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Racquetball group upset new William Griffin won’t include courts

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MICHAELA GARSTIN S t A f f R E p o R t E R

A tight-knit racquetball group from North Van is upset plans for the new William Griffin Rec Centre don’t include their courts.

“It was a shocker to hear the news,” said David Aroeste, still in his racquetball gear after a fast-paced match.

“We’re very competitive but we’re friends. There are four generations here, from kids to 76 years old.”

In mid-January the racquetball players received a letter from the North Vancouver Recreation Commission alerting them that their courts wouldn’t be included in the new William Griffin, which is slated to open in fall 2016.

“We needed to prioritize program spaces and after considering the number of people served in all spaces, the racquetball courts were removed from the facility design,” the letter reads.

The group currently plays at Delbrook Rec Centre, which could be on the chopping block depending on the outcome of public consultation in 2015, and contains the only public courts on the North Shore.

“If William Griffin doesn’t get them, then no rec centres will have them here. Only a couple private clubs do, and this costs a lot more,” says Aroeste, who has played racquetball for 24 years since moving to Canada.

Cathy Matheson, manager of administration and marketing for North Van Rec Commission, said the courts aren’t in the plans because of cost and the number of people playing.

“There were decisions that had to be made relative to reducing the cost of the facility and when the commission looked at the kind of demand on space — how many people use which space in the facility — the lowest use space was attributed to racquetball,” she said.

The demand for racquetball will be monitored over the next two years, according to the rec commission’s letter, and courts at Ron Andrews could be reopened.

And, says Matheson, the commission is reevaluating its decision and is looking into the cost of a convertible wall, which could easily transform William Griffin’s squash courts into racquetball courts.

While the commission doesn’t know the cost of the wall yet, Aroeste has done his own homework and has received an estimate for $25,000 from an American company.

“In a $49-million budget, the cost of the wall isn’t very much. It’s a very small per cent,” says Aroeste, a mechanical engineer, as he examines the architectural plans. “The fees the [racquetball players] pay in a year will pay for two walls.

“It’s a no-brainer the way we see it.”While the group’s sport hasn’t been threatened in a while, this isn’t the

first time they have fought to keep it alive.In 2007, consultants hired by the rec commission recommended elimi-

nating both squash and racquetball. The group objected to the guidelines and, after collecting nearly 600 signa-

tures opposing the move, racquetball was temporarily allowed to stay. At the time, there were two courts at Ron Andrews Rec Centre and

four at Delbrook. With only the latter remaining, Aroeste is concerned racquetball won’t be available for younger generations in the future.

“It’s such an easy sport to pick up, easier than squash. It takes your mind off everything else going on and it’s a great way to stay in shape,” he says.

mAkING SomE RAckET - Racquetball players gather outside Delbrook Rec Centre. Michaela Garstin photo


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Sports facilities, seniors’ housing floated for Lucas Centre property

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The North Vancouver School District has hosted some public engagement sessions to generate feedback for its surplus Lucas Centre property

MARIA SPITALE-LEISKS t A f f R e p o R t e R

With the North Vancouver School District readying to unload its substantially-sized Lucas Centre property — many interest groups are circling.

Seniors’ housing and sports facilities were just some of the ideas floated by the public and stakeholders during open houses held at the Hamilton Avenue and 21st Street site earlier this year.

Lucas Centre has not operated as an enrolling public school since 1982. Since then, various educational and community groups have occupied space in the building on the five-hectare site.

But now, the 60-plus-year-old building requires an expensive retrofit that the school district can’t afford to take on.

“… So a repurposing of the building could be quite costly,” said NVSD superintendent John Lewis.

At the same time, the NVSD is making plans to relocate their main-tenance department, which has been housed in a makeshift facility on the Lucas Centre property since the 1980s.

A new purpose-built maintenance facility will be designed to last for at least 50 years, and most likely located in an industrial area. The first stage of the approximately $10-million capital project would be a functional assessment, said Lewis.

However, those are preliminary discussions. There are a couple more months of community engagement still ahead, followed by the school board receiving a report and then finally a request for proposal pro-cess, before a decision on Lucas Centre’s future is made sometime in 2015.

The Lucas Centre open houses are also an opportunity for the publicMEET ThE NEIghbourS - Hamilton Heights Neighbourhood Association members await news about the fate of the Lucas Centre lands. CW from front: Pamela Pike, president, Monica Fraser, Liz Klose, Ian Smith, Harrison Smith and Dina Robertson.Rob Newell photo continued, PAGE 6


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to express their concerns about rede-velopment of the property.

Pamela Pike is president of the Hamilton Heights Neighbourhood Association, which formed recently so they could be invited to attend and weigh in on the discussion during a Lucas Centre stakeholder session.

“Our greatest fear would be high-rise condos, because it [the property] is 12 acres,” Pike told The Outlook. “To throw in high-rise development, I think most of the neighborhood would find that horrific.”

Pike, who has lived in the area for nine years, said she chose Hamilton Heights because of the flavour and character of the neighbourhood. Many residents have lived in this close-knit community for over 40 years.

“You will notice that there are no “slow down” signs in our neighbour-hood,” said Pike, of the low-traffic area with only two access points.

The HHNA held an open town hall meeting during which five central con-cerns arose: Increased traffic, change in neighbourhood character, increased densification, environmental harm — and loss of public property.

Lucas Centre currently sits on some of the city’s most coveted flatland, which some sports user groups see as a prime location for badly-needed track and field and athletic facilities.

Greg Beaudin, chair of the North Vancouver Sport Council, bemoans the current state of the few local track

and field facilities. “They are not very good, not up to par — not up to the standards of a community like North Van,” said Beaudin.

During NVSC meetings, the Lucas Centre property has been discussed in great detail. “We see that land as a major centralized sports hub,” said Beaudin.

That vision includes a competition-sized track and field, a grass field for rugby — and a full-service indoor sport centre that can accommodate basketball, volleyball, badminton — and many spectators.

“North Van is a sport-rich com-munity — we put a lot of athletes in the Olympics. On the flip side of that is that we have a plethora of specta-tor-unfriendly environments,” said Beaudin. “It’s in our best interest to build facilities that will put us in a better sport hosting light.”

North Vancouver City Mayor Darrell Mussatto told The Outlook while it’s too early to speculate on the future of the Lucas Centre land, he figures one thing is for certain.

“I can say you are not going to get high-density housing there,” said Mussatto.

Lewis said the school district has not had closed-door discussions with developers for the Lucas Centre site, which had an assessed value of $52,237,000 in 2012.

“I think that if we do receive any contact with a developer, they are invited to come attend a public meet-ing like anyone else,” said Lewis.

The next Lucas Centre pub-lic open house is scheduled for April 16. More information is available on the NVSD web-site at www.sd44.ca/Board/LandLearningLivability/LandManagement/.


Fields oF dreams - North Vancouver Sport & Recreation Council members would like to see a sports facility complex developed on the Lucas Centre lands. Pictured here: chair Greg Beaudin and secretary/treasurer Dawn Copping. Rob Newell photo

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British comedy duo to host hilarious and interactive tea party in North Van

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James Brown and Jamesy Evans star in the two-man show 2 for Tea, which runs from March 25-30 at Presentation House Theatre

Even during their day-to-day lives, professional theatre clowns James Brown and

Jamesy Evans are a barrel of laughs.

“We are the creators of who you are speaking to now,” giggles James, after some confusion over what the physical comedy duo’s real names are.

James and Jamesy are decid-edly taking the method acting approach, choosing to stay in char-acter for the interview.

Natives of Sussex, England, these two entertainers have brought a taste of British farce across the pond to Canada.

Their touring comedy show 2 for Tea has been extremely well received from coast to coast, attracting sold-out audiences and accolades in every city.

And now the North Shore is in for the same treat, as 2 for Tea opens for a one-week run at Presentation House Theatre on March 25.

For the premise of the show, James and Jamesy have taken an everyday tea ritual and swirled in their respective idiosyncrasies for a performance that warms the soul.

James has some particular habits, including always putting his shoes in a certain spot, and never eating more than half a bowl of crisps.

Jamesy, picking up on these traits, mirrors James’ particular-ities back to him and the audi-ence during the show.

“It’s playful, it’s just a game. I know James so well,” says Jamesy.

The show goes against the grain of a traditional comedy duo scheme.

“There is no fall man, no stu-pid man,” explains James. “At the foundation of it there is a love that everybody gets.”

To say 2 for Tea is interactive, it would be an understatement. The audience takes part in a tea party beforehand — and then during the show some attendees are invited to get up on stage in character.

“We are gentle with the audience, but we like having people surprised with how willing they are to participate,” says Jamesy.

The characters James and Jamesy arose

from an improvised comedy sketch the duo performed as part the Vancouver clown troupe Poupon Parade.

Both James and Jamesy trained in this comedic art under acclaimed clown trainer David MacMurray Smith.

When asked if it’s an innate gift, making people laugh through physical expression and movements, Jamesy says clowning is a trained art, but the interest originates in childhood.

“We are reacquainting ourselves with the freedom that we had as children,” says

Jamesy. One of the fundamen-

tal principles of clowning, explains James, is chan-neling the laughter and delight experienced by children.

“We treat the show as framework for play, and a sandbox for the audience,” says James.

When thanking Jamesy and James at the end of the interview, James’ neurotic side shows once again, as he play-fully corrects me.

“I would say James and Jamesy, it’s always in that order,” says James.

2 for Tea runs from March 25-30 at Presentation House Theatre, 333 Chesterfield Ave. Tickets: $28 for adults; $20 for seniors, students and children. There is a half-price show on March 25. For more information visit online at jamesandjamesy.com.

TEa TImE - Physical comedy duo Jamesy Evans (left) and James Brown. Jonathan Dy photo

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Speaking from amalgamation experienceFormer Abbotsford Mayor George Ferguson and one-time City of Toronto bureaucrat James Ridge, who also served as North Van district CAO, experienced the upside, in Abbotsford’s case, and ugly side of amalgamation first hand

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It made sense for Matsqui and Abbotsford. But in Toronto’s case, maybe not.

With the two North Vans wading into the amalgamation debate, The Outlook asked a couple of retired public servants, who expe-rienced amalgamation first hand, to offer some insight.

Through the 1980s, Matsqui and adjoining Abbotsford operated as a single socio-econom-ic unit, despite having separate municipal governments. At the time, that area of the Fraser Valley was experiencing a considerable population growth.

The municipalities maintained many joint services including fire protection, sewer and water services and a recreation commission. However, the arrangement brought about concerns relating to equal representation and funding from both districts.

Matsqui, with a then-population of 70,000, was paying 75 per cent of the costs under a shared services agreement with Abbotsford, which had a population 30,000 and the same level of representation as Matsqui.

In fact, a conflict over the municipalities’ joint services committees was a major impe-tus for amalgamation discussions, according to an article on the transitional impacts of municipal consolidations, published in 2000 in the Journal of Urban Affairs.

There was even talk of dissolution of the intermunicipal programs if the decision-mak-ing process couldn’t be resolved. With this in mind, Matsqui and Abbotsford decided to hire a private consulting firm (Price Waterhouse) to study the effects of amalgamating.

The two municipalities’ annual savings were anticipated to be in excess of $2 mil-lion, the consultant’s report showed. So, in 1995, after putting the question to the people through a plebiscite, it was agreed the dis-tricts of Matsqui and Abbotsford would join together to form the City of Abbotsford.

“In my opinion, and many people’s opinion, it was the right direction,” says longtime, now retired Abbotsford Mayor George Ferguson.

Each party was able to bring an amenity to the collective table: With Matsqui, it was a brand new city hall; meanwhile, Abbotsford had more reserve money accrued and a municipal-run police force to offer.

A state-of-the-art regional hospital and can-cer centre, and an international airport were just two collateral benefits borne out of a uni-fied and more populous Abbotsford.

“It [the amalgamation] has worked well,” says Ferguson, who couldn’t think of any downsides.

It’s also worth noting those amalgamation discussions spanned two decades, the public was kept well informed of the process —and approximately 6,000 volunteers were instru-mental in uniting the two communities.

As well, there were two civic bodies that, in part, oversaw the process: A committee comprised of Matsqui and Abbotsford council members, and a senior management panel.

Abbotsford-Mission MLA Simon Gibson, an Abbotsford councillor until he won a seat in the last provincial election, was a Matsqui council member at the time of amalgamation.

“I think it’s allowed the overall community to raise its profile significantly,” Gibson told The Outlook.

He explained how Abbotsford, post amalga-mation, trimmed the bureaucratic fat.

“Once the new council was sworn in we reviewed all the senior positions, and it was done with great sensitivity,” says Gibson.

When told North Vancouver city and dis-

trict were entertaining the idea of amalga-mation or restructuring, Gibson said it can’t hurt.

“I guess my comment is: While I don’t know the culture of the two North Vancouvers, I do think it’s laudable that they are at least investigating it because there may be advan-tages to the overall community,” said Gibson.

Before James Ridge became District of North Vancouver’s chief administrative offi-cer in 2003, he held management positions — including executive director of information and technology and acting commissioner of planning and development — with a then-recently reconfigured City of Toronto in the late ‘90s.

Speaking with The Outlook a couple weeks ago, Ridge was cautious not to compare Toronto’s experience with ongoing amalgama-tion discussions in North Vancouver.

“There are huge differences in what hap-pened in Toronto and what is being compared here,” said Ridge, who now works as a princi-pal of a new international college at UBC.

Perhaps the more glaring difference is that Toronto was forced by the provincial govern-ment to amalgamate with five other sur-rounding municipalities.

“That was an extraordinary experience — the biggest amalgamation in Canada, one of the biggest in the world,” said Ridge.

A consultant’s report commissioned by the province had promised massive savings for Metro Toronto resulting from economies of scale and fewer high-level salaries.

But, according to Ridge, the savings never materialized.

“The estimated savings didn’t happen, in large part, because services and collective agreements got ratcheted up to the highest common denominator,” explained Ridge.

He recalled sitting through council meet-ings in the early days of the new Toronto and watching councillors fight hard for the high-est service level of sidewalk snow removal, as an example, for their individual communities. As well, it took a couple “ugly strikes” by City

of Toronto workers to sort out the collective agreements which, in the end, also got ratch-eted up.

Integrating six municipalities’ technology into one system proved to be challenging — and costly, in the hundreds of millions of dol-lars range.

“I don’t think people fully appreciate the technology that’s involved in municipalities — from traffic lights to sewage systems,” said Ridge.

Amalgamation also took an emotional toll on the former municipalities that were steeped in their own history.

“There were days of debate as to what the new flag would be,” said Ridge.

He offered some other food for thought: Almost half of all private sector mergers fail, with incompatible cultures being the com-monly cited cause.

However, the most powerful argument in favour of amalgamation, according to Ridge, is consolidated planning — both land use and transportation.

“I think that’s something that could be looked at as a real potential benefit,” he said.

Ridge, a Blueridge resident, weighed in on the two motions currently before the North Vancouver councils: A restructure study to be overseen and paid for in part by the provin-cial government — and/or the forming of an amalgamation committee comprised of civic experts in the community.

“Potentially, I think there is a middle ground between the two,” said Ridge. “I do think it needs to be carefully and thoroughly [examined] with the right expertise at the table.”

For now, one thing is certain about the North Vancouver amalgamation debate.

“It’s a question that is never going to go away,” said Ridge.

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saved the lives of many people. Over the course of his 26 years as a volunteer, he was search leader to over a thousand missions. His sudden death on Jan. 19 left the community in shock. In his memory, the Tim Jones Legacy Fund has been established to raise money for the non-profit North Shore Rescue organization. Earlier this month, a celebratory fundraiser was held at Seymour’s Pub in North Vancouver. Invited guests, politicians, friends and family were on hand to socialize, bid on auction items and show their support. Congrats to all involved.

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You would never know unless someone told you. There are no visible plaques or historical markers on this old house.The outside finish, once pristinely white-washed with elaborate Victori-

an brackets, shows decades of wear. But, although it’s difficult to tell, the Navvy Jack House is one of the North

Shore’s most significant heritage houses, and has been owned by the District of West Vancouver since 1990.

Located at 1768 Argyle Ave. on the Seawall in Ambleside, it’s the oldest-known continuously occupied house in the Lower Mainland.

Pioneer John Thomas, known locally as “Navvy Jack,” built the house in 1868 after leaving Great Britain.

He originally planned to find fortune in the Cariboo gold fields, but instead ended up operating a ferry on Burrard Inlet and later established a gravel-hauling busi-ness on Capilano River.

It was then that he acquired 32 hectares of land along West Vancouver’s water-front and, the following year, built the Navvy Jack House after marrying Rowia, the granddaughter of Chief Kiepilano.

In a black-and-white photo from the turn of the century (top left image), women wearing broad hats and cotton, floor-length dresses gather in front of the house to prepare for West Vancouver’s first church wedding.

Elizabeth Lawson, the daughter of the “Father of West Vancouver” John Lawson, is getting married on Dec. 31, 1914.

John Lawson bought the house, then standing proud with dark trim and turned-columns, at an auction after Navvy Jack fell on hard times in the early 1890s. Down on his luck, the house’s original owner returned to the gold fields and died shortly after.

Nature centre?Today the historical significance of the Navvy Jack House can be easy to miss.Stucco replaces much of the wood trim, aluminum windows are installed and a

glass-walled balcony is added to the steep roof line. While many heritage homes on the North Shore are celebrated for their histor-

ical significance, proudly displaying plaques near the front steps, the Navvy Jack House’s significance is clearly understated.

The District of West Vancouver, which owns the house and is responsible for all upkeep, has put aside money in this year’s budget to replace the moss-covered roof.

But it isn’t clear how much the district has spent on maintaining the house since it was acquired in 1990.

When asked by The Outlook, the district said it owns several houses on Argyle Avenue and doesn’t keep separate records of expenses for repairs and maintenance.

The district further explained: Much of the work is done by municipal staff but time isn’t recorded for each project separately and, when an outside service is called in, the payment is recorded against general facility repair.

But still, a bit worse for the wear, the Navvy Jack House has thankfully managed to remain standing for nearly 130 years through extensive redevelopment of the waterfront.

With priceless oceanfront views, the house has been in the caring hands of Lloyd Williams, who has lived there for 46 years, including after the district bought the property in 1990.

Williams, who is in his 90s and has a lifetime-tenancy agreement with the dis-trict, would like to see the house kept standing after he no longer lives there.

“When we bought the house, my wife saw an old clipping of it and wanted to retain as much as possible,” Williams told The Outlook over the phone.

“Now that she has passed away, I’ve been thinking more about what should be done with the house.”

With some additions and upgrades, such as electrical and plumbing, the inside is in great shape and still has its historical charm, says Williams, whose parents used to take him for picnics on the property when he was young.

Concerned about the rapid changes happening in Ambleside, he wrote a letter to council last year asking them to think carefully about their next steps.

“The house has a lot of character, is recognized by the District for its heritage value and I would hope it would be retained in some way, other than an eatery of some kind.”

One option is transforming the Navvy Jack House into a nature centre, which would include the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society and other stewardship groups.

A report on this possibility will likely go before council this year and Mayor Mi-chael Smith has already shown his support, emphasizing the new use would help

revitalize Ambleside. “What could possibly be more exciting on the waterfront than a

nature centre?” he asked council after reading Williams’ letter and hearing a presentation from the West Van Streamkeepers.

“The public spent a lot of money buying that land and what’s [on the Ambleside waterfront] now is far from ideal in my mind. We have some good art facilities, we have some Victory gardens and some crab grass patches, and that’s basically it.”

Rowia, granddaughter of Chief Kiepilano.Navvy Jack Thomas, a heavy-built man with dark curly hair and a

moustache, settled in Ambleside after he finished operating an un-scheduled ferry service on Burrard Inlet for workers of Pioneer Saw-mill in Lower Lonsdale’s Moodyville neighbourhood. During the early 1860s, the bustling mill sent lumber to Australia, the earliest export of lumber from Burrard Inlet to a foreign port.

But Navvy Jack’s ferry service was short lived. In 1867, Capt. VanBramer arrived with his small steamer, Sea Foam,

to begin a scheduled service. Always resourceful, Navvy Jack began hauling clean river-washed

gravel from the mouth of Capilano River to towns developing around the inlet.

He soon settled down with his wife Rowia and had their first child, Christine Thelka Thomas. She passed away in 1960 at the home of Chief Dan George at the age of 84. Although the record isn’t clear, the couple is thought to have three daughters and two sons.

When Navvy Jack died suddenly while on an ill-fated gold discovery mission in Barkerville, his family moved onto the Squamish Nation Reserve with their relatives and the house was sold at auction.

It’s this First Nation’s history that Carolanne Reynolds, chair of Heritage West Vancouver, would like to keep alive.

“This history should be incorporated some way, it’s a very import-ant part of the house and should be honoured,” she tells The Outlook, adding she is “overjoyed to see that the interior can be easily restored to its original type.”

In total, Navvy Jack and his wife have 10 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren — and counting.

Ensuring the iconic house survives the next century will be the work of the District of West Vancouver and heritage groups on the North Shore.

Peter Miller, president of the North Shore Heritage Preservation Society, said while there is a financial cost to maintain heritage homes, it’s vital to preserve them to protect our connection with the past.

“When we find an old photograph, map or painting… we can some-times recognize the building in it because it is still there today. But as soon as you destroy that building you remove the connection to the past and it makes the photograph, painting or map meaningless,” he explains.

“All the memories that go with it are taken away.”This is why the weathered Navvy Jack House, even with significant

maintenance and repairs in order, is hailed as one of the Lower Main-land’s most remarkable heritage houses.

- With historical information from the West Vancouver Historical

Society and West Vancouver Archives.

OVER A CENTURY - The Navvy Jack House has a 128-year history in Ambleside seen in these photos from (left to right) 1914, 1957, 1988 and presently. (Left to right)West Vancouver Library, West Vancouver Archives, West Vancouver Archives, Rob Newell photos


After failing to strike it rich in the gold fields, “Navvy Jack” settled in Ambleside with Chief Kiepilano’s granddaughter and built what is now the Lower Mainland’s oldest continuously occupied house

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You would never know unless someone told you. There are no visible plaques or historical markers on this old house.The outside finish, once pristinely white-washed with elaborate Victori-

an brackets, shows decades of wear. But, although it’s difficult to tell, the Navvy Jack House is one of the North

Shore’s most significant heritage houses, and has been owned by the District of West Vancouver since 1990.

Located at 1768 Argyle Ave. on the Seawall in Ambleside, it’s the oldest-known continuously occupied house in the Lower Mainland.

Pioneer John Thomas, known locally as “Navvy Jack,” built the house in 1868 after leaving Great Britain.

He originally planned to find fortune in the Cariboo gold fields, but instead ended up operating a ferry on Burrard Inlet and later established a gravel-hauling busi-ness on Capilano River.

It was then that he acquired 32 hectares of land along West Vancouver’s water-front and, the following year, built the Navvy Jack House after marrying Rowia, the granddaughter of Chief Kiepilano.

In a black-and-white photo from the turn of the century (top left image), women wearing broad hats and cotton, floor-length dresses gather in front of the house to prepare for West Vancouver’s first church wedding.

Elizabeth Lawson, the daughter of the “Father of West Vancouver” John Lawson, is getting married on Dec. 31, 1914.

John Lawson bought the house, then standing proud with dark trim and turned-columns, at an auction after Navvy Jack fell on hard times in the early 1890s. Down on his luck, the house’s original owner returned to the gold fields and died shortly after.

Nature centre?Today the historical significance of the Navvy Jack House can be easy to miss.Stucco replaces much of the wood trim, aluminum windows are installed and a

glass-walled balcony is added to the steep roof line. While many heritage homes on the North Shore are celebrated for their histor-

ical significance, proudly displaying plaques near the front steps, the Navvy Jack House’s significance is clearly understated.

The District of West Vancouver, which owns the house and is responsible for all upkeep, has put aside money in this year’s budget to replace the moss-covered roof.

But it isn’t clear how much the district has spent on maintaining the house since it was acquired in 1990.

When asked by The Outlook, the district said it owns several houses on Argyle Avenue and doesn’t keep separate records of expenses for repairs and maintenance.

The district further explained: Much of the work is done by municipal staff but time isn’t recorded for each project separately and, when an outside service is called in, the payment is recorded against general facility repair.

But still, a bit worse for the wear, the Navvy Jack House has thankfully managed to remain standing for nearly 130 years through extensive redevelopment of the waterfront.

With priceless oceanfront views, the house has been in the caring hands of Lloyd Williams, who has lived there for 46 years, including after the district bought the property in 1990.

Williams, who is in his 90s and has a lifetime-tenancy agreement with the dis-trict, would like to see the house kept standing after he no longer lives there.

“When we bought the house, my wife saw an old clipping of it and wanted to retain as much as possible,” Williams told The Outlook over the phone.

“Now that she has passed away, I’ve been thinking more about what should be done with the house.”

With some additions and upgrades, such as electrical and plumbing, the inside is in great shape and still has its historical charm, says Williams, whose parents used to take him for picnics on the property when he was young.

Concerned about the rapid changes happening in Ambleside, he wrote a letter to council last year asking them to think carefully about their next steps.

“The house has a lot of character, is recognized by the District for its heritage value and I would hope it would be retained in some way, other than an eatery of some kind.”

One option is transforming the Navvy Jack House into a nature centre, which would include the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society and other stewardship groups.

A report on this possibility will likely go before council this year and Mayor Mi-chael Smith has already shown his support, emphasizing the new use would help

revitalize Ambleside. “What could possibly be more exciting on the waterfront than a

nature centre?” he asked council after reading Williams’ letter and hearing a presentation from the West Van Streamkeepers.

“The public spent a lot of money buying that land and what’s [on the Ambleside waterfront] now is far from ideal in my mind. We have some good art facilities, we have some Victory gardens and some crab grass patches, and that’s basically it.”

Rowia, granddaughter of Chief Kiepilano.Navvy Jack Thomas, a heavy-built man with dark curly hair and a

moustache, settled in Ambleside after he finished operating an un-scheduled ferry service on Burrard Inlet for workers of Pioneer Saw-mill in Lower Lonsdale’s Moodyville neighbourhood. During the early 1860s, the bustling mill sent lumber to Australia, the earliest export of lumber from Burrard Inlet to a foreign port.

But Navvy Jack’s ferry service was short lived. In 1867, Capt. VanBramer arrived with his small steamer, Sea Foam,

to begin a scheduled service. Always resourceful, Navvy Jack began hauling clean river-washed

gravel from the mouth of Capilano River to towns developing around the inlet.

He soon settled down with his wife Rowia and had their first child, Christine Thelka Thomas. She passed away in 1960 at the home of Chief Dan George at the age of 84. Although the record isn’t clear, the couple is thought to have three daughters and two sons.

When Navvy Jack died suddenly while on an ill-fated gold discovery mission in Barkerville, his family moved onto the Squamish Nation Reserve with their relatives and the house was sold at auction.

It’s this First Nation’s history that Carolanne Reynolds, chair of Heritage West Vancouver, would like to keep alive.

“This history should be incorporated some way, it’s a very import-ant part of the house and should be honoured,” she tells The Outlook, adding she is “overjoyed to see that the interior can be easily restored to its original type.”

In total, Navvy Jack and his wife have 10 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren — and counting.

Ensuring the iconic house survives the next century will be the work of the District of West Vancouver and heritage groups on the North Shore.

Peter Miller, president of the North Shore Heritage Preservation Society, said while there is a financial cost to maintain heritage homes, it’s vital to preserve them to protect our connection with the past.

“When we find an old photograph, map or painting… we can some-times recognize the building in it because it is still there today. But as soon as you destroy that building you remove the connection to the past and it makes the photograph, painting or map meaningless,” he explains.

“All the memories that go with it are taken away.”This is why the weathered Navvy Jack House, even with significant

maintenance and repairs in order, is hailed as one of the Lower Main-land’s most remarkable heritage houses.

- With historical information from the West Vancouver Historical

Society and West Vancouver Archives.

OVER A CENTURY - The Navvy Jack House has a 128-year history in Ambleside seen in these photos from (left to right) 1914, 1957, 1988 and presently. (Left to right)West Vancouver Library, West Vancouver Archives, West Vancouver Archives, Rob Newell photos


After failing to strike it rich in the gold fields, “Navvy Jack” settled in Ambleside with Chief Kiepilano’s granddaughter and built what is now the Lower Mainland’s oldest continuously occupied house

BY MICHAELA GARSTIN

Many parents are forced to turn around in Park Royal’s parking lot because they can’t make a left-hand turn onto Marine Drive

MICHAELA GARSTIN S t A f f R E p o R t E R

Soccer and field hockey parents praise the artificial turf fields in Ambleside but they say there is one major problem —

left hand turns are banned on Marine Drive, causing traffic congestion at Park Royal and illegal U-turns.

Instead of turning left to head west, they are forced to drive right and turn into the mall’s parking lot before making their way back onto Marine Drive.

“I’d say it’s a major nuisance,” says Victoria Mendes, whose son plays soccer.

“A good per cent of people who use the field are from West Van and they need to turn left, not toward Park Royal.”

The exit in question, which was reconfigured when Park Royal was renovated half a year ago, is the only way to get out of the area.

Mendes and other parents, sick of having to extend their commute home, created an

online petition, “Solution needed for the poor-ly designed exit out of Ambleside D/E fields,” to present to the District of West Vancouver. They have 415 supporters and expect the number to steadily increase.

Jeff McDonald, spokesman for the district, said the planning department is looking into the problem.

“Technically, yes, it could be changed but what we need to do is examine the different options and present a report to council,” he said.

McDonald said there are several alternative options for traffic flow, such as adding traffic lights to the intersection, but changes would cost money and time is needed to figure out the best route.

Parents behind the petition say several hundred cars leave the fields during the sports season. In addition, Ambleside Youth Centre and the West Van SPCA are also in the area.

Marine Drive and Taylor Way is one of the busiest intersections on the North Shore and, say the parents, additional cars turning around at Park Royal are compounding the traffic problem.

“It’s a constant source of irritation,” says Nicole Brown, whose children play both field hockey and soccer.

Along with Mendes, she sat down with the District of West Van to work on a solution and is hopeful one will be found soon.

“We’d like to solve the problem as fast as possible,” she says.

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The first sip of this ultra-dry Chenin Blanc is akin to the first bite of the freshest Anjou Pear you can imagine with the slight-est kiss of honey on the finish. The mix of Kimmeridgian soils, chock-full of fossilized marine life, and a good dose of gravel make each sip bright and ultra-crisp. Oysters anyone?

Jadot Couvent des Jacobins 2011 Chardonnay | Burgundy, France | $27.99 | BC Liquor Stores

While I’ve enjoyed previous vintages of Jadot’s hallmark Chardonnay composed of grapes grown in the Côte d’Or and Mâconnais, I’m really digging this 2011 highwire act that extends a slightly-tense bal-ance of oak, fresh citrus fruit and lively acidity. As it opens up and a straight-from-the-fridge chill dissipates, stone-fruit like

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Jean Francois Bourdy 2008 Chardonnay | Cotes du Jura, France | $35-40 | Private Wine Stores

I had this by the glass at Mount Pleasant’s Burdock & Co ($14), and it’s certainly not your grandmother’s Chardonnay. This one’s very dry and akin to

taking a mortar and pestle to a mix of lime-stone, walnuts, green grapes and lemon peel. Biodynamic, fermented with its own yeasts and no winemaker trickery involved. Some call it natural wine, I call it delicious.

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Oh, what a difference a little oak and age can make. After 13 months in a mix of French and American oak, the crew from Frontaura lie down this Tempranillo for a couple years so all of its strawberry-patch and fruity-tobacco goodness is swaddled in both spice and a rich, velvety texture. A ribbon of vanilla slips through the finish remarkably well.

Fina Vini 2012 Nero D’Avola | Sicily, Italy |$25-ish | Private Wine Stores

The indigenous-to-Sicily Nero D’Avola grape is always a favou-rite; this version offering text-book black olive and savoury herbs, showered with purple fruit and lightly cradled by soft oak. Sicilian-style pizza with tomato, onions, strong cheeses and herbs would go down a treat.

I’ve spotted most of these wines at both Kitsilano Wine Cellar and Dundarave Wine Cellar recently, but if you’re having any issues tracking them down, hit me up via KurtisKolt.com or Tweet me @KurtisKolt.

» TASTING NOTES

An Old World quintet

We have a lot of wines to play around with this week, so let’s get right to it!

If you’re not quite feeling my recommendation of oysters with the Saumur les Pouches 2012 Chenin Blanc, there are plenty of other routes you can take and they needn’t be fancy, either! I’m still thinking fish or seafood, but you’ll want to keep flavours clean and bright. Take the Clover Leaf Dill & Lemon Flaked Light Tuna, make some tuna melts and enjoy how the wine refreshes the palate with each sip.

You know what? I’m going to keep thing ultra-casual here. Sometimes we slave over four-course gourmet dinners, and other times we call it in with something ridiculously easy and quick. There’s nothing stopping you from opening a bottle of Jadot Couvent des Jacobins 2011 Chardonnay while quickly throwing together some Annie’s Macaroni & Cheese or Shells & White Cheddar and then marveling at how well the pairing actually works. The pastas are organic and made from all-natural ingredients, so the only guilt you may feel is over how easy it all came together.

Let’s go to the opposite side of the pasta spectrum with Jean Francois Bourdy’s 2008 Chardonnay. The wine has some extreme intensity, so you’ll want to have a worthy adversary with your meal. After choosing your favourite type of pasta shape, put together a little truffle butter sauce with Sulpizio Tartufi Summer Black Truffle Paste and buckle your seat belt for some big, bold deliciousness.

The Frontaura 2005 Crianza’s oak and strawberry fruitiness brings a hint of sweetness to the table, so you can feel free to contrast that with something that has a little heat. A little Freybe Wine Chorizo on a warmed, crusty roll, perhaps with a little chimichurri should hit the spot.

Finally, Fina Vini 2012 Nero D’Avola calls for pizza loaded with all of your favourite toppings. You should answer that call!

As always, if you’re having trouble finding something or just want to say hi, find me via KurtisKolt.com or on Twitter @KurtisKolt

Perfect Pairings:Kurtis Kolt teams up with Loblaw’s City MarketOutlook wine columnist Kurtis Kolt is hunting the aisles of North Vancouver’s Loblaw’s City Market in search of the perfect pairings to go along with his weekly wine picks.

Now, let’s get pairing:

Five wines that deliver an extra special ‘something’

Over the last week I’ve had the opportunity to try a slew of wines I’d never had before, both at work and at play, that now sit close to my heart.

The handful I’m sharing this week are all from the Old World, and lean ever-so-slightly towards the spendy side, at least for everyday wines. I’ll vouch for the fact, however, that these aren’t exactly everyday wines. While they’ll be enjoyable whenever you decide to crack ’em, they each have their own unique quali-ties and character that give that extra special “some-thing” you won’t find elsewhere on store shelves.

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North Shore beer trek There’s something brewing ‘round here

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GEORGE PAJARIC O n t R i b u t O R

Those who live on the North Shore have wit-nessed an explosion in craft brewing locally in slightly more than a year.

From a single brewery (Red Truck Brewing, established 2005), we now have five, in order of opening in 2013: Bridge Brewing, Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers, Green Leaf Brewing, and in 2014, Black Kettle Brewing. Unfortunately we will be losing Red Truck soon as it has outgrown its North Van location and will be moving to the Brewery Creek area of Vancouver.

What we have is the making of the Great North Shore Beer Trek: nine kilo-metres, 17 minutes end-to-end (not count-ing time to quaff the wonderful beers at each location). A trip to be made by bus or with a designated driver for sure. Check the brewery websites for times but one of the best is Friday afternoon when Bridge Brewing taps their weekly special cask at 1 p.m. and Deep Cove hosts a food truck (tomorrow it’s Blue Smoke BBQ). Here are the brewery coordinates:

n Black Kettle Brewing, 106-720 Copping St. n Green Leaf Brewing, Lonsdale Quay n Deep Cove Brewers & Distillers, 170-2270 Dollarton Hwy n Bridge Brewing, 115-2433 Dollarton Hwy

Beer of the Month - Russell Brewing Nectar of the Gods

Although spring is the time for lighter beers, the Nectar of the Gods wheat wine from Russell Brewing is so exceptional it warrants mention.

And if you can avoid temptation and lay a couple of bottles down until next winter, your patience will be rewarded in spades. This high-alcohol wheat ale has been matured in Tennessee Whiskey barrels for over four months and that adds com-plex vanilla, caramel, and oak flavours to the underlying pear and banana notes. A magnificent beer that balances the palate of flavours beauti-fully.

Cloudburst White IPA, ReduxWhen I tasted last month’s Beer of

the Month, Howe Sound Brewing’s Cloudburst Lemongrass White IPA, it was from the bottle and I thought Mark Galvani’s recommendation was a worthy choice, if not particularly exceptional. Just after my column went to print, I had the opportunity to try the beer fresh at the Howe Sound brewpub and was absolutely astounded at the difference. The complexity and subtlety of the aroma was amazing. Worth the trip to Squamish just for this one beer. Not sure how they’re going to get that fresh aromatic flavour into bottles for the BC Beer Awards but if they solve that problem, they’ll be getting a medal this year for sure.

This highlights an important differ-ence between beer styles — some age well (such as this month’s recommend-

ed brew) and some have a shelf life measured in weeks (such as Cloudburst).

-George Pajari is a BJCP certified beer judge and elected member (ret’d) of the Institute of Brewing, London, UK. Reach him at [email protected] and follow him at @zythesis

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Louie, an ‘extremely shy’ dog missing from Lynn Valley. Contributed photo

North Shore Rescue has joined the effort to find Louie, a dog whose owners have been desper-

ately searching for him since March 13. Louie, who is around 70 pounds, has a blond coat

and looks like a large lab, bolted from his owners at Princess Park in Lynn Valley.

After determining he may be in a specific area of Grouse Mountain, North Shore Rescue scoured the area but couldn’t find him.

The latest possible sighting was back at Princess Park on Sunday, when two people walking through the area said they saw a dog matching Louie’s description.

“Apparently, Lou dog had come out of hiding for a second but decided it was just too scary so he disap-peared back into the woods,” says his owner Scott Robarts, adding Louie is extremely shy.

If you see Louie, do not approach or call his name because it will frighten him. Instead, call or text Robarts at 778-848-6100.

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Shakespeare Homes also built a detached garage with its own heritage-style architecture. It looks like a carriage house, with its own heat, power and bathroom, and features a vaulted cathedral-framed ceiling.

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Perth’s claim to fame is as the setting for The Fair Maid of Perth, an historical novel by Sir Walter Scott (author of Ivanhoe, Rob Roy and numerous other books) which was inspired by a rather unusual Battle of the North Inch in 1396. As you can guess, it’s a story of one pretty nice young girl and a very odd battle.

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The Canadian foursome – Lindsay, a Delbrook grad, sisters Robin and Dawn who had gone to Handsworth and Lorraine who went to Windsor – met and joined forces at the North Shore Winter Club. While all were in their 20s, they qualified for four consecutive provin-cial championships, winning the B.C. and Canadian titles in 1976 and again in 1979.

The first challenge in Perth was one they expected. “I remember having a very heavy maple leaf on our backs,” recalls Lindsay over the phone from Courtenay where she is retired after a teaching career at Sherwood Park, Upper Lynn, Ross Road and Carisbrooke. “It was great to go there and represent Canada and we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to do well for our country.”

But there were unexpected challenges.“We’d never curled internationally so a lot of things were very for-

eign to us,” offers Lindsay. “The ice was a big hockey rink with sheets, so there were no dividers and the hacks were wooden blocks with nails in it that you had to sort of stick into the ice. Robin and I were left-handed and everybody else was right-handed so we were constantly moving the hack back and forth.

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YouNg Rock STARS - The curling team (l-r) of third Dawn Knowles, skip Lindsay Sparkes, second Robin Wilson and lead Lorraine Bowles won B.C. and Canadian titles for the North Shore Winter Club in both 1976 and 1979.Robin Wilson collection


“The rocks had no markings so Robin put little stickers on the handle so we knew which pair we were throwing because part of playing your best is to know what your rocks are going to do.”

Robin, who still lives in North Van and remains very much involved in the curling scene doing media relations for the Canadian championships each year and the worlds when held in Canada as they are this week in New Brunswick, adds, “We were one of the first teams to do this [mark the rocks]. It was unheard of internationally. Now everybody does it. So I was doing the matching and a very famous Scottish gentleman named Chuck Hay, who was all-powerful with the World Curling Federation, came over and told me it was illegal.”

That was just the beginning.“Because the venue was an arena,” Lindsay explains, “there were people standing at ice level

around the boards commenting on your game.” Robin remembers, “These men were within two feet of you, chatting with you, talking the

whole time, saying things like ‘Why are you doing that?’ It was quite an experience.”Lindsay continues, “I remember one time the host club’s mixed league hadn’t finished their

game so there was no practice ice for the women who were competing in the world champion-ship. The Canadian championships had been going on for years and years and we sort of had a picture of what a championship would look like and this was just very different from what we were used to in Canada.

“The ice conditions were very different. I never did get a real handle on how to play the ice because everything you learned in Canada didn’t apply because the conditions were so differ-ent. We were all just baffled. So it was a real struggle mentally and emotionally. It was just hard, very hard. Every time we went out on the ice it was a struggle. We were like fish out of water.

“But it was a great experience. We weren’t mature enough, I guess, to handle all the distrac-tions. So we ended up coming third.”

There were cultural differences too. After one game, the Canadians were invited out for a drink by their opponents but politely declined as they had another game that afternoon. Later they heard they’d been rude to decline.

“It was,” Lindsay notes, “such a totally different world. I’ll tell you what was really interest-ing, shocking actually. In the locker room before the first game, the teams all sat there and conversed with each other in all different languages. We sat there with minimal French and I remember feeling very small. We could only speak one language. All these other women, it seemed, could speak a number of languages. We were quite in awe of that. It was a real cul-tural shock.”

And there were humourous moments. “When I was trying to make conversation with the French skip,” Lindsay says, laughing at the memory, “I think I told her I loved her. I knew by the look on her face. I thought, ‘Oh, that didn’t come out right.’ She stayed clear of me for the rest of the draw.

“We were the only team using corn brooms. Robin and Lorraine were wonderful sweepers. A piece of straw came out of one of their brooms. The Scottish skip went down the ice, picked it up and didn’t put it in the garbage but ceremoniously presented it to me. Later, I thought I should have said, ‘Oh, thank you’ and shoved it back in the broom.”

After round-robin play, our North Shore team had a respectable 7-3 won-loss record – part of a rare five-way tie for second behind Sweden’s 8-2 – and were given a bye to the semi-finals which the Swiss won 7-3 before going on to destroy Sweden 13-5 in the final.

“It was quite an experience,” says Robin, “but what I fondly remember most is that I was five months pregnant [with first child Chelsea] and having to adjust to looking quite pregnant. Because we always dressed – as the girls still do today – in similar outfits, they all went shop-ping with me and bought maternity clothes. So we were all in these tenty outfits [see photo above]. That to me was the most wonderful gesture as a team.”

The 1979 worlds were their last hurrah together. Lindsay went on to play with Linda Moore, claiming the 1985 world and 1988 Olympic (demonstration) championships, and then serve as Canada’s long-time team leader (coach) at the worlds. Dawn, Canada’s first team leader in 1982, became a teacher and principal in Burnaby. She died at 53 in 2006. Robin was instru-mental in securing Scott Paper’s long-time sponsorship of the Canadians in 1982, an event she’s worked with ever since. Lorraine moved to Trail and now lives in Anchorage.

Lindsay and Robin are both in the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame as builders and in 2006 the foursome was inducted as a team.

“Those days were great days,” Robin says contemplatively, “They were wonderful days. We were so young…”

This is episode 499 from Len Corben’s treasure chest of stories – the great events and the quirky – that bring to life the North Shore’s rich sports history.

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Throwing sTones in scoTland - The NSWC’s two-time national curling champs went to the inaugural women’s world championships in 1979 in Scotland. L-r: Lorraine (Springer) Bowles (now Ambrosio), Robin (Knowles) Wilson, Dawn Knowles (later Harris) and skip Lindsay (Davie) Sparkes being presented the Canadian trophy in 1979 by David Stewart. Robin Wilson collection


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An auto show for the entire provinceIt’s that time of year again when car shoppers can check out the hottest trends, latest innovations and some old classics at the 94th annual Vancouver International Auto Show.This year’s show, which runs from March 25 to 30 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, promises to be a great family-friendly event with some exciting new features, following a record-breaking year for auto sales in Canada in 2013.The show is owned and oper-ated by the New Car Dealers Association of BC, serving as a new model showcase for the Canadian automotive industry and representing more than 30 distinct brands from the world’s leading manufacturers. Canadians purchased a record-setting 1.74 million cars last year: a four per cent increase over 2012 and just the second time in history that the market has ever surpassed 1.7 million units. In British Columbia alone, new car dealers account for more than $10 billion annually in economic activity. This makes it an important industry for entire province where our dealer

members employ, directly and indirectly, more than 34,000 high paying, full-time people in the more than 50 communities they serve.The show may be at the coast and therefore a little too long a drive for many readers but I would encourage you to cast your eye over show media coverage and use that material for information and ideas. Then go to visit some of our members’ dealerships where they operate an ‘auto show’ for 52 weeks a year!For those of you who can attend be sure to participate in the Green Ride and Drive, which puts you at wheel of the latest eco-friendly vehicles. Another feature is the Exotics, which is

a selection of truly exhilarating automobiles – you can dream!Visitors at this year’s show will also get to ex-perience a bit of automotive history at Hagerty Classic Alley, featuring beautiful cars from the 1950s and 1960s, including a special salute to the Ford Mustang and its 50th anniversary celebration. Two classic cars will also be auctioned off, with

100 per cent of the funds going towards two very de-serving causes. The first is a 1966 Plymouth Satellite, funds from which will go towards the MS Society of Canada. The second is a 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe, profits from which will be donated to the New Car Dealers Foundation of BC.For more information on the show visit: vancouverinternationalautoshow.com

Blair Qualey is President and CEO of the New Car Dealers Association of BC. Email him at [email protected]

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Ford has been on a roll here in Canada, finishing out 2013 as the top-selling brand for the fourth consecutive year.There are some very big products coming from Ford over the coming year that will make a big impact on its sales and image, and you will get a peek at some of them at the Vancouver International Auto Show.The first is the biggest introduction of any automaker this year, the all-new 2015 Ford F-150 full-size pickup truck. The F-150 isn’t just the best-selling truck in Canada for almost 50 years; it is the overall sales champ, selling more than any other nameplate. Period. Ford isn’t merely introducing an updated model. No, they went to town, developing a entirely new manufacturing process that will rev-olutionize the full-size truck space. The body of the next F-150 is built of an aluminum alloy material that Ford claims is 318kg lighter but stronger than the outgoing model. In addition, the frame is made of thinner, lighter and stronger high-tensile steel that combined with the body, produces the weight savings. This is an industry first, and a revolutionary approach to building trucks. In addition to a lighter body, the engineers have developed two new engines to compliment the existing 3.5L EcoBoost turbo-charged V6 model and 5.0L normally aspirated V8 engine. The first is a new 3.5L V6 en-gine, replacing the outgoing 3.7L model base engine. With a lighter truck, a smaller engine can do the work. A smaller 2.7L turbocharged EcoBoost V6 is also going to be introduced with an auto start-stop function that switches off the engine when the truck is sitting still. Official fuel economy ratings have not been released but Ford executives tell me they hope to have best in class gasoline fuel economy.Other enhancements to the F-150 include a new steplad-der that integrates into the tailgate. Ford was the first to have this feature but it has been improved for 2015. The rear tailgate also has a soft-open feature that prevents the tailgate from slamming down, plus a light switch near the back of the truck to illuminate the bed with new LED lights.The second vehicle that will have a big impact of Ford, but more of an image car, is the

all-new 2015 Mustang. Interesting-ly, about 25 percent of all Mustangs are sold here in British Columbia, so this is a big deal for us.The 2015 Mustang is now going to be sold around the world and developed as part of the “One Ford” approach to making cars they can share in every market. This means the Mustang will be sold, for the first time, with right hand drive for countries like the UK, Australia and Japan.The stance of the new Mustang is lower, wider and more muscular, with the wheels pushed out to provide better stability. The fastback has a steeper rake and a bigger trapezoidal grille has enhanced the shark nose design. Initially the

Mustang will be sold as a coupe and convertible with the base and GT trim; the higher performance models will come later.Inside is another clean-sheet design, featuring real aluminum switches and dials, with two large gauges behind the steering wheel. The interior looks more upscale than any Mustang before.Under the hood the GT trim continues with the 5.0L V8 with improved valves and cylinders helping to pump out over 420hp. The base 3.7L V6 is also carried over but now with 300hp. The big news is the introduction of a 2.3L turbocharged EcoBoost 4-cylinder with an estimated 300hp and 300 lb.-ft. of torque.

For years, the criticism has been the lack of independent rear suspension in the Mustang but this is no longer the case. A fully independent rear suspension will help get all the power down to the ground from all three engines plus provide improved handling. Ford is hoping with this new platform and available engines, this new model will provide as many thrills as any German sports model and for less money. Pricing has not been final-ized but expect it to be in line with existing 2014 Mustang pricing.Ford is doing well here in Canada and with all-new products it will have a good chance of staying number one.zack.spencer@drivewaybc.

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Zack Spencer

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The all-new 2015 Ford Mustang. zack spencer photo

Notice of Upcoming Closure

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure would like to notify the public of the planned full closure of Highway 1 at the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge on:

Wednesday, April 2, from 1:00 a.m. until 5:00 a.m.

Both the overhead signs spanning the width of the bridge will be removed during this closure, and traffic will be directed to use Lions Gate Bridge.

The eastside bridge sidewalk remains closed until August 2014. Once the eastside sidewalk is completed and reopened, the westside sidewalk will close until March 2015.

This work is part of the safety fence installation and sidewalk widening construction for the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge project.

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