and the logical time for us to hold another meeting on this will be in March,” he said.

It’s precisely the timing of the bike lane’s removal — November’s Bike to Work Week — that has angered North Shore cyclists like Gwil Roberts.

“My initial reaction was just fury,” he told The Outlook. “I was shocked because here was this fantastic new traffic configuration that seemed progressive and designed to encourage cyclists and embolden people to cycle more often and then the district goes back on it.”

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“I used it daily until last Tuesday and then suddenly Wednesday it was gone,” Roberts said.

Mayor Walton said he’s heard from many Keith Road area residents who already want the bike lane back, some citing the added safe-ty it provides for the dozens of school children crossing East Keith daily.

The city of North Van still fully supports the bike lane out of concern about traffic racing through the district and arriving in the city at the top of the hill at dangerous speeds, said city spokesperson Connie Rabold.

“It’s the district that has decided to recon-sider that option,” said Rabold, adding that city staff and politicians want the bike lane back. “But we’ll just have to wait and see what comes as a result of the [district’s] next round of considerations.”

Jay MacDonald, spokesperson for the North Shore chapter of the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition, champions of the local Bike to Work Weeks, told The Outlook in an email that the VACC now doubts the claims of some district politicians when they say they support cycling.

“We are very disappointed in the district council’s decision to remove the bike lane and question the commitment of several members of council to progressive bicycle infrastructure in the community,” he said.

Mayor Walton said it was unfortunate and “completely coincidental” that the bike lane was removed during Bike to Work Week, say-ing the painting of the road had to be done during last week’s window of dry weather.

“It was my suggestion that we revisit the [bike lane] idea in March and I don’t think we can’t do it earlier, once we get a sense of the timing and the traffic of the Low [Level] Road closure,” Walton said.

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The crowd of 200, mostly middle-aged entre-preneurs and local business owners were ener-gized despite getting out of bed early on a day off.

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TED’s signature talks — which are made avail-able for free online — have featured Bill Gates, Bill Clinton and Jane Goodall along with other movers and shakers of the day and world leaders.

Cap U applied last February to host a TEDx event, labeled it ‘R U Ready?’ and localized the scope by inviting speakers whose innovations began in Vancouver, some even from the class-rooms of the university.

TEDx CapU MC Jackson Davies set an enter-taining tone on Saturday by introducing himself in the third person from off stage, then entering sporting a wireless microphone.

“Welcome to Cap U, welcome to my hood,” exclaimed the actor, of The Beachcombers TV series fame.

Davies held up a program and asked if every-one got one of the “3D tablets”. “I downloaded the iFan app, it’s free,” quipped Davies, fanning his face with the program.

Dr. Linda Manning, an intercultural economist, was first up with her TED talk designed to inspire managers to tap into the skills and talents of Canadian immigrant employees. “I find that man-agers are using old methods to manage people,” Manning told the crowd. “You can replace peo-ple, you can replace skills [but] it’s tacit knowl-edge that needs to be built.”

Cap U alumna Sandra Todd gave a convincing speech on why kids make good business partners.

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“My main thing here today is to say connect with kids,” said Todd. “They are going to be running Vancouver when we are all dead and gone.”

The morning session was capped off with a talk by Juno-winner Shad Kabango.

“This is still very much the morning for a musician,” he began.The Kenyan born, London, Ontario-raised artist then called his rap album and non-specific arts degree “a very bad idea,” which drew laughs from the crowd.

He spoke of changes in the music industry sur-rounding artist promotion.

“In 2005, I made my first CD which was a big deal back then; it was the thing people bought, for one thing,” said Kabango. Throughout the day there were high-tech giveaways including an e-reader and an iPad. The aboriginal women’s vocalist group M’Girl performed and encouraged guests to “find their own song”.

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Dick Kouwenhoven, 69 — Richard Kouwenhoven, 38 : invited TEDx CapU guests; father and son business partners, Hemlock Printers, Burnaby.

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It’s just after 9 p.m. and Const. Jeff Palmer is bouncing the heavy axles of his police cruiser down a gravel road beneath the roar and light of the Lions Gate

Bridge looking for a woman who tonight doesn’t want to be found.

A rifle and three radios at his side, Palmer has spent the last 16 months with the Integrated First Nations Unit (IFNU), a six-member beat squad staffed by the West Vancouver Police and Mounties from both North Vancouver and Squamish — and the only integrated unit of its kind in the country.

This road isn’t on any map. It’s more like a service ditch that splits a garbage-strewn stand of trees from some railway tracks, making it a magnet for crime and for camping, far from the prying eyes of society.

Palmer flicks on a searchlight through his rolled down window and flashes it into the damp woods. Nothing.

Patrolling down here under the bridge, unseen by over-head traffic, sniffing along a trail between heavy industry and an outpost of diminishing wilderness, it must be easy for Palmer on these all-night shifts to sometimes imagine himself embodying the wolf spirit embossed on the side of his IFNU cruiser.

But the unit’s no wolf pack. Perhaps more sheepdog-in-wolf’s-clothing, Palmer is a long way from the warmth of the Chief Joe Mathias Centre dinner he left moments ago because someone has strayed from the flock and the community is worried.

The other animal spirit on the IFNU cars is the thun-derbird, who, just as the wolf symbolizes both the fam-ily and the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, represents the Squamish Nation and the protective watch of a higher power.

****IFNU members are the primary responders when

police are called to any of the several First Nations

reserves on the North Shore and in the Squamish Valley.Tonight when we set out, the first call is a friendly one:

Palmer’s attendance has been requested at the Chief Joe centre dinner, hosted by the West Vancouver School District.

The 10-hour night shift starts at 5 p.m., so this din-ner will be more like breakfast. But when we climb into the cruiser there’s already a large half-eaten sack of Marrobone dog treats riding shotgun beside Palmer’s rifle rack.

“Dave Sherry came up with that,” Palmer says referring to his fellow IFNU constable. “It’s our ‘rez dog’ friend-ship program. On the reserve, occasionally you’ll come across dogs that don’t like our presence. That’s how we handle them.”

It’s the kind of catch-more-flies-with-honey-than-vine-gar approach that informs everything the integrated unit tries to do.

The Outlook rides along with the Integrated First Nations Unit — the only squad of its

kind in the country

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Const. Jeff Palmer at the Chief Joe centre on the

Capilano Reserve. Todd Coyne photo


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“A lot of our responsibility is as community liaisons and meeting with the chiefs, the councils and the schools,” he continues. “But we still con-duct investigations, we still make arrests — not as many as general duty officers, but it still says ‘Police’ on our shoulders.”

We arrive at the Chief Joe centre on the Capilano Reserve and after a light meal of salm-on, new potatoes, Caesar salad and blackber-ries, the work begins. Palmer makes the rounds of Squamish band and West Vancouver school officials, discussing mainly issues pertaining to local youth. Most of the private discussions con-cern a few at-risk youngsters and how the com-munity, with Palmer and the IFNU’s help, might intervene before the kids become more explicitly ‘known to police.’

One of the most effective interventions that Palmer and his unit have found involves enlisting the help of local carvers.

Call it an informal mentoring program, the INFU has been pairing youths with carvers as a kind of art- and ancestry-therapy initiative.

“When it started we had this one kid in trouble and when they arrested him they noticed he had some carving tools on him that he’d just inher-ited,” Palmer says. “And in talking with the com-munity about what to do with him, [we] decided to set him up with a carver mentor and helped connect him with his ancestry. And it got him out of trouble. It’s worked for many since.”

One of those carver-mentors is Xwalacktun (WUH-LAK-TUN), a well-known Squamish Nation artist whose work has been commis-sioned around the globe. He also designed the INFU’s wolf and thunderbird logo and drew it on the unit’s cruisers free of charge after an RCMP member noticed similar designs on Xwalacktun’s own car.

“They kept offering me money for it but I avoided it and avoided it,” Xwalacktun says of creating the most recognizable feature of the integrated unit. “It’s good just to see them out and coming around the community. They’re real-ly a part of our community now.”

It’s a feeling echoed by Squamish Chief Bill Williams.

“It’s really assuring to the community that [Palmer] has the comfort level to come and know he can participate and become a witness to what it is we do as a nation,” Chief Williams says. “They call us to work with us and some-times we have to call them.”

Before the dinner is done, one man recognizes Const. Jeff Palmer in the audience and stands up to the microphone to say a few words.

“I want to thank Brother Jeff for coming,” he tells the diners, gesturing to Palmer. “I used to run from this guy until one day his partner pulled me over.

“Saved me from running any more,” he says.

******

Leaving the dinner, we rendezvous at the Squamish Nation Youth Centre with Bob Michels, one of the local Squamish Nation reserve peacekeepers, or “PK’s” as they’re known to the IFNU.

In the centre, about a dozen young people play video games and shoot pool, taking little notice of either Michels or Palmer.

The PK’s and police work hand-in-hand in the Squamish community, Palmer says, praising the

work of the seven-member PK force.“We give full marks to these guys for coming

out. We will often show up at the same calls, yet they’re volunteers. We’re not.”

Michels says that while there are some “dark corners” of the Squamish reserves that the PK’s keep an eye on, their primary job is to “observe and report” to the IFNU, then await direction.

Outside the youth centre, Palmer’s radio crack-les to life. It’s Const. Anthony Cameron, one of only two First Nation members of the IFNU, requesting some backup at a Mathias Road resi-dence. The call turns out to be routine follow-up on a prior complaint and dissolves into a lot of shop talk between the officers about unpaid overtime.

Back on patrol, this time on the Tsleil-Waututh reserve, a Mountie on Palmer’s North Van radio calls the IFNU, asking for help finding the resi-dence of an intoxicated man, possibly known to the unit. Palmer knows him well, a “really good man, good worker” he says, adding “but every-body has their days.”

The man is given a ride home and the call will prove to be the high point in action on this night — “pretty slow, even for a Thursday,” Palmer says.

******

On the way to meeting a prospective West Vancouver police recruit that Palmer is groom-ing as a potential asset to the IFNU — the man is from the Squamish Nation — we roll by a loud apartment party at a spot known to the INFU and North Vancouver Mounties as “The Condos.” With four police units already on-scene, Palmer checks in with the watch commander.

“We just put an intox male in a taxi so he wouldn’t have to go to jail,” the commander says.

The intoxicated man isn’t one of Palmer’s con-tacts so we move on.

“You still have to show up when 9-1-1 gets called,” Palmer explains. “But we mainly get to stand back and say, ‘Are there other issues that could be dealt with here?’”

******We arrive at the home of the recruit. He

invites us into his kitchen where the paperwork to apply with the West Vancouver police sits on the counter. It’s clear that Palmer wants him on the INFU, but the recruiting process is a long and arduous one and Palmer can’t be seen to be holding his hand along the way.

“He’s got to make the West Van police first,” Palmer says, “before he can be considered for any special unit.”

While there are two First Nations offi-cers on the IFNU — Const. Cameron hails from Manitoba and Const. Joey Starr is from Hazelton, B.C. — belonging to a local nation makes this recruit of particular interest to the unit.

With his four-year-old daughter eating cup-cakes beside him and his wife and baby in the hall, the recruit signs the entrance papers and hands Palmer the positive results of his eye exam.

“Yep, eyesight is very important,” Palmer says, conjuring the totem of the watchful thunderbird. “Suddenly, having 20/20 vision actually means something.”


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Data from stage one of the CityShaping initia-tive — a city-driven engagement process aimed at including residents’ thoughts and concerns in the Official Community Plan process — is in and the issue of an affordable and diverse housing stock ranked as the top priority for the city.

“Green” transportation came in a close second, with public safety, financial sustainability and economic development rounding out the top.

Youth polled cited transportation as a key issue, with more greenspaces, art and activity as other concerns.

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There will be another newspaper on the streets of North Vancouver next year after council unanimously approved a one-year pilot project to sell Megaphone Magazine on City of North Vancouver sidewalks.

Megaphone Magazine, which is operated by the non-profit society Street Corner Media Foundation, works with the homeless, and those at risk of homelessness, to sell its maga-zines. Approved vendors work as contractors, purchasing the magazine for 75 cents and then reselling for a minimum donation of $2. The

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Facelift for Third & Forbes intersection

The intersection of Third Street and Forbes Avenue is one step closer to getting a significant facelift. Council approved a new design for the intersection Monday, which includes new side-walks, bike lanes and bus stops.

In the next few months, city staff will be installing a new “driver feedback” sign, which will inform drivers of their speed as they travel along Forbes Avenue and three new bus stops — an east and westbound stop on Third Street and one southbound on Forbes Avenue.

Larger projects include a new at-grade bike lane heading west on Third Street and a new “multi-use path” heading east.

The plan also incorporates a new southbound bike lane on Forbes Avenue and another multi-use path going north.

Staff will now begin a detailed design phase, which will be completed next year. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2013 on Forbes Avenue and 2014 on Third Street.

Cost for the plan is $1.3 million, with the city chipping in $350,000 in 2013 and $250,000 in 2014. Provincial and federal grants will be pur-sued to help pay for the project, as will money from TransLink’s Minor Capital program.

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New car buyers in B.C. will get a break of up to $5,000 if they choose a vehicle powered by electricity, hydrogen or com-

pressed natural gas.The point-of-sale rebate unveiled by the pro-

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The $2,500-to-$5,000 rebate starts Dec. 1 and covers qualifying new battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell electric, plug-in hybrid electric and natu-ral gas models.

“Manufacturers are eager to launch their new electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell cars in markets that demonstrate both high demand and with infrastructure in place,” New Card Dealers Association of B.C. CEO Blair Qualey said.

“B.C. is now one of those markets.”New Democrats noted incentives

for electric cars aren’t new – B.C. had exempted them from PST until 2008.

But Environment Minister Terry Lake predicted the rebates will encourage buyers to go green by reducing the cost of vehicles with little to no emissions.

Battery-powered electric cars cost as little as $300 per year in electric-ity compared to $1,500 or more for a

gas-powered vehicle.Homeowners can also get an up to $500

rebate through LiveSmartBC if they install dedi-cated electric vehicle battery charging stations in their homes.

That covers about a third of the cost of the specialized outlets, which cut recharging times in half to about six hours.

Lake also pledged $6.5 million for electric vehicle charging points and upgrading existing hydrogen fueling stations.

Surrey recently unveiled free public electric vehicle charging stations at its city hall and is already host to two hydrogen fueling stations.

Mercedes-Benz Canada plans to make fuel cell stacks for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles at a plant in Burnaby.

B.C. is also extending the Scrap-It program, which offers owners of heavily polluting older vehicles either cash or incentives like bus passes or car-share memberships to take their old gas guzzler off the road.

The push towards electric cars will put more pressure on B.C.’s power grid.

Green energy advocate David Field said B.C. needs to ensure the required power comes from renewable clean sources, not imported coal-fired electricity.

The province is trying to restrain electricity rate increases at B.C. Hydro, raising doubts about whether it will continue to pay extra for green energy to fos-ter new run-of-river power plants and windmills.



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Federal lab contradicts previous findings

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Federal testing has refuted claims that several wild salmon sampled in B.C. were infected with a deadly virus that has ravaged farmed fish stocks elsewhere in the world.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said its tests at the national reference lab did not find any Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) virus in the samples.

“All the sampling done to this point in time is negative,” said Con Kiley, a veterinarian and acting director of the CFIA’s aquatic animal health pro-gram.

“There have been no confirmed cases of ISA in wild or farmed salmon in B.C.”

The CFIA retested all 48 salmon originally sampled by SFU researchers as well as hundreds more sampled at the same time that weren’t initially tested.

It also tested other samples independent biologist Alexandra Morton col-lected and claimed were infected.

Kiley said the results were consistent with the findings of a lab in Norway that also tested the samples.

He said some of the results must be considered inconclusive because of the poor quality of the samples, which had been kept in freezers for an extended period.

More tests are continuing, he said, adding the CFIA and Department of Fisheries and Oceans felt it important to release the findings so far.

Asked when the CFIA might be able to say with confidence whether or not B.C. is ISA-free, he said it may not be possible.

“’All clear’ is not something we could probably ever say,” Kiley said. “It’s very hard to prove a negative. All we can do is state that we have not found a virus in all the sampling that’s been done already.”

Kiley said the CFIA is still assessing whether it needs to expand sampling of Pacific salmon as a result of the investigation.

Morton, who suspects fish farms imported the virus with Atlantic salmon eggs and transmitted it to wild stocks, said she’s not convinced by the CFIA results.

“I still remain very concerned,” she said. “If they’re giving British Columbia a clean bill of health because the samples they looked at were too degraded, what kind of confidence can I have in that?”

Morton wants a much-expanded independent program set up to sample and test for ISA in B.C. salmon.

Reports of the first-ever West Coast ISA infections had rocked the B.C. salmon farm industry. It also raised concern for wild stocks – not just in B.C. but from U.S. officials in Alaska and Washington State.

The B.C. Salmon Farmers Association executive director Mary Ellen Walling welcomed the results.

“We’re pleased to see the thorough way CFIA is following up, but are dismayed at the way campaigners used this to create fear about our opera-tions,” she said.

The “inflammatory” unconfirmed report announced by SFU Oct. 17 seemed intended to “create as much hype as possible,” Walling said, adding it had potential to disrupt markets for B.C. salmon farms.

NDP federal fisheries critic Fin Donnelly called for more sampling and accused the federal government of being too slow to react to the reports of infections.

“This scare should serve as a wake-up call,” he said, adding it’s the wrong time for a planned $57-million cut to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans budget.

He wants the federal government to force fish farms to phase out open-net pens and move to closed containment systems, adding that would elim-inate the potential of farms to transit disease to wild stocks.

ISA has mainly been a disease of farmed Atlantic salmon. The European strain can kill up to 90 per cent of infected Atlantic salmon but it’s thought to be less dangerous to sockeye.

No sign of virus in tested salmon: CFIA

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Erna CarlMAKI PARKER604.323.3762 604.619.1281

www.ernamaki.ca • [email protected] www.carl-parker.com • 604.925.2911

Sussex RealtyWest Vancouver

ASKING $2,298,000

Caulfeild Area!Pristine condition and major updating with the ultimate family layout on one of West Vancouver’s most prestigious C-D-Cs. 4000 Sf. includes 4 bedrooms up and one down. 3.5 bathrooms, Nanny suite down with separate entrance and rec room.

4314 Erwin Drive, West Van

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RE/MAX Masters2010 2010

245 Oceanview Rd, Lions Bay $1,349,888

#102-245 W 15th, North Van$570,000

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LISTINGNot a ground fl oor suite! This south facing 1 bedroom suite has been partially renovated in a well maintained building. Plumbing has been updated and new roof was installed this year, assess-ment paid by Seller. Centrally located within steps to all of Lower Lonsdale’s amenities yet on a quiet street. Parking and storage unit included. Maintenance includes heat, hot water and cable.

# 115 175 E 4TH ST, North Vancouver $239,500

LOWER LONSDALE

PRICE REDUCED!

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Call Roger at 604-657-0645 now to arrange for showings.

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* We will pay the basic title insurance fee (not including migration fee), appraisals/property valuation fee and one discharge/switch out fee at another fi nancial institution (up to $300 maxi-mum). Offer excludes mortgage prepayment charges that you may have to pay. Minimum advance $50,000. † Savings based on $100,000 secured line of credit with interest being paidover 10 years comparing a 3.5% annual interest rate to a 4.0% annual interest rate. The interest rate will fl uctuate with the Prime rate and is subject to change at any time without notice.Rate is effective as of September 20, 2011. Personal lending products and residential mortgages are provided by Royal Bank of Canada and are subject to its standard lending criteria. ® / ™ Trademark(s) of Royal Bank of Canada. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. 39106 (09/2011)

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Advertising Sales Consultant

The Award-Winning Outlook newspaper has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time sales person.

The successful candidate must have the ability to build relationships with clients and off er superior customer service. The winning candidate will be a team player and will be called upon to grow an existing account list with an aggressive cold calling mandate. The ability to work in an extremely fast-paced environment with a positive attitude is a must. The candidate will have two years of sales experience, preferably in the advertising industry. The position off ers a great work environment with a competitive salary, commission plan and strong benefi ts package. The Outlook is part of Black Press, Canada’s largest independent print media company with more than 170 community, daily and urban newspapers across Canadaand the United States. Please submit your resume with cover letter byWednesday, November 30, 2011.To: Publisher, The [email protected]: 604 903-1001#104 – 980 West 1st StreetNorth Vancouver, BC V7P 3N4

Advertising RepresentativeVancouver's Urban Weekly, is seeking a full time retail advertising/marketing representative.

This opportunity is for a results oriented individual. Candidates for this position will possess the ability to service existing clients and develop new business in an extensive and varied territory. Real Estate experience a plus.

If you have a proven track record in sales and customer service, thrive on working in a fast-paced environment, are highly motivated, career oriented with strong organization and communication skills, we would like to hear from you.

Our work environment sets industry standards for professionalism and combines a salary/benefit package designed to attract and retain outstanding employees.

Please send your application in confidence to:Gail NugentAdvertising ManagerWE280-1770 Burrard St., Vancouver, BC V6J 3G7email: [email protected]

Closing date: November 24, 2011

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020 CRAFT FAIRS

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45 Crafters in theGym and Hallway

21 COMING EVENTS21st Century Flea Market. Nov 13 10am-3pm. Croation Cultural Cntr 3250 Commerial Dr. Vanc. Adm $4.

33 INFORMATION

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109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIESJASPER CONSTRUCTORS is hir-ing HR/Labour Relations Advisors for Vancouver and Kelowna to over-see staff recruitment, deployment, and workforce planning of fi eld la-bour. Receive full benefi ts! Please apply online at:

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114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

TransX hiring O/OPS BC-ABExcellent Rates + Lease

Program PH: 1 877-914-0001

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES


115 EDUCATION

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115 EDUCATION

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125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home

for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do

meaningful, fulfi lling work?PLEA Community Services is looking for qualifi ed applicants

who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or

on weekends for respite. Training, support and

remuneration are provided. Funding is available for

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Call 604-708-2628www.plea.bc.ca

130 HELP WANTED

FLAGGERS NEEDEDIf not certifi ed, training available for

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130 HELP WANTED

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY re-quires Dispatch Manager - Central Interior. Must ensure smooth, effi -cient scheduling of material delivery & perform operational tasks for truck fl eet. Candidates will be orga-nized, proactive and work well un-der stress. Experience in trucking an asset. Forward resumes to:

[email protected]

We are still hiring - Dozer & excava-tor operators required by a busy Alberta oilfi eld construction company. We require operators that are experienced and preference will be given to operators that have constructed oilfi eld roads and drilling locations. You will be provided with motels and restaurant meals. Competitive wages, bonus and transportation daily to and from job sites. Our work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Call 780-723-5051.

WILD & Crazy, Can’t Be Lazy!$11 - $20 per hr!

$500 Hiring Bonus!!Expanding advertising company is looking for 10 people to start right away. We offer: Paid Train-ing, scholarships, travel, advance-ment, & benefi ts. Must work well in a team atmosphere. F/T 18+.

Call today, Start tomorrow!Erica 604-777-2196

134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES

F/T CHEF. Genji Japanese Rest. (N. Van). 3 - 5 yrs exp. High school grad. $18.75/hr Prepare and cook meals. Tel: 604-980-6881

KITCHEN HELPERS /DISHWASHERS

RAS RESTAURANTS LTD. dba BOSTON PIZZA is hiring for their location in North Vancouver; Kitchen Helpers ($ 10.31/hr) & Dishwashers ($10.31/hr); work 40hrs/week. Apply by fax: (604) 984-0455.

OSAKA Japanese Rest. (N.Van) F/T Sushi Chef 3-5 yrs exp. High-school grad. $18.75/H Prepare and cook meals. Fax:604-929-0768

126 FRANCHISE


134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES

2 FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISORS Req’d. F/T, Pmt. Sal: $12.75/hr. Duties: Supervise and co-ordinate activities of staff who prepare and portion food. Establish work sched-ule. Estimate and order ingredients and supplies. Maintain records of stock, repairs, sales & wastage. Prepare and submit reports. May take customer’s orders and prepare food for customers and also may serve customers at counters. stock refrigerators. May receive pay-ments. FOOD COUNTER ATTENDANT Req’d; Sal $11/hr. F/T, Pmt. Duties; Take customers’ orders. Prepare, heat and fi nish simple food items. Serve customers at counters. Use manual and electrical appliances to clean, peel, slice and trim food. Por-tion and wrap foods. Package take-out food and receive payment from customers. Language: English. Contact Maheep Email: [email protected] Fax: (604) 684-2542

136A JANITORIAL SERVICES

LIGHT DUTY CLEANERSFive Star Building Maintenance

has Immediate F/T and P/T openings (daytime only).

We offer training programs, attractive wages and

comprehensive benefi ts.Fax resume to 604-435-0516

or email to careers@fi vestarbc.ca

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156 SALESSALES REPRESENTATIVE. A Port Kells industrial engine distributor re-quires a full time inside/outside sales representative. Job consists of a great variety of duties. Me-chanical aptitude, good phone skills and computer knowledge are req’d. Reply to: [email protected]

126 FRANCHISE

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160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

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Home Builder / Renovator. Salary: $18.00/hr. F/T, Pmt. Exp: 2 yrs.+ Duties; Plan, organize, & control daily operations. Plan & prepare work schedules. Select and employ staff, trade subcontractors and co-ordinate their activities to ensure quality and conformity with plans. Work with customers, architects and engineers regarding plans and specifi cations. Prepare and main-tain directory of supplies and trade contractors. Ensure that construc-tion permits are obtained. Perform trade work during home construc-tion. Lang: English Contact Chris from Elias Tkachuk Contracting at Vancouver, BC Fax: 604-662-8820 or E-mail: [email protected]

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171 ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

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182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

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188 LEGAL SERVICES

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245 CONTRACTORS

260 ELECTRICALYOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

VISION EXOTIKFLOORING INC.

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Express your unique & individual style with a custom stain. Dust free sanding.

778-995-Wood (9663). View our picture gallery at www.visionexotik.com

281 GARDENINGWEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $180 or Well Rotted 10 yds - $200. 604-856-8877

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTSGUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs Free Est, 20 yrs exp, Rain or shine. 7 days/week. Simon 604-230-0627

Professional Gutter & Window cleaning. Christmas Lights installs.Worksafe. Jeremy 778-384-3855

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS


287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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www.RENORITE.com Save your dollars! Bath, Kitchen, Suites & more. 604-451-0225, 778-317-1256

320 MOVING & STORAGE1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. We move - We ship - We recycle.Senior- Student Discount. 604-721-4555.ABBA MOVERS & DEL. Res/com 1-4 ton truck, 1 man $35/hr, 2 men from $45. Honest, bsmt clean up. 25 yrs of experience.604-506-7576

AFFORDABLE MOVINGLocal & Long Distance

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SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured

Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539Running this ad for 7yrs

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $269,

2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

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INT/EXT Painting. Prices you can rely on. Ref’s. 30 Years exp. Keith 604-433-2279 or 604-777-1223.MILANO PAINTING. Int./Ext. Prof. Painters. Free Est. Written Guar. Bonded & Insured. 604-551-6510

RONALDO PAINTING (1981)Master in Quality & Service

Fully Insured. WCB.778-881-6478

332 PAVING/SEAL COATINGALLAN Const. & Asphalt. Brick, conc, drainage, found. & membrane repair. 604-618-2304; 820-2187.

338 PLUMBING10% OFF if you Mention this AD!

*Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fi tter. Aman: 778-895-2005

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

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Specialists. Work Guar. WCB.10% Senior’s. Disc. Jag 778-892-1530

GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, As-phalt Shingles, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters. $80. 604-240-5362


353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

#1 Roofi ng Company in BC

All types of Roofi ng Over 35 Years in Business “ Call Now for Free Estimate”

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356 RUBBISH REMOVALCHEAP LOADS Fast Reliable

Service. All loads recycled. Mini-bins service avail. 604-922-5101

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372 SUNDECKS

374 TREE SERVICES

Tree removal done RIGHT!• Tree & Stump Removal

• Certifi ed Arborists • 20 yrs exp. • 60’ Bucket Truck

• Crown Reduction • Spiral Pruning • Land Clearing • Selective Logging

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PETS

477 PETSBABY COCKATIELS for sale.

Hand fed. $60 each. Phone (604)951-4660 (Surrey).BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG

PUPPIES FOR SALE. First shots and dewormed. Call 778-551-1901

$1250 a PUP. Take me home!BORDER Collie/Springer Spaniel X. Vet checked, dewormed, fi rst shots. $300. Call 604-746-6728BOSTON TERRIER pups born Aug 31st, upto date shots, dewormed & vet checked $800 ph 604-814-5014CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are

Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at

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Cavalier King Charles SpanielsTwo 6 month old pups (1 male, 1 female) looking for a loving home. Vet checked: eyes, ears & heart Registered CKC & micro chipped Parents, champion CKC registered. Socialized with children and other animals Call : 604 - 460 - 8086

PETS

477 PETSCKC REG BLOOD HOUND pups, 1 male, 8 fem. Liver & tan, ready to go end of Nov. (604)574-5788DOGO ARGENTINO. Reg’d. pup-pies. M & F. Champion background. $2800. each. 604-853-8531 Abbts.

ENGLISH BULLDOG Puppies P/B,CKC,Reg’d microchip, vet chk, health guarantee, champ pedigree, parents onsite $2800. (604)462-7563 www.mcgregors-bulldogs.ca

LABRADOODLE PUPPIESFamily Based Hobby Breeder. $750

604-595-5840. Avail Nov 20th.redbarnlabradoodles.blogspot.com

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.comPOODLE, Miniature. Puppies. 3m, 1st & 2nd shots, dewormed, paper trained. $575. (604)856-8267SAVE A LIFE - Wonderful Rescue Dogs from Foreclosed Upon Pets. Spayed, Neut. Reg. vac. & rabies, microchipped. $400 adoption fee. Avail at your local Petcetera Stores. SHIHTZU / TOY POODLE. Male pups. Vet checked, shots, defl ead & dewormed. $400 604-744-8793

Swiss Mountain cross, 8 mos, male, very loving, $500. (604)845-2223, lv msg.

Swiss Mountain pups. Look like Bernese but short-hair & smaller. Gentle. 604-795-7662 lv msg.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

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545 FUELBEST FIREWOOD

32nd Season & 37,000 Cust Deliv. Fully Seas. Maple, Birch, Alder

604-582-7095

548 FURNITURE

MATTRESSES staring at $99• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings

100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

559 MEDICAL SUPPLIESCAN’T GET UP your stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help! No obligation consultation. Comprehensive war-ranty. Can be installed in less than 1 hour. Call now 1-866-981-6591.FAST RELIEF the First Night!! Restless Leg Syndrome and Leg Cramps Gone. Sleep Soundly, Safe with Medication, Proven Results. www.allcalm.com 1-800-765-8660.

560 MISC. FOR SALECan’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stair-lifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-981-5991**HOME PHONE RECONNECT** Call 1-866-287-1348. Prepaid Long Distance Specials! Feature Pack-age Specials! Referral Program! Don’t be without a home phone! Call to Connect 1-866-287-1348.HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSZIMMERMANN PIANO with bench. $1800: (604)538-9456

REAL ESTATE

603 ACREAGE15 Arizona Ranch Lots! 50% OFF! AAA+ View Lots. $0 Down! Starting $99/MO! Guaranteed Financing! Near Tucson’s Int’l Airportwww.sunsiteslandrush.com 1-800-659-9957- Mention Code 7

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTYGROUND fl oor retail space for lease Ganges, Salt Spring Island - Grace Point Square. Visit our web-site saltspringisland.net or contact Matt Barr at [email protected].

REAL ESTATE

627 HOMES WANTEDWE BUY HOMES

Damaged House! Older House! Diffi culty Selling! Behind on

Payments! Need to Sell Now?NO FEES! NO RISK! QUICK CASH!

Call us First! 604.657.9422

636 MORTGAGESMortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refi nances, im-mediate debt consolidation, foreclo-sure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1-888-685-6181www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVEHOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.caHomelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDOMOVE In Bonus, 1 & 2 bdrm apts w/balcony, ht, hw, cable, prkg, lock-er, coin laundry, elevator, NS, NP, close to all transit, shops, & schools, Lease 604-241-3772 Rmd

NORTH VANCOUVER

CENTURY APT250 East 15th Ave.

Spacious 1 & 2 bdrooms avail. 2 Blocks from Lonsdale Quay. Bal-cony parking at back. Laundry fac. avail. Swim pool & sauna.

Call 604-830-7587www.aptrentals.com

NORTH VANCOUVER

LEIGHTON APT130 East 11th Ave.

Recently renovated 1 & 2 bdrooms avail. 1 Block from Lonsdale Quay. Dishwasher, fridge, stove, laundry facility, u/g parking, balcony. Includes heat & water. Elevator.

Call 604-830-7587www.aptrentals.com

736 HOMES FOR RENTNEW 4 bdrm,3 bath. Burkeville area Rmd/Canada line, bus @ $2950 2100 ft. - Pam 604-780-8010

751 SUITES, UPPERBURNABY, 3 bed and 1 bath upper level newly renovated suites home in Burnaby south slopes. Near sky-train. Avl November 15. $1200+half utilities (no smoking) REFERENC-ES REQUIRED.! Call 604-910-4528

TRANSPORTATION

810 AUTO FINANCINGNeed A Vehicle! Guaranteed Auto Loan. Apply Now, 1.877.680.1231 www.UapplyUdrive.ca

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

FREE CASH BACK WITH $0 DOWN at Auto Credit Fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599 www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309. Free Delivery.

INSTANT AUTO CREDIT We can fi nance your auto loan in minutes, you Drive Home Now or we deliver to BC & Alberta

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818 CARS - DOMESTIC

2000 FORD FOCUS, standard trans., blue, 4 dr. sedan, CD, Air Cared. $2995 obo (604)826-0519

2005 CHRYSLER SEBRING con-vertible, silver, 84 k’s. auto. Mags. $7895/obo. (604)826-0519

2011 CHRYSLER, SILVER, 2000 series, 4,037km. $25,000 obo (250)485-8081

TRANSPORTATION

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

1996 TOYOTO COROLLA PLUS, auto, green, 4/dr, a/c, 156K, timing belt replaced, new exhst, reg. srvc, good brakes/tires, AirCared 03/13 $3100 obo. (604)507-9945

2002 DODGE NEON R/T standard trans., white, sunroof, used eng., new timing belt & clutch. CD stack-er $3995 obo. (604)826-0519

2004 MERCEDES C230 SEDAN - auto, sunroof, 47k, Gold Mist Mica over blk. leather, exc. cond. local, no accid. $14,400 (604)328-1883

2005 Mercedes Benz SL55AMG Kompressor AMG Sport Package, 5.5 litre V-8, 493 HP. Hardtop retractable roof, 31,000 km. Online auction now: www.bcacuction.ca. Info: 250-952-5003

2007 Honda Civic DXG 5 sp, 2 dr., grey, 130K, p/w, p/l, a/c, am/fm/cd, no acc. $9,500 604-793-3819

2009 HYUNDAI ACCENT, 2400 km auto, 2 door, $7295 obo. Call: 604-277-6549

2011 NISSAN VERSA, 4 door, hatchback, auto. grey, new tires. $8500 fi rm. Call 604-538-4883.

828 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

2011 5th Wheel 32’ Gooseneck Cargo Trailer, triple axle, 4000lb ramp, electric brakes, roof vents, 36” side door, like new, $12,500. Call 604-842-8009.

838 RECREATIONAL/SALE

1995 ALJO 21½ ‘ 5th wheel trailer, 1 owner, smoke free. Kept indoors, very clean, low mi., sleeps 6, $10,500. (604)823-6459

2000 DODGE GREAT WEST VAN Class B Motorhome 318- V8 107,000 km. Rebuilt transmis-sion has 400 km & warranty. Like new in & out. A/C, fantastic fan, toi-let, shower, am/fm stereo w/ CD & Cassette, dvd w/ screen. Fridge, stove, micro, sink. A must see! $23500 obo. 604-796-8792

2004 F350 LARIAT CREW CAB, 4X4, long box, 5th wheel, 180K, full load $16,500 obo. 604-812-1278

845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

Autos • Trucks• Equipment Removal

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.We pay Up To $500 CA$H

Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL

ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME

604.683.2200

SCRAP BATTERIES WANT-ED We buy scrap batteriesfrom cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288The Scrapper

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES1995 Ford Explorer, Eddie Bauer, 5 spd, 4x4, loaded, leather, sunroof, exc cond. $3900. 778-565-4230

1996 SUZUKI Swift 2 dr. auto, 4 cyl. 1.3L, stereo, passed AirCare for 2 yrs. $950. Call (778) 551-1662.

851 TRUCKS & VANS2005 MONTANA SV6, loaded, On-star, 7 pass., new front rotors & brakes. Mint. $6400. 604-812-1278
