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“The Port has to apologize a little on this one,” came the surprising admission of wrongdoing from Port

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director of trade areas and infrastructure delivery, at the height of what’s become an almost recurring Monday night showdown between the federal Port authority and North Vancouver city council.

This week’s blowup was — like the others — a result of the Port’s expansion around its north-side Burrard Inlet terminals and the Low Level Road realignment project. But this time it was an angry delegation of dozens of historic Moodyville area residents who flooded council chambers to lash out at both the Port and BC Hydro for failing to consult with resi-dents about the installation of high-voltage hydro lines through Moodyville, as they prom-ised they would last June.

Apparently the Port and the provincial power company simply announced on March 6 that the transmission lines and towers had already been ordered and that the installation work would begin along Third Street and St. Davids Avenue before the end of the month.

Prior to the announcement, residents and city councillors had assumed the high-voltage lines feeding the Richardson grain terminal would be located on Port lands and along the expanded Low Level Road. At very least, council assumed the Port’s promise to consult with residents about the placement of the lines would be honoured.

They were wrong, Pedley admitted in his apology.

It was an unacceptable outcome, accord-ing to all councillors, though Coun. Linda Buchanan was absent from Monday’s meet-ing.

Coun. Rod Clark fired first, citing a two-year-old city dispute with BC Hydro over changes in plans at a hydro substation just one block north of where the current resident dispute originates.

“Be careful with Hydro,” Clark, a Moodyville resident, warned. “Their track record at this council table is dismal, to put it mildly.”

BC Hydro responded to The Outlook Tuesday, saying only that questions about the project should be directed to the Port.

Still, Coun. Pam Bookham protested loud-est, calling for open demonstrations and civil disobedience in the streets of Moodyville if residents’ demands are not heard.

“I believe you’re going to get a very patron-izing explanation of why you need to suck it up and allow this to happen in your neigh-bourhood,” she told the residents. “If I were you, I would be taking to the streets. I would be taking charge of my neighbourhood and making it very, very difficult for Hydro to get in there to do the work that they are inflict-ing on your community. That’s entirely up to you. But if you’re there, I’ll be there.”

An emergency meeting was called for Tuesday evening between Moodyville resi-dents and Port, Hydro and city officials. City staff were directed to examine the input of the meeting and report back to council with their recommendations.

But serious doubt prevails among city coun-cil as to whether either the power company or the federal Port authority will budge from their Moodyville plans.

“So what we should expect from this point forward is, in fact, that there will be options to reroute?” Coun. Craig Keating asked Pedley. “I’m not saying that we will necessar-ily end up with those options, but that there will be a public process whereby we can dis-cuss options about how we plan a different route that has met the objections up to this stage?” he clarified.

“We will listen to the community, present some options, and I can’t promise any more than that,” came the Port’s response, to the disappointment of the residents.

Some of those Moodyville citizens who spoke at Monday’s meeting complained that this latest announcement is the fourth bomb-shell to fall on the neighbourhood from the Port expansion in the past year, and that the scope of the fallout from the project was still anyone’s guess.

Residents cited the deforestation of Moodyville Park, the expansion of coal facilities at Neptune Bulk Terminals and the planned $120-million expansion of the Richardson grain terminal — which the city staunchly opposed — as just the opening salvo in the Port’s expansion plans.

“How many more changes are coming that we didn’t see when we looked at the Low Level Road question?” Coun. Don Bell asked the Port. “How many more surprises do you have?”

It was a catch-22 question and one for which Mayor Darrell Mussatto called down the mercy rule and excused Pedley from answering, having already taken a verbal beating by council and residents.

“I get the feeling this is not the end of it,” Mussatto said at the close of the meeting.

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North Vancouver is one step closer to reach-ing a decision on whether to allow a drug recovery house on district-owned park land.

The Turning Point Recovery Society last week pre-sented its proposal and designs for a women’s nine-bed recovery house on a corner of Murdo Frazer Park at 2651 Lloyd Ave.

Their presentation was followed by a moderated roundtable talk that included residents and District of North Vancouver staff. And while the staff roundly endorse the recovery house plan, some area residents are still split on whether it’s the best use of park land.

In December, district council opted to hold an “alternative approval process” whereby at least 10 per cent of eligible district voters — about 6,000 peo-ple — would have to come out against the new use of the park land in order to block the rezoning motion.

According to district staff, opposition to the recov-ery house has fallen far short of that criteria, with only 180 people formally opposing the recovery house plan as of Tuesday.

And so, next month North Vancouver district council will give first reading to an amended zoning bylaw that will allow for a nine-bed voluntary recov-ery centre to be built and operated on the small cen-tral plot of Murdo Frazer Park.

“I’ve been driving this for six years,” District Coun. Doug MacKay-Dunn told The Outlook last week. “I wanted a detox and recovery centre on the North Shore and I don’t want to send people downtown to the Downtown Eastside for recovery. There’s just too much temptation down there.”

And while this recovery house won’t offer a detox facility, it will house residents in a zero-tolerance three- to five-month program for drug and alcohol recovery.

“They’re not court-mandated individuals. We don’t accept people with hardened criminal pasts,” Turning Point executive director Brenda Plant told The Outlook, dispelling rumours she’s heard from some opposed to the location.

For more than 30 years Turning Point has run similar recovery houses in Vancouver and Richmond, where they have 22 beds and 18 beds, respectively. In her experience as director, Plant said, recovery houses don’t bring trouble to neighbourhoods, but rather have the opposite effect.

“One of the things that came up is that there are drug dealers already in the neighbourhood,” she said. “But I think it’s important for people to know that when support recovery houses such as ours move into neighbourhoods, that kind of activity tends to

dissipate over time because they have no vest-ed interest in being around us because there’s no demand for the product.”

It’s a point on which MacKay-Dunn, a for-mer cop in the Downtown Eastside, agreed.

“These folks are in recovery. They’re not using drugs and anyone who even goes near that place and looks suspicious, the cops are going to be called,” he said. “So actually, it’s going to enhance the security of the neigh-bourhood because currently the neighbours are complaining about drug activity going on in and around the park.”

Nearby, the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church has expressed support for the rehab centre, as have the Edgemont and Upper Capilano com-munity associations.

As for the actual house itself, Turning Point plans to construct a sage green building in the local heritage style similar to, and in the foot-print of, a house that sat on the same site but was demolished by the district two years ago.

A public hearing on the North Vancouver women’s recovery house is tentatively planned for May 21.

“I get it, people have that fear of the unknown,” Plant added. “But we really encourage people to come see our existing sites.”

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Opposition to North Van women’s rehab centre falls flat

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

Murdo Frazer Park recovery centre plans move ahead as opposition overestimated

ON-SCENE - The site at 2651 Lloyd Ave.where a proposed women’s recovery house may go. Todd Coyne photo


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With the harmonized sales tax disappearing on April 1, some bicy-

cle store owners believe that reverting back to the PST and GST could increase business.

Bicycles and their related equipment — as well as some other items including children’s clothes and footwear and books — are PST-free, which means there are potential savings to be had for consumers.

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duplexes and single-family homes could go in the large lot. That’s 19 homes, consisting of 11 detached dwellings and eight duplexes, to be exact.

The congregation at North Shore Unitarian Church isn’t satisfied with the aging space, said repre-sentatives from the church. There’s no bus service so many seniors can’t make service by themselves and the 43-year-old building isn’t wheelchair accessible.

So the congregation should move somewhere else on the North Shore that’s more accessible, said a delegation of church members at a West Van council meeting on Monday. If the land at 370 and 380 Mathers Ave. is rezoned, the buyer, Darwin Construction, wants to develop the area.

The proposal is to build The Residences on Mathers, a plan that both outraged and delighted people at the meeting. Single-family hous-es would go for around $1.5 mil-lion, while duplex units would cost around $1 million each.

“It is seen by the neighbour-hood as a ‘windfall’ for the church,” said neighbourhood resident Dave Lust about the amount of money the church would make from sell-ing the land. “Nineteen homes right through the centre of our neighbourhood just doesn’t feel like character to us. It feels like an invasion.”

People opposed to the develop-ment said the density is far too high for their neighbourhood, which isn’t close to amenities or on a bus route, and would cause unmanageable traffic.

“This is clearly not appropriate. We live in a very isolated area,” said Bob Thompson, who lives beside the church.

The proposed development, how-ever, is in line with part of West Van’s official community plan (OCP) which calls for more diverse housing options, said a representa-tive from Darwin Construction.

Since the church already holds a preschool, daycare and community gatherings, Coun. Craig Cameron said he wasn’t convinced traffic would get worse if the houses were built. “I do think that there’s a middle ground that can be reached of less than 19 [homes] and more than 12 or 10 as some of the resi-dents have written is acceptable.”

For the development to go through, West Van’s OCP will have to be amended. A public meeting about the project will take place in April.


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A president with personality Smart, colourful and candid, Kris Bulcroft finds the perfect fit at Capilano U

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There’s no tweed or stuffiness inside the president’s office at Cap U.

In fact, today the North Vancouver university’s president is decked out in a zebra-print blazer with a poodle brooch on her lapel, slacks and sensible black shoes.

Kris Bulcroft admits she’s not your prototypi-cal university president, something she’s proud of.

“I rejected it,” says the Prius-driving PhD.“Cap is the perfect fit. I can be myself here.”Bulcroft, who has more than two decades

of experience as a professor and academic administrator, took it as a major compliment a few months after she was hired when a staff member told her: “You’re exactly the person we interviewed.”

“The fit is everything,” says Bulcroft, whose husband Richard is an associate professor of sociology at Bellingham’s Western Washington University.

She wanted the Cap job, but didn’t need it so badly that she couldn’t be herself during the interview process.

Bulcroft officially began at Capilano U in August 2010, moving into the president’s office on the fourth floor of the Birch Building.

It was a palatial space with postcard views of the city. But she hated it.

“Very isolated, very removed, I never saw students — I felt cut off from the campus,” she recalls.

So she decided to move to a smaller office on the main floor of the Arbutus Building, bringing all her vice-presidents along with her.

“As you can see it’s right here in dead cen-tre of campus,” she says.

The glass-fronted building makes all the president’s men and women highly visible.

And while that all-access proximity might not work at all schools, it does at Cap.

“I think especially here: we’re all about relationships — small classes, small faculty. It fits the culture of Cap.”

As you might expect, Bulcroft’s office isn’t a sterile place decorated only with framed degrees and certificates. It reflects her person-ality. The walls and shelves are adorned with vibrant art, photos and a few kitschy items, like a pink ceramic poodle (she’s crazy about poodles and is posing in the photo at the right with her dog Margaux, named after the French wine Château Margaux).

“I wanted it to feel like home,” says Bulcroft, who spends long hours on campus and unwinds by taking nature walks and cooking.

She also ordered a red sofa and grey chairs — “contemporary, functional” — for visitors to sit comfortably for a chat. And she gets a lot of visitors.

Bulcroft has an open-door policy with stu-dents, faculty and staff. Most of the students who drop by simply want to share a bit of good news or maybe discuss some ideas they have.

She loves the interaction with the students. “I miss the teaching part, you learn so much

from students.”“Look at them out there,” she says, pointing

to a group of hacky sack players outside the window of her first-floor office. “And I have a ringside seat.”

Whenever she gets the chance, like she did this morning inside a business class, the prof-turned-president is always up for an energetic exchange of ideas.

She walks the campus regularly, stopping to talk to students, many of whom she has gotten to know by name. Most call her Kris.

Once a month she meets with a group from Student Voices to discuss topics ranging from how best to engage Cap alumni to help current students to the importance of a student

pub.Along with a chance to sit down with the

president, the students also get to request whatever they want for lunch. Bulcroft, who takes the order to food services, smiles when recalling a recent order — Tater Tot casserole.

When Bulcroft first arrived at Cap, she walked around the campus and noticed there seemed to be a dearth of collaborative spaces for students to informally gather and exchange ideas.

“[The] deepest learning takes place during peer to peer,” she says.

Since she arrived, the university has been busy changing what she calls the “pass-through” architecture to make it more of a “destination campus,” with lots of room for students to hang out.

Recently the school has opened the Aboriginal Student Centre, renovated the gathering space at the Student Union build-ing and in June will unveil the Centre for International Experience.

Next, Bulcroft has her sights on a library reno. “We’ve been able to make physical changes to meeting places. You see them being used all the time. Now, we’re a destination for more and more students. I see the transforma-tion before my eyes.”

And Cap’s academic rep continues to grow internationally. Last month the school was granted accreditation by an internationally recognized agency, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities — a process that took seven years to complete and taught Cap how to improve as a university. It’s the first school in Canada to earn NWCCU’s designation.

“Being fully accredited by the NWCCU is a significant advantage for Capilano University, its students, faculty, and staff,” Bulcroft said at the time in a statement. “It demonstrates we are a university that knows what our stu-dents learn, and through the clear learning outcomes, we foster the development of trans-ferable, real-world skills. These include criti-cal thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration and community service.”

Plus, it’s probably one of the few universi-ties in the world where you might just get a chance to sit down with the uni-versity’s leader to have an engaging discussion over a dish of Tater Tot casserole.

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West Van traffic cop Cpl. Grant Gottgetreu routinely witnesses bone-

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cover of this week’s Outlook (see story page 10) he was late because he had to pull over and ticket a driver who was tailgating him and flashing his high-beams on a dark, rain-soaked stretch of the Upper Levels Highway.

That makes him angry, especially considering the fact his unmarked cruiser has an impossible-to-miss green “N” decal on the back.

A veteran of the traffic section, Gottgereu started sporting the green sticker on his unmarked cruiser years ago because he found other drivers became more aggressive around him figuring he was a newbie behind the wheel.

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On murky nights like this, unsuspect-ing motorists aren’t usually prepared for Dosanjh to suddenly spring out of nowhere.

“I’ll be everywhere, it’s rainy, it’s dark, that’s my ideal envi-ronment. I’ll be out there, that’s what I do.”

And expect the unexpected. At a recent enforcement blitz at the corner of Third and Forbes, he was positioned stealthily behind a lamp standard for a distracted driver dragnet. It was a highly successful operation. “The num-bers speak for themselves,” he says, poker-faced.

As a member of the traffic section, Dosanjh is responsible for all things vehicle-related, but his real penchant is for busting drug- and alcohol-impaired drivers.

“It’s impaired operations for sure — that’s my primary.” And its something he excels at.

In both 2011 and 2012, Dosanjh has been among an elite group of B.C. cops named as Alexa’s All-Stars for their dedication to taking impaired drivers off the road. The group is named in memory of Alexa Middelaer, the four-year-old killed by an impaired driver in 2008. The officers selected as all-stars have each apprehended more than 28 impaired drivers in the calendar year.

What drives the tenacious Mountie? He’s family man who’s got a deep-felt empathy for those who’ve lost a loved one because of a drunk driver. When discussing personal accolades however, he prefers talking about the dedicated team it takes to keep the streets safer, from the public to the dispatchers and other traffic cops.

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Taking impaired drivers off the streets can take its toll, though. “It’s Thursday and I’m still exhausted from last Thursday, Friday and Saturday... strictly as a result of impaired investigations.”

A typical impaired investigation takes three hours, from pulling over the driver to release and transport and competing the paperwork. A particularly involved file can eat up an entire 10-hour shift, and then some. Still, for Dosanjh, it’s always worth it.

“The satisfaction I get is when the paper-work is cleared and I’m on the road.”

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Street cleaners Meet a pair of tenacious North Shore traffic cops who take dangerous driving very personally

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North Shore tow-truck drivers know him by name.

After all, last year he single-handedly accounted for 220 vehicles

being impounded for excessive speeding. And West Vancouver’s top traffic cop shows

no sign of slowing down.“This year I’ve already impounded 78 and

we’re just into March,” says Cpl. Grant Gott-getreu.

New legislation enacted in 2010 requires B.C. police officers to impound the vehicles of lead-footed drivers caught doing more than 40 km/h over the posted speed limit.

“And we haven’t even had the good months for impound — spring and summer when the roads are dry and the sun is out and daylight longer,” Gottgetreu continues.

“I had a guy last year doing 190 in a 90 [zone]— it’s scary.”

Gottgetreu is a veteran traffic enforcer with shortly cropped hair, bushy goatee and comedic wit. He unwinds by ballroom dancing with his wife and play-ing guitar in a cover band. But when talk turns to dangerous driving behaviour his brown eyes turn serious.

“To me traffic enforcement is very important in policing because we are doing a job to save lives.”

Plus, road stops can also net bad guys in stolen vehicles,

lead to drug and weapons seizures, reveal outstanding arrest warrants and more, he explains, noting later that serial killer Ted Bundy and the Oklahoma City Bomber, for instance, were both apprehended as the result of routine traffic violations.

“Everyone speeds,” he continues, as he steers his new-model Ford past Park Royal and towards Taylor Way.

Gottgetreu admits that if he decided to tick-et everyone doing “five or six or even 10 over the posted limited” he would “get no farther than one block from our police department.”

Those aren’t the drivers he’s hunting.“I’m looking more for the high-fliers.” “It’s all about speed and velocity. The faster

you’re going, the more likely you’re going to get injured or killed.

“That’s not rocket science, it’s physics.”

Having worked as a collision analyst, he should know.

During his two decades in policing, mostly in the traf-fic section, where he’s now an instructor and expert witness, he’s seen plenty of carnage on the roads.

A stint moonlighting with the B.C. Coroners Service recover-ing bodies exposed him to even more grisly sights, from murder scenes to fatal MVAs.

In two years, he transported 1,305 human remains.

“I don’t know why I kept

count, I just did,” he says. “That was just working part-time.”

Maybe that’s why he takes road safety so seriously.

Before he even became a cop he did a ride-along with the Port Mann Freeway Patrol. “That’s where I got bit by the traffic bug.”

From the get-go in the New West traffic sec-tion, he says some of his superiors wondered why he was so “heavy-handed” on the motor-ing public.

“Why are you like that?” they asked the young constable.

His response went something like: “If driv-ers are gripping the steering wheel tighter because they know I’m around then I’ve done my job.”

And he hasn’t let up. These days with the WVPD, the bulk of his enforcement takes place on the freeway and Cypress Bowl Road.

That’s where the majority of accidents and fatalities occur in West Van.

“Why’s that?” he asks, pausing, “Speed.”He puts his hands in the air. “They’re going faster.”And it’s not just testosterone-fuelled young

drivers in fast cars who are burying the speedometer. It’s a disparate group: male and female, ranging from “N” drivers to those in their eighties, driving every make and model.

“Remember that Canada Post vehicle that got impounded last year? That was me,” he says pointing to himself.

“Motorcycles, vans, trucks, cars, cabs, postal trucks.”

He’s even nabbed a Bentley Continental convertible worth $300,000 “driving in the 150s.”

The driver had just purchased the luxury car and was driving home from the dealership a little too excitedly. Instead, the car went direcetly to the impound lot.

“It was a beautiful car. Why are you going that fast?”

On this mild March afternoon, Gottgetreu is set up at one of his favourite fishing holes for speeders — a long straightaway on Cypress Bowl Road.

The speed limit here is 60 km/h.“[It’s a] provincial park, lots of wildlife,

not to mention hikers and cyclists all up and down the road.”

Earlier he pointed out some deer. “See them? If Bambie comes at you when you’re doing 110 look out.”

On this stretch, he gives drivers a little latitude on the speed limit.

“I’m very gracious that way.”Unfortunately, too many drivers like to

“open it up” on the snakelike mountain road-way.

“[That driver] looks over,” he says, training his radar on a fast-approaching black Audi.

As he clocks the driver Gottgetreu theorizes that his penchant for working traffic prob-ably comes from watching the highway patrol drama CHiPs as a kid. “Jon and Ponch.”

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Cpl. Grant Gottgetreu (below)

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“I’ll be everywhere, it’s rainy, it’s dark, that’s my ideal envi-ronment. I’ll be out there, that’s what I do.”

And expect the unexpected. At a recent enforcement blitz at the corner of Third and Forbes, he was positioned stealthily behind a lamp standard for a distracted driver dragnet. It was a highly successful operation. “The num-bers speak for themselves,” he says, poker-faced.

As a member of the traffic section, Dosanjh is responsible for all things vehicle-related, but his real penchant is for busting drug- and alcohol-impaired drivers.

“It’s impaired operations for sure — that’s my primary.” And its something he excels at.

In both 2011 and 2012, Dosanjh has been among an elite group of B.C. cops named as Alexa’s All-Stars for their dedication to taking impaired drivers off the road. The group is named in memory of Alexa Middelaer, the four-year-old killed by an impaired driver in 2008. The officers selected as all-stars have each apprehended more than 28 impaired drivers in the calendar year.

What drives the tenacious Mountie? He’s family man who’s got a deep-felt empathy for those who’ve lost a loved one because of a drunk driver. When discussing personal accolades however, he prefers talking about the dedicated team it takes to keep the streets safer, from the public to the dispatchers and other traffic cops.

Cpl. Richard De Jong, a spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP, isn’t shy about prais-ing the humble traffic cop. “Const. Dosanjh con-sistently shows dedication to improving public safety on our roadways. By targeting these behaviours the roadways of North Vancouver are safer for us all.”

Taking impaired drivers off the streets can take its toll, though. “It’s Thursday and I’m still exhausted from last Thursday, Friday and Saturday... strictly as a result of impaired investigations.”

A typical impaired investigation takes three hours, from pulling over the driver to release and transport and competing the paperwork. A particularly involved file can eat up an entire 10-hour shift, and then some. Still, for Dosanjh, it’s always worth it.

“The satisfaction I get is when the paper-work is cleared and I’m on the road.”

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» COVER

North Shore tow-truck drivers know him by name.

After all, last year he single-handedly accounted for 220 vehicles

being impounded for excessive speeding. And West Vancouver’s top traffic cop shows

no sign of slowing down.“This year I’ve already impounded 78 and

we’re just into March,” says Cpl. Grant Gott-getreu.

New legislation enacted in 2010 requires B.C. police officers to impound the vehicles of lead-footed drivers caught doing more than 40 km/h over the posted speed limit.

“And we haven’t even had the good months for impound — spring and summer when the roads are dry and the sun is out and daylight longer,” Gottgetreu continues.

“I had a guy last year doing 190 in a 90 [zone]— it’s scary.”

Gottgetreu is a veteran traffic enforcer with shortly cropped hair, bushy goatee and comedic wit. He unwinds by ballroom dancing with his wife and play-ing guitar in a cover band. But when talk turns to dangerous driving behaviour his brown eyes turn serious.

“To me traffic enforcement is very important in policing because we are doing a job to save lives.”

Plus, road stops can also net bad guys in stolen vehicles,

lead to drug and weapons seizures, reveal outstanding arrest warrants and more, he explains, noting later that serial killer Ted Bundy and the Oklahoma City Bomber, for instance, were both apprehended as the result of routine traffic violations.

“Everyone speeds,” he continues, as he steers his new-model Ford past Park Royal and towards Taylor Way.

Gottgetreu admits that if he decided to tick-et everyone doing “five or six or even 10 over the posted limited” he would “get no farther than one block from our police department.”

Those aren’t the drivers he’s hunting.“I’m looking more for the high-fliers.” “It’s all about speed and velocity. The faster

you’re going, the more likely you’re going to get injured or killed.

“That’s not rocket science, it’s physics.”

Having worked as a collision analyst, he should know.

During his two decades in policing, mostly in the traf-fic section, where he’s now an instructor and expert witness, he’s seen plenty of carnage on the roads.

A stint moonlighting with the B.C. Coroners Service recover-ing bodies exposed him to even more grisly sights, from murder scenes to fatal MVAs.

In two years, he transported 1,305 human remains.

“I don’t know why I kept

count, I just did,” he says. “That was just working part-time.”

Maybe that’s why he takes road safety so seriously.

Before he even became a cop he did a ride-along with the Port Mann Freeway Patrol. “That’s where I got bit by the traffic bug.”

From the get-go in the New West traffic sec-tion, he says some of his superiors wondered why he was so “heavy-handed” on the motor-ing public.

“Why are you like that?” they asked the young constable.

His response went something like: “If driv-ers are gripping the steering wheel tighter because they know I’m around then I’ve done my job.”

And he hasn’t let up. These days with the WVPD, the bulk of his enforcement takes place on the freeway and Cypress Bowl Road.

That’s where the majority of accidents and fatalities occur in West Van.

“Why’s that?” he asks, pausing, “Speed.”He puts his hands in the air. “They’re going faster.”And it’s not just testosterone-fuelled young

drivers in fast cars who are burying the speedometer. It’s a disparate group: male and female, ranging from “N” drivers to those in their eighties, driving every make and model.

“Remember that Canada Post vehicle that got impounded last year? That was me,” he says pointing to himself.

“Motorcycles, vans, trucks, cars, cabs, postal trucks.”

He’s even nabbed a Bentley Continental convertible worth $300,000 “driving in the 150s.”

The driver had just purchased the luxury car and was driving home from the dealership a little too excitedly. Instead, the car went direcetly to the impound lot.

“It was a beautiful car. Why are you going that fast?”

On this mild March afternoon, Gottgetreu is set up at one of his favourite fishing holes for speeders — a long straightaway on Cypress Bowl Road.

The speed limit here is 60 km/h.“[It’s a] provincial park, lots of wildlife,

not to mention hikers and cyclists all up and down the road.”

Earlier he pointed out some deer. “See them? If Bambie comes at you when you’re doing 110 look out.”

On this stretch, he gives drivers a little latitude on the speed limit.

“I’m very gracious that way.”Unfortunately, too many drivers like to

“open it up” on the snakelike mountain road-way.

“[That driver] looks over,” he says, training his radar on a fast-approaching black Audi.

As he clocks the driver Gottgetreu theorizes that his penchant for working traffic prob-ably comes from watching the highway patrol drama CHiPs as a kid. “Jon and Ponch.”

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Cpl. Grant Gottgetreu (below)

and Const. Jasvir dosanjh (at right).

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Pedestrians are at the top of West Vancouver’s transportation hier-archy, followed by bicycles, pub-

lic transit, delivery trucks and, finally, cars. The plan is to shift travel away from single-occupancy vehicles towards sustainable modes.

But what about seniors who need

their cars to get around? Because of where they live, one West

Van resident told council, it’s difficult to take the bus and impossible to bike.

“My friends and all my acquaintances are in their 70s and 80s. You’re not going to put those people on bicycles to go and get their groceries… or to go out to North Van to go play bridge,” said Ray Richards at a public discussion on Monday. “It’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”

Richards said he routinely carpools but is concerned parking spots will be taken away because of an emphasis being put on other types of transporta-tion such as bike lanes.

Transit options should be available for all people living in West Van, includ-ing seniors and those with disabilities, recommends a report from West Van’s transportation working group. But to reach its goal of reducing green house gases, many cars need to stay at home.

At the same meeting, people with young families came out to say they want more bike lanes for their children. The Spirit Trail, which is expected to run from Horseshoe Bay to Deep Cove along the waterfront in the next decade, is one step, but they also need a net-work of safe trails to connect different parts of West Van.

“We look at the fabulous Spirit Trail

that North Van (partially) completed quite some time ago, and we’re wonder-ing where ours is,” West Van resident Joannna Tremblay asked council.

On the other hand, commuter cyclists, some of whom travel daily to downtown Vancouver, want fast routes, not scenic paths with families on morning outings.

The “polar opposite” of opinion on encouraging people to leave their cars at home has made transportation plan-ning difficult, said West Van’s CAO Grant McRadu, adding the district is trying to address both sides in its plan.

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In the plan, many corners along Marine Drive will be “bumped-out” to improve safety and provide more room for people waiting to cross the street. Instead of the usual white lines, crosswalks are indicated with a unique “cobble” design, showing the street’s connec-tion with Ambleside’s shoreline.

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The plan also recommends de-cluttering the streets by, for instance, putting newspaper bins inside stores instead of on sidewalks.

One of the biggest changes, however, needs more discussion by council. The plan originally called for two designated festival streets near the waterfront along 14th and 17th that would provide space for street vendors, performers and markets.

The design would allow these streets to be easily closed down for events, but might not be viable as the area develops.

In recent months, Ambleside’s revitalization plan has drawn criticism for placing pedestrians above drivers by reducing the number of parking spots. Some seniors have told council that driving is the only way they can get to the waterfront.

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But what about seniors who need

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“My friends and all my acquaintances are in their 70s and 80s. You’re not going to put those people on bicycles to go and get their groceries… or to go out to North Van to go play bridge,” said Ray Richards at a public discussion on Monday. “It’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”

Richards said he routinely carpools but is concerned parking spots will be taken away because of an emphasis being put on other types of transporta-tion such as bike lanes.

Transit options should be available for all people living in West Van, includ-ing seniors and those with disabilities, recommends a report from West Van’s transportation working group. But to reach its goal of reducing green house gases, many cars need to stay at home.

At the same meeting, people with young families came out to say they want more bike lanes for their children. The Spirit Trail, which is expected to run from Horseshoe Bay to Deep Cove along the waterfront in the next decade, is one step, but they also need a net-work of safe trails to connect different parts of West Van.

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In the plan, many corners along Marine Drive will be “bumped-out” to improve safety and provide more room for people waiting to cross the street. Instead of the usual white lines, crosswalks are indicated with a unique “cobble” design, showing the street’s connec-tion with Ambleside’s shoreline.

“We got a lot of questions about how we’re going

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One of the biggest changes, however, needs more discussion by council. The plan originally called for two designated festival streets near the waterfront along 14th and 17th that would provide space for street vendors, performers and markets.

The design would allow these streets to be easily closed down for events, but might not be viable as the area develops.

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“The legacy that Doug put in place will no doubt continue,” said Vipond.

“When I came here so many things fell into place,” said Isabelle Procter, a mixed-media artist in 195 Studios who also helps out with rentals and open houses. “There is some magical force in here,” she laughed. “[Doug] loved to see this place alive with peo-ple. He loved the energy it created.”

Fraser, a quiet and intelligent man, worked on the studios himself into his 80s. Procter tells a tale of how the man, who had undergone double hip replacement, was up on a tall ladder installing new ceiling tiles not too long ago.

His concept for an artist studios came from talks with one of the other artists still involved at the loca-tion. Richard Marmion, can still be found working in his large studio overlooking the parking lot. The site itself was in Fraser’s family for generations.

Procter, who has been in 195 Studios for almost two years, admits that while some artists keep to them-selves, there are others who are glad to provide feed-back to their fellow artists. “There is some interaction by way of critiquing,” she said.

“It’s a wonderful place,” said Procter. “It has changed my life.”

“There’s a synergy that exists when you’re among other artists,” said Vipond.

While each artist has their own private space to work, being in the same environment as others is enough to create a difference. “There’s a sense of encouragement and inspiration from one artist to another.”

One of the newer artists in 195 Studios, Wanda Doyle, came to the site on Pemberton Avenue in November. “It’s growing in leaps and bounds,” said Doyle.

A member of the North Shore Artist’s Guild, Doyle believes that there is an expansion of art and art-ists across the North Shore. “It seems to me there are more and more studios popping up,” she said. “I get the impression North Vancouver would like to encour-age that to continue.”

Several of the artists of 195 Studios currently have work on display at the Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver and will be doing a group show with all art-ists contributing work at the Ferry Building Gallery in October.

195 Studios is also taking part in this year’s North Shore Art Crawl.

— Ley Doctor is a Langara Journalism student

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GUILD EXPANSION - Wanda Doyle, artist at 195 Studios, believes that the expanding of the arts scene on the North Shore is definitely a good thing. As a member of the North Shore Artist’s Guild of over 300 artists, she has found that there are so many new members applying to the guild that they have had to stop accepting applications. Ley Doctor photo

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The scarcity of community garden plots on the North Shore has long left hundreds of North Shore green-thumbs green with envy.

But a new urban garden at North Vancouver City Hall promises to alleviate some of that local demand for arable land.

The North Shore Community Garden Society last week won the bid for two dozen planting plots at city hall. But in just a couple days, demand for the plots had lapped capacity, with 57 requests for spaces flooding in.

And that’s just from city residents. Across the North Shore, the gar-den society has more than 250 names on wait lists for one of 147 plots at three community gardens — Queen Mary, Charros and Lillooet Park.

North Shore Community Garden president Maja Regehr says that, as issues like community food security and organic nutrition have enjoyed mass appeal in recent years, interest in local gardening has sprouted up across the North Shore and internationally.

“If there was a major earthquake in Vancouver, how much time would we have if the food supply chain was not working?” Regehr asks. “So we produce food locally to ensure there’s food security in that kind of emergency.”

What the group also grows is knowledge — of the local growing sea-sons and of the importance of things like bees and other pollinating insects to a sustainable garden. Spinach, bok choy, some varieties of lettuces and root vegetables are all ready for planting now and toma-toes can be started indoors and brought out over the coming months, Regehr says. And as always, while food is the focus of many commu-nity garden initiatives, planting inedible flowers is never discouraged as they are what bring the pollinating bees around.

“Community gardens are more than just producing food on-site,” she says. “They participate in that broader issue and also bring communi-ty. They share stories about how to plant things and they share stories about other things.”

For city mayor Darrell Mussatto, he’d like to see the fully accessible four-foot-by-four-foot plots in front of city hall expanded to other oper-ations around the city.

“We’re really happy to have this,” Mussatto says, standing among the raised plots at the entrance to city hall. “We’ve had zero negative [response] to it. Especially from the multi-family neighbourhoods here. Maybe they used to live in a house and they had a garden and now they’re sort of in this type of living and they can still get their hands in a bit of dirt, which is wonderful. If we could do more, we will.”

The city hall plots will be distributed by lottery on April 2 for a nom-inal annual fee and will be ready for planting on April 15.

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GROWTH INDUSTRY - City Mayor Darrell Mussatto and North Shore Community Garden president Maja Regehr at North Van city hall. Todd Coyne photo

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Given that her previous docu-mentaries delved into RCMP scandals, gang violence and

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“I wanted to send the message that you have to be mindful of your impact,” says Slinger, a longtime dog owner. “To me, it’s an envi-ronmental story.”

Slinger’s own wake-up call came a couple of years ago when she found herself balk-ing at new leash regulations around the environmentally sensitive Capilano water-shed.

“I truly did wake up the next morning as if a thunder-clap had gone off,” she recalls of her misplaced priorities. “I’d been willing to trade all sorts of deeply held values for my dog’s freedom and my pleasure.”

Quite aware that dog own-ers don’t always respond well to criticism, Slinger ensures that Dog Dazed’s tone remains light, interspersing finger-wagging with charm-

ing vignettes and fascinating revela-tions, including the fact that dogs trigger the same bonding chemical in us as babies.

“[I want] people to have a version of the experience that I did... Just seeing your behaviour in a way that isn’t shaming,” says the filmmaker. “We all know that we can be incred-ibly self-centred. We have these blind spots where we can rationalize our behaviour. I wanted people to be able to laugh about that and maybe think about changing.”

Dog Dazed premieres on CBC’s Doc Zone tonight (March 21) at 9 p.m. Repeated on CBC News Net Saturday, March 23 at 11 p.m. and again Sunday, March 24 at 6 pm.


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minister of West Vancouver United Church (left), pictured with Rev. Dr. Peter Quek, minister of West Vancouver Baptist Church, started the ecumenical CrossWalk services in Holy Week three years ago. The special services take place March 24 to 31: Palm Sunday CrossWalk Service at 7 p.m. at West Van Baptist Church; Monday CrossWalk Service at 9:30 a.m. at West Van Presbyterian Church; Tuesday CrossWalk Service at 9:30 a.m. at West Van United Church; Wednesday CrossWalk Service at 9:30 a.m. at St. Monica’s Anglican Church (Horseshoe Bay); Maundy Thursday CrossWalk Service at 9:30 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church; Easter Sunday Sunrise service on the rocks at St. Francis-in-the-Wood Anglican Church, where an early morning service on the rocks (6:45 a.m.) is followed by breakfast in the parish hall. The preacher at this year’s service is Allen Aicken.Michaela Garstin photo


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Before finishing this sentence, he nimbly jumps out of the driver’s seat to halt the Audi.

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Speed isn’t just a factor in his juris-diction. In B.C., there were 7,000 vehicles impounded for excessive speeding in 2011. In that same year, 18 people were killed as a result of excessive speeding.

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Speech or a ticket — “you don’t get both with me,” he says.

Last year he had no complaints even though he wrote up nearly 1,500 tickets.

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Through the years he’s heard every excuse and insult in the book.

It helps to have a sense of humour and holster full of one-liners.

After one motorist told him: “I’m going to make your life a living hell,” he offered this deadpan response: “Too bad, I’m already married.”

He was joking but levity helps.“You will not get a rise out of me.”And if a motorist insists on being

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With a clear vantage point of the highway, he’s positioned to swoop down like a hawk.

“I want to get the high-fliers,” he says.

The faster you’re driving the short-er your reaction time and peripheral vision. “You see something and you’re already there,” he says.

When a Volvo wagon blurs past

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“Buck twenty-two in a 90 zone,” he says of the driver’s speed.

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In the summer months, it’s not uncommon for him to have to pull over a camping trip-bound family vehicle that’s racing at over 140 km/h to catch the ferry on this stretch of the highway.

“I’m sorry I may have ruined your camping vacation, but I may have saved your life.”

Of course, it’s not just speeders that his traffic section casts the net for. They do other traffic blitzes such as impaired and distracted drivers.

A few tickets later, Gottgetreu is heading east on the Trans-Canada Highway when a woman driving a Ford pickup passes him. “She used a signal, so that’s good,” he says.

Too bad she’s speeding.He follows her at a safe distance,

pausing to point out a spot where there was a fatal accident a few years ago. She continues to drive at around 125 in an 80 zone.

He hits the lights.Minutes later a Mitchell’s towing

truck drives past in the opposite lane. Gottgetreu waves. When the driver, a young guy sporting a LA Dodgers cap and lots of ink, arrives at the win-dow of the cruiser he’s got a friendly greeting for Gottgetreu.

“So we did get 80,” the traffic cop says.

And his shift isn’t even half over.

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