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Theres a glimmerof hope CapilanoUniversitys semester canbe saved before examsare scheduled to begin onMonday.

Capilano FacultyAssociation memberswalked off the job onWednesday morningafter the teachers andadministration couldntreach a deal in contracttalks. But a middle-of-night proposal deliveredby the teachers before thestrike began could breakthe deadlock.

Negotiators from theuniversity and the teacherswere scheduled to meet inthe afternoon onThursdayas a deadline for makinga decision about whetherexams can proceedloomed.

Outstanding issuesat the bargaining tablefor the teachers are anacademic freedom clause,regularizing part-timefaculty and limitations onthe employers right tolay off faculty, accordingto Eduard Lavalle, theunions negotiator.

We made a proposal thatI think meets some of therequests that had been putforward through proposalsby the university, he saidnoting both the faculty andthe administration wouldlike to see the disputeresolved before the examperiod begins. In deferenceto that, weve made someconcessions.

Administratorstoo remain hopeful,according to Richard Gale,Capilanos academic vice-president.

We have plans forgoing forward andwere going to tell thestudents they shouldplan on studying forand taking their exams,Gale said. My hope isthat instructors are alsoplanning for this as well.

Universityadministrators have been

Negotiationsenter 11thhour asdeadline looms

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Members of NorthVancouversTsleil-Waututh Nation whowent to English BayThursday morning tosee oil washing up on thebeach say the oil spill hasonly heightened theirconcerns about a possibleenvironmental disasterfrom oil tanker trafc.

Rueben George andCarleenThomas, membersof the nations SacredTrust Initiative set up tooppose Kinder Morganspipeline expansion, saidthey were alarmed at howlittle information was beingshared with the public aftera freighter started spillingbunker oilWednesdayevening.

Im very, veryconcerned about how

ill-equipped we are for adisaster, said George.

George said as he andThomas walked alongthe beach they couldsmell the oil drifting into shore. Remnants of oilremained on shells, rocksand seaweedThursdaymorning, said George, whoadded he went to EnglishBay to see the impactsrst-hand.

I wanted to see how

bad it was, he said.Eighty-ve per cent of ourtraditional diet comes outof that water. I wanted tosee the damage.

Authorities were rstalerted to an oil spill froma freighter anchored offEnglish Bay around 5 p.m.Wednesday, when a boaterreported seeing an oilysheen on the water, said

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Former CBCmeteorologist ClaireMartin obviously doesntbelieve in the old adage,Never believe weatherforecasters or politicians.

OnWednesday, theformer national forecasterannounced shell be wadinginto some heavy politicalweather as the federalGreen Partys candidate inNorthVancouver.

Martin made herannouncement onthe NorthVancouverwaterfront, anked bynational Green Party leaderElizabeth May, who saidshed been trying to recruitMartin ever since theforecaster left the CBC.

Martin saidWednesdayshes running because,People are tired of oldpolitics. People dont likepoliticians. I want to changethat.

She said signing onfor the Green Party wasa natural t as a climatescientist. Martin said shesbeen a political greeniesince she took a job with

Environment Canada in theNorthwestTerritories morethan 20 years ago.

She said the warmwinter and lack of snow onthe North Shore that shutdown local ski hills earlythis year has been a redag to people that climate

change is real.Martin will go up against

Conservative MP AndrewSaxton, who handilywon the riding in the lastelection, with almost 50 percent of the vote.The Greenscame in fourth place.

Martin said one way she

hopes to challenge Saxtonis he is a representativeof Mr. Harper as well astrading on her own publicreputation of being honestand a little bit likeable.

May said Greens hopeto appeal to disenchantedvoters of traditional parties

as well as voters who havesimply opted not to vote inthe past.

As well as Saxton,Martin will face Liberalchallenger JonathanWilkinson and NDPcandidate CarleenThomason the ballot.

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Theyre showing up inneighbourhoods aroundthe Lower Mainlandbut a group of LowerLonsdale residents ishoping the City of NorthVancouver will tear outa trafc circle at FirstStreet and St. AndrewsAvenue.

The city installed thetemporary trafc circleas part of the LowerLonsdale east trafccalming area a series oftemporary trafc circlesand curb extensions,as well as controlledintersections meant toslow trafc on the streetsbetween Lonsdale Avenueand Queensbury Avenue.

But for Gloria Lorenz,who lives near First andSt. Andrews, the so-called

trafc calming measurehas done nothing but putpedestrians, includingherself, at risk.Theintersection is simply toosmall for the large circle,she said.

The way the carsdrive, they end up turningon a 90-degree angle,right into the path ofpeople crossing the street,Lorenz said. Theyreshowing up right in frontof you, right behind you,right beside you.Theyrenot paying attention to thepedestrians and theyregoing right into whereyoud be walking. I sawa man just about jump outof his skin when a car dida quarter-turn.

When Lorenzcomplained to the city,a staff member told hershe could cross fartherup the street to avoid the

intersection, though, shesaid, that wouldnt be anysafer.

Then youd bejaywalking and someonecoming around the corneron the circle wont see youuntil theyre right into you.There are a lot of close

calls happening, she said.Larger vehicles, like

garbage and couriertrucks, dont even bothertrying to negotiate thecircle when making leftturns and just cut through,putting them at risk ofmeeting oncoming trafc,

Lorenz added.Lorenz isnt alone in

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looking to other post-secondary schools to seehow they might deal withcancelled or postponedexams. A decision willlikely have to be reachedby Friday, Gale said.

Students, meanwhile,have been caught in themiddle.

Fourth-year businessstudent Sara Hajaghaieled a faction of classmatesacross the picket lineonWednesday in orderto make the point thatstudents have the most atstake in the dispute.

Hajaghaie said shehas applied for jobs thatare contingent uponhaving a degree, as is herconditional acceptancefor a masters programat Capilano. A cancelledexam period, she said,would jeopardize hercareer and force thehard work she and herclassmates have done to gounacknowledged.

It will mean that fouryears of my invested timeand me being indebtedand me giving up otheravenues of career and myability to put my time andenergy in different areas isjust somewhat wasted anddelayed and held behind.Its not fair, she said.

Hajaghaie said sheadmires her teachers andfeels they deserve to bewell compensated andenjoy job security but thatextending control overlayoffs to the teacherswould be not feasible forthe administration.

KaschelleThiessen astudent and mother of twowho would otherwise begraduating this semesterfrom the global stewardshipprogram is also needing hertranscript in order to beaccepted to Simon FraserUniversity for this fall. ButThiessen has chosen tostand in solidarity with theteachers.

Ive gotten a hugeamount out of myeducation from Capilanoand its largely to dowith the professors here.Theyve been more thanjust teachers.They knowmy name,Thiessen said.Im denitely a personhere. Im not just anumber in a big institutionand theyve really goneabove and beyond inproviding an education tothe students here.

Even if the strike hasbeen stressful, studentsstill owe it to their teachersto ght for a universitysystem that will serve theneeds of future students,Thiessen added.

Even in the case thatgraduation might bedelayed for one semester,its more important tome in the long-term forus to have a culture thatrespects peoples right towork and the academicfreedom for us to be ableto take the courses weneed to take, she said. Idont anticipate anyoneslives being ruined by this.

The university isadvising students to checkonline for strike news atcapilanou.ca/faculty-strike-updates/.

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Two home renovationemployees are beingtreated in hospital aftertheir truck rolled downan embankment inthe British PropertiesWednesday.

The workers wereunloading a granitecountertop from the backof a pickup truck, whichhad been parked on thesteep driveway of a home

on the 1400-block ofBramwell Road just before1 p.m. on April 8 when thetruck started to roll.

It got away on them,saidWest Vancouver Fireand Rescue assistant chiefJeff Bush.

Two employees werein the back of the truckand rode the truck allthe way down. It wentdown the driveway,across Bramwell, overan embankment, downonto the driveway of the

residence below, kept ongoing and wound up in thecreek.

All told, the vehiclerolled about 30 metres.

One of the mensustained a fracture to hisleg.

The other received

injuries to his torso andlegs.The injuries areconsidered non-life-threatening but bothworkers were taken awayon spine boards as aprecaution, Bush said.

WorkSafeBC isinvestigating the incident.

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1989: Switching to a vecolumn format for the rsttime, the News celebrated itstwentieth year of publicationwith a great contest: Bring ina 1969 issue of the News andwin $2,000. An employee from1969 came in with a copy ofthe December 1969 issue andreceive a nice, albeit delayedbonus from the News.

1991: Macintosh IIci computersare installed at the Newsand staff began training onthem. Although most of thenewspaper was still producedon the Linotype typesetter andcomposited by hand, within tenyears the North Shore Newswould be the rst electronicallypaginated direct-to-platenewspaper in North America.


Abandoning my usualwishy-washy views, Ihave a strong one on theproposed Park Royaltowers project. Kill it,WestVancouver council.

Nora Gambioli.Christine Cassidy. CraigCameron, maybe.Theyrecouncils most likely giant-killers of the density-leaping27-storey and 12-storeyresidential-plus towerssought by the Lalji familyon theWhite Spot site atMarine Drive andTaylorWay.

But, if the threecouncillors are opposed,like playing bridge theydneed a fourth when theMarch 30 debate resumesMonday.

The soothing soft-sellis in full ood. Non-prothousing for the disabled.A walkable area tothose glittering Park Royalstores, otherwise a hike to

anywhere else. And busservice. Sure, purchasersof these suites, many if notmost costing seven gures,will happily join the massesat the already busiest busstop in town.

Heres an innovation: abicycle valet. More cars?No fear. Rick Amantea,Park Royals vice-presidentand genial frontman, saysthere would be only one

parking space per unit. Justone? Positively Dickensian.

The pressure oncouncil is huge as in theGrosvenor developmentissue, when popular veteranpoll-topper Bill Soprovichbroke critics ranks andvoted to allow a project thatsome councillors wanted toshrink, and was punishedat Novembers election byslipping to fourth place.

That was then. But, astupid provincial change, allB.C. councillors now havenearly four years of amnesiaand controversy burnout astheir cushion against voterwrath. Few remember theuproar and suspicions ofdirty work at the crossroads around the 312TaylorWay project, directly acrossfrom the currently debatedsite.

Debate seems overin the court of publicopinion.Town halls own

online poll indicated58 per cent against thedevelopment, especially atone of most paralytic trafcspots in Metro.Typically,Melinda Slater with hercouncil-watching sisterScenery theyre amusinglyself-described as S2 questions why councilhas moved this applicationalong under the premise ofobtaining public feedback.

Doesnt matter. Moneydrives all.

Every special interest isranged in favour: business,labour, media, and theplanning department thehandmaiden of growthin the hottest, costliestreal estate market in thecountry.

Ofcial concernabout monster homes,protecting character, andconsulting neighbourhoodsis mostly sham.As the oldFrenchman said it was

probably an old Frenchman the gift of speech wasgiven to us not to reveal butto conceal what we reallythink.

At this writing, twoNorth Shore MLAs,Ralph Sultan and JaneThornthwaite, sayYes tothe proposed transportationexpansion tax; two others,NaomiYamamoto andJordan Sturdy, are silent which suggests, at thevery least, No doubts aboutit, so to speak.

If Yes prevails, nextstep: road pricing, theeuphemism for chargingdrivers per kilometre, or fordriving into the downtowncore, or over bridges orthrough tunnels a tangleof various jurisdictions.But it would delight thosewho could afford it, manyhappily putting the coston their expense accounts.

Youd think anything sodiscriminatory to Jane andJoe Average would angerthe little-people-lovingleftists. Nope, theyre allfor it.

The Metro MayorsCouncil has long beenquietly kicking thisaround. Port CoquitlamMayor Greg Moore, a bigYes man, bloviates thatthe plan is committedto implementingcomprehensive mobilitypricing on the roadnetwork as the most fairand effective way to reducecongestion.

But proposed relief fromthe gasoline tax wouldundeniably be a carrot.

NorthVancouver DistrictMayor RichardWalton hasanother vegetable in mind:The transit tax proposalis a political hot potato.

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BlackmarkAccidents happen, the saying goes.And asWednesdays oil spill inEnglish Bay amply demonstrated,accidents also happen in shipping.The oil spill that washed up on

Vancouver beachesThursday cant bedescribed as massive or catastrophic. Andthousands of ships come and go withouta crisis.But it is bad.And it is instructive.A number of the black marks left

behind wont be from the goopy, tarrymess left on rocks or dabbled in by birds theyll be from questions that were stillunanswered a day after the spill was rstnoticed.Chief among those is why it took about

12 hours for all relevant authorities andthe public to be told that a spill had evenhappened.And that has left a bad taste in a lot of

mouths around here.When accidents happen, people expect

to be told. It also makes pragmatic senseto do so when information is shared,everyone can be better prepared.ByThursday afternoon, a surprising

number of facts were still in the dontknow, cant say category.Those included what type of oil was

spilled and how it happened.Were notpressing the panic button yet but it wasdisconcerting to see how long it took forthe response to be mounted and for factsto be available.Also notable was a deafening silence

from federal and provincial politicalleaders, who clearly recognize a no-winsituation when they see it.If this is an example of our alleged

world-leading spill response, we havereason to be concerned.

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Several events lastweek served as timelyreminders that, sooneror later, there has to be adiscussion about tax policyin this country and in theprovinces.

One scal year ended,and another one began.And that meant a slew ofvarious fee hikes kicked intoaction, from BCHydro rateincreases to B.C. Ferry farehikes to a boost to ICBCrates.Throw in the earlierjump in medical servicepremiums and higheremployment insurancelevies, and you can see thatbeing nickel and dimed inincreasingly higher levelsadds up to real dollars.

And I havent evenmentioned that proposedhalf point hike to the salestax in MetroVancouverto help pay for transitimprovements, or steadilyrising tuition fees in collegesand universities.

As for the other half ofthis argument the servicedelivery side of government its worth noting socialassistance rates haventgone up much for years,and the education sector

is increasingly lookingdesperate for more fundingto prevent layoffs and othercuts.

And last week sawa protest rally againstsomething that has beenying below the radar fora couple of years now:the federal governmentsunilateral decision to cut inhalf the annual increase itprovides provinces when itcame to health care funding.

The federal Conservativegovernment served noticeseveral years ago it wouldnot renew, or extend, theCanada Health Accord,a 10-year agreement thattopped up existing health

care transfers from Ottawato provinces by more than$40 billion.

Ottawa has beenproviding annual increasesto provinces of about six percent. Starting in two years,that will on average be cutin half and will essentiallymatch a rise in economicimpact.

Because health carebudgets are so massive, acut of this proportion isstaggering in size when it istranslated to actual dollars.

In B.C., for example, theimpact is expected to beclose to $5 billion over 10years, or a reduction of abouta half-billion dollars a year.To put that in perspective,this provinces health carebudget is forecast to increaseby roughly $500 million ayear for the next few years,so the federal governmentsreduction will eventuallyequal the entire annualincrease to the system.

If B.C. remainscommitted to injecting thiskind of money into thehealth care sector year inand year out, it means theprovincial government mustnd a whole bunch of new

revenue every year (or cutprograms and services).

The problem is, revenuesare increasingly preciousto government and newrevenue streams are seizedupon with glee with theexception of straight taxincreases.

Over the next threeyears, the B.C. governmentis projecting to collect anadditional $2.8 billion inrevenue.

Almost half of that isexpected to materialize frompeople earning more money,and spending more (andtherefore contributing morein taxes).

The rest will come fromsteadily rising contributionsfrommedical servicepremiums and other fees(although the governmentinsists none of that is aform of taxation), a modestincrease in corporate incometaxes and social transferfunds from Ottawa.

And more than half ofthat new revenue will goto one area of governmentservices alone: the healthcare system.

Add all of this up andthe situation is this: the

government is becomingincreasingly cash-starved, thesituation will become evenworse with the reductionin health funding fromOttawa, and those nickelsand dimes from various feehikes will continue to add upevery year.

In the meantime, thereis no indication that muchmore will be done to helpthe most vulnerable insociety as theres not muchmoney left over after healthand education take theirshare of any new revenue.

The B.C. Liberalgovernment is stickingto its lofty promises thata Liqueed Natural Gasindustry will eventually getoff the ground and deliver

potentially billions of dollarsto the provincial treasury.

But if those LNGdreams and thats allthey are right now dontmaterialize, the governmentis going to have to face upto a scal reality that willmean either severely cuttingback on services, or raisingpersonal and corporateincome taxes.

Cutting taxes has beenthe mantra of governmentseverywhere for almost twodecades now, but it may betime to revisit that attitude.

At the very least, weshould start talking about it.

Keith Baldrey is chief politicalreporter for Global [email protected]

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Response timequestionedJulia Ren, a spokeswomanwith Port MetroVancouver.

At the time, We weretold (the oil) was light andunrecoverable, said Ren.

Only later in the eveningdid the authorities realizethe oil was thicker and thespill more serious than rstthought.

Crews set up acontainment boom aroundthe grain ship Mathahassasometime after 9 p.m. andbegan emergency cleanupoperations.

But other agencies including the City ofVancouver, local NorthShore municipalities andthe public werent toldabout the spill until earlyThursday morning.

Jeff McDonald,spokesman for the DistrictofWestVancouver, said hedidnt receive word on theoil spill until emails weresent in the middle of thenight which he didntsee until the morning.

As ofThursday evening,no oil from the spill hadbeen reported reaching theNorth Shore. Authoritieswere continuing to monitorthe spread of the spill from

the air.ChristianneWilhelmson,

executive director of theGeorgia Strait Alliance,said when her organizationdropped drift cards intothe strait to plot where theylanded, a number of themended in places they didntexpect.

Theres an ebb andow to the strait. Its notall day long owing out,she said.

Some drift cardsdropped near Point Grey,for instance, ended up onWestVancouver and NorthVancouver beaches.

Wilhelmsen said itsespecially concerning evenon a calm day close toresponse crews, it tookmany hours for anybody tobe out in the water and allthe agencies to be notied.

OnThursday, the CityofVancouver was warningpeople to stay away fromthe oil spill, noting bunkeroil is toxic.

Carla Crossman, amarine mammal researchbiologist with theVancouverAquarium, said she sawa lot of oil on the waterThursday including largechunks of tar-like fuel.

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lots of birds in the area,she said.

Crossman said oil couldalso be ingested by lowerforms of marine life andaccumulate in the foodchain.

A study on a bunker oilspill in San Francisco in2007 showed the spill hadmuch more serious impactsthan anticipated on theherring shery.

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The Upper Lands ReviewThe District of West Vancouver has been considering the future of theUpper Lands through a Council-appointed working group of citizenvolunteers. For the past two and a half years, the working group hasbeen assessing environmental data, reviewing existing bylaws andpolicies, and engaging with stakeholders and the wider community.

The intent of this review is to help identify which lands should be preserved,which lands could be developed, the kinds of development that wouldmake sense, and the types of public uses that should be maintained.

The working group has now prepared its draft recommendations forprotecting the environment, enhancing recreation, and planning futureneighbourhoods in this important area.

TheUpper Landsmatter to all of us. This is your community.We want to hear from you so your views can be included.

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Do you agree with the new liquor laws?INQUIRINGREPORTER

Robert WheatonNorth Vancouver

I believe the governmentshouldnt be involved with thewholesale process . . . theyrejust trying to make moremoney.

Chris BrownNorth Vancouver

I dont have a problemwith it. If youre going to drink,youre going to drink, doesntreally matter.

Ernie FriedlNorth Vancouver

Im not interested inliquor. Give it all to thepremier.

Phillip MarshNorth Vancouver

Absolutely. It makes itmore accessible.

April 1 marked the beginningof new liquor laws in B.C. Therevised laws have been aimedatmodernizing previous ruleswhere the sale of alcoholwas restricted to liquorstores. The new regulationswill allow for grocery storesto start carrying alcohol,however itmust be soldthrough a separate cashier.The regulationswill also seeupdates to the provincesgovernment liquor stores aswell. These stores will nowbe able to open Sundays,extend their hours, and offerrefrigerated products. Doyou agreewith the new laws?Have your say at -,-#*,'&1/'

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Ryan KnoppNorth Vancouver

Absolutely. Everywhereelse seems to be doing it.

Its about tax room andnot wanting to go intoan election and take anypolitical heat. My, my,whod have thought it?

One-time (anddeservedly so, some unkindpersons might say) NewDemocrat Party premierMichael Harcourt wrotea curious piece inTheVancouver Sun last month.It strongly hypedWoodbreLNGs proposed plantin Howe Sound, without other than the obligatorythroat-clearing that we cannever compromise when itcomes to our environment one word about liqueednatural gas tanker trafc.

Odd omission,considering what acclaimedUBC anthropologistWade

Davis calls the mostglorious fjord in the world.No worry,Woodbre LNGvice-president Byng Giraudasserts. Absolutely safe. Notone loss of containmentin the last 50 years.

Reverse conict-of-interest disclosure: I holdshares in energy companiesand also Fortis, whichwould supply (lots of)electricity for the project.So my narrow self-interestis, hey, do it.

What troubles me mostis our yes-in-somebody-elses-backyard hypocrisy.Why, if consistent, dontwe comfortable, dividend-cashingWestVancouveritesoppose oil and gastransportation through ourremote areas?

(Breaking news: An oilleak from a ship is foulingour own English Bay.)

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Rise upout ofyour comfy chairsFrom page 6

It appears that you probablyphone spammed everynumber with a 926 prex(and probably a bunch ofothers), in the full knowledgethat all would beWestVancouver residents.

Like my own electedmayor, I will be votingagainst this measure. I dontappreciate the mayor ofanother municipality tryingto inuence my choice.

I am not an opponentof public transit.When Iworked in the city of LondonI rode transit to work; whenI worked in Calgary I rodetransit to work. In thosecities the systems were runby competent and cost-conscious executives.The

reverse seems to be thesituation here.

In my view the problemgoes all the way back tothe 80s when the LowerMainland was saddledwith SkyTrain, a solutioncosting ve times asmuch as the LRT thatCalgary and myriad othercities have chosen.Themotivation of the federaland provincial authoritiesbehind this appeared to beto benet Bombardier andthe province of Quebec atthe expense of the LowerMainland.The current costsof those expenditures shouldbe borne by those whobeneted from them, notby us.Edward GuyWestVancouver

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Black, president of COPE378, which represents theunionized employees, in anemailed statement.

The majority of theunionized employeesin NorthVancouver arestationed at ICBCshead ofce on EsplanadeAvenue, while others workin various areas of ICBCsoperations, includingclaims centres and driverlicensing.

One of the big issuesat ICBC is workload,according to COPE 378

vice-president AnnetteToth.The new agreement,saidToth, commits ICBCto begin a study of caseloadin the claims division byJuly 1, with Phase 2 of thestudy to start by January2017.

This agreement allowsus to improve benetsfor current employees aswell as retirees, improvemoving expenses eligibilityfor members outside theLower Mainland, andinstitutes better languagearound job evaluation andthe Joint OccupationalHealth and Safety and

Caseload to be reviewedFrom page 3

asking council to addressthe problem.

What happens withthe First and St. Andrewstrafc circle and the restof the infrastructure addedto slow vehicles down,will soon be up for publiccomment.The city willbe hosting a public openhouse in May to collectfeedback on the ve-year-old plans measuresand decide which onesare worth keeping,according to City of NorthVancouver spokeswomanConnie Rabold.

(The engineeringdepartment) hasbeen investigating hercomplaints and lookinginto that.They havemonitored the area in herzone and the issues withinit, she said. That willbe going before councilafter their evaluation anddetermining which of thetemporary roundaboutswill be staying and whichwill be going.

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Two vehicle crashes inWestVancouver over theEaster long weekendresulted in one driverreceiving a drivingprohibition and anotherawaiting lab results to seeif police can recommendimpaired driving charges.

The rst incidentoccurred just before 12:30p.m. Saturday whenWestVancouver police received

reports of a vehicle thatstruck a van at a stop lightonTaylorWay and ed thescene. Police also receivedreports of a vehicle drivingerratically westboundon theTrans-CanadaHighway. As ofcersresponded to the calls,more reports came in thata vehicle had struck thecentre median eastboundwhile heading back ontothe highway from 21stStreet.

Witnesses said theysaw the driver exit thewrecked vehicle and jumparound briey beforeunsuccessfully tryingto drive away in thedamaged vehicle. Ofcerssoon secured the driver,

a 31-year-old NorthVancouver man, where hewas taken to hospital to betreated for symptoms ofsuspected drug use.Thedriver sustained no seriousinjuries. A warrant for asample of the drivers bloodwas obtained by ofcers aspart of an impaired drivinginvestigation. Possibleimpaired driving chargeswill be determined by theresults of the test.

A second incidentoccurred at 3:30 a.m. onMonday in the 5600-blockof Marine Drive inWestVancouver when a vehiclecarrying three individualsoverturned.

All were consciousat the scene. Paramedics

treated the 23-year-oldmale driver and 23-year-old male passenger at thescene while a 17-year-old-female passenger was takento hospital for furtherassessment of her injuries.All three were from NorthVancouver.

Following furtherinvestigation, policedetermined impairmentwas a factor in the crashand the driver was servedwith an immediate three-day roadside drivingprohibition.

W.Van cops curb drunkdriverDriver gets three-day roadsidesuspension afterEaster weekend

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Theres a funny thing that can happen toVancouver actors, particularly those castin horror or thriller projects, often ndingthemselves playing charactersmeetinguntimely ends.

You end up in the same set . . . and youre like,Wait! I think Ive died here, in this exact room!laughs actor Aleita Northey.

The thespian got her start in the professionearly, honing her craft at a variety of local actingschools and beginning to work professionally at age16.

From being stalked by Cheers alumnus GeorgeWendt in an episode of televisionsMasters ofHorror (directed by John Landis of The BluesBrothers and National Lampoons Animal Housefame), to taking the stage with her classmatesat Handsworth secondary for their annual stageproductions, the NorthVancouver natives variedexperiences eventually earned her a spot at theprestigious Neighborhood Playhouse School oftheTheatre. Graduating in 2014, Northey joinsthe ranks of fellow alumni, including DianeKeaton, Gregory Peck,Mary Steenburgen, Steve

McQueen and Allison Janney.Now 24,Northey has been based in NewYork

City for the last three years where shes continuingto pursue her passion, take on projects offering newchallenges and push her career to new heights.

For me it happened at a young age whereyou get, as they say, bit by the bug, and you lovethe feeling of performing and being in front ofpeople, she says, reachedTuesday from herAstoria homebase, a neighbourhood referred to asActoria due to the inux of young people andartists.

I stick around to be able to tell stories andget that rush as much as I can.They always talkabout acting being something that is harder to do,just because of the industry, but you really do livefor those moments where youre connecting withanother person in front of a lot of people. It reallyis an art about human connection and I think thatthats not something we get a lot of, and that Icherish, and I want to do every day if I can, shesays.

Northey credits her family with setting apositive example for her career path.

I have a family of people that have shownmereally great examples of how you can raise a familymaking art, which is something some people say is

impossible, but clearly isnt, she says.Northey is the daughter of musician, and lm

and television composer Craig Northey, a foundingmember of Odds.Her mother, a nurse practitioner,is also creative in her own right and a strongsupporter of the arts.

My parents always made art a rule in thehouse if youre doing a sport, youre doingan instrument and showed me that it wassomething I could do to make a living, says Aleita.

Her brother Cole is also pursuing a creativepath, set to graduate this year from Simon FraserUniversitys lm school.

Locally,Aleita studied acting at a variety ofinstitutions, includingVancouverYouthTheatre,Lyric School of Acting (where she met LoriTriolo,who she continues to study with to this day), andMichle Lonsdale-Smith Studios. In addition, shewas active in her high schools drama program.

I did two plays for them, one in Grade 10(Women of Mass Destruction) and one in mygraduating year (Via:Still in Motion) and was givensome pretty big roles, which was inspiring andstretched me a lot and really fun, she says.

Handsworth secondarys current production,

Handsworth grad Aleita Northey pursues acting career in NewYork City

Living the dream

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GalleriesARTEMISGALLERY104C-4390 Gallant Ave.,NorthVancouver.Tuesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 778-233-9805 artemisgallery.ca

ARTS INVIEWONLONSDALEBlueShore Financial, 1250Lonsdale Ave.,NorthVancouver.Physical Splendour:Oilson canvas or linen byAndreaKlann and pottery byVincentMassey are currently on display.

CENTENNIALTHEATRE LOBBYGALLERY2300 Lonsdale Ave.,NorthVancouver.Photo Exhibit:Members ofthe North Shore PhotographicSociety will display a variety ofwork by different members in anongoing rotating exhibit.

CITYATRIUMGALLERY141West 14th St., NorthVancouver.Monday-Friday,8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.caSpring Blossoms:Works bytextile artist Catherine Nichollswill be on display until May 11.

CITYSCAPECOMMUNITYARTSPACE

335 Lonsdale Ave.,NorthVancouver.Monday-Friday,9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday,

noon-5 p.m. 604-988-6844nvartscouncil.caPurely Paper:An exhibition

of paper being manipulated,folded, cut and exploredthrough large scale installations,

sculptures,drawings,origami,2D and 3D paper cuts will rununtil April 11.

Captured PhotographyFestival YouAre Here:Local photographers will shareimages that celebrate the people,architecture and land of theNorth Shore fromApril 17 toMay 16.Opening reception:Thursday,April 16,7-9 p.m.The Gift Box:Buy local fromtwo display cases dedicated tolocal artisans who specialize inhigh quality,hand-crafted andunique gift items.Art Rental Salon:Anongoing art rental programmewith a variety of originalartwork available ranging from$10 to $40 per month.

COASTAL PATTERNSGALLERY582Artisan Lane, BowenIsland.Wednesday-Sunday,noon to 5 p.m. or byappointment. 604-762-4623, 778-997-9408 orcoastalpatternsgallery.com

COVECREEKGALLERY4349 Gallant Ave.,NorthVancouver.

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NorthVancouverCommunityArts Councilwill present landscape paintingsby Cath Hughes and metalrobot sculptures made fromup-cycled materials by LynneFahnestalk until May 26.

FERRYBUILDINGGALLERY1414Argyle Ave.,WestVancouver.Tuesday-Sunday,11 a.m.-5 p.m., closedMondays. 604-925-7290ferrybuildinggallery.comIlluminating Landscapes:An exhibition featuring artistsHans Breuer,Ursula MedleyandAngus Simpson will rununtil April 19.ReectionsCoastalCanvas:CapilanoUniversitys IDEA programstudents will hold an exhibitiondepicting local scenes fromApril 21 to May 3.Openingreception:Tuesday,April 21,6-8p.m.Meet the artists:Saturday,April 25,2-3 p.m.

THEGALLERYATARTISAN SQUARE587Artisan Lane, BowenIsland. Friday-Sunday, noonto 4 p.m. or by appointment.604-947-2454 biac.ca

GALLERYYOYO312 East Esplanade,NorthVancouver.Wednesday toSaturday, 1-5:30 p.m. or byappointment. 604-983-2896

GORDONSMITHGALLERYOFCANADIANART2121 Lonsdale Ave.,NorthVancouver.Wednesday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m. and

Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.Adult admission by donation/children free. [email protected] on PurposeAccidental compositions andfragmented paintings by RossPenhall will be on display untilMay 2.Closing party andfundraiser:Saturday,May 2,7:30-10 p.m.Minatures will beon sale for $100.Tickets:$35.GalleryTours:Thursdays at12:30 p.m.and Saturdays at1:30 p.m.Registration required.

GRAFFITI CO.ARTSTUDIO171 East First St., NorthVancouver.Tuesday-Friday,1:30-6:30 p.m. or byappointment. 604-980-1699or [email protected]

ILMUSEOGALLERYItalian Cultural Centre, 3075Slocan St.,Vancouver.Mended:A travellingexhibition of contemporarytextile art featuring the work of25 B.C. textile artists will rununtil May 15.

LIONSBAYARTGALLERY350 Centre Rd., Lions Bay.Monday-Sunday, 10a.m.-5 p.m. 604-921-7865lionsbayartgallery.comFeaturing established andupcoming artists.

LYNNMOURARTSTUDIOANDGALLERY301-1467 Crown St., NorthVancouver. Saturday andSunday, noon to 5 p.m. or byappointment. 604-929-4001nsartists.ca/garyederContemporary andAbstract Paintings by

Gordon Oliver,Robert Botlakand GaryW.Eder.

NORTHVANCOUVERMUSEUM209West Fourth St.,NorthVancouver. Open byappointment only. 604-990-3700 x8016NorthVancouverExperience,an ongoingexhibit dening life in NorthVancouver.

PARKROYAL SOUTHWestVancouver.Lighthouse Festival:Artwork byWestVancouverSchool District students will beon display fromApril 20 to 26.The festival will also featurestudent music April 20 and 21.

PRESENTATIONHOUSE SATELLITEGALLERY560 Seymour St.,Vancouver.Wednesday-Saturday, noonto 6 p.m. satellitegallery.caImagesThat Speak:Themost innovative approaches tophotography today will be ondisplay until May 16.

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LYNNVALLEYCOMMUNITYROOM1277 LynnValley Rd.,NorthVancouver.Friday Night Live: LynnValley United Church willpresent a weekly series withimprov actors AddLibrettoplaying hosts to musical guestsFridays at 7:30 p.m.Guestschedule:Music,poems andpuppets,April 10;Celebratingdiversity,April 17;and

William Shakespeares ImprovMusical,April 24.Admission:$10.Tickets:604-987-2114or [email protected]. Info:fnlnorthvan.com.Spring Concert:The NorthShore Chamber Orchestra willperform classical music Sunday,April 12 at 2 p.m.Admission:$10/$8 at the door. Info:nschamberorchestra.org.

MOUNT SEYMOURUNITEDCHURCH1200 Parkgate Ave.,NorthVancouver.Pro Nova Ensemble willperform a 30th anniversarycelebratory gala concertSunday,April 12 at 7:30 p.m.Admission by donation. Info:604-921-9444 or [email protected].

MUSEUMOFVANCOUVER1100 Chestnut St.,Vancouver.North Shore youthAugustinWright has been chosen toperform a piano piece during aspeech on Franz Liszt Sunday,April 12 at 4 p.m.

NORTHSHOREALLIANCECHURCH201 East 23rd St., NorthVancouver.Inspirational MusicFundraiser: The UniversalGospel Choir will performa wide-ranging repertoire ofauthentically delivered songsfromAfrican-American,Cuban,African,European,Jewish,Asian and NativeAmerican musical traditionsSaturday,April 18,7-10p.m.All proceeds will benetSpectrumMothers Support

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PARKGATE LIBRARY3675 Banff Court,NorthVancouver. 604-929-3727x8166 nvdpl.caJohn Lyon and Friends:This band of local musicianswill play tunes in many stylesfrom the 1960s and moreWednesday,April 15,3:30-4:30p.m.

SILK PURSEARTSCENTRE1570Argyle Ave.,WestVancouver. 604-925-7292silkpurse.caClassical Concert Series:The Bergmann Piano Duowill performThursday,April16,10:30-11:30 a.m.Tickets:$20/$15.Classical Concert Series:Violinist Ivanovic Domagojand pianist Karen Lee-Morlang will performThursday,April 23,10:30-11:30 a.m.Tickets:$20/$15.

WESTVANCOUVERPRESBYTERIANCHURCH2893Marine Dr.,WestVancouver. 604-926-1812Benet Concert:TheGospel Boys (members of theVancouverWelsh Mens Choir)will perform featuring guestclassical pianist ChristineDahlberg Sunday,April 19 at2 p.m.Proceeds will to to NorthShore Crisis Services Society.Admission:$10/$5.

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Wandering Heart TheDreamWe Carry:ChorLeoni Mens Choir willperform Sunday,April 19 at2 p.m.Admission:$30/$10.Tickets:604-684-2787 x2 orticketstonight.ca.

TheatreCENTENNIALTHEATRE2300 Lonsdale Ave.,NorthVancouver. 604-984-4484centennialtheatre.comDread:Handsworthsecondary drama and dancestudents will perform theirannual school playApril 16-18at 7 p.m.Admission:$18/$14.

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Riding in stylewithVita BiciTechnicalapparel llsmarket gapCHRISTINE [email protected]

When Bianca Hartlegot her motorcyclelicence last summer, shestarted shopping aroundfor riding apparel.Unfortunately, ndinggear that worked onher petite frame was achallenge.

I found that it wasreally difcult to ndanything that t meproperly and that I alsoliked esthetically, thatreected my style andwho I am, says theBowen Island native whograduated fromWestVancouver secondary in2009.

Now a fourth-yearfashion design andtechnology student atKwantlen PolytechnicUniversity, Hartle thoughtback to that shoppingexperience when it cametime to decide on hernal project. Every year,graduating fashion studentsare tasked with developinga clothing line for aniche market and Hartlequickly identied femalemotorcyclists as a groupin need of more stylishclothing options.

As part of her research,she interviewed a numberof women riders abouttheir sartorial wants andneeds.

A lot of themmentioned that they hadto buy mens gear becausethere just wasnt enoughoffered in the womensmarket for them, Hartle

says. They would buy amens small and then justhave to deal with it beinga little bit big around thewaist.

Unattering diaperbum a result of too-roomy pants that sag inthe rear was a majorpet peeve. In fact, Hartlediscovered many womenalter their riding attire toachieve a better t.

Ill-tting motorcycleapparel is not onlyunbecoming, she says, itcan also be unsafe if there-enforced areas andprotective armour padsdont cover the spots theyare supposed to.

Yesterday, HartlesVita Bici line the resultof eight months of work was revealed at the RiverRock ShowTheatre during

Kwantlens annual fashionshow.Thirty-nine studentsin theWilson School ofDesign 2015 graduatingclass presented theirdesigns on the runway.

TheVita Bici linefeatures slim silhouettesdesigned to make womenfeel condent andsophisticated both on andoff their bikes.

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that would blend andtransition well into yourlife and not be so obviouslyriding apparel, Hartlesays, explaining womencan comfortably wear hergarments on long rides andstop off for lunch withoutfeeling the need to changeoutts or remove bulkylayers.

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