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October 11, 2012 edition of the Outlook North Vancouver
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» NORTH VANCOUVER
Small backyard houses are transforming the way people live in North Van
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Small backyard houses are transforming Small backyard houses are transforming LIVING
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Drop, Cover and Hold On The Great British Columbia ShakeOut Thursday, October 18 at 10:18amJoin thousands of people across the province in the largest earthquake drill inCanadian history. The Drop, Cover, Hold On drill is a simple two minute exercisedesigned to encourage people to be better prepared for earthquakes. Be a partof this public education event by registering at www.ShakeOutBC.ca.
Lower Lonsdale Legacy FundAPPLICATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15The City is accepting applications for the Lower Lonsdale Legacy Fund.The Fund provides grants for community development projects, programs orservices that contribute to the quality of life for residents in Lower Lonsdale.Eligible applicants include non-profit organizations that provide services in theareas of health, welfare, social or cultural development, education or recreation.Learn more at www.cnv.org.
Stay Connected with the CityThe City is committed to establishing open two-way communication with residents and businesses, and encourages you to participate in the public process by getting involved and offering feedback on community issues. Find out how by visiting www.cnv.org/StayConnected or check out our Facebook page for the latest information about City projects, programs and events: www.cnv.org/Facebook.
Let's Talk About Our FutureCITYSHAPING STAGE 3 IS UNDERWAYCome to an event and play a role in updating the City’s Official Community Plan. Council Workshop: Housing Needs in the City of North Vancouver Saturday, October 20 from 10am - 2pm City Hall Council Chambers This workshop offers the public and Council an opportunity to explore issues related to housing diversity and affordability. It will include a review of the CIty's current housing policies, past accomplishments and an exploration of future opportunities and approaches. Presenters include housing expert Linda Allen, President of CitySpaces; Donna Stewart, North Shore Community Housing Action Committee; and Jane Osborne, Lionsview Seniors Planning Society.
RSVP to [email protected] or 604-990-4240. Additional events are taking place on October 29 and November 24. Complete details at www.cnv.org/CityShaping.
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Tom Larscheid’s first NHL game
Here’s a quirky little
story to help quell your
hockey-lockout blues
Tom Larscheid lived on the North Shore – including a home on Camelot Road in
West Vancouver – during much of his colourful 45-year radio and television broadcasting career which earned him induc-tion into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.
But his Camelot-like career as the colour commentator for Vancouver Canucks’ games for almost 30 of those years from 1977-83 and then 1988-2010 (with play-by-play announcers Jim Robson, Jim Hughson and John Shorthouse) began with a rather difficult opening game to say the very least.
It’s a story that Larscheid can laugh about now. But at the time it was anything but funny.
Larscheid had arrived in Vancouver as a 22-year-old in 1962 via his Milwaukee birth-place, California upbringing and a Utah State University hall-of-fame football career to play running back for the BC Lions.
That first season he tallied nine touchdowns on 597 rush-ing yards and 496 more on 29 pass receptions. The nine TDs ranked ninth in the entire Canadian Football League and were second on the Lions only to the 14 recorded by the incom-parable Willie Fleming.
However, Larscheid’s grid-iron-playing days with BC were put on hold after a knee injury in 1963 prevented him from suiting up for the Leos’ first two Grey Cup appearances in ’63 and ’64. And they ended permanently on July 15, 1965, while on a comeback attempt during an unusual exhibi-tion tripleheader at Empire Stadium involving BC, Calgary
and Edmonton. Larscheid at 170 pounds was tackled by the Stampeders’ 260-pound Don Luzzi and Tom’s knee gave out for the final time.
Larscheid did some part-time colour commentary for Lions games that season and eventu-ally turned to broadcasting foot-ball as a full-time occupation.
Then in 1977, while he was still doing Lions’ games, CKNW decided to pair him with the already legendary Jim Robson on hockey games of all things. Robson had almost always worked alone to that point. Larscheid had never broad-cast hockey. Surely, this was an extraordinarily bizarre plan and it was scoffed at by plenty
of observers.So you can
imagine the pressure on Larscheid when the Canucks opened the regu-
lar season with a game against the New York Rangers in Madison Square Garden, argu-ably the world’s most famous arena. It was Oct. 12, 1977, exactly 35 years ago this week-end.
“My first game with Jim Robson,” Larscheid confirms, “was back in 1977 at Madison Square Garden in New York. “Now can you imagine this? It’s my first game and the micro-phones aren’t working. We actu-ally broadcast the game on a telephone. Jim would hold it, do the play by play and then put the phone in front of my mouth and I’d do the colour.
“Then between periods I would interview my guest. I had to interview him the same way with a telephone and that was the very first [hockey] game I ever did. We had to do the game that way until the third period when the operator found out what was wrong.
“First of all, there was the anxiety and the pressure and the butterflies just going in to
Master of the open Mic - Tom Larscheid was a master of the microphone but his first hockey broadcast was done over the telephone. Vancouver Canucks collection
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Allegations of infighting pit rescuer against rescuer
North Shore Rescue is accusing the North Vancouver district firefighters’ union of dis-couraging its members from joining the all-
volunteer search and rescue team, an allegation the union flatly denies.
In a letter sent to The Outlook Tuesday, North Shore Rescue team leader Tim Jones said he’s aware of “repeated complaints” that at least one member of the North Vancouver district firefight-ers’ union — IAFF Local 1183 — has discouraged
other members and those in other Locals from join-ing or remaining a volunteer with North Shore Rescue.
But union president Brian Leavold said the alle-gations are “simply false.”
“We have no problem with North Shore Rescue,” Leavold told The Outlook in a phone interview Tuesday, saying he wasn’t even aware of the com-plaint until he received a letter from a lawyer rep-resenting the volunteer rescue squad.
“We [the district firefighters’ union] have no members in North Shore Rescue. We have never told anybody not to join North Shore Rescue or quit North Shore Rescue. I don’t know where he got
those allega-tions and I’ve worked for the district firefighters for 30 years.
“There may be another department out there or something,” Leavold con-tinued. “But it’s certainly not us.”
Asked whether he believed the union leader’s denial, the lawyer rep-resenting NSR replied: “Absolutely not.”
Labour and employment lawyer Greg Heywood said the current complaint from a North Vancouver city firefighter is just the latest in a string of accu-sations of bullying against IAFF Local 1183 mem-bers for allegedly pressuring other firefighters to abandon their extra-curricular rescue activities.
“It’s been an issue with this for a number of years,” Heywood told The Outlook in a phone inter-view Tuesday. “We had two firefighters from West Vancouver and one from North Vancouver district resign [from NSR] over this.”
Heywood said that because the city firefighter at the centre of the recent complaints is a senior exec-utive board member with NSR, he has “attracted the complaints of [the] North Vancouver District [firefighters’ union] more so than anyone else.”
Heywood cited a “twisted version of work juris-diction” between on-duty district firefighters and the volunteer rescuers as a likely source of the alleged friction between the two camps, something Leavold denied.
“Mr. Heywood’s false and unfortunate allegations do not alter my view of North Shore Rescue, which does good work and with which IAFF Local 1183 has no problems working alongside during emer-gency response situations,” Leavold said.
While NSR leader Tim Jones was unavailable for comment Tuesday due to his duties as a paramedic, he wrote in the letter that North Shore Rescue’s success in saving lives depends heavily upon the skills of its volunteers from the firefighting and emergency medical fields.
“Fire departments and the ambulance service provide a rich pool of potential volunteers because of their high degree of training in life-saving tech-niques,” Jones said. “[T]he loss of current IAFF members would be a significant blow to the team.”
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TROUBLED WATERS? - North Shore Rescue team leader Tim Jones (right) sits opposite a Talon helicopter pilot during a rescue operation. NSR photo
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Drink local North Vancouver’s Bridge Brewing is now on tap
North Shore beer lov-ers can now drink local. Really local.
In July, North Vancouver native Jason Stratton launched Bridge Brewing Company, a small-scale brewhouse located in a business park on the Dollarton Highway.
The brewery’s first offering, North Shore Pale, has already become a hit with local craft beer enthusiasts on both sides of the bridge with little marketing other than social media and friends telling friends.
Stratton describes their Northwest-style pale ale as “hop forward, yet refreshing.”
It’s sold in “Growlers” — 1.89-litre glass jugs — which cost $5 for the bottle and $12 for a fill up when you drop by the brewery. They also offer 19.5- and 50-litre kegs and are planning to add a bottling line so they can start selling 650ml bottles.
With beer sales flowing so fast, Stratton is already planning to increase his brewing capacity by adding another fermentation tank.
Already you can order Bridge’s pale beer when you’re dining out at Frankie’s Italian Kitchen, the Alibi Room in Gastown and Pier 7 and El Matador in North Vancouver.
Stratton, who by day is a controller for a large Vancouver company, has partnered with Partick Doré, the company’s official brewer, in the new beer ven-ture.
An accomplished chef
who’s been in the industry for three decades, Doré was working in Seattle dur-ing the 1990s when the microbrewery cul-ture exploded in Seattle and Portland.
“I had a front row seat to that,” he says, taking a break from brewing a batch of Bridge.
The pair — who are joined by the com-pany’s “director of consumption,” Leigh Stratton, Jason’s wife, in the brewery operation — have been tasting a lot of beer in recent months in order to craft a quality beer they’re proud to call their own.
It took three or four months to perfect the recipe for their North Shore Pale.
That meant litres of suds got poured down the drain.
“That’s not to say that they weren’t good — they just weren’t perfect,” says Stratton, who came up with the idea for starting the
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Brew Crew - Patrick Doré, Jason Stratton and Leigh Stratton of Bridge Brewing Company. Justin Beddall photo
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PumPkin Patch kids - Lynn Valley Elementary’s annual Pumpkin Patch takes place Oct. 21 from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. Along with tons of pumpkins, the event also includes food, prizes and fun for the entire family. Also on Oct. 21, the Lynn Valley Parent Participation Preschool (next door) hosts its Pumpkin Patch event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost for the LVPPP event is $15 per family, which includes a pumpkin, crafts, face painting, cookie decorating, haunted house and a goodie bag. Michaela Garstin photo
City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto walked to work on Tuesday.
It’s a fairly short commute — around 12 minutes to city hall — but it gave him a chance to leave his smart car parked in the driveway and get some exer-cise while chatting with some residents along the way.
He’s hoping other North Shore residents will join him in leaving their cars at home — for at least one trip a week, whether that be walking to get groceries or biking to work or taking the SeaBus downtown.
To help residents go car-free once a week, the City of North Vancouver, along with the districts of North and West Vancouver, have teamed with TravelSmart, an organization dedicated to encouraging people to make more sustainable travel choices.
“I think it’s a great idea,” said Mussatto of the TravelSmart program.
Of course, it will be easier for some to get out of their cars.
Mussatto has embraced alternate methods of transportation for years, usually walking or biking to
work at least three times a week.He has some advice for first-timers looking to give
up their car for one trip a week. Start slowly with something easy. That could be
walking to a friend’s house, carpooling to your kid’s soccer game or biking or taking public transit to a movie. As the momentum builds, try something else.
Mussatto believes that if all North Shore residents make the car-free pledge, it will have a significant results in increasing community health and reducing traffic congestion, a problem that plagues the North Shore.
“People will be healthier. It takes cars off the road [and] reduces our carbon footprint.”
And if more people get out of their vehicles “we don’t have to build more bridges or lanes,” he adds.
To take the pledge and for tips on planning smart trips in your neighbourhood visit travelsmart.ca/northshore.
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Can you make one less car trip a week?
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The 31st annual Vancouver International Film Festival wraps up this week after 16 days of memorable films, fun and faces. Known for being a festival of substance,
the event featured more than 380 films from around the world organized into series like Canadian Images, Dragons & Tigers, International Shorts and Cinema of Our Time. Still, no festival is complete without a few red carpet parties and premiere galas. Check out a few of the familiar faces below as Vancouver’s more famous locals came out to celebrate.
1 Walking the red carpet at the Lighthouse Pictures & JetSet crew film party are actors Michael Eklund, who can be seen in The Hive with Abigail Breslin and Halle Berry, and Katharine Isabelle, star of the horror thriller American Mary. 2 Sponsors of the big Red Carpet film party at the Sutton, Bridge Studios’ GM Ron Hrynuik, left, and Lighthouse Pictures’ Jamie Goehring pose for pics with all the big names. 3 You know him best as Constable John Constable from The Beachcombers, but actor Jackson
Davies is truly a local legend with more than 46 television series and shows to his name. 4 Travel Guys host Darren Parkman, left, jokes around with friend and actor Paul Duchart who filmed Charlie St. Cloud with Zac Efron here on the North Shore. 5 West Vancouver’s Cathy Negus-Kruse and actor
Duke Stevenson enjoy all the red carpet action at the Sutton Place Hotel event. 6 Young and handsome, look for newcomer Dylan Playfair, seen here with agent Carrie Wheeler, in a new endeavour called Mr. Hockey featuring Gordie Howe.
7 Vancouver’s sweetheart, actress Gabrielle Miller, of Corner Gas fame, joins visiting actor Alexander Cendese, left, and producer Alfonso Quijada.
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Putting up just a shed in the backyard won’t do it for Josh Henderson.
The small, self-contained house he’s build-ing off the lane has vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors and two bedrooms. It’s completely separate from his family’s home at the front of the yard and will eventually be taken over by his mother-in-law.
Like several other homeowners in North Vancouver, Henderson is opting for a coach house (also known as a granny flat, laneway or carriage housing) instead of a basement suite.
His 1,000-square-foot coach house on East 10th Street began to take shape in just one day, the base put in quickly and prefab walls nailed together. Nearing completion six months later, the
house’s style mirrors the original house which, according to city bylaws, helps it blend into the neighbourhood better.
“We wanted [design] symmetry between our house and the coach house, but it’s still a com-pletely separate place to live,” says Henderson, who hired North Van-based Ajia Canadian Building Systems to design and build the house and is doing some of the smaller work himself.
The open concept kitchen, dining room and living room make the space feel bigger than it actually is, he tells The Outlook on a tour. Dark hardwood floors and kitchen cabinets are being installed, along with fixtures in the downstairs washroom and laundry area.
Upstairs, the finishing touches are being added to the master bedroom and a smaller room that
could be used as either a nursery or a den. Henderson predicts building a coach house like
this would cost around $250,000. “We had to put in a bay window and an over-
hang to add weight,” says Henderson, referring to City of North Vancouver building codes that regu-late everything from the size of coach houses to their location on the lot to the colour of the trim.
“It can be a long process, you just have to be organized and provide everything [to council] that’s needed so there’s no confusion,” he says while scanning his website northvancoachhouse.com, which chronicles his experience and provides tips to anyone looking to build their own.
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For Henderson, building a coach house is an ideal way to maximize use of his land.
“I used to live in a 400-square-foot apartment downtown. When I moved in here, I knew I didn’t need all this space. Why not use it for something useful?”
And, following the lead of Vancouver and other Lower Mainland communities, that’s exactly what the City of North Vancouver is hoping will happen.
With the ever-increasing cost of houses in North Van and the dwindling number of rental units, coach houses are meant to provide alternate, affordable places to live. So far, around 25 have been built in North Van, with more on the way.
“It’s a good investment for us too because it will allow my mother-in-law to move in and be close to us, and it increases our house value,” says Henderson, as landscapers and carpenters maneu-ver around him on the busy construction site.
“I’m lucky to live in a community that allows coach homes to be built.”
Not just a cheap box It took 13 months for David Crawford to get a
permit and go through a public hearing before con-struction of his coach house could begin.
Patience is required for the long application pro-cess, he says, but the end result is worth it.
“You can’t just build a cheap box in your back-yard,” he warns, adding the city of North Van is involved in every step of the process.
“It’s a good investment, but be prepared to spend about $30,000 before you start building for things like architect fees, building permits and upgrading water and sewer supplies.”
Like Henderson, Crawford is building a Level-B Coach House which, unlike Level-A houses, requires a long application process and approv-al from council. Level-B houses are bigger than Level-A houses (up to 1,000 square feet) and can be built 1.6 storeys high.
But these requirements aren’t set in stone. Council approved a 1,490-square-foot coach house in March, the additional space being in the cellar
to house a 10,000-gallon rainwater collection tank. Plans for the coach house faced criticism from the public, some of whom thought the size, which is 490 square feet larger than the guidelines, was too big for the area.
But Crawford’s 1,000-square-foot, two-bedroom, 1.5 bath coach house near Grand Boulevard fits within the guidelines and, he adds, was supported by his close neighbours. It took nine months to complete at a cost of $250,000. He is renting it out for $1,900 a month and plans to have his son even-tually move in, he tells The Outlook, while standing in the lane by the front door.
With shrubs lining the entrance way, complete trim and moldings and a carport, the coach house looks very similar to the main residence, only smaller.
“If you think you can build one easily, you can’t. It’s a long process, but still we’re very lucky to be able to build one,” says Crawford, admiring the fin-ished project which fits into the city’s plans to cre-ate more alternative housing options.
Waiting for approval Not all homeowners on the North Shore, how-
ever, are allowed to build coach houses. The City
of North Vancouver is the only municipality that allows coach houses at this time, so residents in the districts of North and West Van are out of luck.
But this could change in the coming year. North Van district is looking into allowing coach houses, but on a neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood basis.
Compared to the city, the district doesn’t have many lanes to build beside, which is a criteria for building in the city. There are many large lots to build on, however, which the district is considering, says Brian Bydwell, the general manager of plan-ning, properties and permits.
The district’s Official Community Plans calls for a diversity of housing to increase affordability, naming coach houses in particular. By next year, guidelines are expected to be drawn up in response to a number of people who have shown interest, Bydwell adds.
West Van’s Official Community Plan also man-dates more affordable housing options.
“There are either houses or apartments, nothing in between,” says Stephen Mikicich, a senior com-munity planner for the District of West Vancouver.
Two pilot coach house projects were planned but construction never began because of site challeng-es, a neighbour complaint and personal reasons of one the homeowners. Despite setbacks, commu-nity planners expect to present a policy option to council next spring, adds Mikicich, a move council would like to see happen quickly.
“We really need the development community to step up with some projects,” said Mayor Michael Smith, following a unanimous council vote in June in support of exploring coach houses in West Van. Since public consultations have already been done, Smith and other members of council would like coach houses approved as soon as possible.
Henderson and Crawford, the owners of the two coach houses in the City of North Van, are happy to get a head start.
“It’s not cheap to live in North Van, land alone can easily cost $800,000,” says Crawford, flipping through photos of the construction. “Coach houses are a good utilization of land without putting too much strain on the neighbourhood, if they’re done well.”
Back alley living - David Crawford’s coach house in the backyard looks similar to his family’s home, only smaller. Michaela Garstin photo
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Mistakes are easy to make, Dubowits says, and picking technology products based on common misconceptions or persuasive marketing can lead to expensive frustration.
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Dubowits says one of the key differ-ences between specialty independent stores like Concept, and large high-vol-ume retailers, is in the merchandising model itself.
"Let's face it: the high volume outfits need to move a lot of product to stay in business.
"At a specialty operation like Concept Computers, we don't have that kind of overhead pressure. Most of the product we carry is on a 'Just In Time' basis from our suppliers, distributors
with deep pockets and amazing well-stocked warehouses offer-ing a wider variety of products than the biggest retailers carry. If we need it, they get it to us the next day, or sometimes, even the same day.
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Another difference is in the quality of service offered by specialty operations like Concept.
"We've made it our mission to provide a superior level of service," said Dubow-its.
"Preparation, for example, is a big part of what we do. A lot of customers want - need - more than just a box to carry home. Setting up a new computer is not fun for many people. It takes a lot of time and attention to detail to set up a system so that it runs the way it should. Sometimes it can take hours. We offer that service. I can safely say that a computer system set up by us is a sub-stantially better product than one that is straight out of the box. It's substantially faster, more secure, and easier to use. We take great pride in every system we prepare."
Concept's preparation services can be particularly important to customers wanting to upgrade from their old com-puters into something new - an idea that
Dubowits says strikes fear into many customers.
"There have been horror stories out there," he says. "Customers upgrading to new systems have told us they've lost some and even all their data in the pro-cess, including their documents, photos, music and emails. Our Migration Ser-vice is designed to ensure that won't happen when we upgrade a customer. We take our customer's data files very seriously. In fact, to us, migrating a cus-tomer's files safely to new equipment is the most important thing we do.
"That same passion or perfection ap-plies to the computers we repair; we know a customer's data files is often far more valuable that the hardware itself, so we've become specialists in data re-covery and migration. Of all the things I've done over the past 27 years, it's our success in data recover that gives me the greatest sense of accomplishment.
"There's a lot to be said in being proud of what you do.”
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Metro leaders rip TransLink over faulty forecastsDirectors wonder what new missteps await transit system
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TransLink executives took a battering last Friday as Metro Vancouver politicians accused them of making so many faulty fore-
casts that their projections can’t be believed.“How can we even trust TransLink knowing
what’s happened in the past?” asked Richmond Coun. Harold Steves at a regional planning com-mittee meeting where the latest transit expansion plan was under scrutiny.
TransLink has been forced to scrap 300,000 hours of bus service expansion it had planned and
make other cuts after concluding it is hundreds of millions of dollars short of what it needs to deliver its promised plan over the next three years.
The big revenue drains include a $144-million drop in TransLink’s gas tax take from its 17 cent-a-litre levy and an expectation the Golden Ears Bridge will raise $38 million less in tolls from 2013 to 2015.
Steves and Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan both said TransLink underestimated how much operat-ing cash flow the Canada Line would consume.
Corrigan said TransLink planners were also “badly wrong” about how many drivers would pay to cross the Golden Ears Bridge after giving assur-ances traffic volumes would be much higher.
“Now the expectations have been consistently reduced every budget and we’re paying more to deal with the Golden Ears Bridge.”
Corrigan said he fears the Evergreen Line to
Coquitlam, opening in 2016, will also eat up more cash than expected because TransLink will have to ensure adequate feeder bus service to the SkyTrain extension.
He said another “time bomb” ticking in TransLink’s future is its obligation to continue the U-Pass service, which was extended to all post-secondary students last year under orders from the province.
That’s put much heavier demand on the bus sys-tem but an agreement where the province has pro-vided aid to help cover the costs expires soon.
Corrigan said if the deal isn’t renegotiated, TransLink will be left “holding the bag” or forced to try to raise U-Pass prices.
TransLink’s plan includes a scaled-back launch of the promised Highway 1 RapidBus service from
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Langley over the new Port Mann Bridge. Instead of terminating at Lougheed Station it will only go to Braid and the buses will run less frequently than the promised 10-minute service at off-peak times.
Corrigan asked why the bus service doesn’t simply connect to SkyTrain at King George Station in Surrey, noting Vancouver-bound high-way buses from South Surrey/White Rock were diverted to Bridgeport Station once the Canada Line opened.
“I have trouble figuring out how these kinds of choices are made,” he said. “Unless it’s the poli-tics of ensuring there’s buses going across the bridge and the optics of the HOV lanes being used.”
TransLink strategic planning vice-president Bob Paddon said a third of the traffic over the bridge exits for Coquitlam and predicted the
Highway 1 buses will be in high demand.“Our analysis says we’ll have a lot of new rid-
ers,” he said. “It will draw from a market that’s not well served by transit today, that is quite car dependent.”
Paddon also rejected Corrigan’s claims TransLink staff haven’t done enough to fight for improvements.
He said TransLink advanced revenue ideas like a vehicle levy or road pricing that were ulti-mately blocked by the province.
“Unfortunately it has not been fruitful,” Paddon said. “I am hopeful we can get back to that discussion.”
Langley Township Mayor Jack Froese, who backs the Highway 1 bus plan, cautioned Corrigan not to dwell on the past.
“Our region’s in danger of stalling,” Froese said. “We’re not going to have the infrastructure in place as the population comes along.”
The committee isn’t endorsing TransLink’s
new base plan, saying it doesn’t do enough to support Metro’s regional growth strategy.
It does recommend Metro’s board continue to push for new funding streams for TransLink as well as reform of its governance system.
Area mayors are expected to ask TransLink to give them a formal vote to rescind a $30-million property tax increase slated for the next two years.
TransLink would then have to spell out what services would be cut to make up the lost rev-enue and embark on detailed consultations that could drag into early next year, Paddon said.
Corrigan said he expects the cuts TransLink will table will be calculated to “drive the public crazy” and put intense pressure on the mayors to cave in and keep the tax hike in place.
“It’s an end game they’re playing, saying ‘We dare you to take this money away.’”
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With over 27 years of experience in computer sales, service and mainte-nance, Concept Computers is simply the North Shore’s best choice for your computer needs.
“There is no substitute for experi-ence,” says manager Dwight Dubowits. “Whether you are buying your first PC, upgrading, or needing emergency service, the industry is more complex than ever, and getting the right advice is critical .”
Mistakes are easy to make, Dubowits says, and picking technology products based on common misconceptions or persuasive marketing can lead to expensive frustration.
“We’ve seen clients ready to make to-tally wrong decisions," he said. "Often customers will want choose a hardware platform that is absolutely wrong for
the software applications they need to run, all based on things that they had heard from friends and associates, or clever advertising campaigns. We're pretty good at looking at the big pic-ture, and pointing out how needlessly expensive their initial decisions would be."
Dubowits says one of the key differ-ences between specialty independent stores like Concept, and large high-vol-ume retailers, is in the merchandising model itself.
"Let's face it: the high volume outfits need to move a lot of product to stay in business.
"At a specialty operation like Concept Computers, we don't have that kind of overhead pressure. Most of the product we carry is on a 'Just In Time' basis from our suppliers, distributors
with deep pockets and amazing well-stocked warehouses offer-ing a wider variety of products than the biggest retailers carry. If we need it, they get it to us the next day, or sometimes, even the same day.
"This gives us a much freer ability to help the customer select the right product that meets the customer's needs.”
It's all about the right platform, professional set-up and seamless file transfers.
And we've got you covered.
Another difference is in the quality of service offered by specialty operations like Concept.
"We've made it our mission to provide a superior level of service," said Dubow-its.
"Preparation, for example, is a big part of what we do. A lot of customers want - need - more than just a box to carry home. Setting up a new computer is not fun for many people. It takes a lot of time and attention to detail to set up a system so that it runs the way it should. Sometimes it can take hours. We offer that service. I can safely say that a computer system set up by us is a sub-stantially better product than one that is straight out of the box. It's substantially faster, more secure, and easier to use. We take great pride in every system we prepare."
Concept's preparation services can be particularly important to customers wanting to upgrade from their old com-puters into something new - an idea that
Dubowits says strikes fear into many customers.
"There have been horror stories out there," he says. "Customers upgrading to new systems have told us they've lost some and even all their data in the pro-cess, including their documents, photos, music and emails. Our Migration Ser-vice is designed to ensure that won't happen when we upgrade a customer. We take our customer's data files very seriously. In fact, to us, migrating a cus-tomer's files safely to new equipment is the most important thing we do.
"That same passion or perfection ap-plies to the computers we repair; we know a customer's data files is often far more valuable that the hardware itself, so we've become specialists in data re-covery and migration. Of all the things I've done over the past 27 years, it's our success in data recover that gives me the greatest sense of accomplishment.
"There's a lot to be said in being proud of what you do.”
Dwight DubowitsConcept Computers
1259 Marine Drive, North Vancouver604.986.7680
SHARP VISION. SHARP MINDSCataracts are the leading cause of blindness in people 55 and older, but did you know they could also contribute to an increased risk for cognitive decline and dementia?In a study of 625 elderly patients conducted by the University of Michi-gan, those with poor vision who did not receive proper eye care were 9 times more at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and 5 times more at risk for some form of cognitive impairment. In contrast, those participants with good vision had a 63% reduced risk of developing dementia.
Sharp vision and sharp mind seem to go hand-in-hand. Protect both by scheduling a comprehensive eye health examination at Hollyburn Eye Clinic today.
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Metro leaders rip TransLink over faulty forecastsDirectors wonder what new missteps await transit system
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TransLink executives took a battering last Friday as Metro Vancouver politicians accused them of making so many faulty fore-
casts that their projections can’t be believed.“How can we even trust TransLink knowing
what’s happened in the past?” asked Richmond Coun. Harold Steves at a regional planning com-mittee meeting where the latest transit expansion plan was under scrutiny.
TransLink has been forced to scrap 300,000 hours of bus service expansion it had planned and
make other cuts after concluding it is hundreds of millions of dollars short of what it needs to deliver its promised plan over the next three years.
The big revenue drains include a $144-million drop in TransLink’s gas tax take from its 17 cent-a-litre levy and an expectation the Golden Ears Bridge will raise $38 million less in tolls from 2013 to 2015.
Steves and Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan both said TransLink underestimated how much operat-ing cash flow the Canada Line would consume.
Corrigan said TransLink planners were also “badly wrong” about how many drivers would pay to cross the Golden Ears Bridge after giving assur-ances traffic volumes would be much higher.
“Now the expectations have been consistently reduced every budget and we’re paying more to deal with the Golden Ears Bridge.”
Corrigan said he fears the Evergreen Line to
Coquitlam, opening in 2016, will also eat up more cash than expected because TransLink will have to ensure adequate feeder bus service to the SkyTrain extension.
He said another “time bomb” ticking in TransLink’s future is its obligation to continue the U-Pass service, which was extended to all post-secondary students last year under orders from the province.
That’s put much heavier demand on the bus sys-tem but an agreement where the province has pro-vided aid to help cover the costs expires soon.
Corrigan said if the deal isn’t renegotiated, TransLink will be left “holding the bag” or forced to try to raise U-Pass prices.
TransLink’s plan includes a scaled-back launch of the promised Highway 1 RapidBus service from
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Langley over the new Port Mann Bridge. Instead of terminating at Lougheed Station it will only go to Braid and the buses will run less frequently than the promised 10-minute service at off-peak times.
Corrigan asked why the bus service doesn’t simply connect to SkyTrain at King George Station in Surrey, noting Vancouver-bound high-way buses from South Surrey/White Rock were diverted to Bridgeport Station once the Canada Line opened.
“I have trouble figuring out how these kinds of choices are made,” he said. “Unless it’s the poli-tics of ensuring there’s buses going across the bridge and the optics of the HOV lanes being used.”
TransLink strategic planning vice-president Bob Paddon said a third of the traffic over the bridge exits for Coquitlam and predicted the
Highway 1 buses will be in high demand.“Our analysis says we’ll have a lot of new rid-
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Paddon also rejected Corrigan’s claims TransLink staff haven’t done enough to fight for improvements.
He said TransLink advanced revenue ideas like a vehicle levy or road pricing that were ulti-mately blocked by the province.
“Unfortunately it has not been fruitful,” Paddon said. “I am hopeful we can get back to that discussion.”
Langley Township Mayor Jack Froese, who backs the Highway 1 bus plan, cautioned Corrigan not to dwell on the past.
“Our region’s in danger of stalling,” Froese said. “We’re not going to have the infrastructure in place as the population comes along.”
The committee isn’t endorsing TransLink’s
new base plan, saying it doesn’t do enough to support Metro’s regional growth strategy.
It does recommend Metro’s board continue to push for new funding streams for TransLink as well as reform of its governance system.
Area mayors are expected to ask TransLink to give them a formal vote to rescind a $30-million property tax increase slated for the next two years.
TransLink would then have to spell out what services would be cut to make up the lost rev-enue and embark on detailed consultations that could drag into early next year, Paddon said.
Corrigan said he expects the cuts TransLink will table will be calculated to “drive the public crazy” and put intense pressure on the mayors to cave in and keep the tax hike in place.
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Calling itself “the first gallery in the country dedicated to young audiences,” the Gordon
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And it has the support of some of Canada’s most forward-thinking artists to do so.
When patrons visit the gallery for the first time this weekend — through doors carved by interna-tionally recognized Squamish carv-er, Xwalacktun — they’ll see new works from Maritime painter David Blackwood, photos by Ontario land-scape artist Edward Burtynsky and a sculpture by the North Shore’s own Douglas Coupland.
While many of the works were bought by the gallery, many more were donated by the artists them-selves.
“It’s a teaching collection,” said Daylen Luchsinger, the program facilitator for gallery operator Artists for Kids. “When artworks are acquired, part of our mandate is we acquire based on not just what’s going on in the art world but also what we can teach with them.”
Existing on the North Shore for more than two decades, the non-profit Artists for Kids will have its first permanent and fully pub-lic gallery when the new exhibi-tion space in the North Vancouver School District building at 2121 Lonsdale Ave. opens this weekend.
“We’re different from the Vancouver Art Gallery who just try to stay on the cutting edge,” Luchsinger said. “We do that too while trying to cater to the K-12 age group.”
Named for West Vancouver visu-al artist Gordon A. Smith, whose donations of time and money to Artists for Kids have in part made the program possible, the new gallery will seek to connect with kids through its collection without dumbing down the works of serious “grown-up” artists.
One example of this is Coupland’s
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The gallery opening runs Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m with some artists in attendance. Following the opening, the gallery will be open to the public by dona-tion from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday.
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The quaint restaurant, hidden behind offices at the corner of Semisch Avenue and West Esplanade in North Vancouver, opened in March as an offshoot of Mathieu’s business selling Tao Organic food products to North Shore clients.
“Some people are skeptical at first, but after they try it, they come back and tell their friends,” Mathieu tells The Outlook while preparing a few of her signature cre-ations. She places a crêpe filled with walnuts, raisins and maple syrup on the table. It looks exactly like the traditional dessert, the batter made with a mixture of coconut meat, apples, golden flax seed, dates and cin-namon.
Besides being delicious, Mathieu says eating raw food has enormous health benefits. Since food heated above 180 degrees Fahrenheit loses essential enzymes, she says not cooking food is the healthier way to go.
Fighting off disease is easier because the body isn’t forced to use its own enzymes to digest food, she adds.
While meat and eggs were once on the list for Mathieu, she switched her diet nine years ago after a friend gave her a book about the benefits of eating raw. She says severe arthritis in her hands disappeared soon after.
“Vegan food isn’t just salad. There’s no reason it shouldn’t taste great and be fun to eat,” says Mathieu, spreading creamy nut cheese (made with sprouted almonds, macadamia and pine nuts, onion, celery and dill) onto wheat-free crackers.
It shouldn’t mean giving up treats either, she adds. She has 10 desserts including a sugar-free cake, made with raw chocolate on a banana and walnut crust. Or try the Maqui cake sweetened with deep-purple Chilean wine berries.
Tao (pronounced dow) is a Chinese word meaning “the path,” one Mathieu hopes even hesitant carnivores will try.
Café by Tao, located at 120-260 West Esplanade, is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day.
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His guest between periods was John Ferguson, the Rangers’ Vancouver-born general manager, who had won five Stanley Cups in his eight seasons as a player with the Montreal Canadiens.
Larscheid introduced Ferguson as having won five Grey Cup rings. Oops.
“It was a Freudian slip, you know,” he acknowledges. “I was a football guy, right? It was an honest mistake. But certainly everybody jumped on it. I think it was afterwards somebody men-tioned it to me. I didn’t even realize it at the time.”
To make it worse, New York won 6-3.Ignominious a beginning as this was, Larscheid soon
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skill level to play the game with bodily contact. That’s why I call it the best spectator sport in the world. I mean, really, think about it.”
Unfortunately, thinking about it is all we can do right now while NHL players and owners attempt to stickhandle their way through yet another stalemate during labour negotiations.
According to reports, following a face-to-face meet-ing last weekend, the two sides “are expected to keep in touch by phone over the coming days.” Perhaps they need Larscheid to get on the line. He’s had that experience on the phone. And he’ll tell it like it is. Plus he’s a hockey guy now so there won’t be any men-tion of Grey Cup rings.
This is episode 468 from Len Corben’s trea-sure chest of stories – the great events and the quirky – that bring to life the North Shore’s rich sports history.
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YARoslAvYaroslav has been an outlook carrier for almost a year now. He is attentive to all his stops & starts,
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but Yaroslav considers it good exercise and good business experience.
Yaroslav’s favourite subject in school is science – he says it’s exciting to learn. He also enjoys PE and plays soccer with the North shore Cougars.
He likes to play games, hang around withfriends and listen to music. Yaroslav also likes to draw and sometimes, while delivering his route, he’ll see something that inspires a new sketch. He is saving his earnings for a new computer.
Thanks Yaroslav for such a great job!Thanks Yaroslav for such a great job!
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The West Vancouver Spuraways put up a relentless fight to claim the Provincial Cup this summer, defeating teams from
around the province and ultimately winning the final game against Victoria 3-0.
After defeating tough oppo-nents from the Fraser Valley and the Interior, the Spuraways were pitted against the Island cham-pion from the Lake Hill Soccer Association in Victoria for the Provincial Cup.
“The Spuraways held true to form and dominated the match from start to finish, utilizing all 18 rostered players,” the team’s coach Steve Dewar told The Outlook over the phone.
“We practiced hard all summer for this and in the end we made it.”
The road to the Provincial Cup began when the U17 4 District Gold Division team was promoted to the U18 Gold Division.
After winning the North Shore
District Championship and the Coastal Cup, the team finally made it to the Provincial Cup.
The key to the team’s success? Besides talent, Dewar said it’s important to give everyone on the team as much practice time as possible.
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West Van Spuraways win Cup
CHAMPIONS - Back row, left to right: Coach Steve Dewar, Nathaniel Williams, Tanner Rybchinsky, Ryley Dewar, Nick Durrans, Alex Amor, Arman Amini, Tommy Lee, Johnny Franklin, Alex Samietz, Malcolm McEachern, Jack Trembath and coach Richard Durrans. Front row, left to right: Zach Blakeman, Graham Donen, Wes Brooks, Jamie Turner, Jeronimo Chapur, Jon Caron, Bogdon Volodin, Quinn McCawley.Submitted photo
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Fuel tax transfers stack up faster than TransLink
spends it
JEFF NAGELB l a c k P r E s s
More than $280 million in fed-eral gas tax that is supposed to flow to TransLink is sitting
unused and Metro Vancouver politi-cians now want some of it to go to building bike lanes.
Since 2005, Ottawa has handed back to TransLink at least half of the 10 cents a litre of gas tax it col-
lects within the Metro region and the money has helped finance hundreds of new and replacement buses and SkyTrain cars.
But TransLink is only allowed to spend the resulting fund on certain types of projects – mainly vehicles – and with its capital spending con-strained, the transferred federal gas
tax money is stacking up faster than it’s being spent.
An extra $122 million will flow in this year, lifting the total to more than $400 million.
“We want to be able to spend that money reducing our carbon footprints with cycling infrastructure around the region,” Burnaby Mayor Derek
Corrigan said.But the federal gov-
ernment two years ago removed bike-related projects as an allowed use of the gas tax transfers.
Metro’s regional planning committee voted Friday to urge area cities to lobby Ottawa to reinstate that use.
“It’s more consis-tent with the green agenda for the gas tax dollars,” Corrigan said.
TransLink strategic planning and public affairs vice-president Bob Paddon said it was unfortunate the federal government disallowed cycling spending.
But he rejected suggestions the gas tax money will go to waste, noting it is carried over each year and TransLink has more eligible spending in the works.
This year TransLink is apply-ing to use $123 mil-lion from the fund to replace hundreds of older buses, com-munity shuttles and HandyDarts over the next three years.
The federal gas tax transfer is separate from the 17 cents a litre in tax that TransLink directly levies on each litre of fuel sold in Metro Vancouver.
TransLink’s cur-rently proposed three-year base plan would pare back the amount of money going to cycling upgrades around the region.
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Living Well Reduces Breast Cancer Risk Breast cancer is a complex disease with no known single cause. Every day we make choices that influence our health. With busy lives and demands on our time, making healthier choices can seem like a challenge. Yet even small changes in your lifestyle—or gradual ones—will benefit your breast health, help to reduce your breast cancer risk, and improve your overall health and well-being. Without knowing it, the way you live may increase or reduce your risk of developing breast cancer.Key ways to reduce your breast cancer risk are: • Being a healthier weight • Having a more balanced diet • Getting regular physical activity • Quitting smoking–or never starting • Limiting the amount of alcohol you drink
October, 2012
The BReasT CanCeR PRevenTion & Risk assessmenT CLiniC
This new resource, at BC Women’s Hospital &
Health Centre, is for wom-en in B.C. looking to under-stand and reduce their risk of breast cancer. The clinic offers services including
risk assessment question-naires, consultation with a
medical oncologist, individual lifestyle counseling referral,
community resources and follow-up assessments.
For information or to register, please call
604.603.5140 or email [email protected]
The 4th annual Gala
nite of hope™ north shore An elegant, awe-inspiring evening for those who enjoy a well themed gala evening with friends, family or associates while supporting Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC – Yukon Region. Pinnacle hotel at the Pier, north vancouver. Friday october 12th, 2012Tickets are $200 per guest, $1700 for a reserved table of ten. Ticket prices include complimentary Champagne Reception, four-course gourmet meal with complimentary red or white wine, live auction hosted by Fred Lee, a delightful silent auction, “dazzling” Diamond Ring Raffle, elegant entertainment and more. For information: www.niteofhope.comAll monies raised during the evening go directly to Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC – Yukon Region.
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Saturday, October 13th and Sunday, October 14th, 2012 11:00 am to 3:00 pm daily
Visit, tour and learn about our fully independentretirement lifestyle, as well as our VITALIS™ AssistedLiving Services. Enjoy refreshments after your tour and enter our drawfor a chance to win a prize courtesy of Amica at West Vancouver.
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a North Shore woman details her
story of survival
MARIA SPITALE-LEISKC O N T R I B U T O R
North Van resident Yumi White has been living with stage four breast cancer for a decade.
She has never had chemotherapy; her oncologist opted to treat her cancer with hormone therapy instead.
White didn’t question him. She’d been given a year to live and living with the debilitating effects of chemotherapy was not an option.
“[Hormone therapy] was the right decision for me because I’m still here,” says the graphic designer.
It was her husband Greg who found the lumps in her breasts. There was no other indication that she was battling an internal disease.
White promptly went to her family doctor who ordered a biopsy. In the radiologist’s office, where her cancer diagnosis was confirmed, she says she was killed mentally.
“That was the day I didn’t know where I was or who I was,” recalls White of that ominous, cold day in May.
Cancer aside, physically she was not shaken. White had always con-sidered herself a couch potato but post-diagnosis she started running, dragon boating and doing the Grouse Grind, which is challenging enough for people in optimal health.
Two years later, she learned the cancer had metastasized into her lungs. In the same breath, White’s oncologist diagnosed with her with unrelated cervical cancer.
The cancer has continued to spread over the years, most recently to her bones, but it’s manageable with radiation and hormone ther-apy.
“So it is still kind of happening, but maybe [the cancer] grows very slowly in my case or the [hormone therapy] helps slow down the progression,” figures White.
An annual participant in The Weekend to End Breast Cancer, White’s team, Livestrong, has raised $250,000 over six years for breast cancer research.
The money supports ground-breaking research at the BC Cancer Agency where scientists recently found a significant connection between a natural enzyme — CA9 — and the life-threatening spread of breast cancer.
These scientists have collaborated with a medici-nal chemistry group in Florence, Italy, where they developed two drugs that block the function of CA9.
Preparing the drugs for clinic-based testing will requires 18-24 months of toxicology testing before they could potentially be introduced in a phase- one clinical trial.
White was 38 years old when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She has lost two close friends who succumbed to the disease but she remains positive.
“Doctors were treating women [with breast can-cer] in the same way, with the same medication 10 years ago,” says White. “I’m always interested in hearing about new [research] discoveries.”
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Canadian Cancer Society estimates 23,000 women in Canada will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,000 women will die from the disease in 2011. For more info, visit www.cancer.ca/british columbia-yukon.aspx.
A decade of cancer, without remission Yumi White (left) with her friend Anita
Cochrane, who passed away from breast cancer one year ago.
Submitted photo
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REGULAR MAMMOGRAMS ARE YOUR BEST DEFENCE
AGAINST BREAST CANCER.
Park & Tilford Medical Treatment Centre1005-333 Brooksbank, North Vancouver • 604.983.2442
1224 Marine Drive, North Vancouver • 604.986.0677Pemberton & Marine Medical Clinic Inc.
102-1200 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver • 604.988.5389Lynn Valley Medical & Travel Clinic
JaneThornthwaiteMLA North Vancouver-Seymour
Please support Breast Cancer research.
Visit my constituencyoffi ce at Lynn Valley Village:217-1233 Lynn Valley Road North Vancouver, BC V7J 0A1T: 604.983.9852E: [email protected]: www.janethornthwaitemla.bc.ca
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a North Shore woman details her
story of survival
MARIA SPITALE-LEISKC O N T R I B U T O R
North Van resident Yumi White has been living with stage four breast cancer for a decade.
She has never had chemotherapy; her oncologist opted to treat her cancer with hormone therapy instead.
White didn’t question him. She’d been given a year to live and living with the debilitating effects of chemotherapy was not an option.
“[Hormone therapy] was the right decision for me because I’m still here,” says the graphic designer.
It was her husband Greg who found the lumps in her breasts. There was no other indication that she was battling an internal disease.
White promptly went to her family doctor who ordered a biopsy. In the radiologist’s office, where her cancer diagnosis was confirmed, she says she was killed mentally.
“That was the day I didn’t know where I was or who I was,” recalls White of that ominous, cold day in May.
Cancer aside, physically she was not shaken. White had always con-sidered herself a couch potato but post-diagnosis she started running, dragon boating and doing the Grouse Grind, which is challenging enough for people in optimal health.
Two years later, she learned the cancer had metastasized into her lungs. In the same breath, White’s oncologist diagnosed with her with unrelated cervical cancer.
The cancer has continued to spread over the years, most recently to her bones, but it’s manageable with radiation and hormone ther-apy.
“So it is still kind of happening, but maybe [the cancer] grows very slowly in my case or the [hormone therapy] helps slow down the progression,” figures White.
An annual participant in The Weekend to End Breast Cancer, White’s team, Livestrong, has raised $250,000 over six years for breast cancer research.
The money supports ground-breaking research at the BC Cancer Agency where scientists recently found a significant connection between a natural enzyme — CA9 — and the life-threatening spread of breast cancer.
These scientists have collaborated with a medici-nal chemistry group in Florence, Italy, where they developed two drugs that block the function of CA9.
Preparing the drugs for clinic-based testing will requires 18-24 months of toxicology testing before they could potentially be introduced in a phase- one clinical trial.
White was 38 years old when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She has lost two close friends who succumbed to the disease but she remains positive.
“Doctors were treating women [with breast can-cer] in the same way, with the same medication 10 years ago,” says White. “I’m always interested in hearing about new [research] discoveries.”
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Canadian Cancer Society estimates 23,000 women in Canada will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 5,000 women will die from the disease in 2011. For more info, visit www.cancer.ca/british columbia-yukon.aspx.
A decade of cancer, without remission Yumi White (left) with her friend Anita
Cochrane, who passed away from breast cancer one year ago.
Submitted photo
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REGULAR MAMMOGRAMS ARE YOUR BEST DEFENCE
AGAINST BREAST CANCER.
Park & Tilford Medical Treatment Centre1005-333 Brooksbank, North Vancouver • 604.983.2442
1224 Marine Drive, North Vancouver • 604.986.0677Pemberton & Marine Medical Clinic Inc.
102-1200 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver • 604.988.5389Lynn Valley Medical & Travel Clinic
JaneThornthwaiteMLA North Vancouver-Seymour
Please support Breast Cancer research.
Visit my constituencyoffi ce at Lynn Valley Village:217-1233 Lynn Valley Road North Vancouver, BC V7J 0A1T: 604.983.9852E: [email protected]: www.janethornthwaitemla.bc.ca
JaneThornthwaiteMLA North Vancouver–Seymour
Please support Breast Cancer
research.
Visit my constituencyoffi ce at Lynn Valley Village:217-1233 Lynn Valley Road North Vancouver, BC V7J 0A1T: 604.983.9852E: [email protected]: www.janethornthwaitemla.bc.ca
Caregiver Support Program presents: Caregiver Wellness Day
A day of information, rejuvenation and relaxation for caregivers who offer support to an adult. Meet local healthcare providers, and learn how to access health-related services.
Friday October 19th, 2012 10 am – 2 pm. Capilano Mall, 935 Marine Drive, North Van.Find us in the alcove area across from Starbucks. Please drop by for a short while or stay for the entire event!
For more information, contact Karyn at 604 . 982 . 3320 or karyn.davies @nscr.bc.caAn educational collaboration with:
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For details on these offers and others visit fortisbc.com/savingenergy or call 1-800-663-8400.
“We decided to replace our old furnace with a high-efficiency, two stage model. It’s quieter than the old furnace, provides more even and comfortable heat and saves us money on our natural gas bills.”
Terry and Brent, Castlegar
Saving energy starts here
Why encourage conservation? When you lower your energy consumption there is less demand on utility infrastructure and that helps to keep rates lower and reduces impact on the environment.
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21 COMING EVENTS
ADULT ADHD WORKSHOP FREE WORKSHOPS BY THE BEST EX-PERTS IN THE CITY! EVERYONE AND ANYONE WELCOME DATE: SUNDAY, OCT 14 2012 LOCA-TION: HAR EL, 1305 Taylor Way, West Vancouver, BC V7T 2Y7 Speakers: 1pm: Derryck Smith MD, Professor Psychiatry UBC. What is ADHD? 2 pm: Kevin Kjernsted, Weiss Clinic for ADHD Care, De-mystifying Medication Treatment 3 pm: Candice Murray, Clinical Psy-chologist, Co-Head, Provincial ADHD Program, Coping Strategies that Work 4 pm: Margaret Weiss, Clinical Professor UBC, Weiss Clin-ic for ADHD Care. Living with ADHD as an Adult To register for this program, get more information and directions, and for us to send you the powerpoint slides go to: www.copemanhealthcare.com/adhd
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30 HAPPY THOUGHTS
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We miss you each andevery second of the day.
Wishing you were here on your46th Birthday, but we will smileand remember all the wonderful
times, especially today, and you will be forever in our hearts.
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The Sales Manager will be responsible for achieving sales growth and profitability of the department; managing and developing the sales staff; and assisting in managing branch account receivables.
The ideal candidate will have proven sales experience (preferably within the construction/forestry industry), significant management experience, and the ability to develop sound, positive relationships with both internal and external clients.
Brandt Tractor is the world’s largest privately held John Deere Construction & Forestry Equipment dealer and a Platinum member of the Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies Program. Find out more about our exciting career opportunities at www.brandtjobs.com or by calling (306) 791-8923.
Email resume indicating position title and location to [email protected] or fax (306) 791-5986.
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Experience in the Surveying or Construction Industries would be considered an asset, but not a requirement. The successful candidate will be self disciplined and highly organized, as well as computer literate. We offer a competitive package and in – house training.
Brandt Tractor is the world’s largest privately held John Deere Construction & Forestry Equipment dealer and a Platinum member of the Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies Program. Find out more about our exciting career opportunities at www.brandtjobs.com or by calling (306) 791-8923
Email resume indicating position title and location to [email protected] or fax (306) 791-5986.
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108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
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111 CARETAKERS/RESIDENTIAL MANAGERS
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114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING
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125 FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE
Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home
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An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experi-enced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.
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134 HOTEL, RESTAURANT,FOOD SERVICES
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SERVERS req’d F/T for Senova restaurant. Duties; Greet patrons. Present menus. Answer questions. Take orders. Accept payments. Sal: $11.00/hr. Also, req’d 2 KITCHEN HELPERS. Duties; Wash work tables, cupboards and appliances. Also, required LINE COOKS. Sal:$12.00/hr. Duties; Prepare and cook food. Oversee kitchen opera-tions. Contact Kashmir @ [email protected] Fax: 604-266-8674 Location: Vancouver,BC
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151 PROFESSIONALS/MANAGEMENT
M’AKOLA Group of Societies Seek-ing Director of Operations for Vic-toria. Visit makola.bc.ca
160 TRADES, TECHNICAL
Civil EngineeringTechnologist II
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320 MOVING & STORAGE
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115 EDUCATION
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329 PAINTING & DECORATING
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338 PLUMBING
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341 PRESSURE WASHING
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115 EDUCATION
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353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
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477 PETS
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477 PETS
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545 FUEL
1YR Seasoned Alder Birch MapleClean, Split, DRY & Delivered.
Family Operated for 20 yrs. (604)726-3024
548 FURNITURE
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560 MISC. FOR SALE
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REAL ESTATE
603 ACREAGE
DEVELOPMENTLAND WANTED
If you would consider selling your property of 3 Acres or more and want maximum value, send the details to: [email protected] will be no pressureand no obligation, but let’s
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612 BUSINESSES FOR SALE
North Van based CGA with a pub-lic practice fi rm is looking for a part-ner\manager or purchaser. For more info call, 604-880-7664.
627 HOMES WANTED
WE BUY HOUSES!Older House • Damaged House
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639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES
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696 OTHER AREAS
BUY LAND IN BELIZE - English Commonwealth country in Central America. Caribbean Jungle lots - 3 miles from sea - Starting at $11,000. All types available. For in-formation call Patrick Snyder (778-403-1365.)
RENTALS
706 APARTMENT/CONDO
TRANSPORTATION
810 AUTO FINANCING
BUY A CAR with Bad Credit! $0 Down, 24 Hour Approvals, Low Payments, No Credit OK. Approval Hotline Call 1-888-222-0663 or Ap-ply Online at www.CanadaDrives.ca
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810 AUTO FINANCING
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818 CARS - DOMESTIC
2011 Ford Fiesta SEL 4dr sedan auto fully loaded only 22K local $10,900 obo. 604-218-9795
821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS
1996 VW JETTA, 4 door, p/b, p/w, sunroof, a/c, cruise, heated seats, etc. Mech. good, clean inside. Must be seen. $5,499. 604-746-7559
838 RECREATIONAL/SALE
1993’ 24’ Holidaire class C Motorhome. Exc cond. Sleeps 6, 3-way fridge, 2 new deep- cy-cle auxiliary batteries. 140,000 km. Includes 10’ Porte Bote (in-cludes, oars, seats, Minkota 40lb thrust elec motor, 4hp Yamaha gasoline motor, set of wheels for transporting. Stored in Ladner. $12,500 OBO. Call Larry: 604 940 9569. [email protected]
1996 22’ SLUMBER QUEEN 5thwheel. Interior like new, has to be seen to appreciate. New stereo, back up camera, fl at screen TV, new HD antenna, m/w, a/c. Incl. hitch. $7,000. 604-625-7761 Aldergrove
845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
Metal Recycling Ltd.We Pay CA$H For •Auto •Scrap
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818 CARS - DOMESTIC
TRANSPORTATION
845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
Autos • Trucks• Equipment Removal
FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.We pay Up To $500 CA$H
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MARINE
912 BOATS
22’ Campion Motorboat - 1992’ good condition. 150 hp Mercury outboard, plus, 10 hp4-stroke Mercury kicker. Loran de,pth fi nder & fi sh fi nder. 2 Scotty elec-tric winches and deep lines., Power Anchor pack., 2 fi ltered bait tanks. EZ Loader tandem trailer, fi tted tarp for storage, dol-ly for kicker. Stored in Ladner. $13,500 OBO. Call Larry: 604 940 9569. [email protected]
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Copeman Healthcare’s Convenient North Shore Location
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545 Clyde Avenue, West Vancouver, BC V7T 1C5
Phone: 604-707-2273 (CARE) Ample Free Parking
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Dr. Beth Donaldson to present A New Approach to Health Risk Management
North Shore Business Showcase, Park Royal Shopping Centre (North), October 11th 6:30pm