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“It was time to pull all of our individual plans together. Our vision and plan-ning has been continuous but we needed to combine our land plans, facilities planning and programs of choice to provide structure,” said Stratton.

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In his last hockey game of the 2008 season, North Vancouver’s Jacob Dobie was racing back on defence — the opposing team’s offensive attacker in his sights.

But as he swiped at the puck, Dobie lost his balance and fell over his opponent, knocking his shoulder out of place. He says he didn’t need surgery at the time, just a few physiotherapy appointments did the trick. That accident, however, was only the first in a string of five such injuries. Swimming, playing road hockey with friends, petting his dog — Dobie injured his shoulder doing just about anything.

His family started to ask about surgery after the second accident, and Dobie says his family doctor tried repeatedly to get him an appointment with a specialist, but they were told he wouldn’t be able to go under the knife until 2011.

But, when his subsequent injuries left him unable to have his shoulder put back into place as all the surrounding muscles were seized, the for-mer Sutherland secondary school student was finally admitted to have surgery at Lions Gate hospital in August 2010.

“There was 90 people waiting for three doctors. It was so overbooked, it was a mess,” said Dobie.

“None of the doctors or secretaries we had been talking to before that had told us anything. They always said they were looking for someone, but we never knew who or when. I think I could still be waiting if my mom wasn’t constantly calling.”

To combat the frustrations felt by the Dobies — and so many others across B.C. — the Ministry of Health Services recently launched a new surgical website detailing information on the wait times and possible locations for surgeries around the province. In the past, the ministry had reported on surgical wait times, but only in institutions that performed more than 1,000 surgeries per year. The new website includes informa-tion on every hospital in B.C.

“Part of the best way to deal with wait times is to show wait times across the spectrum. For someone waiting for surgery, they may be happy to go to a facility where the wait is shorter,” Minster of Health Services Kevin Falcon told The Outlook.

“It also allows us to focus our resources where we may have issues. This is better for patients and for doctors.”

In addition to outlining the lineup one may find themselves in for a particular procedure, the new website also includes information on a wider selection of surgeries. Previously, the ministry’s website only offered details on 15 different surgical groups, now data on 80 surgi-cal groups is available. Users will also be able to focus their searches by health authority, individual hospital and particular surgeon.

While the added information does reflect a move toward greater transparency on the part of the ministry, some still remain hesitant about the statistics available online.

Mike Kaffka, also of North Vancouver, waited 14 months for hip replacement surgery five years ago. He said he was told his surgeon’s wait time was only three months, but then waited nearly a year in addi-tion to that expected time before having the procedure. Accuracy, he said, should be the primary concern of the new website, as he feels the information available to him was incorrect.

The new surgical wait times website, according to ministry staff, will be updated monthly. Those interested in viewing the new site can visit www.health.gov.bc.ca/waitlist.

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For Adrian Boston, there are two types of people: those on the leading edge and those on what he calls the bleeding edge.

The bleeding edge is a tough place to be. An innovative spot yes, but maybe too much so. Steve Jobs, he says, has sat there a few times in his career.

No one was ready for Apple’s Newton a decade ago, for example. But now, everyone has an iPhone or an iPad – the grandchildren of the aforementioned, lesser known hand-held device. Sometimes, there are people so far ahead of the pack, Adrian says, they bleed waiting for the rest of us to catch up.

At certain times in his life, Adrian admits he may have been on the leading edge of things, but never bleeding he says, with a laugh.

Growing up in Chilliwack, and never all that popular, Adrian says he was forced to keep himself entertained most of the time. He whipped around on a dirt bike and kept his eyes glued to his computer screen.

Always a self-proclaimed computer nerd, Adrian taught himself HTML coding and Java script by the early 1990s, a little while before everyone else hopped on the bandwagon.

He didn’t think much of his unique skill at the time, but when he took off with his then-girlfrined to New York City after graduating from Emily Carr University, his knowledge of intricate computer lingo proved a valuable asset. “After I eloped to New York, I knew this computer language and they were just getting into it,” he says.

“It was right place, right time I guess. The dot-com thing had started and I was just send-ing off resumes and cover letters saying I knew Java. Two months after being jobless in Vancouver, I was the seventh person hired by KPMG in their newly formed e-commerce divi-sion.”

And the computer gigs didn’t stop there. Adrian also worked as a consultant for Microsoft in Seattle, but after a few years of living the good life, his existence, and that of every other New Yorker, changed forever.

On Sept. 11, 2001 his adoptive home stood still. Smoke billowed out of one of the Wold

Trade Center buildings. Soon the other would be spouting the same black fog.

“Just devastating,” he says, quietly.“It was like being punched by a left and a

right. You saw white collar soup lines. When those buildings fell it blew my life apart. I left, tail between my legs, back to Vancouver.”

Adrian had always wanted to go back to school – he says he was never comfortable with the way people viewed his fine arts degree – and his unemployed return to the West Coast proved as good a time as any to return to aca-demia. But during his search for the right grad school, Adrian noticed he was constantly skipping over words like less or more when he read.

He realized he had trouble reading words that had no visual representation. He could read the word horse, for example, because he could picture a horse. But words like less, more or if, meant nothing because they

couldn’t be visualized. It was a harsh realization for someone looking to do graduate work — Adrian did move on to earn a master’s degree at both New York and Cambridge universities — but it led him to an issue he now works adamantly to change.

Adrian advocates for what he calls cognitive equal

opportunity, a situation for people of all learn-ing styles to find success in school. People who have dyslexia, for instance, don’t hear language the way many other people do. They handle language in a more visual sense, and what Adrian and his colleagues on the board of the Whole Dyslexic Society would like to see is a defined curriculum for people with spatial abilities.

“We’ve disciplined the visual out of people. Why not teach to the visual if that’s what peo-ple need?” he asks.

“It’s teaching to the human, not forcing the human into the system. I think my ultimate goal is to diversify society. I guess I’m interest-ed in stability and I think a difference of opin-ion is more stable than everyone thinking the same. Expert opinion is overrated.”

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Editor, Have you ever looked in the mir-

ror and said to yourself: “Are you going to just sit there, complaining, or are you going to stand up for something you believe in?”

My complaint has been that our spend, spend, spend attitude toward life is digging our ecological grave.

I did some digging and one answer I found, that fits comfortably with my beliefs, was vote for a politi-cal party that supports a “steady state economic policy” – a policy that is just and sustainable and doesn’t rely on perpetual growth.

Recognizing the downsides of economic growth, especially in a world as populous and consumptive as ours, could be vital in sustaining a vibrant, healthy community life.

Do you think we should recognize that the scale of our economy must fit within the scale of the ecosystem?

Do you think we should ensure just distribution of economic pro-ceeds?

Do you think we all should sup-port a move toward efficient alloca-tion of resources?

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if there is a political party that I can vote for that supports these ideals.

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Stop ‘wasting’ time complaining and do something with your green waste

Re: ‘What are DNV condo owners supposed to do with green waste?’ North Shore Outlook, Nov. 18

Editor,Instead of writing numerous let-

ters to the editors of various newspa-pers, complaining about the District of North Vancouver’s not picking up the ‘green waste’ in your 64-unit condo why don’t you organize your various co-owners into getting your own green waste container and arranging for it to be picked up?

I’m sure you could easily find out how to do it by checking previous articles in the various newspapers.

Or, I’m sure you could contact various garden clubs to see if their members could use your ‘green waste’ in their compost boxes.

Arlene S. King

North Vancouver

‘Are they work-ing for us, or are we working for them?’

Dear Editor,I ask this question of the West

Vancouver mayor and council: Do taxpayers represent a bottomless well of financial funds to spend without restraint?

Why wait until now – during a worldwide recession, when tax-payers are strapped and suffering inflation on all sides – to increase utility bills to fund an expensive upgrade of the sewage treatment plant?

Canada’s Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty, stated recently, “This is not the time for risky new spend-ing that will increase deficits and raise taxes. Budget 2011 will not include significant new spending.”

He says, “This will be achieved by ending stimulus as the economy recovers; restraining growth in government spending through tar-geted measures; and undertaking a comprehensive review of govern-ment operations and costs.”

So, while the rest of the world is reeling from the recession, West Vancouver’s mayor and council are yet again reaching into the pockets of West Vancouver taxpayers for more money.

The problem is that mayor and

council are not begging us for money, they are forcing us to pay, pay, pay for whatever whim occurs to them and we all know their whims are ill-planned and prob-lems apparent only afterwards.

Are they working for us, or are we working for them?

Gale Leitch, West Vancouver

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As the District of North Vancouver continues to tweak its draft Official Community Plan one thing remains clear: the document must allow

for the creation of new housing options.A lot has changed since the DNV last drafted an OCP

nearly two decades ago.House prices have skyrocketed, forcing young families to

move out. Lately, empty-nesters and seniors, with a dearth of housing options available for downsizing or assisted living, have also left. That means fewer students, workers and tax-payers – and a less vibrant community.

The solution? More housing choices. The DNV’s ambitious public engagement process during

the revision of the current OCP – 3,000-plus residents have provided input so far – has included housing workshops that asked for participants views on a number of housing alterna-tives, from in-fill housing and backyard units to row-houses and town houses with secondary suites.

It’s a creative list of options for adding new forms of hous-ing to existing neighbhourhoods. And given the right guide-lines, new housing types can been designed to blend with the neighbhourhood aesthetic. Still, any form of increased density is likely going to upset property owners in established single-family home locales.

After all, not many homeowners want the character of their neighbourhood edited after they’ve moved in. While so-called “gentle density” may add some housing options, it’s only a small part of the solution. Equally important is a “smart density” strategy – building higher-density develop-ments near transportation hubs, schools, shopping and ame-nities – in identified “growth areas,” like the Seylynn Village development proposed for the Lower Lynn area.

Seylynn Village would offer a range housing types – con-dos, live/work studios, units with lock-off suites, apartments and below-market housing– which would translate into a vibrant mix of residents.

Some communities in the district actually want change and are willing to accept increased density. Still, even adding density to those areas will require a change to the OCP – and for that to happen the community has to agree on the DNV’s future policy for housing.

As one councillor said recently, “the future of the commu-nity is in the hands of the community.”

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From traditional nativity scenes to ones made of s’mores and Playdough, you’ll find it all at this weekend’s nativity exhibit and craft fair, hosted by Highlands United Church in Edgemont Village. This year’s event will offer a bake sale, crafts to buy and make, and more than 100 nativity scenes from around the world. The event runs Friday, Nov. 26, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is free but donations are accepted for the North Shore Shelter to Home Project. For more info visit www.highlandsunited.org or call 604-980-6071. Above, Georgia, Allison, Maxwell and Madelyn Keir (from left to right) get a sneak peek at one of the many scenes to be displayed. Greg Hoekstra photo


The sound of musicJoin the Chamber West Woodwind Quintet and the North Shore’s Double Reed ensemble for a free concert at the Lynn Valley Main Library. The musical groups will play works by

Dvorak, Gershwin, Joplin, Malcolm Arnold, The Beatles and others. For more information visit www.nvdpl.ca or call 604-990-5800, ext. 8107.

Jake’s Gift: A Journey to Juno BeachJake’s Gift is an award-winning Canadian play about a Second World War veteran’s journey back to Juno Beach for the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. Today at 1:30 p.m., Julia Mackey performs the

play at the Kay Meek Centre. Tickets cost $20. For tickets or more information call 604-913-3634 or visit www.kaymeekcentre.com.

friday, nov. 26

Dancing Like the StarsPut on your dancing shoes and move to a mix of tunes and dancing styles. West Vancouver Community Centre is hosting a night of dancing in the Spirit Room. Bring your dancing

partners or meet new friends. DJ Music: Michele Perron. Participants 18 years + are welcome to register www.westvancouver.ca or by phone at 604-925-7270.

saturday, nov. 27

The Next Generation Award-winning violinist Nikki Chooi plays the Kay Meek Centre as part of Vancouver Recital Society’s The Next Generation Series. A pre-performance talk will take place at 2:15 p.m., with

Chooi playing at 3 p.m. For tickets or more information call 604-913-3634 or visit www.kaymeekcentre.com.

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Winter Gift GalleryIt’s almost that time of year again…Seymour Art Gallery have assembled a group of artists to help inspire your holiday shopping. From scarves to paintings, jewelry to sculpture, buy

from local artists and help support the arts in your community. The gallery, located at 4360 Gallant Ave. in Deep Cove, is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 604-924-1378 or visit our website at www.seymourartgallery.com.

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3 Day Art Auction & SaleWell-known and highly recognized Capilano University IDEA (Illustration and Design) students’ images of Vancouver — led by faculty member artist

Kiff Holland — will be on sale at the Silk Purse until Dec. 1. The opening reception for the show is tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. For more information call 604-925-7292 or visit www.silkpurse.ca.

tuesday, nov. 30

Festival of LightsWest Vancouver’s most loved Christmas festival is back for 2010. Bundle up in your warm woolies, grab the whole family and head down to Dundarave to enjoy this event full of bright lights, decorated trees,

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Last week, Park Royal Shopping Centre welcomed its newest anchor tenant, Osaka Supermarket, with a celebration that rivaled New Year’s Eve. Part of the T&T chain, this newest location is only the second of its kind in Canada. With

over 37,000-sq.-ft. and 205 employees, it focuses on high-end products and an “upscale multicultural food experience.”The lineups were around the block to get in on opening day, which featured lion dancing, Taiko drumming, an eye-dotting ceremony and ribbon cutting with invited VIPs. PS: the door-crasher live lobsters special sold out in three hours – and they were delicious.B It’s just about the freshest seafood you can get. Osaka’s expert fishmongers play with a live King Crab right out of one of the tanks as folks line up to get shellfish and more. C Park Royal’s Nancy Small, director of marketing and sustainability, left, and Alicia Fruhm, marketing and events coordinator,

check out the live fish tanks at the seafood counter. D Local dignitaries and VIPs grab their scissors to help Osaka CEO Cindy Lee cut the ribbon for the grand opening.E They’re the girl power behind the Osaka success story. Daughter Tina Lee, left, director, and mom Cindy Lee, CEO, are thrilled with the turnout by both the public and dignitaries for their special opening day celebrations.FNorth Vancouver

City councillor Bob Fearnley, who has travelled to Asia many times, shows off some of the more exotic selections to be found in the produce aisle.G The North Shore Outlook’s own super sales gal Janine Fieldgate and sales manager Greg Laviolette take the grand tour after the celebrations.H Master sushi supervisor Nick is decked out in his red finery to oversee the master crafting of all the fresh sushi selections this opening day. I Park Royal vice president Rick Amantea, left, and Larco owner Mansoor Lalji are among the VIPs in attendance for the lion dances and Taiko drumming presentations.

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THE $100,500 MAN North Shore native and hip-hop artist Kyprios is

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In a backstage dressing room at the Commodore Ballroom, David Coles sits on the arm of a brown leather couch, his eyes fixated on the dark hardwood floor.

On the wall, a black and white clock reads 9:30 p.m. — less than two hours before Coles, better known as hip-hop artist Kyprios, is due on stage for the most important show of his career.

This is a rare moment of silence for Coles, whose dressing room has been like a revolving door for the musicians and crew members who will join him on stage at tonight’s Peak Performance Project (PPP) finale.

After months of challenges, workshops and sleepless nights, the PPP — an annual contest hosted by radio station The Peak 100.5 FM and the Music BC Industry Association — culminates tonight with performances by the top-3 finalists and the awarding of the grand prize, a cheque for $100,500.

When Coles isn’t going over last-minute notes with his band, he’s glued to his phone, trying to make sure all of his supporters, friends and family get through the doors.

“When you have tickets to a sold-out show that everyone wants to be at, you become the most popular guy in the city,” he says. “There are a lot of people who helped me get to this point, and I want to make sure they’re all here for tonight.”

On stage, Victoria’s Vince Vaccaro is playing his brand of laid-back beach rock, and Coles finds himself singing along.

“How perfect is Vince’s music for this station?” he says to one of his band members. “Some of these songs are made for The Peak.”

As the only hip-hop act in the contest, Coles admits he never expected to make it to the top three. In fact, he never expected the Peak’s jurors to place him in the top-20 out of the hundreds of B.C. bands who applied.

But, now that he’s here, he intends to make the most of the opportu-nity.

Tonight’s show, he says, is all about taking risks.“High-risk, high-reward.”

SHOW TIME

By 10:30 p.m. the Commodore is buzzing — at capacity with nearly 1,000 fans filling its tables, four bars and dance floor.

As the second act of the night, Vancouver-based indie rockers Said the Whale, take the stage, fluffy wet snow flakes are falling outside on Granville Street. It’s the first snowfall of the year in a city that rarely sees such weather.

“This city’s a mess,” jokes the band’s lead singer, referring to one of the group’s popular titles.

Upstairs Kyprios has closed the door to his dressing room and asked everyone but his band members to steer clear.

“I need to talk to my guys,” he says, while one of the musicians pens out ten copies of the night’s set list with a black Sharpie marker. “I need to give them the whole motivational half-time coach speech.”

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For the next half hour or so the band meets behind closed doors. Although the winner of the contest was already decided prior to tonight’s concert — the answer is sealed in an envelop inside a safe somewhere in the building — Kyprios and crew still want to go out with a bang.

“We’re going to end this the way it should be ended,” he says.

GRAND FINALE

It’s around 11:30 p.m. when the house lights dim and Kyprios takes his first steps on stage.

In a fedora, black suit, black shirt and white tie, the North Shore native doesn’t fit the standard mould of a hip-hop artist, and neither does much of his music.

Behind him is a ten-piece ensemble, decked to the nines in suits and suspenders. There’s a guitarist, drum-mer, bass player, and DJ, but also a keyboardist, horn section (trumpet and sax) and back-up singers.

For 13 songs the band jumps from one sound to another. In some songs Kyprios spits rapid-fire lyr-ics into the microphone, in others he borrows a more soulful approach from the likes of Joe Cocker’s “Feelin’ Alright,” James Brown’s “I Feel Good,” and The Stampeders “Sweet City Woman.”

Coles makes no secret of the fact that his love of hip-hop music stemmed from a love of poetry during his days at North Vancouver’s St. Thomas Aquinas second-ary school.

It was his older brother who first introduced him to rap music and launched him into the world he now loves. Without that influence, he wouldn’t be standing on stage in front of 1,000 people, vying for a sum of

money that could provide a huge boost to his musical pursuits.

For the past decade, Kyprios has been working non-stop to make a name for himself in the often cutthroat music business, both as a solo artist and as a part of a larger collective called the Sweatshop Union.

After high school he spent time living in both Toronto and New York City learning about the busi-ness, about performing, and about how to put togeth-er an album he can be proud of. He’s toured North America, stayed in dumpy motels and lived off of greasy fast food. It hasn’t been easy, he says, but it’s all about to be worthwhile.

After 13 songs, Kyprios and the band wrap up their set, then take their place at the side of the stage for the final announcement. Moments later, when the safe is opened and Coles’s name is revealed as the grand-prize winner, the musician is knocked to the ground by a tidal wave of shock and sheer joy.

Hoisting the giant $100,500 cheque over his head, Coles’s eyes well up with tears. He pulls his fiancé, Ingrid, on stage and wraps his arms around her. Confetti is flying through the air and the crowd is still chanting his name. The moment is perfect.

Back stage, with the champagne flowing, Coles is celebrating the victory in a group hug with his mom, brother and fiancé, when he’s asked to describe what it feels like to be named the big winner.

“Try to sum up ten years of ups and downs, of sleep-ing in s***** motel rooms and eating s***** food, of hard work and hardship, and then take all that and put it as a weight on your shoulders,” he says.

“Tonight, it felt like that weight was lifted for the first time and I was finally able to take a step out into the light. Tonight is about a continual dream that, through-out it all, prevailed.”

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A DREAM PREVAILS - North Vancouver’s David Coles, a.k.a. Kyprios, performs at the sold-out Commodore Ballroom on Nov. 18 (above). Coles won first place in the annual Peak Performance Project that night, earning him a cheque for $100,500 (below). Greg Hoekstra photos

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Road crews on the North Shore got their first taste of wintry weather last week and will likely face more snow

today, Environment Canada is predicting.The government agency has issued a snowfall

warning for Metro Vancouver on Thursday (Nov. 25) with as much as 5 to 10 cm of snow expect-ed before temperatures warm up this weekend.

In West Vancouver, district teams began their annual “fight against snow and ice” last Friday (Nov. 19), hitting the streets with salt and brine trucks before the first flakes of the season fell.

In total, West Vancouver has 14 pieces of heavy equipment available for snow removal and eight vehicles equipped for salting streets, manager of roads and transportation Brent Dozzi said.

The district hasn’t added any new vehicles to its fleet this year, but it has made several upgrades, Dozzi noted.

“It’s about making our existing inventory more efficient and more prepared for the snow fight.”

Dozzi said the district has learned a lot from the harsh winter of 2008, when much of Metro Vancouver was inundated with heavy snow for most of December.

He said the municipality is trying to do a bet-ter job communicating with residents so they’re prepared and know what to expect if similar con-ditions pan out this winter.

The same can be said for both the city and dis-trict of North Vancouver. All three municipalities have launched snow awareness websites about what to expect this winter.

“People need to understand that we’re not Montreal and we’re not Winnipeg,” said city engineer Steve Ono. “We can’t always be there at the drop of a hat, so to a certain degree people need to prepare to look after themselves.”

In exceptional snowfall events, Ono said the city prioritizes major arteries and bus routes, but there is limited equipment — and staff — which means residents will need to exercise both com-mon sense and patience.

District Mayor Richard Walton said his munic-ipality has also learned from the winter of 2008. This year the district stocked up on 7,000 tonnes of salt, had 19 trucks outfitted with plows and salt spreaders and trained 50 staff to operate snow removal equipment.

Like Ono, Walton says the district is hope-ful people will help out in the event of a major snowfall by keeping cars off the streets and clear-ing snow from sidewalks and property.

“Hopefully after the challenges two years ago people will have a heightened sense of commu-nity responsibility,” said Walton. “But the mood now [around the district] is that we’re much bet-ter prepared.”

For more info on snow preparedness residents can visit www.dnv.org/snow, www.cnv.org/snow-ready or www.westvancouver.ca/snowremoval.

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Working on rented time?Video store owner Randy Tarangul loves being his own

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The corporate life — the numbers, the quotas and the endless stream of mid-level manag-ers – was wearing thin. Cold calling, a large

part of Randy Tarangul’s old day-to-day, just wasn’t cutting it.

He had to get out.“I was the manager of a furniture and elec-

tronics store,” says Tarangul, with a smirk.“I hated it and I hated my boss.”So, six years ago, Tarangul made his last

sales call, took of his tie and went into busi-ness for himself, opening the North Shore’s only video store devoted to independent and art house films — Schlockbuster Alternative Flicks.

Schlockbuster, while owing the origin of its name to the home entertainment giant Blockbuster, is a world apart in ethic from the blue and yellow leviathan. Director spotlights — Werner Herzog, Gus Van Sant and Terry Gilliam currently sit on display — staff picks and requisite quotes from classics like “Taxi Driver” line the shelves and walls of the store. Even an old electric chair, Tarangul jokes that no movie store is complete without one, sits against a wall close to the cash register.

It’s all part and parcel, Tarangul says, of his goal of creating an environment that reminds people that there is more out there than just the newest hit release.

“I’m tired of the big guys having just one thing. Everyone wants to see the hits, but there isn’t just Hollywood fluff. There are documen-taries and foreign films. I’ve even had custom-ers referred to us from Rogers for a copy of Goodfellas,” he says.

“So, rent one of those with your newer one.”While Tarangul says he still loves opening

up his shop each day, he admits that he can get a little preoccupied thinking about the emergence of Netflix Canada — the all-you-can-stream for $7.99 per month digital service launched in September — and the foreseeable

crumble of the northern branch of Blockbuster. According to reports, the Canadian arm of

Blockbuster is unaffected by the bankruptcy of its U.S. stores. But, as film rental options become more and more digitally-focused, the viability of all video stores will, at some point, be called into question.

Tarangul says he enjoys a loyal customer base, a handful of patrons walk through the store and stop to chat even at lunchtime on a Friday, but Tarangul’s keenly aware that when video formats change for good, there will be no reason for anyone to walk through his shop’s doors.

“People tell me all the time that they’re glad we’re here, but Netflix and digital distribution is the inevitable end. Some analysts say that DVDs won’t even exist in a decade. At that point, we’re gone,” he says.

“And Blockbuster? Well, initially their trou-bles are good for me, but ultimately it’s a bad thing. They bring awareness, at least.”

The effects of such a transition, according to North Shore-based film producer Christine Haebler, will also be tough on independent filmmakers. Some independent films, she said, often have little to no U.S. distribution and depend on shops like Schlockbuster to get the movies to the public.

Avid movie watchers, she added, could easily get through the still limited catalogue offered by Netflix.

“I cringe at the fact that these places will struggle so much. These kinds of movie stores are totally important. The big chains just don’t have the library,” said Haebler, whose film production credits consist of, amongst others, “Hard Core Logo” and “Daydream Nation,” which premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.

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Dyeing to get to the topLocal hair stylist Dana Lyseng

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North Vancouver’s Dana Lyseng lives in a pretty color-ful world.

The walls of her salon, Supernova, are painted two shades of orange. The shop’s sign is a vivid combination of pink, blue and orange. And, of course, Lyseng spends much of her time in the shop applying any number of dyes to the hair of North Shore women.

But this year, the Lynn Valley resident took her multihued skills out of North Vancouver and put them up against stylists from across Canada in the Wella International Trend Vision Awards.

Each year, Wella — a German cosmetic supplier — invites stylists from 180 countries worldwide to recreate a popular trend in hair colour and design. Stylists then submit a photo of their creation into the competition. Lyseng took top hon-ours in Western Canada before facing off against six other regional champs in Toronto for a chance to represent the country in the international level of the contest.

“This is the haute couture of hairdressing. You can’t do the same thing every day, and this kind of event keeps things fresh,” said Lyseng, a 20-year veteran stylist.

“And it’s super fun. You push yourself and see what you can do.”

In Toronto, each of the seven Canadian finalists were tasked with recreating their regional-winning styles — Lyseng’s entry incorporated a mix of silvers, purples and blues — in five hours in front of a panel of judges, including Nick Arrojo of television’s “What Not To Wear fame.”

While the participant representing Quebec won the coun-trywide competition, Lyseng said she will compete again next year.

“It’s nice to keep in touch with people on a national level, not just within the city,” said Lyseng.

“It just makes me better at my job.”Bronwyn Carere, who worked as the model for Lyseng’s

creation, called the whirlwind competition a one-of-a-kind event—one she hopes to be a part of again, but only if she can continue in the model role.

“It was a really artistic experience. The energy was amazing. I just love that type of stuff,” said Carere, a student in West Vancouver’s Mulgrave school.

“But I don’t think I have the patience or drive to be a styl-ist, all I ever see is Dana working.”


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Picture perfect patience Teenaged wildlife photographer from North Vancouver spends hours waiting for that one right moment. REBECCA ALDOUSS T A F F R E P O R T E R

When teenagers lie around, they usually don’t produce much, but for Martin Gregus being horizontal was just the ticket — a ticket to England that is.

“I was lying on the ground all day. He was cleaning him-self,” explains the Grade 10 Balmoral student.

The “he” Gregus is referring to was a Sandhill crane preening its feathers on the grass flats of Delta’s George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary. The sanctuary is one of the many areas Gregus and his father visit to photograph wildlife – in particular, the beaked kind.

“I have a good eye for birds, but otherwise I have poor eyesight,” Gregus says.

What attracts Gregus to photographing birds is their unpredictability. Getting that perfect frame — with the per-fect lighting and perfect angles — can take hours, days or months worth of waiting. Yet the final result merits every minute of it, Gregus says.

In the case of the crane, it earned Gregus top spot in his age category — 11 to 14 years old — in the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards. With the title, Gregus received a ticket to London last month to attend the award ceremony held at the Natural History Museum.

“I met all these photographers from Africa, Finland, Norway, all over the world,” he says excitedly. “I am still in touch with some of them.”

Gregus and his family moved to Canada from Slovakia when he was seven years old. Living in Canada has provided Gregus with wildlife photography opportunities he wouldn’t have had in Central Europe, he says.

In his homeland, his dad wouldn’t have had the time to

take road trips devoted to bird photography, nor would so many birds be within an hour of his doorstep, Gregus explains.

One of Gregus’s favourite places to explore is just south of the border. He often spots snow geese in Washington state’s farmland and says if he lays still for 10 minutes of so, the birds quickly ignore him.

“I was focusing on one geese and all of a sudden I looked up and I was surrounded by 15,000 of them,” he says.

Ultimately, Gregus would like to visit Antarctica or Africa. “I want to travel, see the world.”

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How many bulbs does it take to make the Capilano Suspension

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From Dec. 3 to Jan. 2, Capilano Suspension Bridge will welcome guests of all ages to enjoy all kinds of fes-tive events, music and glow-

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Stacy Chala, commu-nications manager for Capilano Suspension Bridge, says this year’s goal is to raise $20,000 for the BC Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund through proceeds raised from park admission to the event.

Chala adds that this year the park will be light-ing a 100-foot Christmas tree for the first time near the Cliffhanger attraction — expected to officially open next spring.

“That’s our new gift under

the Christmas tree this year,” says Chala.

Other attractions this year include gingerbread cookie decorating, seasonal music and glassblowing demonstra-tions by Malcolm McFadyen.

Canyon Lights runs nightly from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., except

on Christmas Day when the park is closed. Admission is $15 for adults, $5 for chil-dren ages 6 to 12, or $35 for a family. For more informa-tion visit www.capbridge.com or call 604-985-7474.

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Six-hundred and forty-one canvases, paint-ed in 641 styles, hung side-by-side on 641 nails.

If it’s true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then there’s a whole lot of beauty to behold at the CityScape Community Art Space these days.

On one wall you’ll find everything from paint-ed cityscapes to polka dots, lighthouses and flowers.

On the next, there’s nude portraiture, abstract shapes, a giraffe, and a black-and-white render-ing of a young Marlon Brando.

Tonight (Nov. 25) the North Vancouver Community Arts Council unveils its 6th annual Anonymous Art Show — one of the organiza-tion’s most popular exhibitions and most suc-cessful fundraisers each year.

Over the past several months the arts coun-cil has received more than 700 8” by 8” can-vases from artists on the North Shore — some renowned, some amateurs.

From now until Dec. 18, the public is invited to the gallery to view the paintings and pur-chase them for $100, 50 per cent of which goes to the arts council and 50 per cent of which goes to the artist.

Part of what makes the sale unique, says executive director Linda Feil, is the anonymity.

People purchase work based on what catches their eye, not what name is scribbled in the bot-tom corner.

“And really, that’s why you should buy origi-nal art, because it moves you,” Feil says.

Exhibitions coordinator Jo Dunlop adds that the anonymous show fits perfectly with the organization’s mandate to enable both emerging and established artists in all disciplines.

The CityScape gallery, Dunlop says, is a com-minty space funded in part by public tax dollars.

So to see hundreds of local artists work on dis-play, she says, is a testament to the work being done by the council.

Dunlop says this year the gallery received more submissions than ever before. So many, in fact, that the council had to leave some out of the show because there simply wasn’t enough wall space.

“The good news is that all the artists who submitted got at least one painting in the show,” she notes.

The Anonymous Art Show kicks off with a reception tonight, Nov. 25, at the CityScape Community Art Space at 335 Lonsdale Ave.

The event begins at 7 p.m., but in previous years there has been a lineup well before the doors opened, so bundle up and arrive early.

For more information on the show or upcom-ing exhibitions visit www.nvartscouncil.ca or call 604-988-6844.

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

The Lions Gate Hospital Foundation is anx-iously anticipating a major government announcement about a proposed North

Shore mental health facility.For the past 18 months, the foundation has

been working on draft proposals for a four-storey building on the corner of East 13th Street and St. Andrews Avenue.

“The plans have all been done,” said Judy Savage, president of the foundation. “The busi-ness case has gone to the government.”

The foundation hopes to fund a “significant” amount of the project, with the provincial gov-ernment paying the remainder. Costs for building and operating the facility haven’t been disclosed.

The organization expects word on the possible approval of the project any day, Savage said.

If the proposal receives government backing, the facility will combine all of the community’s mental health resources under one roof, includ-ing in-patient care, she said.

The mental health centre would also incor-porate an expansion of the University of British Columbia’s medical school.

“[The facility] will help with transitions between in-patients and out-patients,” Savage

said. “It is a one door approach.”The current psychiatric unit, housed in the

81-year-old building known as A-2, will likely be torn down because it would be too expensive to update, Savage said, noting the foundation plans to redevelop the entire Lions Gate site.

“This is phase one,” she said, adding phase two focuses on building a patient tower.

A new mental health facility would be excit-ing news for North and West Vancouver, Savage said. One in four North Shore families are direct-ly impacted by mental health issues, Savage said.

“There is such a need out there for [mental health] information and services,” she added.

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I was laughing out loud the other day as I tried to jam all my daily vitamins into a pill box because I was going away. Sadly, all my pills wouldn’t fit.

How did managing my daily pills get so complicated? And do I real-ly need to be taking all of these magic gems?

My kids gave me the pill box for a joke Christmas present one year and I honestly thought I would never use it – little did I know I would actually need it.

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Laughing at ourselves...Adam, an elderly man, was seated in the doctor’s waiting room. When he was called in to see the

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After only a few minutes, Adam emerged from the room, walking completely upright. Paul, another patient who had watched him hobble into the room all hunched over, stared in amazement. “That must be a miracle doctor in there,” he exclaimed. “What treatment did he give you? What’s his secret?”

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The provincial government ordered an audit of RCMP performance over the last

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BCCLA presi-dent Robert Holmes said the government refused to release any documents related to the audit when the non-profit group made a request under freedom of informa-tion regulations.

The provincial review of the Mounties was car-ried out while the province and federal police force were nego-tiating the renewal of a 20-year policing contract that provides officers to most B.C. municipali-ties.

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The government and the RCMP have con-firmed that the audit exists, the BCCLA said.

The association says the RCMP advised it that any decisions about release will have to be made by the provincial govern-ment, as it is the government’s document.

The BCCLA said it does not have any information about the scope of the audit, whether a copy of the audit results were ever provided to the RCMP, or what, if any, the RCMP’s role was in the audit.

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6261 Taylor Dr. West Van $4,190,000

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5924 Eagleridge Dr. West Van $1,995,000

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1723 Medwin Place, North Van New Price $879,000

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03. Whytecliff / Horseshoe Bay

★ 1,449,000 6416 Rosebery Ave ....................................... Sat&Sun2-4

18. Chelsea Park

★ 3,988,000 2427 Chairlift ........................................... Sat&Sun2-4

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★ 989,000 801-1455 Duchess Ave ................................. Sun.2-4

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★ 1,298,000 566 Esquimalt Ave......................................... Sat&Sun2-4

35. Capilano Highlands

★ 1,185,000 6-3750 Edgemont Boulevard ....................... Sat&Sun2-4

43. Lower Lonsdale

★ 349,000 217-332 Lonsdale Ave .................................. Sat. 2-4★ Atrium at the Pier - 162 Victory Ship Way ................. Daily 12-5

46. Lynn Valley

★ 759,000 1556 Lynn Valley Rd ...................................... Sat&Sun2-4★ 759,000 3137 Sunnyhurst Rd ...................................... Sat&Sun2-4

58. Dollarton

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Greater Vancouver Regional District Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw No. 1136, 2010 (the Bylaw) proposes a new regional growth strategy which will apply to all lands within the boundaries and jurisdiction of the Greater Vancouver Regional District.

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Favourite side of the ball? “Defence, personally. Everything is fast, quicker, more physical and more fun [than offensive centre].”

Best about your coaches? Schuman: “Very hard-working. Definitely prepares us well. Inspirational.” Wilson: “Down to earth. When you need somebody to talk to – not even about football – he’s there.”

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In October, Handsworth football coach Jay Prepchuck said he was looking forward to meeting Windsor sec-ondary school in the playoffs.

On Nov. 27 at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Thunderbird Stadium, Prepchuck will get his wish as the Royals and the Dukes square off in a highly anticipated AA provincial semifinal match. According to Prepchuck, this is the first time he remembers two North Shore teams meeting this deep into the playoffs since Handsworth played Windsor in the 1996 provincial finals.

“We knew we’d see them sooner or later. It’s super excit-ing,” he said.

“We’ve been practising all week at Carson (Graham) cleaning up a few mistakes and getting ready to come out and play.”

Handsworth overcame an early 18-0 deficit to win 21-18 against the South Delta Sun Devils in their quarter-final match. Prepchuck called it a great comeback and said the win has all the boys on the team riding high.

Across the district, preparations for the game are also well underway at Windsor secondary. Head coach Jim Schuman said the team is gearing up for an intense match against the well-coached Handsworth squad.

“The teams are very familiar with each other; they’ll find your weaknesses. No one will be fooling anyone here,” said Schuman.

“It will come down to execution.”Elizabeth Bell, principal at Windsor, echoed Schuman’s

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The game begins at 10 a.m. at UBC’s Thunderbird Stadium. Tickets are $10 at the gate, parking is $6.

The winner will play either John Barsby or Mission sec-ondary schools, the two teams competing in the other semifinal match.

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Handsworth running back Victor Sun, a provincial all-star, carries the ball during a 44-0 opening round victory against Nechako Valley.Blair Shier photo

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Jason Farris has never played a game in the NHL but he has scored a really nice NHL hat trick of sorts.

After getting the equivalent of a frustrating blocked shot from mainstream publishers during his first attempt at authoring a book, the West Vancouver writer has now self-published a hat trick of hockey history books that are noteworthy for their creativity and detail.

And just like any knowledgeable publisher, his latest endeavour – Hockey Play-By-Play: Canuck Captains with Jim Robson – is out just in time for purchase as a Christmas gift for all those who grew up listening to the longtime Canuck broadcaster or who treasure a sig-nature obtained from Orland Kurtenbach, the first

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Farris’ first shot at publishing was a book he titled Sixty Minutes of Hell, about the trials and tribulations of goaltenders in the rough, tough NHL of the 1960s and 1970s.

He knew first hand the hard-ships of playing between the pipes thanks to his self-described “sieve-like goaltending” as a youngster at Kerrisdale Arena. (In fact he was playing there in 1979 when the ven-erable hockey rink had its name changed to Kerrisdale Cyclone Taylor Arena to honour the superstar of the Vancouver Millionaires’ 1915 Stanley Cup champions who had just passed away at age 95 following significant involvement with the arena since even before its official opening in 1949.)

But Farris didn’t know the difficulties of getting published until shopping his ‘masterpiece’ around and getting the cold shoulder from those that make big-business publishing deci-sions.

So he did what many of us have vowed to do… self pub-lish.

As a kid growing up as an unbridled fan of Cesare Maniago, the Vancouver goaltender in 1976-77 and 1977-78 who guarded the nets fearlessly (the Canucks weren’t so good those years), Farris decided to narrow his goalie writings into a book about Maniago and contacted the affable 6’3” Trail native who by then had moved from his Vancouver-playing-days Deep Cove home to Coquitlam.

While the Maniago book was still a work in progress, Maniago introduced Farris to the equally-affable Hockey Hall of Fame broadcaster Jim Robson which resulted in the pub-lishing of Farris’ first real book, Hockey Play-By-Play: Around the NHL with Jim Robson, which came out in 2005.

Featuring hundreds of photos of hockey cards, programs, sched-ules, ticket stubs, media guides, press passes, Robson’s game notes and other memorabilia in a scrapbook format of 120 pages, the book is a tribute not only to Robson but also to the creativity of Farris and his book designer/sister-in-law Adrienne Painter.

It became an instant hit. Obtaining one of the 1,000 lim-ited-edition, hardcover copies signed by Robson and cur-rent broadcaster John Shorthouse (and which sold out at $99) is now a near impossibility. The softcover version had

a 6,000-plus print run and is still available. That book was followed in 2006 with Hail Cesare!

Sprinkled with lots of interesting quotes from Maniago, it also uses a scrapbook-type format but includes exhaustive statistics as well, which is just fine with researchers like me.

Farris gave up goaltending but now referees one or two games a week and suits up to play twice a week in Hollyburn Country Club’s seven-team men’s recreational hockey league as a defenceman with the Green Team which you need to know has absolutely nothing to do with politics or environmental issues. (All the teams go by the colour of their uniforms.)

And while Farris has rarely scored a hat trick in any league, let alone the NHL, he has now completed his hat trick of books with some interesting marketing ploys.

Hockey Play-By-Play: Canuck Captains with Jim Robson is a smaller (32 pages), more affordable ($14.99) compan-ion to Farris’ first book with Robson. It also has a sponsor (Budget Brake and Muffler) and, in addition to finding it at canuckcaptains.com, is only available at London Drugs, which has stockpiled enough for all 48 of their stores in B.C.

Best of all, $4 from each purchase goes to Canuck Place, the children’s palliative care facility located in Shaughnessy which concentrates on enhancing the quality of life for chil-dren (and their families) whose illnesses mean survival to adulthood is severely threatened. Canuck Place – so named because the Vancouver Canucks were the first major corpo-rate sponsor for the hospice – opened exactly 15 years ago next week on Nov. 30, 1995.

Of the 10 captains prior to Henrik Sedin, two are North Shore residents today, North Vancouver’s Chris Oddleifson and West Vancouver’s Stan Smyl. Paul Reinhart, a member at Hollyburn, was an interim captain when Smyl was on the injured list.

Having worked together so successfully with Maniago, Robson, Shorthouse and the Canuck cap-tains, Farris is teaming up with Brian Burke and other general managers for his next book, sched-uled for a year from now, comprising stories from hockey’s greatest general managers.

“Assemble great people,” Farris says, “do great work and great things will happen.”

Seems like they already have.

This is episode 401 from Len Corben’s treasure chest of stories – the great events and the quirky – that bring to life the North Shore’s rich sports history.

SCORING WITH SCRAPBOOKS - West Vancouver author Jason Farris, pictured above prior to a game with the Green Team in Hollyburn Country Club’s recreational league, has just published Hockey Play-By-Play: Canuck Captains with Jim Robson, the third of his hockey history scrapbooks. Len Corben photos

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245 CONTRACTORS

260 ELECTRICAL

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281 GARDENING

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287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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320 MOVING & STORAGE

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING

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

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353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

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356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

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456 FEED & HAYALL TYPES of hay for sale! all in medium squares (3x4x8). For all your Dairy, Horse, Feeder Hay needs, visit www.hubkahay.com or call Cale @ 403-635-0104. Delivery available and Min order is a truck-load.

477 PETSACCIDENTAL LITTER, mother very gentle, adorable. 1st shots, de-wormed 8 wks, $100. 604-768-7394AKITA SHEPHERD X PUPS born Oct. 17, family raised, vet chkd 1st shots $300/ea. 604-856-0469AUSTRALIAN BLUE HEELERS, Christmas puppies ready to go. 1st shots, dewormed, 604-572-7249.BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES P/B. M $350; F $400, Vet chk, 1st shots Call 604-250-4360, 604-856-7975CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 856-4866ENGLISH BULLDOG, CKC reg. 12 wks old, shots, microchip, vet ✔ Healthy, happy, gorgeous. Health gurant’d. $2200. Call 778-895-8453ENGLISH MASTIFF pups, M/F, p/b, papers, microchipped, dewormed, 1st shots. $1900. (604)316-7615

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477 PETSNEED A GOOD HOME for a gooddog or a good dog for a goodhome? We adopt dogs!www.856-dogs.com or call: 604-856-3647.

PITT BULL PUPPIES, 6 weeks old,gray/blue, white & fawn. 2M, 2 F. $300. Call: (604)504-0738.

PRESA CANARIO P/B. All black.Ready to go. Dad 150lbs, Mom 120lbs. $600 obo. 778-552-1525

PUGS, fawn, 3 female, ready for XMas. vet check, dwrmed, 1st shots, family raised, $600. 604-796-2727Wolf X Shepherd pups, $450. 8 wksblk w/markings, dewormed, view par-ents. [email protected] (604)869-2772 Laidlaw, Hope

YORKIE BICHON PUPPIESVet checked, dewormed, shots,

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Yorkshire Terrier pups, CKC reg’d,1st shots. vet ✓ $1100-$1300. MaleStud for sale 604-793-2063

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545 FUELBEST FIREWOOD

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548 FURNITURESofa Italia 604.580.2525

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821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS1995 HONDA ACCORD EX 5/spd very clean, sedan, 222K. Extras incl alarm & 2 sets of summer & winter tires/rims. $4700. 604-858-4107.2010 HONDA ACCORD, 4 dr, auto, 11 km, fac. warr, no accid, 1 owner, $23,500 obo. Call 604-308-9624.2010 TOYOTA COROLLA LE, 13 km, auto, no accid, fac. warr, $17,300 obo. Call 604-836-5931.

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851 TRUCKS & VANS

1995 FORD AEROSTAR XLT, Great condition. auto, AirCared. $1500. 604-889-0593

1996 Chev S10, blue V6, a/c, no acc’d, 214K a/cared, moving out of province. $2800. 778-996-4546

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2002 FORD F150 XLT 4X2 s/c. One owner, extra clean, white. 4.6 efi , 4 spd. auto O/D, 4 dr. w/fl airside bed, f.g. bed cover. XLT special ap-pearance pkg, cast alum. wheels. $8000. Daytime/Evening 604-746-7472.


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2005 PONTIAC MONTANA SV6, 7 passenger, pristine cond, low km’s, $7900 obo. private (778)565-1097

2006 GMC SIERRA 1500 4.3L 6/cyl, longbox, canopy, roof rack, 107K, clean, god cond, well maint. Must sell! $9900/obo.604-850-7522

2008 FORD RANGER Supercab5 spd, jump seats, 85K, A/C, CD, well maint, exc cond! Must sell. $11,500/obo. Call 604-850-7522.

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With severe cold weather sweeping the Lower Mainland this week, 20 extra shelter spaces are being offered to those in need of a warm place to

sleep on the North Shore.

According to Len Balmas, assistant manager at North Vancouver’s Lookout Emergency Aid Society, all 20 of the facility’s extra mats have been available since Nov. 19, the same day the provincial government announced new fund-ing for extreme weather shelters across the province.

In the event the spaces at the Lookout Shelter — located at 705 West Second St.— fill up, an addi-tional 25 beds will open at 225 East Second St.

“We’re about half full, but I think people are just get-ting to know we have the extra space,” said Balmas.

“Everyone is getting a shower and meal as well.”

Balmas said the shelter will be offering the additional spaces as long as the weather requires it of them. Each day, he said, weather forecasts are judged and if severe temperatures are expected announce-ments of the extra spaces will be made by 11 a.m.

Guests using the emergency beds, added Balmas, are not asked to leave the shelter the next morn-ing although everyone is asked to wake up early. The emergency spaces are set up in the shelter’s common room and staff need to set up tables and chairs each day.

-with files from Greg Hoekstra

Extreme weather beds open on the N. Shore

‘We’re about half full, but I think people are just getting to know we have the extra space,’ says Len Balmas, assistant manager at North Vancouver’s Lookout Emergency Aid Society.Sean Kolenko photo

Lookout Society offers 20 additional spaces, with a possible 25 more at another location, for cold winter nights.


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Canadian Tire Signs Five-Year Deal Becoming Official Sporting Goods Retailer of NHLCanadian Tire, Canada’s largest hockey retailer, and the National Hockey League today announced that Canadian Tire has signed a partner-ship agreement with the NHL® to become the League’s Official Sporting Goods Retailer of the NHL in Canada. The agreement includes a hat trick of exciting announcements: a five-year NHL partnership, the launch of the NHL-powered Canadian Tire Hockey School (CTHS) and the naming of Stanley Cup winner and Olympic Gold Medalist Jonathan Toews as CTHS founding member and official

spokesperson. “As Canada’s largest retailer of sporting equipment and a brand steeped in Canadian

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Tire will launch the Canadian Tire

Hockey School NHL Skills Camps. These unique camps will provide Canadian minor hockey players the opportunity to develop and grow their skills through on and off ice skill development ses-sions led by experienced NHL hockey

experts, with appearances by NHL alumni and coaches. In addition to becoming an Official

NHL Partner in Canada, Canadian Tire will now be designated as an Official Partner of the NHL Heritage Classic™, NHL All-Star Game, Stan-ley Cup® Playoffs, Stanley Cup Final and NHL Face-Off™. “Expanding our reach into new categories like this will continue to increase the NHL’s ability to reach and unite Canadian hockey fans.”Selling more hockey sticks and pucks than any other retailer in the world, Canadian Tire has been the inspira-tion for millions of hockey firsts for players from coast to coast. The CTHS website will offer unparalleled content for Canadian hockey players, parents, coaches and fans. From how to play

on a backyard rink or advance in a local house league, to knowing how hockey gear fits and

what it costs, CTHS will offer unique subject matter expertise and practical insights into how to mentor, parent and become a well-rounded player. CTHS members also will receive exclusive NHL-related offers and promotions, including a chance to win a trip with two tickets and VIP treat-ment to the NHL All-Star Game, the NHL Heritage Classic™ and a Stanley Cup Final game.To join the Canadian Tire Hockey School and get ready for the upcoming hockey season, visit canadiantirehockeyschool.ca.


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