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A North Vancouver contractorwho specialized in putting holes inhis clients’ bank accounts has beenhanded a six-month conditionalsentence, including three monthsof house arrest, after being foundguilty of fraud.

Judge Joseph Galati of the Vancouverprovincial court handed the sentence to DonNelsen Oct. 24 after concluding that Nelsentook deposits from two customers then tookoff without doing the work or returning themoney.

“I find that Mr. Nelsen, in each case, com-mitted an objectively dishonest act,” wrote

Galati.During an earlier trial, two families, in

North Vancouver and Vancouver, testifiedabout their renovations gone wrong withNelsen. In each case, the customers hiredNelsen to replace or install skylights in theirhome and paid Nelsen a deposit. Nelsen thendelayed starting work, made excuses and nev-er returned to complete the jobs or give backthe deposits.

In the first case, one family paid Nelsen$5,000 as a deposit to replace skylights.Nelsen made excuses for not showing up tostart work, telling the homeowner he wasbusy with other jobs.

“There appear to have been numerousconversations and numerous broken promisesas to when the work would be done,” wrote

Denied treatment, family speaks out

Brent [email protected]

A North Vancouver family says theprovince is unfairly denying themtreatment for a rare disease thatthreatens to leave their son withdevastating brain damage.

The Ministry of Health announced lastmonth that it would not offer PharmaCarecoverage for Kuvan, a new and costly drugfor the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU),a genetic disorder that causes the body tometabolize regular protein into a dangerousneurotoxin. The reasons given: too expensivewithout adequate proof of benefit.

For 18-year-old North Vancouver residentSvenga Forstrom, who is one of just 250people in the province with the disease and oneof only 60 who would reportedly respond totreatment with the drug, the decision meansa much more difficult life ahead, according tohis family.

PKU sufferers must adhere to an extremelystrict low-protein diet that eliminates almost

all regular food or face gradual brain damage.Left unmanaged, PKU would lead to such

severe mental incapacitation that the patientwould have to be institutionalized, accordingto John Adams, president of CanPKU, agroup lobbying provincial governments tocover the new drug.

Svenga has been taking Kuvan since beingapproved for a drug trial two years ago. Hesays it has made a dramatic difference in hislife.

“(Kuvan) makes it easier for me to keeptrack of what I’m eating, or not have to worryso much about keeping track. It’s great,” hesaid. “It can be overwhelming to have to breakdown every single thing you eat into portionsand then figure out how much phenylalaninewas in each portion for everything.”

“His tolerance for normal dietary proteinhas at least doubled — probably somewhatmore than doubled — while being on thisdrug,” said John Forstrom, Svenga’s father.“That increase makes a huge difference interms of his general quality of life.”

The results are even more profound amongsome other patients, Adams said.

Svenga is one of a very lucky few to haveaccess to thedrug,which is90per cent coveredby his father’s private health insurance. But theday looms when he will not longer be coveredby his father’s private plan.

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

NORTH Vancouver resident and PKU sufferer Svenga Forstrom, 18, with his hugelyexpensive medication and food supplements. Forstrom has just a few more years ofcoverage under his father’s private insurance plan before he will be forced to stoptreatment. His family is lobbying to have the medication covered by B.C.’s PharmaCare.

Province won’t coverdrug that helps PKUpatient lead normal life

Con artist ripped off multiple homeowners in skylight scam

Crooked N. Van contractorgets house arrest

See Drug page 3

See Fraudster page 5

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WV water fight goes to court

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A West Vancouverbusinessman whoclaims actions of theprovincial governmentunfairly robbed himof a million dollars isfinally getting his dayin court.

A lawsuit launched byColin Beach, owner of RainCoast Water Corp., is beingheard this month before aB.C. Supreme Court justice,20 years after Beach saysthe government of the daydammed up his business planswhile showing preferentialtreatment to a competitor.

Beach is claiming thegovernment misconductcaused him to lose a milliondollars.

In the mid-to-late 1980s,both his company and acompetitor, Western CanadaWater, were vying for a chance to export B.C.’swater in bulk to parched areas of California thatwere experiencing a drought.

Beach alleges the Social Credit government of theday gave unfair advantages to his competitor whileremaining unduly harsh and unaccommodatingtowards his own business plans.

The province later banned bulk water exports inthe early 1990s.

In the lawsuit, launched by Rain Coast WaterCorp., Beach argues he could have had a successfulcompany if it hadn’t been for governmentinterference. He is also arguing the province had noright to disallow bulk water exports.

Along with the province, the lawsuit namesformer Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalmand the estate of Elwood Veitch, former ministerof international business and immigration, asdefendants, along with several other former SocialCredit cabinet ministers from the 1980s.

The province has argued that regardless ofprovincial actions at the time, Beach didn’t sufferany business losses, because before any company got

a bulk water contract from the Goleta Water Districtin California, rains returned, ending the droughtand making the import of water unnecessary.

In an earlier court decision, Justice Peter Leaskruled there were enough inconsistencies in affidavitsconcerning the potential California water contractthat the issues would have to be decided in a fullcivil trial, currently being heard.

According to court documents, Beach firstapproached the province about taking waterfrom Freil Lake in Hotham Sound in the mid1980s.

His company was granted a 15-year waterlicence and foreshore licence to build a plant, butunder terms requiring Beach to pay all of the fees— totaling almost $100,000 — upfront, regardlessof how much water he actually used.

According to court documents, when Beachasked for a break from the government, the provincerefused, saying it would set a precedent.

Later, the province abruptly cancelled the licence,saying Beach hadn’t paid his fees.

But at the same time, according to the claim,

the same government granted a licence with muchmore favourable terms to Western Canada WaterEnterprises to take water from a lake near OceanFalls.

That company received a longer lease, wasallowed to make payments in installments and wasexcused from many of the application fees requiredof Rain Coast, Beach argues.

He claims that gave his competitor an unfairadvantage.

The competitor later went bankrupt, but notbefore a period of considerable business success withboth domestic and export sales of water under theCanadian Glacier brand, according to the lawsuit.

Michael Weiner of White Rock, a former businessmarketer, testified in the trial.

Weiner told the judge he got involved withBeach over the prospect of marketing his water inthe late 1980s.

At that time, there was a good market for thatkind of business, he said. “It was a very, very puresource.”

The trial is continuing in B.C. Supreme Court.


A West VancouverPolice Departmentconstable has beenreprimanded afterphotos of a civilianwoman wearing hisgun belt appearedonline.

The accusation andpunishment came to lightin the recently releasedthird-quarter report fromthe Office of the PoliceComplaint Commissioner, theprovincial agency in charge ofinvestigating misbehaviouramong municipal policeofficers.

“It was reported that themember allowed a member ofthe public to wear aspects ofhis uniform and have picturestaken, which were then postedto a social media site,” thereport states.

Specifically, the officer’smisconduct is listed as“improper use or care offirearms.”

The incident took placesometime in 2012 at a Districtof West Vancouver-ownedfacility with a civilian womanconnected to the policedepartment, according toRollie Woods, deputy policecomplaint commissioner.

“The stupid thing was thathe allowed it to happen in thefirst place,” said Woods. “Andthe really stupid thing was thathe posted it on Facebook so itappeared in a stupid way.”

By way of discipline, thereport states the officer wasadvised against the behaviourand ordered to take additionaltraining, which will stay onhis professional service recordfor three years.

Despite that reprimand,and another minor one for anofficer who made disparagingremarks about a fellow officerto a member of the public,the OPCC receives very fewcomplaints about the WestVancouver Police Departmentthese days, Woods said. That’ssomething he attributes tochanges in leadership inrecent years.

“You can see the drasticchange in the numbers ofcomplaints and the waythey are dealt with, and themembers’ conduct seemsto be improving, probablybecause of an emphasis ofpreventing complaints in thefirst place,” Woods said.

While the Office ofthe Police ComplaintCommissioner has had toquickly adapt to the growinguse of social media by policeofficers and the different typesof complaints that result, theexisting regulations aroundmisconduct have not hadto change to address theproblem, Woods said.

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Entrepreneursues B.C. in80s-era dispute

NEWS file photo, Terry Peters

WEST Vancouver businessman Colin Beach is suing the provincial government for what he says was unfairtreatment of his water exporting business. The dispute dates back to the era of Premier Bill Vander Zalm.


IT’S time again to turn the clocks back,start the griping about loss of sleep, andheed the twice-annual warning aboutroad safety following the time change.

The clocks turn back at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov.4.

Although the phenomenon was once thought tobe urban myth, the uptick in auto collisions associatedwith the shift is actually a measurable problem,

according to the Insurance Corporation of B.C.“There is a 10 per cent increase in the average

number of crashes in the Lower Mainland during thelate afternoon commute in the two weeks followingthe end of DST compared to the two weeks prior tothe change,” said John Vavrik, an ICBC psychologist,in a press release. “We see this crash rate increaseslightly outside of the Lower Mainland, where roadconditions can become more challenging earlier inthe season.”

People often forgo the “extra hour” of sleep thatcomes with fall daylight savings by simply staying uplater, and the quality of sleep goes down as people’s

natural circadian rhythms are thrown off, Vavrikadded. It all amounts to drivers being less alertbehind the wheel.

To help mitigate the risk, ICBC has a number ofrecommendations: Keep to your regular sleep/wakecycle; don’t assume you are more rested and alertfollowing the change as the quality of your sleep islikely down; slow down, especially with the darkerafternoons and worsening weather; and make sureyour vehicle’s headlights and windshield wipers arein good condition.

Pedestrians are advised to take more caution whencrossing streets.

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“There’s no way I’m going to be able to afford tocover this drug myself. My diet would go back to beingas restrictive as it was before,” he said.

Usually, the only food options for PKU sufferers arespecially-made low-protein alternatives, but they costabout 10 times more than their regular grocery storeequivalents. Those alternatives are subsidized in everyprovince but B.C. and P.E.I., Forstrom said.

But the Ministry of Health stands by its decision.“The ministry completed its Sapropterin (Kuvan)

drug review this summer, and has decided to accept the

Common Drug Review’s and the B.C. Drug BenefitCouncil’s recommendation to not fund Kuvan for PKUpatients because of unclear benefits and high drug costs.No other provincial drug plan currently covers Kuvan,”it said in a statement. “The annual cost per patient forthe medication can be up to $180,000 per year for anadult, depending on dosing and the patient’s weight.Manufacturers — and not taxpayers — should beresponsible for demonstrating that the drug providesclear benefit.”

But the ministry’s cost estimate is way out of line,according to Eugenia Shen, spokeswoman for Kuvan’sdeveloper BioMarin.

“That’s extremely high,” she said with disbelief.“I’m not sure where the miscommunication is, but it’scertainly not that high. . . . I don’t know where thatnumber is coming from.”

The average cost is closer to $80,000 per year, shesaid — a price the company is currently negotiating withother provinces’ health ministry drug plans.

The price is still high, Forstrom admits, but heremains committed to lobbying the government untilit reverses its decision. “That’s why we have sociallysupported medicine — to make sure those treatmentsare attainable and to make sure everybody gets the besthealthcare that’s available to them,” he said.

Drug company challenges treatment cost estimateFrom page 1


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Galati. Eventually the clients weren’t able to reach Nelsen at all.Nelsen, who testified in his own defence, said he didn’t return

the deposit because he’d already bought the skylights for the job.But the judge didn’t believe him, pointing out the skylights Nelsenclaimed to have bought for the job were different sizes than the oneseventually installed in the house.

The same year, another family paid Nelsen $4,000 as a 50 percent deposit for skylight replacement but Nelsen again failed to startwork on the job. Family members said when they spoke to Nelsen,“he would promise to do the work in the near future,” said Galati.He he never showed up, and eventually stopped returning calls.

It isn’t the first time the North Vancouver contractor has beenconnected with renovations from hell. In 2010, B.C. Women’s Hos-

pital hired the contractor to finish installing a specialized skylightin the building’s entrance. But after Nelsen was paid an $18,000deposit, he failed to finish the $60,000 contract.

Nelsen told the North Shore News at the time it was all a misun-derstanding. Some of his other former customers might not agree.

In 2007, Nelsen was convicted of five fraud offences for bilking10 customers out of more than $34,000. In all of those cases, Nelsenwas paid deposits for work that was never completed.

Nelsen was in the process of being sentenced on those offenceswhen he committed the frauds he was recently found guilty of.

Two companies operated by Nelsen — Skylights Only and Cana-dian Skylights Inc. — have both received an “F” rating by the BetterBusiness Bureau for failing to respond to complaints.

The RCMP has also previously put out a fraud warning abouthim.

Fraudster bilked victims for thousandsFrom page 1


Red shiftWE learned this week that a

West Vancouver police officerwas reprimanded for letting

a civilian put on his gun belt and forposting the pictures to Facebook.

While definitely a breach of policy, itwas a minor incident and no real harmcame of it. It was a stupid oversightand the officer’s superiors held him toaccount.

And that’s what’s important here— accountability.

In the vast majority of cases, ourofficers adhere to extremely highstandards in what they do. But a seriesof high-profile incidents and evenhigher profile cover-ups by police inB.C., both municipal and RCMP, haveleft the public deeply skeptical aboutthese organizations.

As a society, we grant our police theauthority to be the frontline arbiters

of the law; however, we only do so onthe condition that they remain totallyaccountable to the society that grantsthem that power in the first place. Inthese recent cases, B.C.’s police brasshas given the impression that theirimage matters more to them than thisneeded transparency.

But things appear to be turningaround. By the account of the deputypolice complaint commissioner,grievances about municipal forces aredown thanks to positive changes inleadership. And the RCMP, which hasbeen its own worst enemy in the battlefor its public image, has acknowledgedthere must be a shift in its internalculture if they ever want to win backthe proud reputation the red serge hasearned.

Let’s hope this trend continues, andthat it leads to lasting change.

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Dense, dense revolutionDear Editor:

It seems that we are living the war against low density onthe North Shore.

Not a long time ago, an editorial by the North Shore Newscommented on the timing around resident input into proposeddevelopments (Tower To The People, Oct. 21), saying thatif residents did not complain — or voice support — duringthe allocated time, they would miss their opportunity to beheard. I couldn’t agree more, with a covenant: That statementwould be valid if North Shore municipalities only occasionallyconsidered new high-density developments, but this is not thecase.

In less than a year, more than 20 high-density projects havebeen put forward — for “consideration,” they say — includingLower Capilano (Larco et al) to the Safeway site on LonsdaleAvenue (Onni), Seylynn Village in the District of NorthVancouver (Seylynn (North Shore) Properties), Evelyn onTaylor Way (Onni) and Grosvenor’s proposal for the 1300-block Marine Drive in West Vancouver.

It is an open war against the lower density communitieswhere we decided to live. The sad part is that these changes arefueled by the municipal staff and our elected officials, who oncein power quickly forget that we voted them in to represent usand not the developers’ interests.

I openly challenge the councils and staff of all NorthShore municipalities to answer in an open letter the followingquestions:

What service and infrastructure improvements will be madeto meet this new density, for example:

■ Hospitals: We only have one. It’s good but small, limitedand overcrowded.

■ Schools: They would need to be adequately sized with

safe buildings (not portables) and teachers and staff located inthe communities where the students live.

■ Fire departments: They will need enough resources andthe appropriate equipment to deal with new, taller buildings inthe event of fires or evacuations.

■ Police: More density will mean a greater need for policingservices.

■Parks and recreation:Thenumberof affordable recreationalfacilities is already limited and they are overcrowded.

■ Water: Where is the water going to come from and atwhat cost?

■ Sewer: Do we have capacity to collect and treat theadditional black water?

■ Roadways: They are already crowded and insufficient (isthere a new Marine Drive in the works that we don’t knowabout?).

■ Public transit: In most areas, service is very limited.■ Urban interconnections: Both Lions Gate Bridge and

Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing are alreadysaturated, and line-ups keep getting longer.

Not one of the new proposals falls within the limits of thecorresponding OCP. They are all trying to lure the people with“community enhancements,” “sustainable LEED projects”and “designs that promote a car-free lifestyle.”

It does not matter how nicely you dress them up, they are allunsustainable and will bring the North Shore to its knees.

Sooner rather than later, we the people who actually livein these communities and pay the taxes will have to moveelsewhere, and this Golden Goose that we call home will havechanged for the worse forever.Elias B. MerkinsWest Vancouver

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Dear Editor:I appreciated Trevor Lautens’ piece in the North Shore News on

Friday last (A Grandiose WV Plan — With No Parking, Oct. 26).He astutely points out the woolly thinking by the municipality in itsefforts to revitalize Ambleside in West Vancouver.

If we look to our history, Ambleside at 17th Street and MarineDrive formed the heart of John Lawson’s village community. Shopssprang up, serving local cottagers. Initially robust, its vibrancy wanedafter the first shopping centre in Canada was located at Park Royal.On the premise that more density would “revitalize the village,”a three-block area around Ambleside was rezoned in the ‘60s forhighrise development. Decline continued.

New street furniture and sidewalks in 1985 did little to stop it.The cinema closed, and butcher Peter Black moved to Park Royal.Ironically, the mall then expanded, creating its own “village” andcontinues to expand, with the implicit agreement of council.

The sale of the police station site on Marine Drive was the firststep by council in a cascade of changes aimed again at revitalizingAmbleside. Hence the proposal to shoehorn the new costly publicsafety building into a too-small site adjacent to Municipal Hall andto sell the fire hall site for more revenue to pay for the project.Council then plans to move the historic Gertrude Lawrence buildingadjacent to Municipal Hall so that the land can be sold for yet morehousing.

The mayor referred to Ambleside in the media as a “shantytown” following council’s misguided decision to sell the police siteto Grosvenor. He went on to say “it is now up to Grosvenor to sellthe community on what it wants on the site.” Clearly, it is unwise tolet business interests interpret what is best for Ambleside, as if it were

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Dix has some unlikely friends to dinnerTWO events in the pastweek provide a neatglimpse into where ourtwo major provincialparties appear to beheaded.

At one, NDP leader AdrianDix attracted hundreds ofpeople who have probablynever voted for his partybefore. At the other, PremierChristy Clark spoke tohundreds of supporters whoseblind loyalties mask the seriousproblems on the horizon.

Dix was speaking at afundraising dinner that wastargeted at the corporatesector. He went looking forsupport from the businesscommunity, and he got it,as almost 900 people shelledout $375 to hear him speak(the audience also included ahefty presence from organizedlabor).

Clark was speaking at herparty’s annual convention. Thetwo-day affair was essentiallya pep rally designed to whipup some enthusiasm in theranks of a party that hasn’t hadmuch good news lately, andto that end it ranked as some

kind of success.But Clark and the

B.C. Liberals have yet todemonstrate an ability toconnect (and be supportedby) people who are notparticularly politically active.It is one thing to win thesupport of the political elite —members of riding associationexecutives and the like — butit’s quite another to reachout to the much larger poolof voters who determine whoholds power in this province.

In the last election, slightlymore than 751,000 peoplevoted for the B.C. Liberals.I seriously doubt that if an

election were held today thatanywhere near that numberwould vote the same way.Clark got a few standingovations from the 500 orso supporters at her party’sconvention, but there’s noevidence many more peopleare applauding her or her partythese days.

Dix, on the other hand,appears to be taking his partyto new levels of support.The fact he attracted such alarge crowd from a sector notknown for its support for hisparty is telling.

The business communityappears to have gone fromfearing Dix, to being at thevery least curious about himand his party and perhaps evengetting to the point of beingsupportive.

This developing situationreminds me of former NDPleader Mike Harcourt’s reach-out to the business communityprior to the 1991 election. Atthat time, the corporate sectorwas getting its head aroundthe idea that the NDP wouldlikely be forming the nextgovernment, and so realized ithad better try to know what itwas in for.

The same scenario appearsto be occurring now.

Clark may have enjoyed agood party convention, butunless there is some evidencethe general public is warmingup to her and her party, shemay find herself shunted to thesidelines by the very peoplewho have supported her partyfor so long.

• • •In announcing the

consultation process on thefuture of the B.C. Ferrysystem, the governmentreleased some fascinatingfinancial data about what thatsystem costs on a route-by-route basis.

For example, B.C.taxpayers subsidize everyvehicle travelling to the GulfIslands to the tune of $120-

$130 per round trip. On theTsawwassen-Duke Point run,which loses $30 million a year,the subsidy is $100 round-trip.Just two of 25 routes makemoney, while all the otherslose between $2 million and$30 million a year.

Of course, alltransportation and transitsystems require a publicsubsidy. We all pay for theconstruction and upkeepof those systems across theprovince, no matter where welive.

The question for B.C.Ferries is not whether or notwe should susbsidize thesystem. The question is howlarge that subsidy should be.

B.C. taxpayers willcontribute more than $1.5billion to B.C. Ferries over the

next decade. Is that enough,or too much?

I doubt the consultationprocess will reveal any startlingnew insights into how thesystem should be run, but Isuspect it will eventually leadto some significant reductionsin ferry service in some areas.

Just to take one example:The 6 a.m. daily sailing fromNanaimo to Gabriola Islandis usually filled to less than 10per cent capacity, yet we allsubsidize each vehicle on thatroute more than $13 per trip.I suspect sailings like that one— and there are many withsimilar numbers — are aboutto end.

Keith Baldrey is chief politicalreporter for Global [email protected]

View from the LedgeKeith Baldrey

a “Hail Mary” pass in the fourth quarter hopingfor the best.

There seems to be little understanding of theproblems facing Ambleside or the solutions tothem. As history proves, density and new streetfurniture do not ensure vitality.

We read in the press that the Audain Gallerywill go to Whistler when this could be, shouldbe located in Mr. Audain’s West Vancouvercommunity — perhaps on the police building sitein the 1300-block of Marine Drive. This could

provide the focus for the needed cultural niche.Revitalizing Ambleside requires real meat on

the bones of a thoughtful municipal plan, not thehijacking of a community’s tradition by a developerfilling a void.

What will it take for council to recognize theneed for an imaginative plan for Ambleside andto implement it before the opportunity is lost andmore effort is wasted?

Hopefully, others who share this view will letcouncil know.Gary HiscoxWest Vancouver

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HOW much extra density shoulddevelopers be allowed on a projectin the City of North Vancouver, andexactly how much should they begiving back to the city in exchange?

Those are the questions council will have toclarify as it moves to update its density bonusingpolicy for the new Official Community Plan.

Councillors spent three hours listening tosuggestions, questions and grievances about thecurrent system whereby extra density is tradedfor community perks at a special workshop heldMonday night.

Under the existing OCP, the city can use extradensity as incentive for developers to includeaffordable or below-market rental housing,market rental housing, heritage preservation,community amenity space, adaptable designideal for seniors and people with disabilities,higher environmental building standards andemployment-generating commercial space— most of which are not profitable enoughfor developers to do on their own in today’smarket.

But those policies — like every line of theOCP — are up for review as council marchestoward a fall 2013 target for implementing anew plan.

Among the more frequently mentionedideas from the approximately 60 attendeesat the workshop: increasing transparency

around the density bonusing process, havingmore consistent guidelines and ensuring thecommunity gets a fair deal.

Every member of council agreed the publicdeserved to have access to a transparent systemof bonusing, but fundamental disagreementsabout development philosophy and citypriorities quickly arose.

Any system that allows council to routinelyapprove projects with double the densityallowed by the OCP is fundamentally flawed,Coun. Rod Clark argued.

“That, to me, throws the Official CommunityPlan out the window and will guaranteegridlock and the unlivability of our city in very,very short order,” he said.

The remedy would be a “cleaner andsimpler” system, along the lines of developerscontributing to a fund within proscribedlimits.

While the amenities achieved from bonusingare laudable, Coun. Pam Bookham agreed thesystem was out of control.

“I don’t think the community is happy withwhat they see as a constant game of Let’s Makea Deal,” she said. “There is a point where thecommunity is saying: ‘Too much, too fast, toounpredictable.’”

The city shouldn’t shy away from density inexchange for community benefit, argued Coun.Guy Heywood, a frequent critic of the city’spractice of trading density for market rentalhousing, but it should change its priorities forwhat will be included in the bargain.

“Every dollar we spend trying to promoterental over ownership, we leave behind andmake unavailable to rebuild Harry Jerome(Community Recreation Centre) or North

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In Vancouver, soccer is a game of chantsSOCCER fans do someweird things.

“Honey, have you seen theZiploc bags?”

“Great idea, we shouldbring sandwiches to the game.The bags are under the sink.”

“Sorry baby, no sandwiches.I’m going to fill these with myurine while we’re in the standsand then throw them at theother team’s goalie. If you’rereally hungry, we can stop onthe way to the stadium and getsome Arby’s.”

Just an FYI: I’m not beinggross for gross’s sake. That ac-tually happens in some soccer-mad countries. But soccer fansalso get a lot of things right.

Here in North America ourlive sporting events some-times leave a lot to be desired.Baseball’s biggest selling pointsare beer, sunshine and the crackof the bat. I can easily enjoy thefirst two things on my patio,and here in Vancouver I’m sureI could walk a couple of blocksand find some crack.

Hockey games leave littleroom for independent thought.Every second that the puck isn’tin play you’re being told whatto do. Now clap rhythmically.Now sing along with Guns N’Roses. Now feel sorry for theteam’s owner because he can’tafford a backup yacht.

Football games containless than 15 minutes of actualgame action. The rest of thetime is filled with cheerleaders,hot dogs, and people from thesuburbs saying horrible things.

Soccer doesn’t have thoseproblems. What it has is 90-plus minutes of action — or asgrumpy North American sportsfans like to call it, “action”— with no rock music or com-mercial breaks.

Serious soccer fans arebrilliant at filling the noise voidwith chants, songs and hilariousswearing. When the Whitecapswent big time a couple of yearsago, joining Major LeagueSoccer, Vancouver developed itsown fun little soccer-supporterculture. I’ve been on baby-rais-ing duty for a couple years, soI haven’t had the chance untilrecently to see for myself, butwith the Whitecaps on theverge of becoming the first Ca-nadian team to make the MLSplayoffs, I had to check it out.

I made plans with a guyfrom the Vancouver Southsiderssupporters group to meet upbefore the game and join theirtraditional march to the sta-dium. On the day of the match

I popped out of the SkyTrainstation late, fuming over missedtransit connections. As I walkedthrough Yaletown, certain thatI’d missed the march, I hearda strange sound that liftedmy spirits like the Grinch onChristmas morning.

When I finally caught up,it was quite the sight. Singing,chanting, flag waving, costumes— it was the best co-ordinatedactivity I’d seen in these streetssince the big Stanley Cup firesale of 2011.

I watched the first halfof the game from the pressbox, curious to see what theatmosphere inside cavernousbut newly renovated BC Placewould be like. I was dubiousabout the idea of watching soc-cer in that huge space, but theteam’s plan to put some lovelydrapes over the upper bowl ac-tually worked pretty well. Niceto see someone finally get someuse out of that HGTV programHolmes on Domes.

Having failed to rendez-vous with my guide outsidethe stadium before the game,I decided to take a shot in thedark inside it.

“Pardon me guys,” I saidto a quartet of dudes wearingSouthsiders scarves. “Wouldany of you happen to knowBrett?”

“Yeah, we know Brett,” onereplied. “He’s dressed as Wario,purple from head to foot.”

“Thanks,” I said, walkingaway from one of my favouriteout-of-the-blueconversations ever.

I found Brett down low inthe Southsiders section. Hisbuddies failed to mention thathe was also wearing an amaz-ing fake moustache. Cheer-ing alongside him were mendressed as Mario, Luigi andToad. I snuck in beside them,standing out like I was StephenHarper trying to join a drumcircle. Soon enough, though, Igot caught up in the fun.

For the rest of the game, thesupporters kept up their songswithout a moment of silence.The official chants were led

by a man with a megaphonewho was dressed like LMFAO.Unofficial chants rang up too,one particularly funny andslanderous verse accusing thePortland goalie of inappropri-ate distribution of candy tochildren. The mood was onlyslightly spoiled by the hugepoop the Whitecaps weretaking on the field — they lost1-0 without generating a singlegood scoring opportunity. Itjust goes to show, no matterhow many Marios you craminto the stands, it’s up to the

plumbers on the field whodecide the actual outcome.

This story is a bit of acliffhanger. I’m writing beforethe Whitecaps play a one-gameplayoff in Los Angeles, but bythe time you read this it’ll beover. If they’ve won, they’llhost their first-ever homeplayoff game. Go check. Buy aticket. Join the fun.

If they’ve lost, well . . . Iguess I’ll have to find some-thing else to do with all theseZiploc bags.

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Laugh All You WantAndy Prest


Will you watch the U.S. election results come in live on Tuesday?INQUIRING REPORTER

Randy IversonNorth Vancouver

“I will be. I’m generallyinterested in it. I usually alwayswatch it.”

Christina Kruger-WoodrowNorth Vancouver

“I don’t mind if I find outlater. . . . No, I kind of reallywant to know. It’s like thehockey game; I want to seeit.”

Che DaviesVancouver

“No I won’t. I don’t havecable, and I don’t feel likegoing out somewhere thatcovers it just to watch.”

Jackie FeketeNorth Vancouver

“For me it’s obvious, yes,but I’m a dual citizen, so I’mkind of obligated to watch it.”

Andrew BeacockVancouver

“Probably. How could Inot?”

AFTER a bitter, years-long campaign that saw$2 billion in electionspending and theemergence of Big Bird asa political player, the 2012U.S. presidential race willcome to a head Tuesday,Nov. 6, as Americansfinally go to the ballotbox to choose their nextleader. Most polls favourPresident Barack Obamaover his Republicanchallenger Mitt Romney,but not by a wide margin.Although we have no sayin the outcome, manyCanadians will be gluedto their TV’s, watchingwith bated breath as theresults trickle in.

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Shore Neighbourhood House,” he said.The system as it stands now is shrouded in mystery, Coun.

Don Bell agreed, and it’s incumbent upon council to make itsdensity decisions more up front — especially when it comes tohow much more density it will allow.

“I think the bonus-limits approach should be studied, so thatwe have a clear policy that we will bonus a certain percentage,”he said. “That will provide some clarity as to what’s going tohappen and make people feel more comfortable.”

But the city’s existing policies still have advocates oncouncil.

Allowing the city and staff to negotiate with developersprovides an opportunity for “flexible innovation,” Coun. Linda

Buchanan said, and it means the city can respond to residents’many requests without raising taxes.

“What I hear is: They want new infrastructure; they want a newHarry Jerome; they want a museum; they want new amenities . . .they want affordable housing; they want daycares,” she said.

Coun. Craig Keating said he could not support a system thatallows the city to accept money in lieu of perks, arguing it woulddo nothing to increase transparency. Beyond that, council needsto consider the good that has come from density bonusing beforedeciding to do away with it.

“If we want to make radical change to the way we’re doingdensity bonus policy, ask the question this way: Which of theamenities that we’ve achieved over the last 20 years do youwant to do away with? That’s the question,” he said. “No JohnBraithwaite? No library? No Market rental housing?”

Mayor Darrell Mussatto thanked the meeting’s participantsand acknowledged the difficult task of striking a balance.

“I’ve heard many people say the City of North Vancouver’spolicy is working, because it’s pissing off both residents and thedevelopers,” he said, tongue-in-cheek.

But, like Keating, Mussatto made a long list of much-lovedcommunity assets that wouldn’t have been possible withouttrading density for amenities.

Staff will take the suggestions from the workshop and includethem in a future report to council.

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Nation looks to draw crowd to pipeline forumBrent [email protected]

THE Tsleil-Waututh Nation is hoping to drawresidents from the North Shore to speak against aproposed pipeline expansion on Burrard Inlet atan information meeting this weekend.

The band issued a statement Thursday asking the public to

“attend and respectfully voice their concerns” about KinderMorgan’s proposal to twin its Trans Mountain pipeline, a changethat would more than double capacity and increase oil tankertraffic in Burrard Inlet.

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BRIGHT LIGHTS

Members of the Capilano Rugby Club hosted a fundraising party for the Canadian Breast CancerFoundation at their clubhouse Oct. 13. The event had a “pink out” theme and those in attendance woretheir finest rose-hued garb in honour of the cause. The event followed an afternoon of rugby gamesplayed by Capilano and Burnaby men’s and women’s teams at Klahanie Park, with half of the ticket salessupporting the foundation. Those who attended also received a commemorative pin.

Gary Cartwright, Chris Robinson,Hailee Turpin and Jesse Ryan

Jacklyn Simington, Taryn Patterson and Lisa Bjornson

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Capilano Rugby Club breast cancer fundraiserby Kevin Hill

Please direct requests for event coverage to: [email protected]. For more Bright Lights photos go to: www.nsnews.com/galleries.


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Midnight magic■ Midnight’s Children. Directed by Deepa Mehta. Starring Satya Bhabha,Shriya Saran, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Siddharth Narayan, ShahanaGoswami, Samrat Chakrabarti and Rahul Bose. Starts today at CineplexOdeon Park & Tilford Cinemas.

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MIDNIGHT’S Children was born over dinner.No, that won’t do.Filmmaker Deepa Mehta and author Salman Rushdie were enjoying a meal.

Mehta, perhaps best known for directing the Academy Award nominated filmWater, had expressed an interest in adapting Rushdie’s novel Shalimar the Clown,but for some reason, her mind drifted to a different book.

“I turned to him and said: ‘Who has the rights for Midnight’s Children?’”Mehta recalls. “I think he said he did, and I said, ‘Well, I’m interested in makingit into a movie.’ And he said, ‘Sure.’ It was that simple.”

Four years later, the film version of Midnight’s Children tumbled forth intothe world. A political fairy tale and a merging of history and magic, the film tellsthe story of a child who is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947,the date of India’s independence from British rule.

The film spans 60 years over love, betrayals, wars, poems, politicalassassinations, and a form of telepathy made possible by the protagonist’s nasalcavity.

“It was completely impulsive, and I’m glad it was, because if it wasn’t Iwould’ve been too scared, it was such of a mammoth task,” Mehta says. “For

me, the film is not only the coming of age . . . of a young man, but it’s also thecoming of age of a country.”

Speaking from a hotel room in Toronto, Mehta struggles with a case oflaryngitis as she reflects on the first time she cracked the spine of Midnight’sChildren.

Reading the novel in India in 1982, Mehta was moved by the story’shumanity.

“It became the definitive book on post-colonial literature for me,” she says.“The book was very familiar to me because I felt that many of the characterswere like my own family members. My grandfather, my mother, my father.”

Midnight’s Children begins with a nose, a ‘mad plantain’ with a bridge thatcould almost let you cross a river. But when casting the picture, it was a pair ofeyes that struck Mehta.

Port Moody actress and playwright Anita Majumdar plays Emerald, acharacter who is either vicious, practical or romantic, depending on your point ofview.

“I loved her range,” Mehta says of Majumdar. “She’s got very expressive eyes.When I auditioned her she understood the humour in the character of Emerald.Everybody just went for her darkness and nobody went for her quirkiness, and Ifelt that Anita really captured that.”

Majumdar plays Emerald with grace, while being completely unaware ofpossessing a heart that could freeze the spice out of curry.

“I loved Emerald. I still love Emerald. Everyone who talks to me tells me,‘Oh, she’s such a spoiled brat,’ or ‘She’s so mean,’ and I’ve never seen her that

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SHAHANA Goswami and Ronit Roy are featured performers in Midnight Children’s ensemble cast. The film, based on Salman Rushdie’sepic novel and directed by Deepa Mehta, opens today at Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas.

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Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 11:30a.m.-7 p.m. Info: www.nsartists.ca.Members of The North Shore Artists’ Guild display a varietyof original art including oil paintings, watercolours, acrylicsand mixed media on an ongoing basis with new works everymonth.Buckland Southerst Gallery: 2460 Marine Dr., WestVancouver. Info: 604-922-1915. www.bucklandsoutherst.com.Café for Contemporary Art: 138-140 East Esplanade,North Vancouver. Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. andSaturday and Sunday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Info: 778-340-3379 [email protected] Wild: An exhibition of new works by DRIL, acollaborative artist collective, will run until Nov. 16. CarounArt Gallery: 1403 Bewicke Ave., North Vancouver. Info:www.caroun.net, 778-372-0765 or [email protected] hours: Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 8 p.m.Casa Del Caffe: 116 East 14th St., North Vancouver. Info:604-983-2233.Centennial Theatre: 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver.Info: www.centennialtheatre.com.CityScape Community Art Space: 335 LonsdaleAve., North Vancouver. Info: 604-988-6844 or www.

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KIERAN Strange performs at Steamworks in Vancouver on Nov. 24.

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AS a teenager she’d always wanted to be in aband. So when it came time to decide on a careerKieran Strange elected to pursue music and shechose to do it more than 7,000 kilometres awayfrom her Selsey, England home.

“I packed up everything and left home and moved toVancouver and started a band,” Strange says.

Long before Strange moved to Canada to pursue a careerin music, she had always aspired to be a singer. When she wasa little girl Strange and her best friend would often performshows in their parent’s backyard.

“Ever since I was a little kid I wanted to be a musician,”Strange says. “I was in a band with a friend of mine. We hadan old drum set . . . it was just drums and vocals.”

Even though Strange was academically successfulthroughout school, she had always considered a career inmusic. However, she decided to pursue another path.

“I visited Vancouver and I went to some shows. I saw myfavourite band play, which is My Chemical Romance, and Istarted to think about my life again.”

Eventually she moved to British Columbia to pursue herdreams.

“I told my mom when I came back from Canada when Iwas 17 that I wanted to move to Canada,” Strange says.

She made good on her word and packed up her belongingsand moved to British Columbia.

“I had a lot of friends in Vancouver and Edmonton whoput me up while I was working on my visa,” she adds.

On Mar. 31, the Vancouver resident released a three-songEP titled Adamantine Heart.

According to Strange the hardest part was convincingpeople to call the album Adamantine Heart.

“I sat down with my co-writer and she said if you can fitthe word adamantine into a song and have it sound goodthen we will call the song Adamantine,” Strange says. “So Itook the challenge. I sat down and I managed to fit it in andeveryone really liked the sound of it.”

“Adamantine means to have a really hard, solid,unbreakable, substance. So the idea of having a heart madeout of that is taking everything you stand for and not allowingpeople to take that away from you and being strong in whatyou believe in,” she adds.

Strange says she enjoys bands such as The Used, AC/DC,and Muse. She also admires female musicians such as JoanJett, Pink and No Doubt.

“I really love strong female musicians who don’t have totake all their clothes off to sell CDs,” she says.

Strange mostly writes songs about her experiences in herlife.

“Mostly I draw inspirations from things that happen tome and it doesn’t have to be an entire story, it can be just anidea,” she says. “When I have an overwhelming emotion theonly way to get it out is to write a song about it.”

Strange says that she doesn’t like to write about some ofthe more common topics that some female singers sing abouttoday.

“I think the hardest part is being a female musician andbeing taken seriously as a female musician who doesn’t’ wantto write songs about having sex with all the guys,” Strangesays. “I think that’s the hardest part, is just being takenseriously as a female musician who doesn’t want to sing thosekinds of songs.”

As a musician, Strange believes it is extremely important toput on an excellent performance for her audience.

“That is what I focus on. I am very energetic when I amon stage. I try and involve the crowd and I try to give thema great show,” she says. “People don’t go to a show to hearmusic they go to a show to see music.”

Strange is extremely active on the social media front. She

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FOR his new album Toronto rocker DannyMichel decided to do something completelydifferent from anything he’d done before.

His new eight-song disc, Black Birds are Dancing OverMe, recorded last winter in Belize, features Michel performingwith musicians from the Garifuna Collective. The recordingsessions took place over several months but the actual conceptfor the album started percolating in Michel’s subconsciousmany years before.

“I first went to Belize over 10 years ago on a trip, loved it,and I’ve gone back every year since,” he says. I got more andmore involved in the community and started working witha school there and always kept thinking it would be great tomake a record there. The music and the vibe has been slowlysneaking into my music over the last few records and this timeI thought ‘let’s do it right’ and do the whole album there.”

Hanging out on Caye Caulker, a small island off the northcoast of Belize, Michel listened to a lot of local Garifuna puntamusic including records by Andy Palacio and the GarifunaCollective produced at Ivan Duran’s Stonetree Studios.

“They do all these records and I thought why don’t I justask these people if they’d be interested in doing a record withme,” says Michel.

The Canadian musician contacted producer Ivan Duranby email and sent along a link to a video of what he’d workedon previously. Duran liked what he saw and invited Michel tocome down to his studio.

Stonetree, based in Benque Viejo del Carmen, inland nearthe Guatemalan border, is on the opposite side of the countryfrom where Michel was staying. Travelling back and forth torecord the album he now knows Belize like the back of hishand.

“It’s been a big, long adventure,” he says. “We talkedabout doing it in the summer of 2011 and I said, ‘OK, Iwill come down for November, December and January and

hangout and we’ll work then. We picked a date and I showedup. I came down with no songs, no guitar, nothing and justwalked into a room with complete strangers. I just wanted toget outside of my comfort zone and challenge myself. It wasan incredible experience.”

Michel was used to writing and recording quite differentlyfrom Duran and the Stonetree musicians but they figured outa collaborative process that would work for everybody.

“We just started recording sections,” says Michel. “Wedidn’t even know each other. We just looked at each other andwent OK here we go. We would sit around playing ideas andgrooves and stuff. He was like, ‘That’s really cool let’s recordthat.’ We would record a groove for a little while and thesethings would turn into songs which is the exact opposite ofhow I would ever write a song.

“The most interesting part was all the equipment, the gear.We’re so spoiled here. We have so much fancy equipment andthey don’t have access to that. It was a real eye-opener forme to record on guitars that, I don’t want to say they’re badbut they’re not up to North American standard instruments.You get handed a guitar and it’s missing a string. It’s got fivestrings. And then the answer to that was: ‘Learn how to playyour song with five strings. Deal with it. There’s lots of songsI’m playing guitars that are missing strings.

“It actually changed my whole perspective of guitars. Icame home to nice guitars and I look at them and go, “Hmm,I’m not interested in you anymore. I’m looking for all theseweird half-working interesting guitars now.”

The album was recorded over a three-month period lastwinter with Michel returning to Canada over Christmas.Everybody in the band (who go by the name the BenquePlayers for the project) is a master stylist with guitarists SamHarris and Al Ovando, percussionist Rolando “Chichiman”Sosa, and vocalist Desiree Diego all adding their respectivetalents to the percussion-heavy mix.

“They were incredible,” says Michel. “I learned a lessontoo about playing with heart. They may not have the bestgear but they play better because of that. They were just sowelcoming and so fun, so relaxed and so great to me. It wasbeautiful and I don’t even think I realized it until it was allover.”

Black Birds are Dancing Over Me by Danny Michel and theBenque Players is available now on Six Shooter Records.

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DANNY Michel will perform tracks from his new album, Black Birds are Dancing Over Me, at North Vancouver’sCentennial Theatre on Sunday, Nov. 4.

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currently has more than 12,000 followers on Twitter and over4,000 likes on Facebook. Aside from the 50,000+ tweets shehas made, Strange is into video blogging on YouTube.

“I started my video blogs back up again,” Strange says. “Iactually did one about the Amanda Todd situation. It is just mythoughts about the situation and paying my respects to her.”

Earlier this month Strange wrote an anti-bullying song.She says bullying is something that shouldn’t be taken lightlyin any situation.

As victim of frequently bullying herself, Strange can relateto the story of Amanda Todd.

“I was bullied horrendously throughout school. It wasa horrible part of my life. I know what it is like to fake sickbecause you don’t want to go to school and show your face,”Strange says. “It really upset me that this poor girl put a videoup on YouTube saying she needed help and she didn’t getthat help. I am not saying that people should be blamed for itbut it is sad that she genuinely felt like she had nobody therefor her.”

For more information on Kieran Strange visitkieranstrange.com or follow her on Twitter @KieranStrange.

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HAVING spent twoseparate intensivetwo-month periodswith Australian-basedpotter Gwyn HanssenPigott learning theins and outs of hercreative process, WestVancouver ceramicartist Lisa Henriques’own approach to hercraft has been foreverchanged.

“She opened up anotherworld to me,” says Henriques,43, referring to the countless lessons learned as a result ofHanssen Pigott’s generosity, both of her time and opening up ofher studio.

“The woman is a force,” she adds.Henriques is excited that other Vancouverites will have an

opportunity to get a glimpse into Hanssen Pigott’s creativitythanks to a show opening at the Museum of Anthropologythis evening. The exhibition, entitled Pleased to Meet You:Introductions by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, features the display ofobjects selected by the award-winning contemporary ceramicartist, chosen from the museum’s permanent, world-wide

collection, which she then reassembles with her own works.The show’s curators say Hanssen Pigott’s resulting groupingscreate “surprising new relationships” and, as the pieces aren’tplaced within any historical or cultural context, illustrate that,regardless of social or cultural background, makers share similaraesthetic choices.

The commonalities among artists working in clay, despitedifferences in culture and technique, is something that has longcaptivated Henriques.

“There’s an indelible thread there. . . . We are the same,” shesays.

Henriques, who typically creates hand-built bowls that

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POTTER Lisa Henriques working in her home studio in West Vancouver. She studied with Gwyn Hanssen Pigott in Australia and says theceramic artist opened up a whole new world for her.

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LISA Henriques was recently awarded the 2012 CarterWosk Eighth Annual B.C. Creative Achievement Awardfor Applied Art and Design.

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are quite large in scale, is a celebratedcontemporary potter in her own right and was

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many international educational experiencesshe’s undertaken over the course of her career.Receiving a bachelor of fine arts in ceramicsfrom Emily Carr Institute of Art & Designin 1999 and a master of visual arts, also inceramics, from Australia National University in2011, Henriques has continued to travel theglobe in search of new pottery techniques andprocesses. Her first experience was at age 23in 1993 when she travelled to Ghana, endingup in a pottery village, the result of a CanadaWorld Youth program exchange. Initiallythinking photography would be her artisticmedium of choice, the trip quickly changed herfocus.

“The village that I was in, they made hugehand-built water pots . . . and I was hooked.I’m still learning from the potters that I gotto work with every day there,” she says. “Ifound that was the best way for me to learn.I had such an amazing experience, that that’sall I wanted to do, was go and learn abouttraditional pottery around the world.”

Henriques has since travelled to Mexico,India and China, completing apprenticeshipswith a diverse array of ceramic masters, notonly learning about their approach to thecraft, but documenting their processes viaphotography.

“I just picked up pieces along the way,” saysHenriques. “When I go to these places I justtry and learn as much as I can and I find whenI come back is really when I find out what I’velearned, pieces that stick with me and becomepart of my own practice.”

Apart from insight into their creativeprocesses, it’s also been interesting to see thedifferent reasons behind the creation of objects,whether for utility or art for art’s sake and howthey’re therefore valued, both monetarily aswell as from a cultural perspective.

“I figured the best way to honour that is tolearn as much as I can with my fingers and keepthose techniques alive and pass them on tosomebody else,” she says.

Henriques’ most recent trips were hermentorships in Australia with Hanssen Pigott,helping her prepare for wood firings twice lastyear.

“The way she does wood firing, it’s quiterare. It’s quite subtle,” says Henriques. “Shealso uses porcelain and she works with it so it’stranslucent. And making translucent porcelainand putting it into a wood fire kiln, she’s oneof the first people I ever came across that didthat and I fell in love with her work.”

Henriques took a series of photos andvideos during both trips that are featuredas part of the Museum of Anthropologyexhibition.

“Carol Mayer at the Museum ofAnthropology had asked me to take somepictures and it was fantastic because I got toreally sit there and stare with the excuse of acamera,” she says.

Hanssen Pigott taught Henriques about thequalities of form, colour and space.

“Essential to all of these things, and afocus that is reflected in the new exhibit atthe Museum of Anthropology, is the dialoguebetween the objects she creates,” she says.“Gwyn is interested in the ‘space between.’The relationship between inside and outside,space and form, movement and stillness.To me, her still-life groupings speak of the‘inseparable’ space that connects us. Herwork is quiet and powerful, just like the spacebetween.”

For more information on Lisa Henriquesand her work, visit her website, lisahenriques.com. Her work is available at Provide, at 529Beatty St., in Vancouver.

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District Library Gallery: 1277 LynnValley Rd., North Vancouver. Info: www.nvartscouncil.ca.The North Vancouver Community ArtsCouncil will present a photographicexhibition by Mike Wakefield that exploresindustrial landscapes until Dec. 4.Feast in the Village: 3183 Edgemont Blvd.,North Vancouver. Info: 778-340-2223.Ferry Building Gallery: 1414 ArgyleAve., West Vancouver. Admission to allshows is free. Info: 604-925-7290 or www.ferrybuildinggallery.com. Gallery hours:Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. ClosedMondays.Mixed Media: An exhibition of works byRay Bradbury, Clancy Gibson, MoniqueMartin and Tom Smith will run until Nov.11.Natural Elements: Ceramic works bySteve McGroty, fibre by Fariba Mirzaie,tar and watercolour on canvas by EinoddinSadeghzadek, and plaster and porceain byRussel Hackney. The exhibition runs Nov.13-25. Opening reception Tuesday, Nov. 13,6-8 p.m. Meet the artists Saturday, Nov. 17,2-3 p.m.The Gallery at Artisan Square: 587Artisan Lane, Bowen Island. Info: 604-947-2454 or www.biac.ca. Hours: Friday-Sunday,noon-4 p.m.Gallery Jones: 1725 West Third Ave.,Vancouver. Info: 604-714-2216 orgalleryjones.com.Exhibition: New paintings by Ross Penhallwill be on display from Nov. 1 to 24.

Opening reception: Thursday, Nov. 1, 5 p.m.Gallery YoYo: 312 East Esplanade, NorthVancouver. Gallery hours: Wednesday toSaturday, 1-5:30 p.m. or by appointment.Info: 604-983-2896.Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art:2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver.Gallery hours: Wednesday-Friday, from noonto 5 p.m. Adult admission by donation/children free. Info: 604-903-3798.Graffiti Co. Art Studio: 171 East First St.,North Vancouver. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 1:30-6:30 p.m. or by appointment.Info: 604-980-1699 or [email protected] Meek Centre: 1700 Mathers Ave., WestVancouver. Info: www.kaymeekcentre.com or604-981-6335.On Our Walls: Paintings by Grazyna Wolskiwill be on display.Lions Bay Art Gallery: 350 Centre Rd.,Lions Bay. Gallery hours: Monday-Sunday,10 a.m.-5 p.m. Info: www.lionsbayartgallery.com or 604-921-7865.Featuring established and upcoming artists.Loutet Farm: East 14th Street and RufusAve., North Vancouver.Exhibition: Conceptual artist Iain Baxter&(pronounced Baxterand) will have his workon display until Dec. 30.Lynnmour Art Studio and Gallery: 301-1467 Crown St., North Vancouver. Info:www.nsartists.ca/garyeder or 604-929-4001.Gallery hours: Saturday and Sunday, noonto 5 p.m. or by appointment. Contemporaryand abstract paintings by Gordon Oliver,

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CANADIAN novelist, visual artist and designer Douglas Coupland accepted the2012 Distinguished Artist Award at this year’s FANS Tribute to the Arts at theGordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art on Oct. 25. Past recipients have includedNicola Cavendish, Jay Brazeau and Bryan Adams.

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Vancouver. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Info: 604-987-5612 or www.northvanmuseum.ca.Exhibition: Conceptual artist Iain Baxter& (pronouncedBaxterand) will have his work on display until Dec. 30.North Vancouver Experience, an ongoing exhibit defininglife in North Vancouver.Presentation House Gallery: 333 Chesterfield Ave., NorthVancouver.Gallery hours: Wednesday -Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Info: 604-986-1351 or www.presentationhousegall.com.Frank Horvat, a pioneer in fashion photography, will havehis work displayed until Dec. 23.Presentation House Satellite Gallery: 560 Seymour St.,Vancouver. Gallery hours: Wednesday-Saturday, noon-6 p.m.Info: www.satellitegallery.ca.Dorothy: A new series of works by artist Myfanwy MacLeodwill run until Nov. 10. The exhibition will feature origamimade from pages of Playboy magazines in which playmate

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SCOTTISH jazz guitarist Martin Taylor joinsMadagascarSolorazafandBrianGorefor InternationalGuitar Night at Capilano University tomorrow nightat 8 p.m. for an evening of solos, duets and triosthat demonstrates the virtuosity and diversity of theinstrument. Tickets $35/$32.

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THE Borealis String Quartet are performing a free concert at Centennial Theatre, Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. to celebrate Donald Munro’s60 years in Canada. Free tickets can be obtained by phoning 604-986-8214 or at Centennial Theatre’s box office from noon to 5 p.m.Monday to Saturday at 604-984-4484 or in person at Silver Harbour Centre. Refreshments to follow. Everybody’s invited.

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I dream of being anengineer and designingamazing structuresaround the world.

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LAST September, on a cool nightin a glowing white dome onNorth Vancouver’s HarboursideWaterfront, nine high schoolstudents gathered in a closehuddle to cheer before kickingoff their volleyball season athome.

It has been in similar fashion over thepast few years that a small gathering likethis has occurred.

For athletics at Lions Gate ChristianAcademy, the motto for growth has beenand continues to be, “If you build it theywill come.”

It has been a slow process that has notbeen easy. With a small group of eagerstudents divided in age, it has been achallenge to muster a full squad of any sortto play and an even more difficult challengeto produce a group that is competitive.However, this year seems to be different.

“I think our students are encouraged bythe progress that has been happening overthe last few years,” says Michael Speak, theschool’s athletic director.

“At one point in time we hadstudents in grades 9 and 10 playing upwith our seniors because there were notenough students for them to play at theirdesignated level. This year we have seen aboom in athletics, specifically at the highschool level of play.”

This year marks the first time LionsGate Christian Academy has been able tofield teams in bantam, junior, and seniordivisions. The result: a more balancedapproach to athlete development.

“It is great to see students in ourthriving elementary school athletics

program make the transition to the highschool ranks under the same gym roof,”says Speak. “Traditionally we have seena flux of students move on looking formore athletic opportunities. Now we areretaining our numbers as well as attractingnew and interested athletes. We are ableto continue the development of ourathletes over several years, resulting in a

cohesive group of students who want to becompetitive.”

Athletics at Lions Gate ChristianAcademy is now a growing culture thanksto the pioneers who have stuck with theprogram and helped to establish it. Nowthe school is reaping the benefits of the fewwho were not afraid to get involved andblaze a new trail, a new culture.

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Magnussen School#204- 6190 Agronomy RdVancouver, BC

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ATHLETICS at Brockton School isintegral to the culture of the school.

We give our students an avenue to participatein a wide range of sporting activities and helpbring pride to the Brockton community througha competitive athletics program.

In physical education class our students don’tjust play games, they learn to observe and analyzeperformance, develop strategies and tactics, andunderstand the importance of being physicallyactive for life-long fitness and health.

In the 21st Century, education is not justabout the use and integration of technology, itis also about trying new strategies to engage allchildren in life-long physical activity. Our studentsare encouraged to live the IB learner profileand use sports to demonstrate how they can beprincipled, caring, reflective, open-minded andbalanced communicators, risk-takers, inquirersand thinkers. These elements are the foundationupon which our school programs are built andare essential to the success of any team and anyindividual in a sporting situation.

More than 85 per cent of the student body isparticipating in our co-curricular activities. Ourco-curricular programs encourage teamworkand fair play. They offer competitive play for allstudents and an opportunity to develop leadershipskills through coaching and refereeing.

As an International Baccalaureate WorldSchool,wearekeentoengageallofourcommunitymembers and bring the community into ourschool. We have made partnerships with two localclubs: North Shore Archers and North VancouverFencing. These provide excellent opportunities forour students toparticipate in twoalternative sports.Our budding archers are embarking on a juniorOlympic program and the hope is, like our fencers,they will be able to transfer to the community cluband compete at a higher level. We believe that it isimportant to offer variety in our sports programs

and enable all students to try something new, teamsports are not for everyone.

Brocktonhasa thrivingathleticsdepartment ledby two larger-than-life coaches who bring energyand professionalism to the athletics program.

Brockton has a very strong athletics program,drawing on the depth of experience and passionof the athletics department, and the huge supportof parents and the wider Brockton community.The athletics department is building a robustfoundation that boosts the confidence of studentsand in turn increases participation. In doing soBrockton is developing not only a tradition ofexcellence, but is providing a solid foundation forour students’ physical and social development.

ATHLETICS isfundamental in thedevelopment of ourstudents’ characters andcapabilities.

It is integral to thewholeness of a Collingwoodfour-stranded education,embracing academics, athletics,the arts and service.

From junior kindergartento Grade 12, our students aretaught by physical educationspecialist teachers, all of whomhave been university teamathletes and who continue tobe high level athletes in a widevariety of sports. The coachingstaff is unsurpassed in itsexcellence with a high numberof ex-national, provincial orintercollegiate athletes.

The physical educationcurriculum builds fromfundamental movementpatterns, games and physicalliteracy in the younger yearsto skill development in a widevariety of sports. Across thecurriculum, the focus is onparticipation, improvement,and skill acquisition.

Our fitness centre providesthe ideal setting for ourstrength and conditioning

program, with a class set of spinbikes and rowing machines anda fully equipped weight room.

Weoffercustomizedtrainingfor sports andhighperformanceathletes. For those studentathletes involved in high-leveltraining, Collingwood workswith students on an individualbasis to customize andaccommodate their trainingand sports schedules. Yoga, trailrunning, tennis, karate and ourhouse intramurals at lunchtimehelp to instill healthy lifestylehabits.

From Grade 4 to Grade 12,we offer 17 different sportswith a total of 55 teams. Therereally is a sport and team foreveryone. Collingwood hasa strong history in athletics,having won 20 provincial titlesin team sports. We have wonmultiple individual gold medalsin provincial swimming andwrestling. Our rowers have wonfive national titles. Our Grade

6/7 soccer and basketballteams have combined to winfive Canadian AccreditedIndependent Schools NationalU13 titles.

Our senior sports teamstravel the world, offering ourathletes unique experiences thatpush them to greater heightson the playing field/court andenrich them as individuals.

With the completion ofrenovations at our Wentworthcampus,ourjuniorkindergartento Grade 7 students now haveaccess to an artificial turf fieldand two gymnasiums. The newgyms and artificial turf field atour Morven Campus (grades8-12) will give Collingwoodthe best facilities on the NorthShore.

Including the new fullgymnasium at Wentworth,Collingwood students andcoaches will have access to fourfull-size courts for games andpractices. Go Cavs go!

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Nick Fitzpatrick and RajwiRangiga go for a run.

Student athletes strive for excellence at Collingwood. PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD


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OVER the last five years, all theteachers at St. Edmund’s elementaryhave put in a substantial effort tocreate fitness and athletic opportunitiesfor our students.

On the surface, it would appear that athleticswould only have an indirect connection to thephilosophy of a faith-based school. However, whilewe are “committed to excellence in Catholicity,”this also includes all areas that promote thedevelopment of the whole child to his or her fullpotential.

Our students’ first experience with athleticsbegins in gym class and we supplement ourphysical education classes with sports teams andan intramural program. Students are permitted tosign up for intramurals when they are in Grade 4,and all but a handful of students from grades 4through 7 participate. Students sign up for teams,and a team is made up of Grade 4 through 7students. The teams are named around a theme,such as candy (Nerds, Gobstoppers, etc.) or dogs(St. Bernard’s, Chiwawas, etc.). The games arefun, but intense. There are all skill levels on thefloor, and everyone is putting out a full effort.After some round-robin play, the top four teamsmake it into the playoff tournament, which addsto the excitement. Intramurals are broken up intothree seasons: indoor soccer, handball, and floorhockey.

The other important aspect of our athleticprogram is our sports teams. In the fall, werun soccer for boys and volleyball for girls. Asalways, our emphasis is on participation and skilldevelopment. Every student that wants to play ison the team, no one is cut. In the winter sportsseason, we run basketball teams for each of thegrades, for both boys and girls. Like in soccer andvolleyball, the emphasis is on participation andskill development. We do generally have one teamper sport make the playoffs. It is the spring sports

season where students have the most choice, withthree teams running simultaneously. Girls havetheir soccer season and the boys can join floorhockey. The school hosts its own floor hockeytournament that the other students always comedown to watch. However, our largest team is thetrack team, typically with around 40 members fromgrades 3 to 7. The peak of the track season is theCatholic school’s meet at Swanguard stadium inlate May/early June (this meet is one of the largestelementary track meets in North America).

Having a vibrant athletic program makesstudents that much more enthusiastic aboutcoming to school, creating a wonderful positiveenergy and school spirit. In addition, once studentsfrom a class have a chance to work with each otheras teammates, it really does strengthen their socialrelationships. Athletics are part of the fabric of ourschool, and provide us with so many teachablemoments for our students.

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Yoga enhances overall learning programAT CEFA (Core Education and FineArts), we understand the importanceof physical education.

Our physical education programs are designedto develop the body and gross motor skills ofour students, and are presented with games andactivities that children truly enjoy.

Our programs are designed to instil a lifelonglove of fitness, team sports and outdoor activities.This is also done through the introduction of avariety of sports each month, including soccer,

volleyball, and basketball amongst others.Another much-loved element of our program

is yoga, which teaches our students breathingtechniques and yoga poses that enhanceconcentration, increase flexibility and balance,boost confidence and relax their minds.

Our yoga program has shown to effectivelyincrease self-control, self-confidence, self-respect,positive communication and listening skills.Children learn to appreciate themselves andtheir peers, and show increased empathy andcompassion for others.

THE physical educationprogram at North StarMontessori is “totallyawesome” according tothe students.

Like all things Montessori,the program varies dependingon the stage of developmentthe children are in and buildson previously learned physical,organizational and leadershipskills.

The kindergarten programfocuses on the developmentof gross motor skills and howto play and interact with peers.Children are introduced to avariety of games and activitiesthat promote gross motor skilldevelopment, sportsmanship,communication, and listeningskills. Some of the enrichedprogramming for kindergartenstudents includes ice skating,marital arts and Bollywooddancing. The lower elementary

program(grades1-3)exposesthestudents to a variety of activitiesboth within the school facilityand in the community at large.In addition to building onto theskills acquired in kindergarten,lower elementary students alsoparticipate in rock climbing,hiking, and mountain bikingto name a few. At this level,an interdisciplinary approachis taken. For example, whenhiking, children also observenature, making connectionsto their botany and geographylessons while building fitness.

The upper elementaryprogram (grades 4-6) is wherethe physical education programis really unique. Having had aprevious experience across manyactivities in lower elementary,the students now have an ideaof what activities they enjoy andwould like to repeat gaininga more refined skill set. Theyare also given the opportunity

to research and suggest newactivities they would like to try.The class votes on activities thatwill be part of the program thefollowing year.

The upper elementarystudents are empowered to buildtheir program, identifying thebenefits of different activities, aswell as deciding on what time ofyear the activities will take place.Do they want to go hikingin November when it is likelyto rain every day? Or do theywant to go hiking in May whenthe chance for nicer weather ispossible?

The icing on the cake forthis program, as well as ourfieldtrip programs, is when thestudents set up the program forthe group, independent of anadult. Planning the route andorganizing transportation (hiredbus or public transit) can alsobe part of their responsibilitiesreinforcing practical life skills.


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THE past two months have been aseries of firsts for St. Alcuin College:First day of school, first assembly, firstAdventure Week, first university visit,and the list goes on.

“It’s very exciting to see our students makingcommunity connections in their learning,” statesHead of School and co-founder, Stella Ablett.

St. Alcuin’s philosophy is based on personalizedlearning,communitypartnershipsandanemergentcurriculum, one that is personal in its design andapplication, and is tailored to the student’s uniquestrengths and abilities. The physical educationprogram has also been developed utilizing a verypersonalized approach.

“We are focusing on personal physical fitness,”explains Mark Renneson, physical educationteacher at St. Alcuin.

Renneson has brought a progressive, student-centred approach to his classes, drawing from hisextensive experience as a high performance tenniscoach and coaching educator. All students fromGrade6anduparedevisingtheirownindividualizedfitness plans for the school year. Included in theirschool tuition is a one-year membership at theHarry Jerome Community Recreation Centrewhere they have the opportunity to participate inspecialty classes and work with a fitness instructor.

“When someone pursues a sport or physicalactivity that he or she truly enjoys, there is adeeper level of engagement,” says Renneson. Itgives them a sense of ownership for their personalhealth and fitness. At St. Alcuin, the most recentindependent school to open on the North Shore,students are learning the importance of adopting ahealthy and active lifestyle.

“We’reveryfortunatetoliveontheNorthShoreand to be able to enjoy all it has to offer in termsof active living. We have a unique vantage pointand will certainly be incorporating many outdooractivities into our PE program,” states Renneson.

In addition, this level of personalization makes iteasier to support students who are participating ina sport outside of school, as is the case with Grade10 student Shant Basmadjian. Shant is a nationallyranked fencer who was U15 national championlast year and qualified to compete at the NorthAmerican fencing cup in mid-October.

“The level of commitment and amount of timerequired to compete nationally is substantial,” saysAblett. “Shant is able to arrange his program ofstudies at St. Alcuin to accommodate his trainingas well as his areas of interest.”

St. Alcuin is establishing strong communityrelationships to ensure their students exceed theB.C. daily physical activity recommendation andto fully develop a passion for active living that canlast a lifetime.

AFTER beginning herhigh school career inChile, Flo Belanger-Jonesjoined the MulgraveSchool community inGrade 9 and experienceda bit of culture shock.

“Everyone here was involvedin all aspects of student life:arts, service and athletics, aswell as academics. There wasan expectation that I wouldget involved in these differentstrands, and when I did, I wentall in.”

Three years later, she isactively involved in studentservice initiatives, is a memberof multiple competitive anddevelopmental sports teams, andis this year’sHeadGirl.Belanger-Jones exemplifies the Mulgravemotto: Inspiring Excellence inEducation and Life. With thepassion she throws into everypursuit, it isnosurpriseBelanger-Jones has found success bothon and off the basketballcourt. While basketball is herfavourite sport, she admits ithasn’t come easy. “There aretwo parts to basketball: skill andheart. I started playing with alot of heart, the skills had to bedeveloped after.”

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Claude Leduc notes this didn’thold her back. “Every studentathlete at Mulgrave is acceptedand appreciated for who theyare and what they bring to thesporting arena.”

The coaching philosophy atMulgrave, a prekindergarten-Grade 12 co-ed InternationalBaccalaureate World School,is to use sport as a vehicle toteach and develop the corecovenants of commitment,communication, confidence andheart. Students are instilled withthe type of lifelong passion forsport and active living that keepsthem coming back long aftergraduation. Belanger-Jones listsMulgrave alumni Kaitlin Cyr(Class of 2009) as a role modeland mentor for the work she hasdone as assistant coach of thesenior girls’ basketball team.

A taekwondo nationalscontender, as well as an avidbasketball and soccer player,current Grade 11 student

Yahya Sahiholnasab has alsolearned a lot about mentorshipthrough sport after having theopportunity to coach the Grade7 boys’ basketball team. “Ireally enjoyed my first coachingexperience. Sports are morethan just fun. They teach youhow to relate to people and howto achieve your goals. I will playsports for the rest of my life.”

Many student athletesgraduate from Mulgrave with asimilar promise. Graduates havegone on to join varsity teams.Kevin Catliff, 2012 graduate,is playing for the WesternMustangs, considered to beone of the best university teamsin Canada. Belanger-Jones haschosen to use her passion forsport to drive her in a differentdirection: sports medicine. Inthe meantime, she plans toenjoy the pursuit of excellence inacademics and athletics knowingone day the two will merge intoa successful career.

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PARENTS andeducators are alwayson the lookout for thatspecial programmeor approach that willenhance learning inchildren.

The vocabulary of schoolinghas expanded to embrace a widevarietyof“best”approaches,suchas International Baccalaureate(IB), Advanced Placement (AP),Montessori, and more. We areencouraged to send our childrenfor tutoring. We are told thatthis packaged programme, orthat series of textbooks, or thosetechnological resources are thebe all and end all. No wonder weare confused. However, there isone, low-cost, readily availablestrategy that has been provento consistently improve studentperformance and help childrenmaintain focus during the schoolday. It is called “exercise.”

Researchers in Canada andthe United States have foundstrong evidence of a significantpositive relationship betweenphysical activity and academicperformance. A recent studyindicated that this could bebecause exercise helps cognitionby increasing blood and oxygenflowtothebrain.Physical activity

could also reduce stress andimprove mood, making childrenmore likely to focus and engagein the classroom. Canadianschools are just beginning totrack the effects of physicalactivity on learning. In oneschool, math scores jumped by23 per cent compared to fallingtwo per cent for those who didno gym activity. Writing scoreswere up 60 per cent and reading23 per cent, compared to falling13 per cent and increasing onlynine per cent for those who werenot active. At Kenneth GordonMaplewood School, we takethis research to heart, buildingregular physical education andoutdoor activity into our dailyroutines. Our gym and playingfields are in constant use duringthe school day and our staff takean active interest in keeping theirstudents moving and shaking tosupport their academic pursuits.The level of energy is infectious,and the results for learningare very positive. School andlearning are fun.

After all, too many of usspend our adult lives chainedto a desk in a dreary officebuilding, let’s not impose it onour children. Regular physicalactivity is the key to both ahealthy lifestyle and academicsuccess. Let’s go for it!

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Students getting intothe spirit of the gameISLAND Pacific School is an independent grade 6-9 middle school that is located on Bowen Island.

The school’s signature sport is ultimate Frisbee, a crossbetween soccer and basketball that is played on a field with aregulation 175-gram disc.

In an ultimate game there are no referees, players call theirown fouls, and a distinguishing feature is something called “spiritof the game,” an understood ethic that does not countenancecheap shots and bogus fouls, but instead encourages participantsto play with a sense of class.

IPS students practise ultimate after school and participatein a North Shore league. They also regularly attend the largestmiddle school tournament in North America.

IPS has chosen ultimate as a defining part of its overallprogram because the central tenets of the game (fair play,personal responsibility, and a shared celebration of excellence)so closely reflect and embody the school’s own core values.

The school’s distinctive approach to organized sport seemsto be resonating with many, as more than 30 per cent of theirstudent population now comes from the North Shore.

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way. I think she’s fascinating,” Majumdar says.In one of Emerald’s defining moments she chooses her

prospective husband over the safety of a political dissident.“It looks like she sells out her family and she does, but at the

same time I don’t think she thinks of it that way, she thinks of itas her family sold her out,” Majumdar says. “No one thought toask Emerald.”

That pridefulness is evident in Majumdar’s physicality.“For me as an actor there was a lot of really thinking as

though there’s a string attached to my sternum because there’sthis sort of puffed chest, puffed sense of ego, and at the sametime, propriety,” she says.

Majumdar was first introduced to Rushdie’s work as astudent at UBC.

She was studying theatre, English, and South Asianlanguages when a professor told her about the way Rushdieplays with both Hindi and English phrases.

“I went to the bookstore and got Midnight’s Children andstarted reading it because of that reason, but then becamereally engrossed in the actual book,” she says. “For me, and myconnection to my culture, and my connection to . . . ancestry, itwas all really, really important.”

The Partition of India, installed during the time of Britishrule, formed a religious divide between India and Pakistan.

“As a young person living outside of India I’ve always beendeeply fascinated by Partition and the effects that we live withtoday in sort of a neo-colonist regime,” Majumdar says.

The film centres on Emerald’s nephew, Saleem. Born atmidnight and using the power of his nose, Saleem is able tosummon all the other Indian children born during the first hourof India’s independence into a shared dream. Emerald is close tothat magic, but never truly inside of it.

“Emerald is someone who actually attains everything, so shedoesn’t actually need magic.” Majumdar says. “I think she’sa dreamer as well, it’s just that her dreams are very rooted inreality.”

Majumdar’s own dreams and reality collided when she got aphone call from Mehta.

“Deepa called me directly and said, ‘I think you wouldmake a great Emerald. Come to my office,’” she says, recallingMehta’s words. “Within six hours of me being taped, it wasofficial. I had got the part.”

Asked how often an actor wins a role that way, Majumdarreplies: “It never happens that way, ever. . . . Deepa’s kind ofspoiled me. Now I go to auditions and I just expect, ‘Well,obviously you want me, so why haven’t I heard from you withinfour hours?’”

The actors rehearsed extensively, according to Majumdar,who says Mehta would host intricate discussions on the nuancesof each crucial scene. But on the day of filming, everythingcould change.

“There’s a kind of magic in that that allows you to take newrisks,” Majumdar says.

While primarily set in India, the film was shot in Sri Lanka.“Sri Lanka has a lot of old colonial architecture, and India

just doesn’t have that architecture anymore,” Majumdarexplains.

“It’s also sadly been in a civil war, which has stopped now,for 30 years,” Mehta explains. “The result of which was thatthere was no rampant industrialization or development of realestate the way it has been in India. So when we tried to look forlocations in India we just could not find anything that wouldfit the era we were looking for because everywhere you lookedthere were highrises, flyovers and monorails. It was impossible.But because of Sri Lanka being in the situation it was in, sort ofa time warp, and it’s rapidly changing now, but we could findlocations that were really perfect for us.”

The shoot was halted for three days after a protest waslodged from either the Iranian embassy or the foreign ministryin Iran, according to Mehta. Filming resumed when Sri Lanka’spresident returned to the country.

“He said, ‘This is rubbish, I’m not going to be bullied byanybody, so carry on,’” Mehta recalls.

Filming in slums and forests and colonial mansions gives

the film an authenticity lacking in many epics. For inspiration,Mehtra drew on Visconti’s The Leopard, an Italian film thatdeals with the last days of an aristocrat and his aristocracy, aswell as Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu, a Japanese picture dealing withwarfare and survival.

Midnight’s Children is narrated by Rushdie. Like the decisionto make the film to begin with, the decision to have Rushdienarrate was an instinctive one.

“When we finished doing the film . . . I really felt there wassomething missing and that was: I missed the words. One of themain things I’d fallen in love with in the novel was the words,”Mehta says. “I wanted to capture the magic of his words.”

Despite achieving fame as a writer, Rushdie was initiallyresistant.

“He said, ‘Absolutely not,’” Mehta recalls. “Then Iconvinced him and he said, ‘OK, but only if I reserve the rightto fire myself.’”

Rushdie finally decided to let himself keep the job.“He’s got such a beautiful voice and it works so well, makes

it so personal. He likes it too, now,” Mehta says.As the author of plays like The Misfit and Fish Eyes, Majumdar

believes being part of Midnight’s Children has changed her.“Saying more with less is one of the big lessons,” she says.

“As a young playwright in this country, I’m awestruck to thinkthat one man can have so many stories and tell those storieswith such impactful phrases and such economical sentences. It’spretty inspiring.”

For Mehta, she hopes her film crosses lines and attractsmoviegoers from all walks of life.

“I think it’s pretty much a universal song. I feel it’s verytimely because it’s the search for home, search for an identity,search for family, those are all subjects that are all so universaltoday,” she says.

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(LEFT photo) Saleem (Satya Bhabha) and Parvati (Shriya Saran) in a scene from Midnight’s Children. (Right photo) Author Salman Rushdie with director Deepa Mehta.The film opens today at Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas in North Vancouver.

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■ Flight. Directed byRobert Zemekis. StarringDenzel Washington.Rating: 8 (out of 10)

Julie CrawfordContributing Writer

I know what you’rethinking: this timearound it’s a plane;last year it was a train,and wasn’t it a subwaycar the year beforethat? What is it withDenzel Washingtonand transportation asco-stars?

But take heart: whatbegins as a big-budgetdisaster beast reveals the heartof an indie character study,with Washington delivering acareer best.

The film begins like anyother day: Whip Whitaker(Washington) wakes updrunk, with a cute companionin his bed. A little weed, alittle coke, and it’s all good.But Whip’s not any otherman: in the next scene we seehim in his pilot’s uniform,preparing to fly an Atlanta-bound plane with 102 soulson board.

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Festivals focusing on cultural diversity

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ROB Leickner’s film Lost Lagoon receives its world premiere tonight at Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas at 9:30 p.m. as partof the Vancouver Asian Film Festival. For more details visit vaff.org.

Cheryl RossiContributing Writer

IF you feel like you letthe film-loving partof yourself down bymissing the VancouverInternational FilmFestival, don’t despair.

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The first South Asian FilmFestival to hit Vancouver,Surrey and Abbotsford spicesup the Lower Mainland with40 films from India, Pakistan,Bangladesh, Afghanistan, SriLanka, Nepal, the Maldivesand Bhutan. The festival willshowcase documentaries,dramas, shorts and animationand includes master classes andpublic forums with South Asianfilm artists.

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That jarring juxtaposition prepares us for what comes next:the plane’s malfunction, terrifying dive, and intense crash.Director Robert Zemekis, back with live-action after a decadeof pioneering stop-motion films (The Polar Express, Beowulf,A Christmas Carol) employs in-your-face filmmaking from thevery start, so that whether it’s a shot of the anxious co-pilot(Brian Geraghty), or up-close gauge readings, we feel as thoughwe’re right there in the cockpit.

It’s one of the best airline-disaster sequences in recentmemory, but Zemekis infuses the chaos with a poignantmoment, when Whip coolly tells the lead flight attendant(Tamara Tunie) to leave a message for her son for when theyeventually find the black box recordings.

Whip is hailed as a hero for saving most of the passengersbut dread sets in as soon as the pilot wakes up and sees his oldNavy buddy (Vancouver’s Bruce Greenwood) at the foot ofthe bed. “It’s a bit of a show,” warns Charlie, as reps from thepilots’ union, the NTSB and the media all line up for Whip’sside of the story. And if Whip’s toxicology report gets out,they’ll be shouting for blood.

He fares no better when he meets his lawyer, Hugh Lang(Don Cheadle) whose first words to Whip are “death demandsresponsibility.” We’re trying to get it designated an Act of God,says Hugh. “Whose God would do this?” asks Whip.

At first glance Whip has nothing in common with rock-bottom addict Nicole (Kelly Reilly, fantastic) but a primer onthe extent of Whip’s alcoholism proves they couldn’t be moresimilar. A tenuous relationship develops, ever tested by Whip’srefusal to get treatment — or even to get sober long enoughfor legal proceedings — and Nicole’s terror that Whip willbring her back into her dark addiction.

The success of the film hinges on its ability to segue froma disaster movie into a compelling legal and human dramawithout losing any of its intensity, and Zemekis pulls it offseamlessly. New suspense threads are introduced via when andhow Whip will implode, and the depths that “the suits” willsink to in order to save the airline. John Goodman enters at keymoments to advance this storyline — as Whip’s dealer and onlyfriend — but those in the audience who think that his characteris strictly for laughs fail to see the pathos of the situation.

A few sequences are eked out for too long (the wise andwise-cracking cancer patient, for example) and become preachytowards film’s end, but they do not detract from Washington’svirtuoso performance as a man clinging to his own lies,whatever the cost.

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THE success of Flight hinges on its ability to segue from a disaster movie into a compelling legal and humandrama without losing any of its intensity.

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— Vancouver Asian Film Festival,Nov. 1 to 4

The 16th annual VAFF kicks offwith the Canadian premiere of DaylightSavings, a followup to last year’ssold-out closing night film SurrogateValentine. Daylight Savings picks upwhere Surrogate Valentine left off withaffable indie musician Goh Nakamura’slife one year later. Preceding DaylightSavings is the short film Bleached inwhich a Filipino-American teenager isforced to model her mother’s skin-lightening cream.

VAFF celebrates local talents withdirector, writer and producer RobLeickner’s film Lost Lagoon and sevenVancity Shorts. Lost Lagoon tells thestory of Mi-Ran, a long-distancerunner born in Korea who moves toVancouver under the guise of studyingEnglish. Unbeknownst to her family,she is in Vancouver to be closer toNorth American underground music,easily accessible running paths and herInternet friend Georgia.

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The opening film, A Bottle in the Gaza Sea, is a modern-dayRomeo-and Juliet tale set in Israel and Gaza during the conflicts of2007 and 2008.

David tells the story of Daud, a lonely Muslim boy growingup in Brooklyn. The only son of a devout imam struggles with his

father’s expectations and feelings of isolation until he inadvertentlybefriends a group of Jewish boys who mistake him for beingJewish. Director and writer Joel Fendelman will attend thescreening.

Just before making The Artist, Oscar winners Jean Dujardin(best actor) and Michel Hazanavicius (best director) teamed up tomake the politically incorrect spy spoof OSS 117: Lost in Rio. Set inthe 1960s, French secret agent OSS 117 is sent to Brazil to trackdown a Nazi-held microfilm containing the names of French Nazicollaborators during the Second World War that will embarrass theFrench state. The film is reminiscent of the classic Pink Panthermovies with Dujardin giving a valiant performance inspired by

Peter Sellers.Fan-favourite A.K.A. Doc Pomus closes the festival. The

documentary tells the story of the most unlikely of rock icons to beelected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Paralyzed with polioas a child, Jerome Felder reinvented himself first as a blues singer,renaming himself Doc Pomus, then as a songwriter who createdhits that include “Save the Last Dance for Me,” “This MagicMoment” and “Viva Las Vegas.” The evening will feature a surprisemusical performance.

The festival screens at The Ridge and will pay tribute to thetheatre at its Nov. 15 closing gala. For more information, see vjff.org.

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SUNSET Stories, co-directed by Ernesto Foronda and Silas Howard, screens at Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas onSaturday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m as part of this year’s Vancouver Asian Film Festival.


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IAN Wallace: Lookout (1979). 12 hand-coloured silver gelatin prints. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Merging mediaIAN WALLACE AT THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY

■ Ian Wallace: At the Intersection of Painting and Photography. Vancouver Art Gallery.Until Feb. 24, 2013. For more information visit vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_ian_wallace.html.

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“THIS is really Vancouver art. I’m not making a big thing about it, but theunique esthetic of the city and its people comes through in the work.”

Artist Ian Wallace is speaking by phone from the East Vancouver studio he’s occupied since1985. He’s repeating what he told a tour of Vancouver Art Gallery docents just a few daysbefore. The tour went two hours longer than planned, he says — he simply had so much to sayabout the work, spanning over 40 years, now on display.

Ian Wallace: At the Intersection of Painting and Photography, explores the internationally-renowned artist’s creative journey from the 1960s to today. From an experimental slide show(Poetry Must be Made by All) to elaborately staged, large-scale photographs (Lookout) andmany works that combine photographs and abstract painting (Clayoquot Protest, At theCrosswalk), the exhibit documents Wallace’s preoccupations with cinema, urban landscapes andthe process of art making.

Steely downtown Vancouver is the subject of many of Wallace’s large photographs, butWallace says his formative years in bucolic West Vancouver played a big part in his developmentas an artist. In 1954, Wallace, then 11, moved with his parents and four younger brothers toPalmerston and 21st Street — at the time “the top” of West Vancouver.

“From our house down to the water was people and West Vancouver, from our houseup above was wilderness,” says Wallace. “There was this total kind of contrast between thewilderness and the mountains — what we always called the bush — and the town below.”

Wallace remembers going into “the bush” in the morning and not coming home until dinnertime.

“We used to build our own little gold rush town . . . It was very worked out with costumesand everything. We’d have all these narratives, we’d have robberies and chase each other throughthe woods,” says Wallace.

Encouragement of the arts at West Vancouver secondary and “incredible teachers” also playeda role.

“The atmosphere in the school was great,” says Wallace. “There was real encouragement,even though there were no real resources.”

Wallace says that hijinks got him kicked out of an industrial drafting class; as punishment,he was sent to the art class, where he specialized in drawing portraits of pretty girls. He alsopublished cartoons and poetry in the school newspaper.

When he moved out of his mother’s house after high school, it was into an old house atRobson and Burrard — then an epicentre of beatnik culture — with two other former WestVancouver secondary students and aspiring artists, Terry Reid and King Anderson.

“I followed them into beatnik territory,” laughs Wallace. (His brothers Ken and Keith alsowork in the art world, Ken as a painter and Keith as a curator.)

There was also the Question Mark — a club at 15th Street and Marine Drive in WestVancouver where jazz or poetry were on offer almost every night of the week.

While Wallace was interested in poetry, filmmaking and playing jazz (“I was never goodenough,” he says of his attempts with guitar and tenor sax), art is where he finally settled,although he has continued to bring elements of those other art forms into his work. On the

first floor of the exhibition, which deals with his earlier work, film stills from Jean-Luc Godard’sMasculin-Feminin make up one piece. Poetry and text are incorporated into other works.

On the second floor, Wallace’s interest in urban landscapes, institutions like museums and theartist’s studio as a place of work are on display. Many of the pieces are large photographs whichincorporate abstract paintings: In his At the Crosswalk series, two city dwellers on opposite streetcorners are separated by stark painted blocks in the centre of the photograph. Dwarfed by theoffice buildings in the background, the people also seem to be separated by an insurmountablegulph.

“I’m rescuing painting from oblivion by making it the ground for the photograph,” statesWallace, moving into art history mode, a subject he taught at UBC in the 1960s and 70s.

He explains that he incorporates painting with photography as a way to merge the more high-brow medium of painting with the more common, found-everywhere photography.

“Everybody’s telephone has a camera,” Wallace points out.Photography and film took over where paintings used to hold sway, providing realistic

portraits of important cultural moments and stories. Abstract art and Cubism were responsesto this, says Wallace. For him, merging the two media is his way of maintaining “values abouthumanity, subjectivity and who we are as individuals.”

After decades of depicting urban life, Wallace is now thinking about using “the bush” assubject matter. The retrospective exhibition has given him an opportunity to look back andreflect on a body of work. But he hasn’t finished adding to it yet.

“I’ve got a lot of things in my backpack waiting to be unloaded,” says Wallace.

photo Trevor Mills/Vancouver Art Gallery

IAN Wallace: At Work (2008). Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery.


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BRITISHThe Cheshire CheeseRestaurant & Bar $ $Excellent seafood and Britishdishes on the Waterfront.Fridayand Saturday,Prime Rib Dinner.Sunday,Turkey Dinner.Weekendsand Holidays,our acclaimed EggsBenny.Open for lunch or dinner,7days a week.

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INDIANHandi Cuisine of India $ $Reader’s Choice 2006 Winneroffering Authentic Indian Cuisine.Open for lunch and dinner,7 daysa week.Weekend buffet,oceanview,free delivery.

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Palki Best Indian Cuisine $ $Where one spicy sauce does not fitall.Readers’Choice award winningrestaurant for 5 years! Open forLunch & Dinner.Lunch Buffet $10.95.

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The Rusty Gull $ $A Lower Lonsdale legend for23 years.Home to the best inlive music Wed,Fri,Sat & Sunnights.Great food selection thatsurpasses the norm.The bestweekend breakfasts ‘til 2pm.Great selection of import draft.AllCanucks PPV games on the bigscreens.

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Sailor Hagar’sNeighbourhood Pub $ $Offers an excellent menu,thebest craft brewed ales & lagersin Vancouver, live music, satellitesports,pool table,dart boards &heated patio with a spectacularcity view.

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THAIThai PudPongRestaurant $ $West Vancouver’s original ThaiRestaurant.Serving authentic Thaicuisine.Open Monday-Friday forlunch.7 days a week for dinner.

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WEST COASTThe Lobby Restaurantat the Pinnacle Hotel $ $ $Inspired by BC’s naturalabundance of fabulous seafoodand the freshest of ingredients,dishes are prepared to reflectwest coast cuisine.Open 7-daysa week for breakfast, lunch,dinnerand late night lounge.

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WVYB Symphonic Band and the visiting La Croix Valmerwill play a joint concert Saturday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m.Admission by donation. Info: 604-921-3412.Presentation House Theatre: 333 Chesterfield Ave., NorthVancouver. Tickets: www.phtheatre.org or 604-990-3474.Cap Jazz at PHT: Two student bands from CapilanoUniversity perform with special guests Steve Kaldestad(tenor saxophone) and Chad Makela (baritone saxophone).Wednesday, Nov. 21, 8 p.m. Admission: $15.Jazz at Presentation House Studio: A weekly seriesembracing the full spectrum of jazz and improvised musicWednesdays at 8 p.m. Tickets: $10 at the door.Silk Purse Arts Centre: 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver.Info and reservations: 604-925-7292 or www.silkpurse.ca.Gitlin and Klukas: Clarinetist Connie Gitlin and pianistSuzanne Klukas will perform Thursday, Nov. 8 at 10:30 a.m.Tickets: $15/$12.St. Catherine’s Anglican Church: 1058 Ridgewood Dr.,North Vancouver.The Gentlemen of Fortune Men’s Barbershop Chorus willperform Sunday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. Admission: $20/$10.Tickets: 604-985-0666 or [email protected].

Traditional Teahouse: 1552 Lonsdale Ave., NorthVancouver. Info: 604-551-1642.Talent Show: All with talent are invited to participate andwatch a live local show every Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m.Admission: $5. Performance application fee: $10.West Vancouver Memorial Library: 1950 Marine Dr.,West Vancouver. Info: 604-925-7446 or www.westvanlibrary.ca.Friday Night Concert Series — The Rakish Angles: TheRakish Angles will perform a blend of gypsy jazz, Latin,“newgrass,” and old-time music. Friday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m.Free.

THEATREAnne MacDonald Studio: 333 Chesterfield Ave., NorthVancouver.Grand Theft Impro: An improv sketch show that usesaudiences suggestions to create 90 minutes of stories, scenes,songs and comedic chaos, the last Saturday of every month at10:30 p.m. Tickets: $12.Café for Contemporary Art: 138-140 East Esplanade,North Vancouver. Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. andSaturday and Sunday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Info: 778-340-3379 [email protected].

Capilano University Performing Arts Theatre: 2055Purcell Way, North Vancouver. Tickets: 604-990-7810 orwww.capilanou.ca/nscucentre.Centennial Theatre: 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver.Info: www.centennialtheatre.com. Box office: 604-984-4484.Deep Cove Shaw Theatre: 4360 Gallant Ave., NorthVancouver. Tickets: 604-929-9456 or firstimpressionstheatre.com.Shooting Star: A romantic comedy about a couple whopreviously had a relationship and meet unexpectedly inan airport Wednesdays to Saturdays, Nov. 8-24 at 8 p.m.Tickets: $18/$16.Kay Meek Centre: 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver.Info and tickets: www.kaymeekcentre.com or 604-981-6335.Waiting for the Parade: A reflective look at war from fivewomen’s point of view Wednesdays-Saturdays, Nov. 3-17 at8 p.m. with a matinee Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. Preview Nov. 2 for$12. Tickets: $20/$18.Presentation House Theatre: 333 Chesterfield Ave., NorthVancouver. Tickets: www.phtheatre.org or 604-990-3474.*Where the Wild Things Are: Maurice Sendak’s belovedstory comes to life in Kim Selody’s Dora-nominated

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NORTH Shore actress Melissa Oei (right with Jennifer Mawhinney) is a featured performer in the Arts Club Theatre Company’s productionof Oliver Goldsmith’s classic comedy of manners She Stoops to Conquer. For more information on the production, on stage until Nov. 18,visit artsclub.com/20122013/plays/she-stoops-to-conquer.htm.

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production, Nov. 9-18. At7 p.m. on Friday, at 1 p.m.and 4 p.m. on Saturday andSunday. Tickets: $15.*One Man In His Time:Antony Holland was calledinto His Majesty’s ArmedForces as a signalman at theonset of the Second WorldWar. In this one-man show,he recounts his experiencesduring the North Africancampaign. Nov. 24, 8 p.m.,and Nov. 25, 2 p.m. Tickets:$23/28.Theatre at Hendry Hall:815 East 11th St., NorthVancouver. Reservations:604-983-2633 or www.northvanplayers.ca.

DANCEKay Meek Centre:1700 Mathers Ave., WestVancouver. Tickets: www.kaymeekcentre.com or 604-981-6335.The Menaka ThakkarDance Company willperform a fusion of Indianwith contemporary dancestyles Friday, Nov. 2 at 7:30p.m. Tickets: $28/$25/$12.Live, Love, Dance: Anevening of dance and liveentertainment Saturday, Nov.3 at 6 p.m. All proceeds willsupport Chelsea Steyns whois battling a rare form ofbrain cancer. Tickets: $100.

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THE Cold Warbetween the formerUnion of SovietSocialist Republicsand Canada is broughtback to life in JanDeGrass’ debut novel,Jazz With Ella, astory of internationalintrigue and younglove.

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Beans on Lonsdale: 1804Lonsdale Ave., NorthVancouver. Info: 604-985-2326. Live music everyThursday, 8 p.m.Brewster’s Coffee: 2436Marine Dr., West Vancouver.Info: 604-925-9820.The Eagles Club StarlightRoom: 170 West Third St.,North Vancouver.East Side Marios: LonsdaleQuay, 123 Carrie CatesCourt, North Vancouver.Jack Lonsdale’s Pub:1433 Lonsdale Ave., NorthVancouver. Info: 604-986-7333.Live music every Friday andSaturday at 9 p.m.La Zuppa: 1544 LonsdaleAve., North Vancouver. Info:604-986-6556.SFU Philosopher’s Cafe:Everyone is welcome to joina discussion with moderatorMartin Hunt Wednesday,Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. Topic:What is the effect ofmulticulturalism on oursense of community? Info:778-782-8000 or www.philosopherscafe.net.Legion #118: 123 West15th St., North Vancouver.Info: 604-985-1115 [email protected] LW Club: 1515Barrow St., NorthVancouver. Info: 604-253-7141 or www.lynnwoodinn.com. Doors: 9 p.m.Open mic every Wednesdayhosted by White Lies.Memphis Blues: 1629Lonsdale Ave., NorthVancouver. Info: 604-929-3699. Live blues everyweekend.Narrows Pub: 1979 SpicerRd., North Vancouver.Mist Ultra Bar: 105-100Park Royal, West Vancouver.Info: 604-926-2326.DJs spin classic dance musicfrom the 80’s, 90’s and

today.Queens Cross Pub: 2989Lonsdale Ave., NorthVancouver. Info: www.queenscross.com.Adam Woodall performsacoustic music every Sunday,7:30-11:30 p.m.The Raven Pub: 1052 DeepCove Rd., North Vancouver.Info: www.theravenpub.com.Adam Woodall performsacoustic music everyThursday, 7:30-11:30 p.m.Red Lion Bar & Grill:2427 Marine Drive, WestVancouver. Info: 604-926-8838.Jazz Pianist Randy Dohertywill perform every Thursday,Friday and Saturday from 8to 11 p.m.Rusty Gull: 175 East FirstSt., North Vancouver.Live music every Wednesday,Friday and Saturday; MostlyMarley performs everySunday, 7 p.m.Sailor Hagar’s Brew Pub:235 West First St., NorthVancouver. Info: 604-984-3087. Live music everyFriday and Saturday, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.The Village Taphouse:Park Royal Village, WestVancouver. Info: 604-922-8882.Waves Coffee House: 3050Mountain Hwy., NorthVancouver.The Celtic Medley Song andString Player’s Showcasecomes to Waves the firstSaturday of every month,7:30-9:30 p.m. Free.Featuring Murray SwailNov. 3. Anyone interested inperforming can phone DougMedley at 604-985-5646.

OTHER EVENTSCafé for ContemporaryArt: 138-140 EastEsplanade, North Vancouver.Hours: Monday-Friday, 7a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdayand Sundaay, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.Info: 778-340-3379 [email protected] Mic: Actors,musicians, poets and spokenword artists are invited totake the microphone everysecond and last Friday of themonth from 7 to 9:30 p.m.New Works: Readings ofnew work by local playwritesevery third Thursday, 7-9:30p.m.Capilano Library: 3045Highland Blvd., NorthVancouver. Info: 604-987-4471 or www.nvdpl.ca.Capilano UniversityPerforming Arts Theatre:2055 Purcell Way, NorthVancouver. Tickets: 604-990-7810 or www.capilanou.ca/nscucentre.Centennial Theatre:2300 Lonsdale Ave., NorthVancouver. Info: www.centennialtheatre.com. Boxoffice: 604-984-4484.Ferry Building Gallery:1414 Argyle Ave., WestVancouver. Info: www.ferrybuildinggallery.com.How to Look at andUnderstand Great Art:A course on film illustratedby paintings by artists fromMichelangelo to Picasso andPollock will run Mondaysuntil Nov. 12, 7-9 p.m.

Drop-in fee: $8.Kay Meek Centre:1700 Mathers Ave., WestVancouver. Info and tickets:www.kaymeekcentre.com or604-981-6335.Motet — Circo Aereo: Fiveperformers will manipulateobjects that float, collapseand mesmerize Sunday,Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. Tickets:$45/$40/$22.Lynn Valley Library: 1277Lynn Valley Rd., NorthVancouver. Info: 604-984-0286, ext. 8144 or www.nvdpl.ca.SFU Philosopher’s Cafe:Everyone is welcome to joina discussion with moderatorMark Battersby Wednesday,Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. Topic: Isfree trade good or bad? Info:778-782-8000 or www.philosopherscafe.net.North Vancouver CityLibrary: 120 West 14th St.,North Vancouver. Info: 604-998-3490 or www.nvcl.ca.Teen Authors Tell All:Five authors will share theirsecrets about how theybecame multi-publishedwriters Saturday, Nov. 3, 1-4p.m.Park & Tilford CineplexOdeon Theatre: 200-333Brooksbank Ave., NorthVancouver.The North Shore Interna-tional Film Series — Robotand Frank: An aging man’sson buys him a humanoidrobot rather than place himin a nursing home Wednes-day, Nov. 14, 7 p.m. Tickets:$11. Info: www.nvartscoun-cil.ca/events/north-shore-international-film-series or604-988-6844.Presentation HouseTheatre: 333 ChesterfieldAve., North Vancouver.Tickets: www.phtheatre.orgor 604-990-3474.The Movie Recyclers: Aseries of lost treasures in filmfollowed by a discussion, thefirst Monday of the month at7 p.m. The series will beginNov. 5 with special guestSteven Miller. Free.Silk Purse Arts Centre:1570 Argyle Ave., WestVancouver. Info: 604-925-7292 or www.silkpurse.ca.North Shore Cric CracStorytelling Eveningspresented by the VancouverSociety of Storytellingtake place the first Sundayof every month, 7-9 p.m.Admission: $7/$5.West Vancouver MemorialLibrary: 1950 MarineDr., West Vancouver. Info:604-925-7407 or www.westvanlibrary.ca.SFU Philosopher’s Cafe:Everyone is welcome to joina discussion with moderatorRandall MacKinnon Friday,Nov. 16 at 10:30 a.m. Topic:Are there any negativeaspects to positive thinking?Info: 778-782-8000 or www.philosopherscafe.net.Opera Series with NicolasKrusek: A series on thelife and operas of RichardWagner Wednesdays, Nov. 7,14, 21 and Dec. 5, 12:30-2:30 p.m.— compiled by DebbieCaldwell. Email informationfor your North Shore event [email protected].


FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Natalia Johnston listens to “Be Like You” by Ed Sheeran onher iPod Touch after school in the teen section of the North Vancouver City Library.

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1170 Obituaries1170

COOKE - JennieMarie1958 - 2012

Jennie lost a short battle withcancer. She is survived by herdevoted partner Rick Durrant, herparents Terry and MaragaretCooke and her siblings Lou(Marilyn), Joe (Teresa) and Lynda(Ivan). Jennie grew up in WestVan and was employed byLondon Drugs.

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THOMPSON, FRANCES A."BABE"

Sept 22, 2012Frances, formerly of Lillooet andthe Bridge River Valley, passedaway September 22, 2012 in her95th year. She is lovinglyremembered by her son Robert(Betty), grandchildren Ronald,David, Willow and ChristopherBataille (Margaret), and greatgrandchildren Fraser (Damaris),Trevor, Mackenzie and Sophie,and great great grandchildKenadie. "Grams" is dearlyremembered by the Whitticks ofCanmore, AB, who became"stand-in" parents to hergrandsons Christopher andDavid Bataille after her daughterFlorence passed away. "AuntieBabe" is remembered also byher many relatives and friendsthroughout BC. On September30 a celebration of her life washeld at her home in WestVancouver. Rev. Donna Millarconducted a private intermentservice on October 5, arrangedby the First Memorial FuneralServices. Memorial donationsmay be made to the CanadianCancer Society or to the Heartand Stroke Foundation ofCanada.

1170 Obituaries1170PARRY, Robert1942-2012

Bob passed away peacefully atthe age of 70. He wassurrounded by his family inLionsgate Hospital. Bob ispredeceased by his loving wifeSharon and is survived by hischildren Cindy (Dave), Neil(Jennifer), Randy (Cathy),Terry (Dianne), Cindy (Rob),Wendy (Karl) and his manygrandchildren and friends. Bobwas the owner of MannixHeating on the North Shore forover 40 years and valued eachand eve ry one o f h i scustomers. It will be businessas usual at Mannix as hislegacy is carried on. Servicewill be held 2:00 p.m. Nov. 03,2012 at First Memorial BoalChapel, 1505 Lillooet Rd.,North Vancouver. In lieu offlowers donations may bemade to the Canadian CancerSociety. Many thanks to theCancer Society, Boal Chapel,Rev. Jeffery Young and all thes ta f f a t L ionsgate andVancouver General Hospitals.

TUCKOV, Veronica V.May 3, 1922 - October 29, 2012Veronica passed away peacefullyon Monday, October 29, 2012 inWest Vancouver at the age of 90.Predeceased by her parentsVictor and Nadezhda Mashkov,and husband Alexander A.Tuckov in 1964. She is survivedand lovingly remembered by herdaughter, Svetlana (Ernst)Wilmink; grandsons Chuck(Tracey) Wilmink, Mike (Allie)Wilmink; great-grandchildrenRyan, Danica, Maddie, Ella andOliver; and dear lifelong friends.Veronica was born in Belgrade,Yugoslavia to Russian emigres.Following WW II, along with herfamily they moved to Italy,Germany, and finally Canada,where she made her home. Sheloved Canada. She worked as adraftswoman for the District ofNorth Vancouver for over 25years, where she formed manyfriendships. She was also an avidartist, belonged to the WestVancouver Sketch Club, andstudied painting in Banff,Florence, Emily Carr College, andpainted the scenery and peoplewherever she sat down. She wasalso an avid traveler, cruising withher friends and family all over theworld but always came back toher family, which she cherishedmost of all. Veronica will beremembered for her mild manner,her big smile, her love of art andmusic, and her incredible spirit inovercoming life’s adversities.Thank you to the staff at CapilanoCare Center and to Dr. M.Roberson for their exceptionalcare and support. A FuneralService will be held on Friday,November 2, 2012 at 10:00 am atHoly Resurrection RussianOrthodox Church (75 East 43rdAve. Vancouver). In lieu ofFlowers, please have a cup of teaand a piece of cheesecake with afriend to celebrate her life.Condolences may be left atwww.kearneyfs.com.

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PARRY, Robert1942-2012

Bob passed away peacefully atthe age of 70. He wassurrounded by his family inLions Gate Hospital. Bob ispredeceased by his loving wifeSharon and is survived by hischildren Cindy (Dave), Neil(Jennifer), Randy (Cathy),Terry (Dianne), Cindy (Rob),Wendy (Karl) and his manygrandchildren and friends. Bobwas the owner of MannixHeating on the North Shore forover 40 years and valued eachand eve ry one o f h i scustomers. It will be businessas usual at Mannix as hislegacy is carried on. Servicewill be held 2:00 p.m. Nov. 03,2012 at First Memorial BoalChapel, 1505 Lillooet Rd.,North Vancouver. In lieu offlowers donations may bemade to the Canadian CancerSociety. Many thanks to theCancer Society, Boal Chapel,Rev. Jeffery Young and all thestaff at Lions Gate andVancouver General Hospitals.

COOKE - Jennie Marie1958 - 2012

Jennie lost a short battle withcancer. She is survived by herdevoted partner Rick Durrant, herparents Terry and MargaretCooke and her siblings Lou(Marilyn), Joe (Teresa) and Lynda(Ivan). Jennie grew up in WestVan and was employed byLondon Drugs.

No service by request.

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1270 Office Personnel1270F/T MOA position starting March2013. Specialist Practice. Con-tact: [email protected] for de-tails.

1300 Teachers/Instructors1300

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Howe Sound Pulp and Paper has an immediate opportunity for an Industrial Maintenance Millwright, InstrumentMechanic, Kraft Mill Shift Supervisor, and Power & Recovery Shift Supervisor at our Port Mellon site. Howe SoundPulp and Paper Corporation is one of the most progressive Kraft, Pulp and Paper manufacturers in the world, leadingindustry in product quality, efficiency and environmental protection. On the heels of a $6 million dollar upgrade of ourevaporators we have now completed a $36 million fluidized bed upgrade to our power boiler to enhance energy andgenerate clean power. We are now one of the largest independent producers of renewable electricity in BC.

INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE MILLWRIGHTOperating in a flexible work environment, the successful candidate must hold inter-provincial qualifications withindustry-related experience and practical knowledge including lubrication and hydraulics. Vibration analysis skillswould be an asset. Candidates must also demonstrate the ability to participate in multi-discipline maintenanceactivities. Preference will be given to candidates with strong communication and computer skills as well as experiencein industrial preventative maintenance and reliability processes.

INSTRUMENT MECHANICOperating in a flexible work environment, the successful candidate must hold inter-provincial qualifications in IndustrialInstrumentation with industry-related experience and practical knowledge including direct experience with DCS,PLC’s, electronic controls, analytical instrumentation and similar equipment in Kraft Pulp Mills and Paper Machines.Candidates must also demonstrate the ability to work within a flexible work environment, and participate in multi-discipline maintenance activities. A technologist diploma in a related discipline or a Canadian trades qualification in arelated trade would be a definite asset.

KRAFT MILL SHIFT SUPERVISORUnder the direction of the Kraft Mill Superintendent, you will lead our pulping operations employees to safely andefficiently operate the chip supply, fibreline and pulp machine.

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POWER & RECOVERY SHIFT SUPERVISORUnder the direction of the Power & Recovery Superintendent, you will lead our Power & Recovery employees to safelyand efficiently operate the Power & Recovery Plant including meeting Environmental Permits. The Power & RecoveryShift Supervisor will work with maintenance and operations teams to ensure the achievement of MBOS objectivesincluding safety, involvement, production, cost and other joint objectives. The preferred qualifications are 2nd ClassSteam Ticket, although we will consider individuals who hold their 3rd Class Steam Ticket and are working towardstheir 2nd Class Steam Ticket, plus five years of related experience.

Please submit your written application, stating position title and outlining your qualifications for the position, beforeFriday, November 16, 2012 to:

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We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Our setting, in Port Mellon on BC’s beautiful Sunshine Coast provides employees with an outstanding quality of life. Tolearn more about the Sunshine Coast, visit www.thesunshinecoast.com. Relocation assistance will be provided inaddition to a competitive salary and benefits package.

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The North Shore Newshas partnered with theBC SPCA to encourageresponsible pet guardianshipand the humane treatment ofanimals. Before purchasing anew puppy, ensure the sellerhas provided excellent careand treatment of the animaland the breeding parents. Fora complete guide to finding areputable breeder and otherconsiderations when acquiringa new pet, visit spca.bc.ca.

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ACCOUNTANTNorth Shore Auto Dealership requires a suitably qualifiedAccountant for this permanent, full time position.Requirements:•Minimum 3 years in full cycle accounting process in anautomotive industry or at least retail business industrypreferred but not required;•Excellent data entry skills with attention to details;•Able to work effectively with designated timelines;•Strong verbal and written communication skills;•Knowledge in field of basic payroll;•Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment;•Effective people-management skills;

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PARTIAL OCEAN view, large1270 sf. 2 br + den 2 ba in a +45building $295,000. 778-809-0769see uSELLaHOME.com id5574

THEMUNICIPALITYOF THEVILLAGEOF LIONSBAYNOTICEOFALTERNATIVEAPPROVALPROCESS

Community Centre Renewal – Loan Authorization BylawNo. 452, 2012Notice is hereby given that Council, at the Regular Meeting held October 1, 2012, passed3rd reading of “Community Centre Renewal – Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 452, 2012” forthe purpose of borrowing up to $700,000 with a maximum repayment term of 20 years. Thefunds will be used for the renewal of the Village Community Centre.Pursuant to the Community Charter, Council may adopt Bylaw No. 452 unless, by thedeadline set out below, at least 10% of the electors sign the Alternative Approval Processelector response form indicating that Council must obtain the assent of the electors beforeproceeding with the adoption of the bylaw.The deadline for receiving signed Alternative Approval Process elector response forms atthe Village Office is 4:00 pm Tuesday, December 4, 2012.Alternative Approval Process elector response forms will be accepted only if they are in theform establish by the Village of Lions Bay. The forms are available at the Village Office andthe Village website, www.lionsbay.ca starting on Friday, October 26, 2012. The electorresponse forms must be submitted to the Secretary-Treasurer at the following address:Attn: Secretary-TreasurerPO Box 141400 Centre RoadLions Bay, BC V0N 2E0The only persons entitled to sign the Alternative Approval Process elector response formsare the electors of the Village of Lions Bay. The eligible voters in the Village total 1,072of which 10% represents 107 being the number of elector responses required to preventCouncil from proceeding without the assent of the electors.Project drawings and other information about the Community Centre Renewal are availableat the Village Office. For more information on the alternative approval process, pleasecontact the Village Office at (604)921-9333.Farouk ZabaSecretary-Treasurer, Village of Lions Bay

LEGALS5505 Legal/Public

Notices5505NOTICE TOCREDITORS

ANDOTHERSNOTICE is given that creditorsand others having claimsagainst the Estate of JANETMARY WRIGHT, also knownas Janet Wright and Janet M.Wright, deceased formerlyresiding at 404-1480 DuchessAvenue, West Vancouver, BCV7T 2W2 who died onSep tember 9 , 2012 a tVancouver, British Columbiaare hereby notified pursuant tosection 38 of the Trustee Act(Br i t i sh Co lumbia) tha tparticulars of their claimsshould be sent to BMO TrustCompany, Executor of the Willof the deceased at 9th Floor,595 Burrard Street, Vancouver,BC V7X 1L7 attention Ms.Theresa MacKinnon beforeDecember 15, 2012 after whichdate the Executor will distributethe estate among the partiesentitled to it having regard onlyto the claims of which they havenotice.BMOTRUSTCOMPANY,Executor of theWillof Janet MaryWright

2080 Garage Sale2080

37TH ANNUALELEGANT FLEAMARKET

Saturday,November 5th

8:30am-3:00pmWest Van United Church

2062 Esquimalt Ave.West Vancouver

38TH

SATURDAY,NOVEMBER 4TH

8:30AM - 3:00PM

44TH ANNUAL

SATURDAYNOVEMBER 3RD

2080 Garage Sale2080WEST VANCOUVER,ESTATE SALE

2916 Altamont CrescentSaturday November 10,

10 AM - 3 AM,Sunday November 11,

10 AM - 3 AM,Paintings, Anitques &

Furnishings.Rain or Shine.

2080 Garage Sale2080

North VanHUGEGARAGESALEat Sea Cadet Hall

Sun, Nov 4th, 9am- 2pm1555 Forbes &W16th StSouth side of Mahon Park

New& used items.Rent a table for $20.

604-987-1514

GARAGE SALES

6002 Agents6002

SELLING / BUYINGCOMMERCIAL / RESIDENTIAL

EMMERY LEUNG604-728-7170

Have qualifiedBUYER!Realtor speaks English,Cantonese &Mandarin.

Homeland Realty

6007 BUSINESSES FORSALE6007

PIZZA FRANCHISE QUICKSALE Due to medical reasons.New equip + lease hold improve-ments. $93,000 interested partiesto meet in person. 604-729-4089

6008 Condos/Townhouses6008

6008-02 Abbotsford6008-02

IMMACULATE TOP fl 963sf 2br condo, insuite laundry, +55building, $124,900 604-309-3947see uSELLaHOME.com id5565

TOP FLR 762sf 1br condo, in-stelaundry, 45+ building Mt. Bakerview $89,000. 778-822-7387see uSELLaHOME.com id5553

6008-04 Burnaby6008-04

HIGHGATE RIDGE 1 levelground fl tnhse, 845sf 2br 2baw/lge backyd $420K 604- 376-7652see uSELLaHOME.com id5550

NR EDMONDS sk/train stn. 788sf2br 2ba condo across from Taylorpk $388,900 604-764-8384 seeuSELLaHOME.com id5571

6008-06 Chilliwack6008-06

IMMACULATE 984SF 2br condoinsuite laundry, mountain view40+ bldg $95,300 604-703-3839see uSELLaHOME.com id5543

LARGE 2200SF 3br 2.5ba reno’d3 lvl tnhse w/unique loft on 3rdfloor, $269,900 604-799-0213see uSELLaHOME.com id5578

6008-08 Coquitlam6008-08

HUGE 1200SF 2br 2ba condoKids, pets ok, 2nd fl with ownside yard $285K 604-818-6080see uSELLaHOME.com id5471


6008-30 Surrey6008-30

GUILDFORD QUIET 905sf top fl2br condo, recent flooring paintetc $179,500 604-496-3397 seeuSELLaHOME.com id5593

NEWTON HUGE 2017sf 3 or 4br 2.5ba tnhouse w/double sxsgarage $393,000 778-218-0389see uSELLaHOME.com id5320

NEWTON UPDATED 1007sf 2brground lvl, private entry, insuitelaundry, $196,900 604-592-2991see uSELLaHOME.com id5598

SURREY CENTRE ½ block tomall, skytrain, SFU, 668sf 1br+den $227,900 604-572-9095see uSELLaHOME.com id5609

UPPER LEVEL end unit 1200sf2br 2ba townhome +55 complexupdates $209,900 604-574-3987see uSELLaHOME.com id5616

6008-40 W.End/Down/Yaletown6008-40

FORECLOSURESALEDistress sale. Receive free listw/Pics $2 Mill and up.

www.VancouverLuxuryCondosForeclosure.com

6008-42 S. Surrey/White Rock6008-42

EXECUTIVE LIVING gated1864sf 4bedroom 2.5bath, mainfloor master bedroom, 19+ adultcomplex $568,900 604-575-7636see uSELLaHOME.com id5552

HUGE 2650SF 4br 3.5ba 2 yr old3 level tnhse, double sxs garagerec room $649,500 604-560-4109see uSELLaHOME.com id5555

PARTIAL OCEAN view, 920sf2br+den 2ba quiet condo, kids,pets ok. $310,000 778-294-2275see uSELLaHOME.com id5575

REAL ESTATE6020 Houses - Sale6020


6 BDRM 4 bth, 4294 sq ft home w/legal suite. Situated on lge lot withunbelieveable view. Many newupgrades & special features.$566,900. Call 604-751-1465PropertyGuys.com ID#149399

6015 For Sale byOwner6015

1 BD top floor in Chilliwack granitecounters, 9’ ceilings, stack w/d.elec f/p. Secure undergroundparking. $149,000. 604-795-7367

2BDRM+DEN/2BTH CONDO forSale Owner must SELL. Helen604-762-7412 $269,500.See onhttp://propertyguys.com/property/index/id/69236

3225 CAPILANOCres. North Van.Have you ever wonderedwhat the view is like from a

birds nest?Watch Eagles soar andsalmon spawn in thisbreathtaking peaceful

location!Enjoy entertaining perchedabove the Capilano river20,000+ sq ft lot, this home hasover 2400 sq ft of living.Wonderful open main floor planw/vaulted ceilings and wall towall windows. 3 beds, 2.5baths, 2 f/p and 1000 sq feet ofsundecks & patios to capturethe essence of West CoastLiving at the water’s edge.Walk to Edgemont Village, inthe #1 Handsworth Schoolcatchment, mins to Downtown& Whistler Sea to Sky [email protected]

REAL DEPARTURE Bay-Nosteep stairs on cliff front. Just 2blks to sandy, usable beach. 8min to ferry, shopping closer.2,600 sq ft, 2 bdrm suite, activeviews, 3 full baths, sep. laundries.Oversize corner lot w/ access toRV pad behind house. $439,000.Drive by 2895 Fairbanks (cnr BayS t . ) N a n a imo . V i ew b yappointment. 250-585-1111,250-729-7420

6015 For Sale byOwner6015

2BDRM/1.5BTH INVESTMENTProperty in Lower Lonsdale.862sq ft w/ 800sq ft patio.

$289,000. Call: (604) 961-4349

THOMCREEKRanch - House forSale By Owner. In Chilliwack’spremier retirement complex. 2090sq ft finished plus 294 unfinishedready to model. In the top row withsuperb, unspoilable views of theCity, mountains and way beyond.Excellent Clubhouse. Friendlyneighbours $399,000 negotiable.No HST. 604-824-1892

WALNUT GROVE $435,000.TOWNHOME, End UnitPrivate Greenbelt Lot

2000 Sq.Ft. 3Bed 3.5 BathTo View 604-838-5958

West Van DUNDARAVEHOUSE2 stories, 4 BR, 4bath, office, lrgkitchen/fam rm, 3 car heatedgarage, nr shops/schls, beach,4100sf, lot 8119sf, great value,$2,388,000. 604-730-9912

6020 Houses - Sale6020

6020-01 Real Estate6020-01

MISSION 3 br 1900 sf, manyreno’s incl new roof 4 car gar+1600 sf shop $635,000.PropertyGuy.com. id# 81322


4 BDRM 3 bth 2300 sq ft finishedliving area. Backs onto K-12 UnityChristian School. $360,900.C a l l 6 0 4 - 7 0 1 - 1 8 2 0 -PropertyGuys.com ID# 149592

AGASSIZ NEW 2350sf 3br 2.5Bath, high end finishing, hugemaster $369,900 604-614-1489see uSELLaHOME.com id5603

★WEBUYHOMES★Damaged Homes! Pretty Homes!Any Condition! No Fees! No Risk!Quick Cash! Convenient! Private!

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●DIFFICULTY SELLING?●Difficulty Making Payments?No Equity? Expired Listing? Penalty?We Take Over Payments! No Fees!www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663


AT ASSESSED value 2200sf 5br 2.5ba backing onto greenbeltsuite pot $379,900 604-557-2205seeuSELLaHOME.com id5618

EAST, STUNNINGMt Baker view2850 sf 5br 3ba bungalow, mn flrMaster, $454,900 250-656-0549see uSELLaHOME.com id5456

SOLD - SAVED $15,000 incommission ID # 149873

PropertyGuys.com


6008-12 Langley/Aldergrove6008-12

REDUCED TO sell 1536sf 3br2.5ba 1 owner end unit 6 yr oldtownhome $319K 604-833-4246see uSELLaHOME.com id5549

NICOMECKL RIVER hiking trailsnr this1279sf 2br 1.5ba tnhousew/pool, $224,900 778-240-3699see uSELLaHOME.com id5512

RENO’D 770SF 1 BR 2nd fl withnew appls insuite laundry, petskids ok $171,500 604-530-6247see uSELLaHOME.com id5584

6008-14 Maple Ridge/Pitt Mead.6008-14

IMMACULATE 2446SF 4br 4bat/h. Incredible view, huge masterbr $414,900, 604-466-3175 seeuSELLaHOME.com id5226

6008-18 NewWestminster6008-18

TOP FLOOR quiet side of bldg650sf 1br+den condo nr Hosp,& Sky train $249K 778-241-4101see uSELLaHOME.com id5580

6008-26 Port Moody6008-26

INLET & Mtn views, reno’d 928sf2 br condo, insuite laundry rentalsok $228,500 604-936-7547 seeuSELLaHOME.com id4642

6008-28 Richmond6008-28

STEVESTON VERY large 1284sf 2br 2ba top fl condo amazingmtn views, $455K 604-618-8362see uSELLaHOME.com id5376

6008-30 Surrey6008-30

$10K BELOW assessment, 2br+Den or 3br, 2ba 1083sf condo,Nr SFU $339,900 604-866-7326see uSELLaHOME.com id5557

CLOVERDALE UPDATED 696sf1br condo, rents for $650 insuitelaundry $103,900 604-341-9257see uSELLaHOME.com id5500

GUILDFORD 650SF 1br 3rd flcondo, pool, exercise rm, partyrm etc, $213,900 778-834-8224see uSELLaHOME.com id5576

VENDOR FINANCING @2.95%900sf shop, sub dividable 1.213acre + Superior 3357sf – EnergyEfficient home c/w legal coachhouse suite – Little Mountain$799,500 604-792-5063see uSELLaHOME.com id5620

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CLOVERDALE 3850SF 6br 5ba3lvl 2/suite potential on 1/2ac GDlot, $819,900 778-549-2056 seeuSELLaHOME.com id5564



CHILLIWACK LK 1250sf rancherw/guest cabin, .5 ac lot, 2km tolake, pool $360K 604-824-5687see uSELLaHOME.com id5561

CULTUS LK gardener’s dream1160 sf 2 br 1.5 ba rancher, a/c50+ complex $68K 604-858-9301see uSELLaHOME.com id5400

PRICE REDUCED, 1280sf 3br1.5ba ½ duplex, large 4480sflot $229,900 604-792-9287see uSELLaHOME.com id5511

6020-08 Coquitlam6020-08

OFFERED AT assessed value1000sf 3br 2ba home on huge10,000sf lot $414K 778-859-0717see uSELLaHOME.com id4272

RANCH PARK 3136sf 7br 3.5bafabulous vu, below assessmenton CDS $699K 604-498-2616 seeuSELLaHOME.com id5595

6020-12 Ladner/South Delta6020-12

W. LADNER ½ block from theFraser Riv,1600sf 3br characterhome, $545,000 604-617-3748see uSELLaHOME.com id5599


32A AVE, Aldergrove. SOLD byOwner using PropertyGuys.comSaved Commission – You can tooCa l l R o d 6 0 4 - 6 2 6 - 6 0 2 7

PropertyGuys.com

56 AVE Langley – 2 bdrm condo.S O L D b y O w n e r u s i n gP r o p e r t y G u y s . c o m . S a v e dCommission – You can too. Call Rod604-626-6027: PropertyGuys.com

ALDERGROVE, 710 sq ft, 2 bdrmmobile home with nice addition.Rear deck, yard and storage shedonly $25,000. Call 604-607-0519seePropertyguys.com ID 76519

ALDERGROVE SXS DUPLEX80K below assessment. $3K/morent $527,900 firm 604-807-6565see uSELLaHOME.com id3428



CAMPBELL VALLEY Park 5acres, executive estate home6162 sq ft, 8 bdrms, 5.5 bths,carriage-house garage, 2 suites,barn, board-fenced $1,498KCa l l 6 0 4 - 8 8 0 - 0 4 6 2 s e ePropertyGuys.com ID:76465

GAY ST Fort Langley. SOLD byOwner using PropertyGuys.com -Saved Commission – You cantoo. Call Rod 604-626-6027 :

PropertyGuys.com

SOUTH LANGLEY double-widemobile home, 1152 sq ft. 2 bdrms,wheelchair access, Club house &gym in park. $73,500. Call6 0 4 - 5 3 3 - 3 1 4 9PropertyGuys.com ID 76149

SOUTH LANGLEY Immaculate1042 Sq Ft 2 bdrm mobile home,55 yrs+ park, RV parking, low padrental $87,900. 604-514-5059PropertyGuys.com ID 76059

SOUTH LANGLEY Mobile HomeSOLD b y Ow n e r u s i n gProper tyGuys.com. SavedCommission – You can tooCall Rod 604-626-6027 :

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WALNUT GROVE, desirablelocation, elegent 3 stry, 3372 sq ft,6 bdrms, 4 baths, $718,900. Call6 0 4 - 2 5 0 - 6 9 7 8 . S e ePropertyGuys.com id:76978

WALNUT GROVE, excellentneighbourhood, beaut i fu l lyupdated, 3605 sq ft, 5 bdrms, 3.5bth $719,900. Call 604-888-5394.PropertyGuys.com id:76394

WILLOUGHBY NEW 3034sf 6br5ba w/legal 2br basement suitequiet cr, $599,900 604-649-6030see uSELLaHOME.com id5607


6020-24 North Delta6020-24

UPDATED 4541SF 7br 5½baon large 8264sf lot, basementsuite, $819,000 604-805-6614see uSELLaHOME.com id5604

6020-26 NorthVancouver6020-26

2490 CALEDONIA, North VanOPENSat 1-4pm, Sun 1-3:30pm

or by appointment.One of the Best Views in Deep

Cove - $1,390,000Beautiful 3 bedroom cedar homewith stunning, pristine 240 degreeviews over Deep Cove and 2marinas. 3 floors on rare,landscaped 10,000 sq ft lot withstream. 350 sq ft deck. $2,100mth luxury suite to help pay themortgage. Steps to the forest trail,Deep Cove and just 20 mins toDowntown. Lovingly renovatedwww.deepcovehome.comCall Deanna 778-829-6993

6020-30 Port Moody6020-30

OCEANFRONT 4700SF 5br 3½bath main fl br, 6286sf lot, suitepotenl $1,949,000 604-469-1813see uSELLaHOME.com id5606

6020-32 Richmond6020-32

22351 SHARPE Ave Richmond,3 storey, 2425 sq ft, 5 bdrm, 4bath Set up to have a suite,$778,000. Call 778-835-0019 seePropertyGuys.com ID: 76019

6020-34 Surrey6020-34

18983-72A AVE Surrey, 1321 sqft 2 brdm, 2 bath t/h in wellmanaged complex, extensiveupgrades, $314,000. Cal l7 7 8 - 5 7 1 - 1 5 4 4 S e ePropertyGuys.com ID: 76544

BOLIVAR HTS beautifully up-dated 1600sf 3br rancher, 7830sf view lot $399K 778-394-0228see uSELLaHOME.com id5562

BUENA VISTA Ave White RockSpectacular view building lot witholder 2 bdrm rental home$879,000 Call 604-837-5373PropertyGuys.com id: 77100

CEDAR HILLS 2140sf 5br 2baw/bsmt suite, huge 7200sf lot,updates, $549K 778-320-7506see uSELLaHOME.com id5568

CHIMNEY HTS 3600sf 7br+den6ba w/2 suites quiet cul-de-sac4600sf lot $669K 604-866-3515see uSELLaHOME.com id5597

CHIMNEY HTS like new 4100sf8br 6ba w/main floor bedroom,2 suites, $649K 604-441-9652see uSELLaHOME.com id5563

CLAYTON IMMACULATE 3523sf 5br 3.5ba w/bsmt suite acrossfrom park $648K 604-575-7636see uSELLaHOME.com id5551


6020-34 Surrey6020-34

CLOVERDALE 3765SF 4br 3.5ba,on quiet CDS, suite potential inbasement, $575K 604-619-0603.See: uSELLaHOME.com id5559

REAL ESTATE

E. NEWTON 4000sf 8br 5.5ba2 yr old 3 level home w/3 brbsmt suite $699K 778-895-8620see uSELLaHOME.com id5628

FLEETWOOD ACROSS fromSchool, reno’d 2600sf 6br 5baw/suites $579K 604-434-3482see uSELLaHOME.com id5577

FLEETWOOD RENO’D 2140sf4br 3ba, large 7100sf lot, bsmtsuite $559,000 604-727-9240see uSELLaHOME.com id5617

GUILDFORD 1900SF 3br 2baw/basement suite on huge 8640sf lot, $489,000 604-613-1553see uSELLaHOME.com id5608

GUILDFORD MAGNIFICENT4952sf 10br 6.5ba back on creek,main floor master br, $789K

604-581-5541 see:uSELLaHOME.com id5506

GUILDFORD NEW 4889sf 9br6½ ba, main fl br, 2 suites river+mtn vu $899,900 604-649-6030see uSELLaHOME.com id5610

INVESTMENT PPTY 2800sf6br 4ba w/2 suites, rent $2,650.5ac lot, $485,000 604-809-1177see uSELLaHOME.com id5205

NEWTON NEW 2200sf 5br 3.5ba½ duplex with 2br bsment suite$475K incl. HST 604-728-1419see uSELLaHOME.com id5591

QUEEN MARY large 3700sf 7br+den 5ba on 7869sf lot, 2br sidesuite $739,000 778-688-3621see uSELLaHOME.com id5615


6020-34 Surrey6020-34

TYNEHEAD 3800SF 5br 4.5baexecutive home 12,077sf lot, withside suite, $850K 604-575-7311see uSELLaHOME.com id5350

6020-36 Tsawwas.6020-36

CUSTOM BUILT, 2200sf, 3BR+den, 2.5 bath, new fixtures,7300sf lot, $659K, 604-943-9600

6020-38 VancouverEast Side6020-38

OPEN HOUSE Sat/Sun May 12& 13th, 10am - 2pm, 2396 East39th Ave. 50x140 lot, 1,050 sqftbungalow, asking $1.2 mllion.

VCR - Killarney clear titleproperty approx 37x103, mins tobus, skytrain, schools, rec ctre, 10min to downtown. 604-619-0964*604-916-5104

6020-52 Other AreasBC6020-52

HOPE, FISHERS dream 1850sf4br 2ba rancher on lg ½ ac lotmtn vu $287,900 604-869-3119see uSELLaHOME.com id5611

6025 Industrial/Commercial6025

108 - 185 FORESTER ROAD. N.Van. Prime office/light industrial,h i g h l y v i s i b l e , f a c i n gDOLLARTON H IGHWAY ,820SF, 604-984-0836

COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL2300sf home w/suite above 3Comm units $985K 604-882-6788see uSELLaHOME.com id5533

NORTH VAN Prime area, cornerof Lonsdale/Esplanade, 2199sf, +mezzanine, zone retail/comm, 3parking stalls, fixtured luxuryoffice. $2.5M, 604-984-0836

VANC DNTOWN medical office672sf+188sf common area nearSt Pauls hp $375K 604-572-2785see uSELLaHOME.com id5509

6030 Lots & Acreage6030

AFFORDABLE CULTUS LakeProperty, $195K, info at:shaunagold.com 604-218-2077

6030 Lots & Acreage6030

CHILLIWACK BUILD 5000sfHome, 10,742sf serviced flatbldg lot $279K 604-798-5050see uSELLaHOME.com id5536

INVESTOR ALERT Clayton 1.27acre ppty w/1944sf 3br 2.5bahome $1,299,000 778-574-2519see uSELLaHOME.com id5613

LANGLEY BUILD your dreamhome, secluded 5 ac view ppty,well inst $649,900 604-825-3966see uSELLaHOME.com id4513

LANGLEY NR town fully reno’d2474sf home on 5ac ppty, bsmtsuite $1,270,000 604-825-3966see uSELLaHOME.com id5582

PRINCETON, BC 15.78 acresPanoramic views, hydro, well,pumphouse, & septic installed.$384,900. [email protected]

SURREY TYNEHEAD 1ac dev.ppty into 5.5 lots starting Jan2013, $1,399,000 604-951-8777see uSELLaHOME.com id5566

6035 Mobile Homes6035

ABBOTSFORD 1100SF 2br 2badouble wide, must be moved offsite $20K OBO 604-850-6498see uSELLaHOME.com id5315

CHILLIWACK MUST be moved1130sf 2br 2ba mobile w/2 add-Itions $10,000obo 604-795-7570seeuSELLaHOME.com id5612

6040 Okanagen/Interior6040

LIVEONMayne Island2 lots,one Turn Key house

all for $380.000, 250-539-5011http://members.shaw.ca/

mayneislandhome/

MERRITT HERITAGE style 3070sf 4br 5ba on 9.9ac lot detachedshop, view $949K 250-378-8857see uSELLaHOME.com id5592

6050 Out Of TownProperty6050

1.6 ACRE OCEAN VIEWPROPERTY, in Town, Sointula,Malcolm Island, N.Vanc Island.Assessed $132,000, Se l l$129,500. 5 pm 604-628-4592

CRANBROOK 2060SF 4br 3bareno’d home w/side suite on 2lots $239,900 778-887-4530see uSELLaHOME.com id5304

Back on themarket atreduced price$525,000 USD!

* 2,750 sqft./ on .95 acres** 3 Bedrooms * 3.25 Bathrooms* Oversized 2 Car Garage* Carport & Outbuilding* Drive onto Beautiful SamishIsland, near Bellingham, WA., tothis custom Craftsman homewith 25 feet of waterfront withadjacent road access. Park likesetting. Two level exotic wooddeck with views of Padilla Bay.Master with high ceilings, walk incloset, attached bath and solidCarerra marble surfaces. Office/den plus 2 bonus rooms.Extensive hardwoods, solid firdoors, walk-in pantry, plenty ofindoor storage, maple cabinets.For more information pls call:Robert & Nancy Chaney,(for sale by owners)

9418Marshall Rd, Bow,WA1-(360)395-5525.

[email protected]

HOPE, PRICE reduced, large2376sf 3br + den 3.5ba on .23acre lot, large workshop, view,solarium $299,900 604-869-7554see uSELLaHOME.com id4889

Ocean Front Lux Contemp.private home on 2.73 Acres-Quadra Island. 250-884-0000www.bcoceanfronthomes.com

SPECTACULAR ISLANDVIEWS (10) San Juan Islands,

Anacortes - Biz Pt.$899,000 USD

4,100 sq.ft. on .5 acres, 5 br within-suite bath, oversized 4 cargarage 38’ long x 16’ High RVgarage. Custom home ICF

exterior walls, geothermal heatsystem. MLS# 313575

AlanWeeks3688 BirchWay, Anacortes,

ZIP 98221-8440(425)691-9515

[email protected]

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6505-12 West VanApt. Rentals6505-12

6505-11 North VanApt. Rentals6505-11

INTERNATIONAL PLAZA1989 Marine DriveNORTH VANCOUVER

RENTALS [email protected]

Bach from $8451 Bdrm from $11052 Bdrm from $1425City & Mtn. Views. Includes heat& hot water. Pool, Jacuzzi, sauna

& tennis courts on site.Security & video monitoring.

On major bus route.

MOVE-IN BONUS

1 BR avail Now, New reno’d, h/wflrs, $1050/mo, cntrl Londs, ns/np,incls ht & h/water, 604-617-3602

1 BR suite 12th/St Georges, justreno’d, priv ent, ns/np, $975 incheat & hot water, 604-988-4692

1BR, 2BR & 3BR lrge bright, mtn/waterview, 300 block W 4th fr$900 incls ht & h/w 604-725-4873

1BR $860 Cntrl Lonsdale, wlk up2nd flr, large, incld heat & hw, np,ns, avail Nov 1st, 778-889-4719

1BR W. 20th & Lonsdale, heat,hw & prkg, no pet, ns, Dec 1st refsreq’d. 604-960-0452

2 bdrm $1150 , hardwood, heat/h/w, Mile E of 2nd Narrows. n/p,refs, Now/Nov 1, 778-320-1554

2 BR, family complex, rec facilit-ies, Westview, w/d, heat, availNow. ns np. $1450 604-921-4384

2 BR large, bright, $1200, Dec1st, h/w floors, heat, howater,storage, N/P, 215 E 12th604-971-2456

2 BR, Lynn Valley,large $1195, Nov 15 or Dec 1.

Parklike Setting, Outdoor Pool,Playground. drapes, heat & prkg.incld. 1 yr lease. no pets 1228Emery Pl. 604- 987- 4922

2BR $1060, Avail Dec 1st.Heat incl’d, quiet, gated prkg. n/p,view, walk to seabus. 1 year lease163 West 5th. 604-980-7501

6505 Apartments &Condos6505


NEW LUXURY 2BR 2 Bath1327 sq.ft., insuite laundry,granite c-tops, high endappliances, dishwasher,natural gas range, electricfireplace, 43’ plasma TV,*No Pets. $2,750/month.

Call: (604) 762-2044

BLUERIDGEAPTS(Family complex )

2 BR, Avail NOW, new reno’s,new cabinets, laminate & tiles,newer appls, prkg, storage, incl

heat & hw, playground(Mt Seymour Prkwy).

604-924-3628www.blueridgeapartments.com

BLUERIDGEAPTS(Family complex )

2 BR, Avail NOW, new reno’s,new cabinets, laminate & tiles,newer appls, prkg, storage, incl

heat & hw, playground(Mt Seymour Prkwy).

604-924-3628www.blueridgeapartments.com

Bright 1 BR $950, incl ht/hw prkg,hw flrs, balc, quiet bldg, E 21st,avail Dec 1st, np, 604-990-4088



Move in Bonus!Vista Del Mar

145West Keith Road.1 BR (Immed&Nov 1)

Beautiful views. Indoor pool.Heat & Hot Water included.

Call 604-986-3356

RENTALS

6050 Out Of TownProperty6050

NANAIMO, OCEAN View 1283sf3br 2ba 4yr old home on .11 aclot $319,900 604-308-8266see uSELLaHOME.com id5556

PORT ALBERNI reno’d 2000 sf5br 2 ba with 2 br basement suite2 laundries $210K 604-542-1995see uSELLaHOME.com id5537

6052 Real EstateInvestment6052

90FT WATERFRONT, SointulaGuest Beach House Malcolm Is.N. Vanc Is. 2 BR, water, sewer,hydro. $229K. 604-628-4592www.sointulabeachhouse.com

6052 Real EstateInvestment6052

LANGLEY RENOD sxs duplex+1/2ac lot, rental income $2,200/month $479,900 604-807-6565see uSELLaHOME.com id3186

TRIPLEX- SOINTULA B&BGuest House, Malcolm Island,N.Vancouver Island. New reno,on view half acre. cost $900,000,sell $525,000. 5pm 604-628-4592

6065 RecreationProperty6065

3 BR, lrg kitchen/lving room,1300sf seasonal, Gambier Isl.Sea Ranch $325K 604-266-6191


CABIN 15 mins SE of Hope BCSurrounded by mountains riversTall cedars, trails, clean air.3 BR, 1.5 ba, 6appls, sleeps 12+$250K by owner, 604-795-3663

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Exclusive & Private Lake ShoreCottage, for all info:

www.cottageonlake.ca $329,000★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

HATZIC LAKE 1 hr drive fromVanc, 2 vacant lots 1 is lakefront$70K is for both 604-302-3527see uSELLaHOME.com id5588

HATZIC LAKE Swans Point, 1 hrfrom Vanc incl lot & 5th wheelski, fish, $148,500 604-209-8650see uSELLaHOME.com id5491


CULTUS LAKE beautiful year roundRV site grt location, low fees, allament., $117,500. 1-604-795-9785

LINDELL BEACH - Cultus Lake2 bd, 2 bth, extensively reno’d 1905sq ft home. Asking below assessedvalue $495,000. 604-716-4258 -PropertyGuys.com ID# 149728

OCEAN FRONT boat access only2 yr old 1600sf 3br 2.5ba 30minfromW Van $799K 778-998-9141see uSELLaHOME.com id5424

REAL ESTATE HOME SERVICES8030 Carpentry8030

• Fix furniture & cabinetry• Shelving, baseboards, mouldings• Upholstery and more

604-506-3839

WOOD WORKREPAIRS

& Finishing Carpentry

A TICKETEDCARPENTERWindows, doors, int. finishing,WCB. Sean 604-290-5994

★ALLCARPENTRY★homerenos.net

Your # 1 Choice! 604-990-9185

CARPENTRY, ADDITIONS,decks, 32 yrs exp, licensed.Call Ken, Cell: 604-928-3270

*STRUCTURAL CHANGES*,framing, finishing, repairs. Profes-sional & precise, 778-233-0559

8055 Cleaning8055$20/HR. QualityHouse cleaning.

604-983-3477www.qualityhc.com

✫✫ACLEANSWEEP✫✫Reliable Housecleaning service.778 836-9970 ✫✫ 604 987-9970

8055 Cleaning8055CLEANINGBY JENNIFEROffices & Homes. Low rates.14 yrs exp. 604-537-4749

EXP RELIABLE Cleaning Lady.Exc long term ref’s. Call Helen

604-616-2189

Meticulous & TrustworthyCleaning Lady Avail, ExcellentRef’s★Call 604-986-7920★

Orchid Cleaning Ltd. Comm &Res. Start at $18/hr. 16 yrs exp.Bonded, insured. 778-829-9546

8060 Concrete8060CONCRETE FORMING&

ConcreteWork & Framing. Small& big jobs. John 604-562-1122

N.C.B. CONCRETE LTD.Special izing in residentialconcrete. Repair, removal andnew installation. Patio specialists.604-988-9523, 604-988-9495

8073 Drainage8073WESTSIDE

DRAINAGE&SEWER15%OFF - 604-722-1105

Keen Projects Ltd, Doors tofloors, framing to trim. Lic, in-sured, refs Landon 604-307-5628

1 BR $900, south balcony, newhardwood floors, heat/hotwater,N/S N/P, 604-904-9507

1 BR, 2 BR’s, view, avail Now. 1year lse, 125 West 19th, N/S, NoPets, coin w/d, 778-554-0537

LECHATEAUBright clean apts - Lynn Valley

1 BR carpet or laminate$970

Heat hw incld, Avail now. Coinlaundry, NS, 1 cat ok, u/g prkg

extra, on site Manager,Call Diana 604-980-9219

CENTRAL LONSDALE 1 BRpatio, d/w, Immed, cat ok $1050.604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net

DEEP COVE Furn 1 Br apt inRavenwoods complex. Inclsqueen size bed, full kitchen, flatscreen tv, internet, enste w/d &sectional couch. Quiet area, Dogswelcome. $1600. Avail Now.604-339-4099

Large Bach upper Lonsdale,$770 incl heat/hw, hardwood, N/Sadult bldg, Dec 1, 604-202-3458

LYNN VALLEY 2 BR, hardwood,cat/sm dog ok, avail now $1150.604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net

MOUNTAIN COURT APTS, LynnValley, 1 Br $1000, 2BR $1300,3 BR $1550. Hardwood, f/p, inclsheat, hw, prkg & cable. Pool, catok 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net

MOUNTAIN VILLAGEAPTS2 BR avail Now/Nov 1st,

Call 604-988-3828www.mountainvillage.ca

Spacious reno’d 1 br, avail now,inc heat, h/w, gtd prkg avail, $950,ns/ns West 5th. 604-983-9469


1775 Bellevue AvenueHOLLYBURNPLAZA

2 BR suites available Nov 1ststarting at $1900. Beautifullyrenovated units with ocean ormountain views, 900sq.ft.,hardwood floors & DW.Prestigious building steps fromall amenities & AmblesideBeach. Sorry, No Pets.

Call 604-922-4724 to view.

WWW.EASYRENT.CA, id#1157,2548 Lawson Ave 1 BR, 2 bath,side ste, 880sf, 6 appls, patio, hwflrs, great view, $1675/mo, NoPets, Nov 1, 604-662-3279

BAYVIEWAPTS1550 Duchess Ave,W. Van.

Studio & 1 Br availMove-in Bonus Fitness rmout door pool, nr shops, transit& Seawall. 1 yr lease, N/pets.Heat, hw incl’d. Member ofCrime Free Multi-Housing

Program. 604-922-4322

PACIFICANA 1480 EsquimaltAve. 1 bach, ocean views, dw,n/p, n/s avail now. By appt.

604-921-7800

WATERFRONT LUXURYThe Pink Palace on the SeawallBachelor, 1 Bdrm& 2Bdrm

Indoor/outdoor pools.Fitness centre & billiard room,

no smoking2222 Bellevue Ave.

To view: 604-926-0627

2 BR 1 bath, Ambleside, $1535incls heat, basic cable & prkg,avail now, no pet, 1 yr lease604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net


6505-12 West VanApt. Rentals6505-12

MOVE IN BONUSAMBLESIDE TOWER

1 BR (Avail Now & Nov 1) &2 BR (Avail Now), Mnt/Oceanviews, incl. heat & h/w. Tenniscourts, indoor pool, saunas,exercise & games rooms. Walkto beach & shops. No Pets.

604-922-8443

Park RoyalTowers

Completely Renovated1, 2 & 3 Bdrm. SuitesAll Utilities Included

1BR (700-770 sq.ft.)2 BR (1070 sq. ft.)3 BR (1370 sq. ft.)

Penthouse (1650 sq. ft.)Spectacular City &

OceanViews! Huge BalconiesWalk to Shops & Transit

Hardwood FloorsGym, Swimming Pool

604-922-3246935 Marine Drive

1 BR + office nook, furnished,new laminate, paint, equip kit-chen, priv ent on main lvl, w/d,hydro, great patio, some view,East 2nd, $1200, 604-990-0981

4 BR, 4 bth, Dundarave (W Van)new furnished 3 yr old house,panoramic VIEW, sound system,near schools, shops & seawalk.$5900. Avail now 778-332-1688

4 BR + den, 3 bth, Grand Blvd (NVan). Furnished 6 yrs old house4000 sq ft, gourmet kitchen, closeto schools, parks & shopping.Avail now $4900. 778-322-1688

A SHORT STAY North Shore &Kitsilano 1 & 2 br + p/house. Renos,

families, execs 604-987-2691www.vancouvershortstay.com

Rooms/Suites/ApartmentsDaily/Weekly/Monthly Rates. N/Sgrandmanor.ca 604-988-6082

5 BR, Lions Bay, view, 2.5ba,3000sf, 6 appls, lrg deck, $2500,ns, pets ok, Now, 604-879-4525

WWW.EASYRENT.CA, id#1187,4795 Marineview Cresc. 6 bdrm,4 baths, 2600sf, 7 appls, balc, f/p,hw flrs, great view, $4295/mo,N/P, avail Nov 1, 604-662-3279

Caufeild View, 2000sf open plan,2 BR +den, 1.5 bath, updated,clean, quiet, Dec 1, ns, pet negot.$2700+utils, 604-926-3630

FAMILY HOME, $2500/mo, 4 BRWest 26th North Van, np, ns, viewof City/Mnts, 2 BR up, 2 BR down,1 full kitchen up, 1 bath up/down,2 gas f/p, lrg covered deck/carport, lrg f/yard, 1 fridge, 1stove, 1 d/w, 1 w/d, Nov 15.604-986-6531

6545 Housesitting6545RETIRED WEST Vancouver ladyis available to housesit. Animalswelcome, criminal record chk.Call for rates/refs. 604-340-4630

6565 Office/Retail -Rent6565

150sf - 600sf Prime Office SpaceAvail for Lease. Excellent Rates!Call Jeff or Ross 604-980-3003

700 SQ ft office/retail avail Nov -May 2013. $800/mth. DelbrookPlaza, North Van 604-294-6465

6595-45 NorthVancouver6595-45

1 BR, ensuite bth, spacious homen/s female. Furn/unfurn, internet,w/d, $595 incl. 604-329-7449

1 ROOM avail Central Lonsdale,furnished, female only, student,$550 incl utils 604-982-0256

SHARE 3 BR furnished house,near bus stop, Cap U & shops,professional or student, avail Nov1, $480, 604-929-9667

TOP OF Delbrook, N Van, male/female to share deluxe furnhome, w/d, d/w, ph, cable, wifi.Suits work person or student.$600 incl. George 604-988-7820

6602 Suites/PartialHouses6602

1 BDRM g/l ste, Lynn Valley, nrbus, schl, shops, ns np, utils incl,$850 Avail Nov 15. 604-988-6989

1 BR, 1 bath, detached waterfrontste, Deep Cove, 650sf, lrg deck,NS, small pet ok, $1200 incl utils,ldry, avail Now, 604-929-1964

1 BR + den glvl ste, Ambleside,Brand New, 9ft ceilings, SS appls,inste wd, $1700 incls utils, NS/NP, avail Now, 604-725-1476

1 BR & office, garden lvl, brightsouth exp. Sentinel Hill, ns, np,suit 1, $1250 incl, 604-925-1250

6602 Suites/PartialHouses6602

1BDRM/1BTH 3800 St. Mary’sAve. Ground floor suite Nov 1.S/C. Upper Lonsdale, steps frombus route. Prefer a single renter.Quiet neighbourhood, NS, nopets, street parking. W/D, DW,stove, MW, in suite. Very clean,renovated in 2006. Beautifulback yard. Reference required.$1,125 Monthly.Contact Randy (604) 603-3283

2 BR bsmt suite above ground,1100sf, own wd, fp, Dollartonarea, cov’d prkg, ns, $1300, Dec1st. 604-728-6962

2 BR grnd lvl, 5 appl, ns np, nrLonsdale $1100 inc utils. Avail NOW604-773-9565 or 604-980-6849

2 BR grnd lvl, bright, recent reno,share wd, ns, np Grand Blvd ref’s,$1250 inclusive 604-340-5116

2 BR main flr, Central Lonsdale E20th, own w/d, internet $1300 +30% utils, ns np, Dec 1.778-834-7381, 604-971-1871

3 BR Ctrl Lonsdale, cls toeverything, bright newly reno,lam flrs, fp, 2 bath, f/yard, deck,storage, 5 appls, ns/np, prkg,Avail Now $2150, 604-369-7780

3 BR, top floor, large living roomkitchen, dining rm, 2 bath, 6 appl.1/2 garage, big back yrd, GrndBlvd nr schools/hospital, ns, np,$2200+utils. Now 604-985-4263

4 BR + den, 2.5 ba upr ste, LowerCap, 6 appls, gas fp, 2500sf,$2800 + utils, Now, 604-773-6672

WEST VAN, central, clean, ns/np,furn or unfurn, bachelor, from$895 ref 604-926-6388

6605 Townhouses -Rent6605

2 BR large, nr Edgemont, 1.5 bth,5 appls, deck by stream, fp, nrbus, ns, no dogs 604-922-9400

2 BR AVAIL. Move-in allow-ance. 5 appls., 1 bath, variablelease term. NP/NS. Rent starts at$1475/mo. Call, 604-986-0511

DEEPCOVE seaside cottage,2 br, fp, hardwood, lrg deck ,

garage ns $2375 604-929-5191

6522 FurnishedAccommodation6522

1 BDRM & bath, $875 inc utils,shar’d ldry, ns, np, suit 1, Queens-bury Keith, NOW 604-986-8443

6522 FurnishedAccommodation6522

HOMAWAY INNSSpecializing in furn accom at reasrates. call 604-723-7820 or visit

www.homawayinns.com

6540 Houses - Rent65402 LVL attractive Calverhall viewhome, 7 appl, h/wood, lrg kitchenup small down, sunroom, recroom 2-3 br up, 1 down, 2 fp, petOK, ns, $2500/mth 604-929-6849

3 BR + DEN, contemporary, 2bath, 5 appls, gas f/p, new reno,nr schools/shops, Seymour area,np ns, Dec 1. $2200. Ref’s604-220-0595

3BDRM/ 2BATHBRITISH PROPERTIES!

Fabulous newly renovated home!Never rented out. Brand newKitchen & Baths. Downtownviews and Pool. Priced to rentout quickly. Available Monthly orLease. Small Pets OK. $2,499Monthly. Call: (778) 240-9132email: [email protected]

4 BD 1.5 bth, Dundarave, cls toseawall, shopping, transit, $4000inc util, avail now 604-729-4007

4 BDRM, 2 bath, 180' VIEW, quietSt, Dundarave, avail Dec 1st,$2950/mnth 604-926-9394

4 BDRM, 2 baths, rec room,hardwood, SS kitchen West Van,Dec 1, $3300/m. 604-925-1728

4 BDRM, 2.5 baths, MontroyalBlvd, all app, np/ns, Refs, Now,2900+ util 604 922 4854,7788835865

2 BR 2 bath, main flr, CentralLonsdale. New baths, flooring,windows, doors & back yard$2500. Lower flr, 1 BR 1 bath$1400 also reno’d. 604-603-4111

6595 SharedAccommodation6595

1 BDRM unfurnished avail in 2Bdrm Suite, NV 778-388-4037.Pets OK $650 incl Monthly

8075 Drywall8075ACE DRYWALL. Avail immed.Board, tape, spraytex, repairs. 16yr exp. No job too small. Mike604-808-2432, 604-985-4321

AFFORDABLE, Reliable, QualityGuaranteed. Boarding, Taping,Spraytex. Dave 604-984-7476

VINCE’S MAGIC Drywalling &textured ceiling repairs. Bonded604-307-2295 / 778-340-5208

8080 Electrical8080A LICENSED electrician #19807semi-retired, small jobs only.604-689-1747 pgr 604-686-2319

ALL YOUR electrical & renoneeds. Lic’d electrician #37940.Bonded & insured 604-842-5276

ALPELECTRIC #89724Low price, small job ok. Free estsSatisfaction guar 604-765-3329

DNEELECTRIC Lic #89267ALL Your Electrical Needs.Panel Upgrading. ReasonableFree Estimate 604-999-2332

LONSDALEELECTRIC lic#1756For All Your Electrical Needs

604-988-7232

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8090 Fencing/Gates8090BEAUTIFUL Cedar Fences. Cus-tom/pre-made. 778-322-8645johngormleycontracting.com

8100 Fireplaces8100PROGAS - North Shore

Gas fireplaces. Repair & safetyinspection. 604-925-1341

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8105 Flooring/Refinishing8105

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Century Hardwood Floors604-376-7224

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Golden Hardwood & Laminate& Tiles. Prof install, refinishing,sanding & repairs. 778-858-7263

8125 Gutters8125

NO HST!til Nov.15

• Gutter Installation,Cleaning & Repairs

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604-876-4604Installed • Cleaned • Repaired

8130 Handyperson8130

CAPILANOHANDYMANCarpentry, Plumbing,Painting, Demolition,Gardening andmore

Tel: 604-219-0666www.capilanohandyman.com

ABLERENOVATIONS -All home repairs & renos, large& small,North Shore only

604 319-2677

AGRIOSHOME IMPROVEMENTHomeMaintenance & Repairs.Experienced, Reliable Service,

Reasonable RatesCall Michael – 604 619-1126

8140 Heating8140Pro Gas NORTH SHORE

Furnaces • Boilers • Gas fitting• Heat Pumps • Service & Installation604-925-1341 • www.progas.ca

8155 Landscaping8155CONSTRUCTIVELANDSCAPING

★ Stonework.paving stones★ Cedar decks/fencing★ Pergola’s ★ 30 yrs expCall Danny 604-250-7824www.constructivelandscaping.com

Y.K. Landscaping Co. Ltd.604-518-5623

20 Years ExperienceRetainingWalls, Paving

Stones, Rock Garden, FencesWater Sprinklers

SPECIAL FALLCLEAN-UP(Garden)

8160 Lawn & Garden8160

Lawn & GardenMaintenanceTree Pruning

Hedge TrimmingGarden Clean UpGarbage RemovalAll Your Garden

Emergencies & More

778 378 8911

gardenER+

www.garden-er.com

Lawn Maintenance,General Clean-Up,Power Raking,

Moss Control, Aerating.Trim, Top, Prune.All types of lawn &garden applications.

Free Est.

A.A. BEST PROGARDEN SERVICES LTD.

Call Sukh:604-726-9152604-984-1988

Garden ServicesCertified Horticulturists

Design • Planting •MaintenanceFall Clean-ups. Call Scott.

www.KatsuraLandscaping.ca604-518-5661

GREAT LOOKING LandscapesFull service landscape & gardenmaint. Call Dave: 604-764-7220

LIONSGATE Landscaping Ltd.Fall clean-up & All garden needs.

604-788-9687

Ny Ton Gardening Yard CleanUp, Prunning, Shrubs, Hedging,Trimming, etc. 604-782-5288

TOP SOIL, sand, gravel, etc.Pick-up or Delivery. HeadwaterManagement, 175 Harbour Ave,North Van 604-985-6667

INSTALLATION REFINISHING,Sanding. Free est, great prices.Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508

North Shore Gutters.Sales &Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minorrepairs, cleaning. 604-988-5294

WESTSIDEGUTTERS15%OFF

604-722-1105

A-1 JOB by Arms & Minds RenosCarpentry cabinets, doors, finishing,floors, drywall, paintMark 604-761-7745

GARDEN ER, lawn & garden,mtce, pruning, hedge trimming,garden clean up.... 778-378-8911

Design - Consultation- Installation604-518-5661

KatsuraLandscaping.ca

604-723-2468; Tran the Gardener.New lawns, trimming, weeding,gutters, fall cleanups 604-723-2468

Allwest Garden Service:Lawnmaint,cleanups, trim, top, prune. Alltypes of lawn and garden apps.604-716-8479 or 604-984-1988

Fall Clean up, power wash,debris removal, gutter clean, oddjobs, hedge trim 604-720-6704

8240 Renovations &Home Improvement8240

TOTAL HOMERENOVATIONS

Since 1983FROM DESIGN TO FINISHComplete Renos & Additions, incl.:Kitchen & Bath Improvements

• Roofing • Sundecks• Door & Window Replacements

Bill 604-298-1222www.chrisdalehomes.com

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WEDO IT ALL!H 604-986-3986 C 604-537-9452

ALL JOBSWELCOME!•Kitchen & Bath • Crown Moldings•Drywall •Painting •Flooring

604-771-2201 or 604-771-5197

All Renovations,Remodelling,Restorations ★ homerenos.netYour # 1 Choice! 604-990-9185

CYHOMESERVICES.COMInt/Ext Renovations

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604-984-9004604-984-6560

26 Years in Business25 Years workmanship warranty

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STORMRIDERRoof Repairs

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604-722-1105604-722-1105

Actual Plumbing & Heating,24/7, Seniors/Military Disc. Lic. &Insured BBB, 604-908-1469

Qualified Carpenter, 25 yrs exp,renovations, repairs, insured.WCB, good rates, references.

Call James 604-788-8863

8250 Roofing8250

8250 Roofing8250AFFORDABLE QUALITY ROOFINGAll types. BBB, insured, references.www.affordablequalityroofing.com604-984-6560

AMBLESIDEROOFINGAll types - Reroofs & RepairsInsured/WCB 778-288-8357

★Emergency Roof Repair★ ,BCGov’t CertifiedCall 778-230-7627

NATE SOLUTIONS: Roof Sealing& de-mossing (warr), guttercleaning, window cleaning, power-washing all areas. 604-259-2075

NORTH WEST ROOFINGRe-Roofing & Repair. WCB &liability insur. Jag, 778-892-1530

THE ROOFER (since 1978) Rooftune-up from $149. 24 hr repair.WCB, insured 604-985-1913

ROOFING / Torch-on / GutterANY JOB / ANY TIMECall: (604) 240-1850

ACKER’S RUBBISHREMOVALQuick. 7 days. Fast & reliable.Spencer 604-924-1511

8255 Rubbish Removal8255A RESPONSIBLE NORTH VANMAN with truck ONLY $25 +dump charges 604-377-3175

WESTCOASTROOFINGALLTYPES, RES/COMM Insured

Quality GuaranteedEmergency roof repair & instilla-tion Fall Promo 25% off until Nov30th! 604-773-4451

8255 Rubbish Removal8255

John 778-288-800910% OFF with this ad

www.studentworksdisposal.com

Tripsstart at $49$49

B ins from 5-30 yards ava i l .

StudentWorksDisposal & Recycling

8309 Tiling8309★All Tiling, Repairs, RemodelsBathrooms, kitchens, patios.Free est. Call Mike 604-761-4448or www.members.shaw.ca/msot

PTV TILE RENOVATIONSCeramic Tile, Porcelain, Slate,Bath reno’s. Santo 778-235-1772

8310 Top Soil8310

TOP SOIL, SAND,GRAVEL, etc.

Pick-up or Delivery175 Harbour Ave.North Vancouver

604-985-6667

HeadwaterManagement

8315 Tree Services8315

Dangerous tree removal, pruning, topping,hedge trimming & stump grinding.

Fully insured & WCB

Andrew 604-618-8585A-1A-1 TRI CRAFTTRI CRAFTTREETREE SERVICESSERVICES (EST. 1986)

$$ BEST RATESBEST RATES $$

8335 Window Cleaning8335North Shore Home Services.Window & Gutter Cleaning,Power Washing. 604-988-5294

8310 Top Soil8310DALTON

TRUCKING LTD.Top Soil, Garden Soil, Fill Soil,

Sand, Gravel, and More.Small and Large Deliveries.

- Or you can pick up -Dump Site for Dirt,Concrete, Asphalt.

Dirt,Rock,Demo Bins, U-Load.Recycled Products,

Blast Rock, Round Rock,Sorted Rocks

604-986-694487 Mountain Hwy, N.Van.

DAVE’SDISPOSAL SERVICESFast, dependable. 7 days.

Very reasonable. 604-926-5206

BIN SERVICES for your Dirt Fill,Rock, Concrete or Asphalt Jobs.● Load up to 8 c/yd-Demo 20 c/ydSand, Gravel, Soil, Rock DeliveriesDalton Trucking 604-986-6944

8175 Masonry8175Constructive LandscapingStonework.paving stones, Cedardecks/fences, Pergola’s. 30 yrsexp. Call Danny 604-250-7824www.constructivelandscaping.com

8185 Moving &Storage8185

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Free estimate, 604-247-8888

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SAVE ON PLUMBING LicensedPlumber/Gas fitter, $68/HR. Sameday service. 604-987-7473 Samy

8195 Painting/Wallpaper8195

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9102 Auto Finance9102

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9110 Collectibles &Classics9110

1964 FORD Falcon 289, auto, 2door, hardtop, restored, $6,900.'C plated'. Call 604-585-2397

9110 Collectibles &Classics9110

1990 Bentley Mulsanne SFlagship. Mint. 43k.Priv. Sale $25,000. 604 644 6061

9120 Detailing9120POWER MAX AUTO REPAIRFrom Tire to Engine Rebuild. 234East Esplanade 604-973-0239

9125 Domestic9125

1976 THUNDERBIRD, 1 owner,no accidents, serious inquiries.only. Call 604-465-7997

1993 PLYMOUTH Sundance126 K, 4 dr, w/hatch, 2.2L, $2000obo. Great 1st car 604-809-6353

1997 BUICK Skylark GS,170,000 km, no accid, clean, runsgreat, $1500 604-924-2608

2000 INTREPID, 161k, winter tires,summer tires on rims. new brakes &battery, $4400. 604-942-6832

2001 TOYOTA Camry, auto, pwrpkg, exc cond, no accid, 150,000km, $5,700. 604-724-4262

2011 Dodge Charger SE 1,700kms. Very cool,mint,smells new!$24,600obo. Gord 778-300-2538

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9129 Luxury Cars9129

1987 JAGUAR XJS Cabriolet, 1owner, lady driven, V12, ps, pb,pw, rebuilt ac, new tires, $8900obo, Don 604-826-7012

1989 BENTLEY Eight, Immac,68,000 kms, gorgeous charcoal/tan, no accidents, show winner$19,900 obo 604-889-2525

1993 Mazda MX-6 LSMint. Automatic 171,000 kms.V6, Auto, AirCrd, Lady owned.Receipts, too much to list.$3,900 Call: (778) 689-6094

1995 JAGUAR XJR-S, 4 door,luxury sedan. Safe, solid, sensu-ous, reliable. 21-24mpg, $12,000Firm. Dr. Nomm 604-924-5442

1997 Lincoln Town CarSignature 268K. $5,000

Call: (604) 316-2527 Great Car

9129 Luxury Cars9129

1999 BENTLEY Arnage Stunningsapphire on cream interior. Quick4.4L twin turbo. Non smoker, Noaccidents. Mint. Looks new!$44,900. Call 604-889-2525

2001 CORVETTE Z06 black onblack, absolute mint cond, 55k.Must sell! $32,000. 604-574-7629

2004 Jaguar X-Type Automatic93,500 kms Excellent condition.$10,500 Call: (604) 786-0941email: [email protected]

2005 ASTONMartin DB9. 'JamesBond style car!' Silver metallic.23,000 km. 6.0, V12, 450 hp. Newtires. 1 owner. You deserve thebest! $82,980. 604-781-7614.

2006 Volvo XC70 Automatic134 K, Local $15,900.

Contact Rod @ 604-833-6931

2007 BMW 525I, black, loaded,leather, sunroof, very clean,130K, $24,900. 604-999-4097

2011 LEXUS IS350c V6Convertible; NAVI; demo; Bal 6-yr110,000kms Lexus Warranty;Park Assist; Lease or Buy!$46,888. Auto Depot, 1397Welch NVan, 604-727-3111

2009 Audi Q7 3.6 Automatic80,000 kms, silver ext, blackleather int, sunroof, tow hitch,

nav, bluetooth. $40,000.Call: (604) 913-9221

9130 Motorcycles/Dirt Bikes9130

1986 HARLEY Davidson SLH-TC, loaded with options, 34K kmoriginal, show bike, collectorsplate, $13,000, 604-946-4553

1998 HONDA Goldwing SE +Champion Daytona 2+2 conv.sidecar, loaded, 36K, new cond,classic, $14,900. 604 945-0376

2003 HONDA ST1300 4-cyl’Sport-Touring’ performanceM/cyc le; 1-Owner; PowerWindscreen; Sale $8888. AllRecords! Auto Depot, 1397Welch NVan, 604-727-3111

2005 KAWASAKI EX500R Ninja,16K, stored 2 yrs, 1 lady owner,$3000 obo, 778-788-8136

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10 NISSAN ALTIMA4cyl, auto, pwr group, loaded.STK 950750WAS $18,995

NOW $16,998

12 CHEVY SUBURBAN LT4x4, leather, 9 pass, loaded, only17,000kms. Stk 951110WAS $49,900

NOW $46,888

11 CADILLAC DTSNavigation, sunroof, leather, only29,000kms. Stk 951160

NOW $38,888

12 GMC SIERRA SLE CREW CAB4x4, loaded, only 14,000kms.Stk 951230.WAS $29,900

NOW $28,800

10 CHEV AVEO5spd, one owner,only 3,000kms.WAS $11,900

NOW $9,900

10 HONDA CRV EXAuto,AWD, sunroof, only43,000kms. Stk 950222WAS $29,950

NOW $27,590

11 LINCOLN MKSAWD, leather, nav, sunroof, only30,000kms. Stk 950690.WAS $35,995

NOW $33,198

10 CADILLAC SRXAWD, leather, sunroof, loaded, only58,000kms.Stk 951190.WAS $40,995

NOW $38,800

07 KIA SPORTAGEAWD, auto, a/c, pwr group,mint.Stk 950960WAS $16,995

NOW $13,531

09 HYUNDAI ACCENT4dr, auto, CD, only 44,000kms.Stk 878332WAS $11,900

NOW $9,900

11 CHEVY AVALANCHE LTZEvery option, 4x4,only 25,000kms. Stk 87278WAS $49,900

NOW $44,404

08 NISSAN ROGUEAWD, auto, loaded. Stk 950950WAS $20,995

NOW $18,898

11 YUKON DENALI XLNav, DVD, loaded. Stk 950970WAS $63,998

NOW $56,888

12 GMC ACADIA SLEAWD, fully loaded. STK 950850WAS $34,988

NOW $33,488

11 GMC SIERRA CREW CAB4x4, diesel, loaded STK 950830WAS $47,995

NOW $45,888

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12 CHEVY CAMARO SS RSCONVERTIBLEAuto, loaded. STK 951240WAS $42,900

NOW $39,900

03 DODGE CARAVAN SXTLoaded, only 73,000kms. STK 245121WAS $9,900

NOW $6,988

09 DODGE JOURNEY SELoaded,only 57,000kms.STK 868022WAS $18,995

NOW $16,800

2010 TRIUMPH American Motor-cycle, 900 cc, never driven,$8500 obo. 604-533-4962 morn/eve

9135 Parts &Accessories9135

E-CLASS SNOWSON ALLOYS4 Pirelli P 245/45 R 17 Wintertires on Mercedes-Benz alloywheels. Excellent tread left. Costover $3000 from Mercedes-Benz. Will fit Mercedes E classand others. Won’t fit my newcar.$1900. [email protected]

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9155 Sport Utilities/4x4’s/Trucks9155

1990 Chevrolet 2500 GMCSierra Manual 262,000 kms2500 V8 350 4WD 5 speed.$4000.00 firm. (604) 803-5674

9155 Sport Utilities/4x4’s/Trucks9155

1998 FORD F150, 4x4, auto,Triton V8, 4.6L, silver, trailer towpack, 6 ft box, aircared. $3650.604-255-5453

1999 FORD F-150 SuperCab; V6auto; AirCond; $4450. Lease orBuy? 6-pass; Matching Canopy;Reliable w/Warranty! AutoDepot, 1397 Welch NVan,604-727-3111

2001 JEEPGrand Cheroke, silver250,000 km, new engine, goodcond $5000 obo. 604-971-3435

2002 FORD F-150 'XTR'SuperCab; 4x4; New Tires; Box-cover; alloys; Top-model; $8888.One Year Warranty! 6-pass!AutoDepot, 1397 Welch NVan,604-727-3111

2002 Nissan Frontier 4x4 autoV6, 4x4, ext. box, 291,000 km$6,500. Call Gord (604)418-5394

2002 Nissan Pathfinder172,000 kms, Chilkoot Edition,power everything, A/C, $6,500Call: (604) 591-7526

2003 FORD F250 4x4 XL $8500obo , 187 ,000 km, au to ,604-323-3662 or 604-315-9384

2004 GMC Yukon XL, auto,244Kms, 2WD, p/s, p/w, cruise.$6950. Jim 604-377-5751

2005 Acura MDX 122,700 kmsExcellent Condition, many niceluxury features. 3rd row seatingmakes this a very reliable andsafe family vehicle $16,000email: [email protected]

2005 NISSAN Xterra 79,000 kms5spd, 4wd, new tires, new brakes,exc cond, drk grey, all receipts,clean, $17,500obo 604-761-7507

2006 BMW X3 2.5i Auto,117,000 kms, AWD, PremiumPkg, $17,000 negotiable,Phone 604-760-3390

2006 Ford F150 XL, 4X4, 5.4L,extended cab, seats 6, long box,canopy, A/C, 107K. $12,950.must sell! (604) 773-4235.

2007 FORD ESCAPE, V6 XLT4WD 3L, 64k, Exc.Cond. $12,900obo. Must sell! 604-522-6877

1967 AUSTIN Healey BJ8 Mk 3,completely restored. 75K mi, allorg. Red Ribbon at All Brit. Fieldmeet. $45,000. 604-987-3993

1967 DODGE Cornet 500,beautifully restored, $25,500 obo,604-946-2932, 604-916-9249

1969 FORD Falcon Futura 302auto, fully restored, immac paint &body, numerous high perform-ance options. $13,500. Photos atwww.photobucket.com/69falcon

Call 604-307-0201

1969 MERCEDES Benz 280S,col lector plates, excel lentcondition, $8500. 604-723-3654

1971 CHEVY Suburban, 3 dr 350automatic, body work all done,needs paint and interior, aircared. $4500 obo. 604-769-4799.

1976 MGB Roadster. Britishracing green colour. 4 speed.New top and carpet. Engine workdone. $6,995. 604-591-8566

1981 LINCOLN Town car,signature series, stock, collectorplates, $3500 obo 604-792-6367

1989 JAGUAR XJS coupe, V12159 K, pristine cond $7,500 obo.Priv sale, call Bob 604-986-8516

1989 PORSCHE 944 Turbo,white on burgundy, all rcrds, newexhaust, 5 spd, a/c, Ltd slip, greatcond! $15,900 Call 604-943-0945

1991 TOYOTA 'Diesel' Hi-Ace4wheel Drive Travel Van; RHS;Go Anywhere! Fold-flat sofa-bedseating; 1-yr Warranty! $6,450.Auto Depot, 1397 Welch NVan,604-727-3111

1996 CHEVY Silverado 2500,extended cab, bed liner, cloth int,ps pb pw, incls tow kit, exc cond$4500. Don 604-988-0170

1997 LANDROVER Defender(s)90 , 5 spd d iese l , m in t ,160,000km, from desert $23,9001-780-945-7945 [email protected]


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2009Mercedes Benz C3004Matic, only 46,500kms,premiumpkg, navigation, sportpkg, glass sunroof, factorywarranty untilMar 2013,iridium silver, black leathertwinned, immaculate.$28,8502006Mercedes BenzML350 4Matic, auto, only74,000kms, local, MB serviced,glass roof, alloys, Capriblue/cashmere beige leather,immaculate. $25,8502009 Toyota MatrixAWD, auto, glass roof,alloys, pwrwindows& locks,a/c, full Toyota serviced, only62,000kms, sundancemetallic/black cloth, immaculate.

$16,850 $15,850

2006 Toyota Matrix XR,only 59,000kms, 4 dr, auto,pwrwindows& locks, a/c, newtires, shadowmica/black cloth,very clean. only $12,5002010 Smart, auto, pwrwindows, a/c, heated seats,MBserviced, balanceof factorywarranty, new tires, only49,000km.

$9,850 Special $8,8502005 Smart Convertible(diesel) only 53,000kms, pw,A/C, alloys, Mercedes Benzserviced, silver/black.

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1991 MERCEDES BENZ 300C.Auto, new tires. 111,000 km. Exccondition. $7,500. 604-786-6495

1994 PONTIAC Trans Am GT redwith grey int., well maint., ladydriven $4800. Serious inquiresonly. Ph 604-997-2583

1997 JAGUAR XK8 cpe, black,blk lther int, 84,000 ks, full load, allrecords, DB7 rims, sport pckg$9900 firm. 778-889-6557

1997 VOLVO 850 GLT Wagon;new T-belt; auto; leather; $3850.Room for dog & Comfortable;fold-flat seats! 1-yr WarrantyAuto Depot, 1397 Welch NVan,604-727-3111

1998 VOLVO S70 ’T5’ sportsedan; Luxury & Style for $4450.One Year Warranty; auto; TopModel; Leather; Sunroof! AutoDepot, 1397 Welch NVan,604-727-3111

2000 AUDI S4 2.7T, 6sp, 4wd.Blk with blk leather int. Upgradedexhaust, turbos & more.219,000 km $9800 778-229-0283

2000 MERCEDES Benz C230’Elegance’ luxury compact 4-cyl;leather; Sale Priced $5,888. OneYear Warranty; 128KMS! AutoDepot, 1397 Welch NVan,604-727-3111

1989 BMW 325 is, 2dr, red, 5 sp,1 owner, 210K, gd cond, loaded,$4200 obo, 604-946-8862


2003 VW new Beetle Cabrio; 5-spmanual; leather; alloys; new tires;$9999. Lease or Buy? Allfeatures; One Year Warranty.Auto Depot, 1397 Welch NVan,604-727-3111

2004 HYUNDAI Elantra 79 K km,5 spd, 2.0L, 4 cyl, new clutch, a/c,loaded, $5999. 604-980-0051

2 0 0 4 J A G U A R X - t y p e102,000km, Auto, 2.5, V6, noaccident $10,500. 778-862-6891

2004 NISSAN Maxima 'SE' TopLuxury; Sale Priced $8888. OneYear Warranty; leather; sunroof;18' alloys; V6; 1-owner! AutoDepot, 1397 Welch NVan,604-727-3111

2006 ACURA 3.2 TL custom fullyloaded, 300 HP 6 spd. 125,000km on body, only 44,000 km onengine $15,500. 604-241-0357

2006 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT.46,000 km. Grey. 4 drs, auto, p/w,p/l, leather heated seats, sunroof,mag wheels. Good condition!$16,000 obo. 604-240-9912

2007 BMW 525i88,400km Premium Pkg, loaded$21,900 obo. 604-532-9292

2007 FORD MUSTANG GT, fullyloaded 22,000 kms, $29,500.604-721-4228

2007 HONDA Accord ’EX-L’coupe; Top model; leather; 4-cyl;160 HP; 5-sp; Only 83Kms!Warranty inc; $11,888. 1-OwnerAuto Depot, 1397 Welch NVan,604-727-3111

2007 YARIS 4DRSDNAUTOpw pl green $7,888 #2791785WWW.KEYWESTFORD.COM1-866-549-8503 301 Stewardson

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2001 HONDA Civic. Std, 4dr, 182K, new tires, fully serviced,$4000. Call: (604) 984-8913.

2001 VOLVO S60 ’Sport’ 5-sp;manual; P/W; leather; One YearWarranty; Sale Priced $6,450.Power roof; Xtra set Winters!Auto Depot, 1397 Welch NVan,604-727-3111

2001 VW Passat 'GLX' Specialcar! 90kms! Every option! V6;leather; One Year Warranty;1-owner! Special $9999. AutoDepot, 1397 Welch NVan,604-727-3111

2002 Acura TL 3.2 Local NS car.Senior driven/always garaged.Automatic. 181,000 kms. Allservice records. Gold with beigeleather interior. An excellentvehicle at an attractive price.$6,200 Call: (604) 788-4849

2002 C240 Benz, 4dr, auto, silver/blk leather, lady driven, 280K,excl cond, $4500. 778 893-8151

2002 HONDA Civic SI, auto, 2dr,ac, sunrf, 103K, exc cond, inclswinter tires, $5800, 604-916-2634

2003 BMW 320i ’Sport sedan’6cyl; auto; sunroof; 1-owner localcar! 1-yr Warranty incl; Sale$8888. Quality & Comfort in acompact car! Auto Depot, 1397Welch NVan, 604-727-3111

2003 MAZDA Protege 5, 5 spd,140K km, new water pump, timingbelt & front wheel bearings,sunroof, pwr windows, locks,cruise, aircared, nice cond.$7,000. 778-227-2010

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2007 KIA Rio 5, 5 dr, blk, 5sp, 1owner, 72K, exc cond, incls wintertires, $7500 obo, 604-603-2548


2012 Hyundai Sonata GLBlue, only 36,000kms, pwr group, keyless

entry. St#1169. Was $19,995

Now $18,090

2004 Buick CenturyDark grey, a/c, keyless entry, pwr group.

#DU039152B. Was $6,995

Now $6,430

2008 Chevrolet Cobalt LT2dr, silver, only 57,378kms, a/c, pwr group.

St#1172. Was $10,995

Now $8,490

2007 Hyundai Azera LimitedBlack, only 65,617kms, moonroof, leather.

St#1179. Was $15,995

Now $13,930

2011 Nissan Versa 1.8SHatchback, Silver, only 45,045kms, pwr

group. #1175. Was $14,995

Now $13,497

2008 Hyundai Sonata GLGrey, only 84,000kms, keyless entry, a/c.

St#DG008325B. Was $ 12,995

Now $9,890

2007 Jeep Wrangler UnlimitedSahara, dark green, AWD, 4dr, a/c, pwrgroup. #DUO35143A. Was $22,995

Now $19,160

2004 Honda CRV EX-LSilver, 4WD, a/c, pwr group, leather,sunroof. #CG132976A. Was $13,995

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2012 LEXUS RX350; demo;6kms! NAVI; Bal Lexus 6-yr or110,000kms Warranty! Parkassist; Top-model; Sale $49,950.Auto Depot, 1397 Welch NVan,604-727-3111

9173 Vans91732002 SIENNA 4DR LEgray $ 8,888 #2299506

WWW.KEYWESTFORD.COM1-866-549-8503 301 Stewardson

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2002 WINDSTAR (Ford) 145 kms,good cond., $2975. 604-392-3909after 4pm or all day wkends

2003 CHEVY Venture, 7pass,red, good cond, 128K, incls snowtires, $3500 obo, 604-946-4725

2008 DODGE GRAND Caravan,54K, like new, Michelan tires,$13,900. 604-922-7367

9515 Boats9515

1980 SAN JUAN, 7.7, 5 goodSails, good motor furling, goodcondition, $5800, 604-568-2050

1989 19’ Bayliner Capri Blue, 2.3litre IB Fresh water cooled Exccond. Well maint. Lots of extras,c/w trailer . $4,695. 604-837-7564

24’ SEA RAY 240 turn key & go,eng i/o, GM V8, surveyed, goodshape. $6500. 604-552-3961

1989 Prowler/Cooper 19’, 4.3Merc. inboard, dry-storage kept,loaded, like new, $18,000 oboCall: (604) 921-9433

9522 RV’s/Trailers9522

TOYOTA HIACE CAMPERVAN90 2.8l deisel,auto, camp incomfort $15,400. 604-275-3443

1992 PROWLER 5th Whl, withhitch, needs fridge, good cond,$3500 obo, 604-992-5478

9522 RV’s/Trailers9522

1999 Jayco Eagle 5th Wheel28ft Must see, in great shape.$8,400 Call: (604) 240-2793 oremail: [email protected].

2004 PLEASUREWAY PlateauM/H, Mercedes Benz diesel, Mi.61,588K, Immac cond & loaded.$54,900. Ph 1-604-220-5005

2004 TITANIUM model 32E37DS, 2 slides, mint cond,1 owner, $27,900. 604 535-8688

2005 FOUR WINDS Class C 30’sleeps 7, like new cond, 132,000km, $24,888 [email protected]

2006 ALFA Luxury Mtr Home 330CAT Diesel Pusher, 6 new tires,3 5 , 5 00m i . Equ i p ed w i t heverything, too much to list! Exccond. $117,000. 604-767-3894

2006 GEORGETOWN XL, 35’ 9',3 slides, V10, 20k miles, tow caravail, $58,000 604-948-5048

2007 PROWLER 5th wheel, 32 ft,grt family rv, fibreglass, slideout,bunkbeds, air/cond, sleeps 8$19,900. 604-824-1426

2008 ALPENLITE 31ck Ltd Edi-tion, 3 slides, ex cond, retail $80K,ask: $49,500, obo 604-814-5071

2008 ITASA SUNOVA 29RMOTORHOME 41,000 kmsV10 Ford engine, automatic HDShaw Direct satilite dish, 2 slideouts, Jensen entertainment 12volt HDTV, viper alarm system,2-80 watt solar panels, 2400 wattinverter, 2 awning curtains forback and side, front and sidewindow shields, ducted airconditioning with heat pump,excellent condition ready to go.$69,900 Call: (604) 755-0423 oremail: [email protected]

2008 NASH 25’ 5th whl, q bed,rear kitchen, 1 slide $19,000. Ph604-792-2201 Chilliwack

2009 BIGFOOT 30MH28TE Topof line, immaculate, loaded, lowkms, $88,650. 604-230-7546

ROAD RANGER5TH WHEEL 24 FT.Rear bath, queen bed,new tires. New cond.

$11,950.Call: (604) 325-7871 or

email: [email protected]

1995 FLEETWOOD Coronado,low miles, new tires, ready for theSun! excellent cond. $14,950obo, Call 778-822-2475

2007 TOYOTA Camry LE, 4 dr,special leather, auto, 89K, f/load,$14,800 obo, 604-808-9518

2007 TOYOTA Corolla 'SE'power sunroof; power windows;70kms! power locks; keylessentry; $9999. Toyota Quality!Auto Depot, 1397 Welch NVan,604-727-3111

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TO be a mid-sized sedan in thisday and age means that youactually have to be a lot morethan just a mid-sized sedan.

You have to have a super-attractiveentry price. You also have to show thatyou like clean air, trees and fluffy rabbitsromping in fields. And, you also have tobe sporty enough for moms and dads whogave up their two-door cars when thestork came calling.

But, since you can’t really put allof that together in one car, the Malibu— and others in this class — have separatemodels to take care of a very broad buyerbase.

Once considered somewhat plainand uninspiring in a rental-fleet sortof way, the Malibu regained its groovefor the 2008 model year with sharp

styling, thoughtfully designed interiorappointments and competent roadmanners. The reviews bordered ongushing, sales spiked and the mid-sizeChevy was once more walking proud.

The new 2013 Malibu has beenrepurposed for new challenges andincreased sedan-class competitiveness.From top to bottom it’s a completelydifferent car, starting with a more rigidplatform based on the Opel Insignia (Opelis part of General Motors’ Europeandivision).

Exterior dimensions are closelyaligned with the outgoing Malibu,except for about 11.5 centimetres ofshrinkage between the front and rearwheels. Despite this deficit, most keypassenger- and cargo-area measurementsexcept legroom have actually increased.Cabin styling, which was the previousMalibu’s strong suit, hasn’t veered offcourse for 2013. The dual cockpit-styleseating arrangement, with its wrap-around

dashboard and centre stack, returns inroughly the same format, but the controlsand switches are laid out in a morestraightforward fashion. A neat trick hereis a storage area hidden behind the flip-upradio faceplate suitable for phones, walletsor other small items.

The speedometer and tachometergauge pods are located in what are clearlyChevrolet Camaro-inspired housings. Aswith other recently launched GM sedans,the Malibu comes with 10 standardairbags, including a set of front-kneeinflatables.

On the outside, the Malibu’s athleticlines reveal a more prominent grilleand Camaro-influenced taillights at theopposite end. The range-topping LTZis upgraded with brighter high-intensitydischarge (HID) headlights and faster-acting light-emitting diode (LED)taillights.

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THE Chevy Malibu has been repurposed for 2013 to stay viable in the ultra-competitive mid-size sedan market.It’s affordable, stylish, sporty and versatile, offering options for all types of drivers.

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Sandywill soakthe autoindustryA biweekly roundup ofautomotive news, good,bad and just plainweird:Hurricane Sandy soaks EastCoast, devastates car sales

Savvy consumers willno doubt remember theaftermath of hurricane Katrinaand the flood-damagedcars that popped up, oftensold across the border byunscrupulous types. Here wego again.

The reports comingin suggest Sandy was thebiggest storm in the U.S. forhundreds of years. Water haspoured into the New Yorksubway system, Manhattan iswithout power, parkades areflooded and East Coast piersare but a battered memory.The storm even sunk a replicaof the HMS Bounty.

Pictures of the destructionare all over the Internet andone thing you’ll see, againand again, is submergedcars. Most are parked on thestreet, some floating aroundin the Financial District— and others are parked ondealership lots.

While most dealershipsworked to get their inventoryto high ground, thousands of

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The shortfall is expected to hitthe luxury marques the hardest— BMW and Mercedes-Benz USAsell 25 per cent of their cars in NewYork, Washington and Philadelphiaalone. Also, a few months from now,used car buyers should keep theirantennae up as that “great deal”might have a hidden past. And a fishin the glovebox.SEMA 2012: Hot WheelsCamaro, squadrons of Scions

Speaking of masses of carscompletely ruined beyond repair,it’s time for the annual SpecialtyEquipment ManufacturerAssociation’s giant product show-offin Las Vegas. Questionable taste? Idid say they hold the thing is LasVegas, right?

While there are literally hundredsof modified vehicles on display, thebelle of the ball is surely the ScionFRS/Subaru BRZ. Given that theToyota/Subaru coupe was alwaysintended to be a low-cost machinethat could be modified to its owner’staste, it should be no surprise tolearn that there are hundreds of thelightweight two-doors around.

Builds range from the usualgarish wild paint and full-leatherinteriors to much cooler, pared-down and supercharged racecars for

the streets.Over at General Motors, Chevy

has paired up with Hot Wheels tobring every small boy’s fantasy tofull-sized life. Their toy-car-inspiredride sports deep blue paint, HotWheels badging and wheels thatmatch the 1/64th scale car.

Leaving that aside, best-in-showthis year has to go to the ICOND200 Reformer. ICON made theirname modernizing the iconic ToyotaFJ and the early Ford Bronco, andwhat they’ve done to this 1965Dodge Crew Cab is simply amazing.Underneath that gleaming all-whitebody it’s got a 5.9-litre CummingsTurbodiesel with 975 foot-poundsof torque.Boss hogs mess with Texans

State Highway 130 has alreadygarnered much attention for beingthe fastest highway in the good ol’U.S.A. The toll road’s speed limitwas recently raised to 85 miles perhour, the highest in the country.

Certainly, anyone who’s feltthe Coquihalla’s 110 kilometresper hour limit was maybe a bit tooconservative when the weather’sgood will appreciate how excitedfolks have been over this increase inspeed — and legal to boot!

Naturally, there’s been someteething issues. Tusking issues, to beexact.

Running as it does straightthrough fertile Texas farmland, the130 is notorious for crossing packsof feral hogs. If the image of Pigletjust popped into your head, think

again: these are massive, slaveringbeasts, like a bacon-flavouredwerewolf.

Four accidents have beenreported already, with one vehiclecompletely written off — no seriousinjuries yet, thank goodness.

Authorities are both offering abounty on the wayward piggies, aswell as advising drivers who comeacross animals in the middle of theroad to grip the steering wheeltightly and just keep going.

Sounds like somebody’s been

playing too much Angry Birds.BMW celebrates V-12 silveranniversary

It’s been 25 years of 12-cylinder-power for the big Bimmer flagship,and BMW is making a bit of noiseabout the event. After all, as they

point out, BMW was first tooffer V-12 smoothness beforeeither of their main Germanrivals, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class or the Audi A8.

Naturally, you won’t seea lot of full-sized 7-series onthe road today, and fewer stillwith the “big stove.” In fact,the 7-series is now availablein the coming year with asix-cylinder for the first timein decades.

However, BMW isbuilding 15 special long-wheelbase anniversary 7s withthe largest engine. Displacingsix litres and with twin-turbocharging helping out,the latest engine produces anastounding 535 h.p. PerhapsJames could spare a *few* ofthe horses, just this once.

Watch this space for all thebest and worst of automotivenews, or submit your own autooddities to [email protected].

Texas highway has a major pork problem

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THE ICON D200 Reformer, a re-done 1965 Dodge Crew Cab, wowed the crowd at the SpecialtyEquipment Manufacturer Association’s show in Las Vegas.

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For 2013, the Malibu isavailable in three strengthsfor three kinds of Canadianbuyers. The price-leader basemodel has a 197 horsepower,2.5-litre four-cylinder, whichreplaces the 169 h.p., 2.4-litrefour-cylinder.

For added performance,you can select a turbocharged2.0-litre four-cylinder thatputs out 259 h.p. and 260foot-pounds of torque. Theturbo replaces the 252 h.p.V-6 option. Those values areroughly comparable, howeverthe turbo’s 10.1 litres/100kilometres city and 6.8highway fuel consumptionis hands-down better thanthe V-6’s 12.4/7.8. By theway, Chevy rates the turbo’szero-to-60-miles per hour (96km/h) time at 6.3 seconds.

For buyers with a greenstreak, the Malibu Ecofeatures a 182 h.p. 2.4-litrefour-cylinder and a special 15h.p. electric motor/generatorthat adds “eAssist” via a beltdrive during acceleration andpassing.

Called a “mild hybrid”because the Malibu Ecocannot run on electric poweralone like the Toyota CamryHybrid or Ford FusionHybrid, it’s rated at 8.1 l/100km city and 5.3 highway,

compared to the base 2.5-litre four-cylinder’s 9.4/5.9numbers.

The lithium-ion batterylocation robs the Malibu ofsome trunk space, but nota whole lot. The eAssist’sregenerative braking systemfeeds energy to the batterieswhen the binders are applied.A system shuts off the enginewhen stationary and restartsit once the gas pedal isdepressed.

All powerplants operatethrough six-speed automatictransmissions, with the turbo’sversion receiving manualcontrols located atop theshifter.

At an all-in starting price of$26,500, the Malibu LS comeswith most of the essentialingredients. The 1LT’s morecomplete package adds a 17-centimetre touchscreen withvoice recognition (MyLinkTouch) that operates the audioand communications side.Picking the eAssist will requirenearly $3,000 more than theLS, but it does include dual-zone climate control plus someother niceties. The 2LT trimadds even more features, whilethe range-topping LTZ loadsup on premium content andhappens to be the only modelin the lineup to come with aspunky turbo engine.

While not necessarily being

all things to all people, the2013 Malibu does offer avariety of models to a diversegroup of buyers.

Welcome to the modernmid-size sedan.The Specs: 2013 ChevroletMalibuType: Four-door, front-wheel-drive mid-size sedanEngines (h.p.): 2.5-litreDOHC I4 (197); 2.0-litreDOHC I4 (259); 2,4-litreDOHC I4 with 15-kilowattmotor (182, net).Transmission: Six-speedautomatic.

Fuel economy: litres/100kilometres (city/hwy) 9.4/5.9(2.5-litre engine).Base price (includingdestination): $26,500.Market position

Malibu is one of a numberof new 2013 mid-size sedansand it faces some toughcompetition from domesticand import base models. Inthis class, offering a variety ofpowertrains, including hybrids,is almost mandatory.Points

More tautly styled bodyimproves Malibu’s looks;

base four-cylinder engineprovides good thrust; turbooption adds sporting attitude;“mild” eAssist hybrid’sfuel consumption numbersnowhere near “full” hybridcompetitors; no V-6 option,but it likely won’t be missed;10 airbags sets the safety barhigh in this class.Safety

Front airbags; front/rearside-impact airbags; side-curtain airbags; front kneeairbags, anti-lock brakes;traction control; stabilitycontrol.

CompetitionFord FusionBase price: $24,050V-6 option is gone, two hybridchoices join three four-cylindergas engines.Nissan AltimaBase price: $25,200All-new 2013 version comeswith fuel-sipping I4 andupgraded CVT.Mazda6Base price: $25,700 (estimate)Out-next-year 2014 modelshows what Malibu’scompetition is up to.

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ONCE considered uninspired rental-fleet fodder, the Malibu went through an impressive redesign for the 2008model year and now boasts sharp styling that includes a thoughtfully designed interior.

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