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11 N. Van schools for sale – or notBrent [email protected]
THE North Vancouver Board of Education is likelyto find some stiff opposition to a proposal thatcould involve selling off 11 school district ownedproperties that are no longer needed.
Blueridge Elementary, Cloverley, Fromme, Keith Lynn,Lonsdale Creek Annex, Lucas Centre, Maplewood, Monteray,Plymouth, Ridgeway Annex and Westover schools have all beenidentified as properties that could be leased or sold. The revenuewould be reinvested into classrooms, educational programmingand capital projects on the North Shore.
The district held an open house at Ridgeway elementary
Wednesday night to present information on the issue and begintaking feedback from the public. The most common suggestionfrom the approximately 200 attendees: Don’t sell the land.
Despite suggestions from the public that selling the schools wasa foregone conclusion, board chairwoman Franci Stratton stressedno decisions have been made.
“The options are open. I just want us to be able to have thisprocess so more people in the community are informed about whatthis project is about and what it means to the school district andhow can we work together so that we meet all of our needs. It boils
down to students,” she said. “We can provide rich opportunitiesfor our students.”
Among the more common suggestions from residents for otheruses for the properties: seniors’ housing and affordable housing,more sports facilities, community centres, special needs uses, daycare, parks and playgrounds.
Stratton noted most of the suggestions would not bring morerevenue into the school district, and would likely result in morecosts. But she added if the community shows a desire and the rightpartnerships can be formed with other governments and agencies,anything is possible.
Stratton said the community’s reaction will help the board reachdecisions on what to do with the properties, but the board still has
Board chairwoman FranciStratton insists all options open
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THE provincialchampionships for two highschool spring sports havebeen cancelled with moresports possibly facing theaxe due to teacher job actionprotesting the government’stactics in their ongoingcontract dispute.
B.C. School Sports announcedon Tuesday that the provincialchampionships for both mountainbiking and golf would be cancelledfor this season.
North Vancouver’s Seycovesecondary was slated to be the hostschool for the 2012 mountain bikingprovincial championships.
A message posted on the B.C.School Sports website noted thatspring championships for rugby,tennis, badminton and girls soccer arecurrently still a go pending furtherconfirmation of registration numbers.
The track and field provincialchampionships were listed as“questionable.”
On April 19 teachers across theprovince voted 73 per cent in favourof halting their involvement inextracurricular or voluntary activitiesto protest the government’s Bill 22,
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IT’S early Saturdaymorning as a group ofteens shuffle woefullyinto a school library.
Strangers in the beginning,they will forge a tentativebond by the end. Gathered fordetention, they are met witha cynical warning from theirinstructor: “You mess with thebull, you get the horns.”
Filmmaker John Hughes’fictional account of a groupof teens spending Saturdaydetention together in the movieThe Breakfast Club is meantto spotlight some commonhigh school shortcomings andchallenge stereotypes. Althoughit’s a comedy, the movie takesa serious turn when tales ofemotional abuse, anxiety andbullying come to light. Themovie reminds that, at least forsome students, high school isnot a pleasant flurry of spellingbees, prom dresses and gleeclub.
For some it’s a significantstruggle.
“When I started here, I wasconvinced I would never getanywhere in life, that I shouldjust quit while I was ahead,”says 17-year-old Cooper Heibloem of starting at her new school.
Despite her challenges, Heibloem didn’t quit, and this springshe will join her classmates for their spring convocation. Similarto events at schools across the North Shore, the annual assemblywill celebrate student achievement and recognize those who aregraduating. This year will be more meaningful, however, becauseafter nearly 39 years in the community Keith Lynn AlternativeSecondary School (KLASS) is closing.
“Keith Lynn has done so much to prepare me for my next step:returning to a mainstream school,” explains Heibloem in an email.“The support from the teachers gave me the hope and motivationI needed and I am so grateful for all their help. If it hadn’t been forthis program, I probably would have dropped out of school.”
While current principal Michele Henderson admits somestudents are upset by the closure, it’s not all doom-and-gloom atthe school these days.
“The biggest gift that we can give the kids is resiliency,” saysHenderson. “What’s most important is that whatever it is that lifethrows at them, they’ll be able to navigate it, so this is just anotherexample of helping them navigate something that is going to be
anxiety-provoking and difficult.”In addition to the annual year-end picnic for students, the school
will be hosting an evening celebration with a slide show, art andphotos for all current and former staff.
Henderson says this year’s events will be more special since theywill be the last, but she wants students and staff to celebrate with apositive message: “Let’s honour what was.”
In November 2011, the North Vancouver school district votedto consolidate the KLASS program with other alternative schoolprograms, and move the new program to the former site of Balmoraljunior secondary, which closed in 2009. The Balmoral buildingcurrently serves as a temporary home to Carson Graham studentsdisplaced by that school’s renovation. The new alternate program,set to start up in fall 2012, will consolidate the previously separateprograms at KLASS, Therapeutic Day Program, Key Program, andthe Youth Learning Program, as well as adult basic education classes.Details of the new program, including staff numbers and programphilosophy, are still to be determined, but Henderson is sure aboutone thing: the current incarnation of the KLASS program is done.
Henderson says staff and students are anxious about thechange, and it seems they’re not the only ones. In January, a public
information meeting about the new program drew more than 100people, many of whom were critical of the move and voiced concernsabout increased traffic and lack of public consultation about thechange in location. Some expressed concern about the students ofalternate programs attending school in their neighbourhood notingthey might be a threat to area safety, property values or nearbyelementary school students.
It is a reputation that reaches back to the very beginning of theKLASS program and sticks with it today, despite what Hendersonagrees is a changed student demographic.
ThehistoryofKLASSstarts in1974,whenanearlierversionof theprogram was formed in collaboration with the ministry responsiblefor social services and youth probation services to address a largenumber of secondary students who had dropped out of school. Thefirst year of the program, called PASS (Project Alternate SecondarySchool), enrolled 24 students who had been out of the mainstreamschool system for a number of years. Many were already knownto the criminal justice system, and it was through a probationofficer that Henderson came to the school. At the time, she was a
SUNDAY FOCUS
The KLASS of 2012 will be the last
NEWS photo Cindy Goodman
SARAH Lacroix (left), Malcolm Cusano and Cooper Heibloem are classmates in their final year at North Vancouver’s Keith Lynn AlternativeSecondary School. The school will close at the end of this term to amalgamate with other alternative programs at a different location.
Mainstreammisfits got asecond chanceat Keith Lynn
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STYLES OFTHE TIMES
Home design speaks of theNorth Shore’s history – from
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North ShoreNews scoops9 awardsMartin [email protected]
THE North Shore News has won a total of nineawards in provincial and national communitynewspaper competitions — including a nationalaward for Outstanding Community Service.
The News was also a blue-ribbon finalist as best all-roundnewspaper in Canada.
“I am so proud we continue to be recognized by our peersfor excellence in the newspaper business,” said publisher DougFoot. “The awards speak to the dedication and professionalismof our entire team.”
James Weldon took gold for best environmental writing atthe 2012 B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Awards —otherwise known as the Ma Murray Awards.
Cindy Goodman won gold for best sports photo, edgingfellow North Shore News photographer Mike Wakefield, whocaptured silver.
Manisha Krishnan earned gold for outdoor recreationwriting.
Trixi Agrios snagged gold for putting together the topclassified section.
Vicki Magnison and Deana Lancaster walked away with silverin the special publication category.
At the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards, the Newswon the Outstanding Community Service for the support it gaveto the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation’s fundraising campaignfor a new mental health centre.
Editor Martin Millerchip won third for best feature storyamong newspapers with a circulation greater than 12,500.
The News also took third place in the Best Holiday Editioncategory.
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TWO North Vancouver boys who lost a playhousein an apparent mix-up with a passerby have gottheir treasured toy back thanks to their plea inFriday’s North Shore News.
Taylor and Trevor Snell, five and seven years old, werethunderstruck Monday morning when they got up to find theirLittle Tykes Playhouse gone from the front yard of their St.James Road home. The youngsters had only recently movedthe mini log house from the back of their family’s property tothe front in order to set up a “snack shack” from which to sellhomemade cookies for a children’s charity.
Someone had apparently stopped by the previous afternoonand loaded the unattended house into a truck, thinking it wasout front as a giveaway.
The boys’ mother, Cari, seeing the boys’ distress and unableto replace the pricey toy, contacted the News to put out a pleafor its return. Shortly after the story’s publication, her effortspaid off.
“A woman this morning knocked on my door and said afriend had told her about the story . . . and that she should talkto me,” said Cari. “She had taken the house assuming it was freefor the taking.”
The toy would be returned later that day. There wereapparently no hard feelings.
“I’m ecstatic,” she said. “I can’t wait to tell the boys.”
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which suspended other strike action for six months and imposedtight restrictions on bargaining.
Community coaches and parent volunteers have stepped upto fill the void for many teams, but sports such as mountainbiking, golf and track and field that are driven mainly by teachershave not been able to get their seasons going as planned.
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a mandate to serve its students.“As for the feedback we get,
we have to balance that withwhat our needs are as well. It’sa balanced approach,” she said.
Stratton noted that mostattendees did not have school-aged children who wouldbenefit from more revenue inthe system.
Ron Polly, leader of thecitizens group North Van CityVoices, said his group stronglyopposes selling any of theproperties on the philosophicalgrounds that the propertiesshould remain in the publictrust.
Like others at the openhouse, Polly said the potentialsale of the lands would be a baddecision over the long term.
“Density on the NorthShore is increasing and to getrid of these large parcels ofland for short-term gain is ahuge mistake,” he said, addingthat the district would be“cannibalizing itself” until ithas no valuable assets left whenit needs them.
“What are they going to dothen?” he asked. “But if theylease these lands out, they havecontinued income and theyhave assets growing.”
A consultant’s reportconcludes none of the schoolswill be needed over the longterm.
Polly said he doesn’t expect the community will be able toconvince school trustees not to sell the properties, calling the board“developer-driven.”
“I don’t think we have much of a chance of persuading theschool board, honestly,” he said. “When the North Van schooldistrict identifies community need by the value of the property,there’s something wrong there.”
Polly said the decisions on what to do with the land should bemade across the communities and local governments of the entireNorth Shore, rather than just school trustees.
Lucas Centre, one of the largest and most valuable properties,drew the most attention. Neighbours of the 5.05-hecatre propertyare adamant that local streets could not handle traffic from moredevelopment, especially multi-family condos.
“We don’t want increased residential because of the limitedaccess to get at the area,” said Annette Kaufman.
Kaufman said her neighbours all along 21st Street agree.
Others lamented the potential loss of the property’s sportsfields, a commodity in short supply on the North Shore.
The land is currently zoned for public use and assembly, whilethe official community plan calls for low-density, single-familyhomes and parkland in the surrounding area.
There are no current estimates as to how much the 11 propertieswould be worth if sold at market value, according to district staff.Fromme, Maplewood, and Westover are all currently leased outlong term for around $325,000 per year.
The district will continue to take comments on the landmanagement plan online at www.nvsd44.bc.ca.
The district will make a presentation and collect more feedbackat a meeting at the Lucas Centre gym on May 29.
The final report on the community consultation is expected inearly June.
Lucas Centre future concerns
NEWS photo Paul McGrath
NORTH Vancouver school trustee Christie Sacré speaks with attendees at a NorthVancouver Board of Education public open house held at Ridgeway elementaryWednesday. Members of the public were invited to discuss options for 11 propertiesthat are no longer required for school use.
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Right awayArecent move by ICBC to seek
essential services designationfor the first time highlights
a creeping trend in public sectorbargaining: the equating of servicesthat are convenient, important andnecessary to the functioning of societyover the long-term with those that areessential or critical to us over the short-term.
What’s essential is in the eye of thebeholder.
There was a time not too long agowhen “essential service” meant just that— usually involving life and death. Youcould count on the fingers of one handwho that might apply to — hospitalstaff, police and firefighters.
But as government coffers gotsqueezed, the definition of essentialgrew. These days, “essential” includesactivities that are not just life or
death, but those the public would findannoying or inconvenient to lose, thosethat would cost money or generallyresult in anyone being ticked off formore than a couple of days.
Once they’re deemed essential — orthere’s even a request to consider that— workers have little ability to applyany pressure. Usually the governmentis happy to legislate a settlement — aspostal workers, airline pilots, andteachers have all discovered.
Nobody likes to be inconvenienced.But our race to the bottom is surelyhastened when filing an insurance claim,getting a report card or being able totravel at spring break is deemed equallycritical as emergency surgery.
When everything is essential iterodes important workers’ rights withan unnecessarily heavy hammer — andcheapens the definition of that word.
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Jonathan Whitworth, CEO ofSeaspan, discusses the implicationsof its $8-billion federal shipbuildingcontract (from an April 25 newsstory).
• • •“I’m just not sure how our 26
constables who respond to 7,000animal cruelty complaints alreadyeach year, all paid by donors, aregoing to be able to enforce thisbeyond what we do already.”
B.C. S.P.C.A. general managerMarcie Moriarty says tougher rulesregulating dog and cat breedingin North Vancouver MLA JaneThornthwaite’s new bill will be hardto enforce without more funding(from an April 25 news story).
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Seaspan, Harbourside benefits questionedDear Editor:
I attended the April 23 council meeting at whichSeaspan gave its presentation and, quite frankly, a Icannot see how this project is going to help the peopleof North Vancouver for the following reasons:■ The spokesman said that the people who live inNorth Vancouver and knew the shipbuilding industriesare now retired. So where are the workers going tocome from?■ He also said that the government was going to startfocusing on training young people in the shipbuildingindustry. Can he tell us when and where this trainingwill take place?■ When the spokesman asked the price of housing inthe city, the mayor said at least $600,000 for a condo,to which the spokesman replied, “Our workers won’tbe earning enough to live here.”■ He also was very vague about how building materials
would get to the North Shore, nor would he say whereall these supplies are coming from, although he didmention trucks, trains or even helicopters. Can oneeven imagine the noise, pollution and traffic congestiononce this project gets started, and yet council willmost definitely approve a nine-storey building and ahotel to be built on the adjacent lot. It is so absurdthat the buyers of these properties will have to sign anagreement to not complain about the noise.
Now let’s look at this stupid proposed residentialcomplex and maybe council can answer the followingquestions:■ What are the plans for all the additional traffic in thisarea, what with around 2,000 people living there, theemployees for the auto mall, and all the trucks comingin with supplies for the shipyard?■ Where are at least 1,000 shipbuilders going to liveand how will they get to work?
■ What arrangements have you made with transit forthe additional number of people coming and goingfrom the Harbourside development, and workers?■ What guarantee will you give the public that they canstill enjoy the waterfront area, especially seniors whoenjoy the flat walkways and those of us with dogs?■ What again are the benefits for the people who livein the City of North Vancouver?
I believe the democratic process has been leavingthis community, this province and this country fora long time, and I doubt for one minute that themajority on council will even consider any opposingviews for the development at Harbourside.
Perhaps it is time that we demand our communitiesbe built by Canadians for Canadians earning Canadiandollars.Sue CookNorth Vancouver
Dear Editor:The Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Burnaby and City
of Vancouver mayors are right to be concerned overthe Kinder-Morgan pipeline project. There will be asignificant increase of risk for a devastating oil spill inBurrard Inlet, but the increased tanker traffic will alsoproduce daily effects on residents:■ The multiple tankers lined up for loading will beparked off Ambleside or near Cates Park. Tankers create
noise and air pollution that will be felt by residents.■ Our beaches will be affected by increased litter,sewage and bilge water from the 300 plus tankers.■ Current tanker traffic passing by Maplewood FlatsConservation Area already disturbs foraging birds.■ The twice-daily wake from oil tankers and thethree-tugboat escort will degrade the function of thesanctuary for migrating birds.■ Dredging the shallows off Maplewood Flats will
reduce wildlife habitat.■ Recreational boat traffic will be blocked twice a dayat Lions Gate and Second Narrows Bridges to allowfor tanker passage.
Residents of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, theSquamish Nation and the three North Shoremunicipalities will feel only adverse effects from thepipeline and raw bitumen export project.Chloe Hartley, North Vancouver
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That’s right, nomore sloppy, free-rangesubconscious for you.It seems that “sleeptechnology” — and whoknew there was any? — hasadvanced to the point whereyou can tell your brainwhere to go and how to getthere even when you’re facedown, drooling onto yourorthopedic pillow.
This is all according to atrend report I receive onlineand usually ignore becauseI’m a fusty old bag whoreally doesn’t care whetherorange is in, wedge soleshave trampled ballet shoesand quinoa is so five minutesago. Sometimes, though, Ineed a metaphorical balloonto pop with my magicaltyping forefinger and thisweek, it’s people who can’tlet anything alone. You wantto control your dreams, yousay? In the name of God,why?
I won’t look for answersfrom the app calledYumemiru, which apparentlytranslates to “see the dream.”According to my trendreport, which calls itselfCassandra Daily, “Usersrun the app in their phone’sbackground, where it playssounds programmed totrigger the specified illusion.”
The effect is sort-of like
what lazy people like me didin high school when we readour lecture notes into a taperecorder and played the tapeback as we drifted off thenight before an exam, in thevain hope that the essentialrules of French grammarwould stick. With Yumemiru,before you slip away todreamland you simply “scriptthe images (you’d) like tosee while sleeping, fromamong eight different fantasyscenarios . . . designed tostimulate the astral plane.”
These include flying,romance, and “becomingrich.” I was, quite frankly,appalled when I read that.Do people honestly dreamabout getting rich? In myown dreams, I’m always toobusy trying to find a pair ofpants.
If you buy into dreamcontrol, you’re definitelythe trusting sort. Thecreator of the Yumemiru isa Japanese advertising firmcalled Hakuhodo, “so don’tbe surprised if you awaken
yearning to buy somethingrandom,” burbles CassandraDaily. To my mind, if you’rewilling to cede command ofyour dreams to an advertisingagency, you haven’timmersed yourself sufficientlyin TV’s Mad Men or listenedto enough of Terry O’Reilly’sfantastic CBC radio seriesUnder the Influence. Talkabout making a pact with thedevil; this is handing overyour psyche, lock, stock andbarrel.
But these Japaneseadvertisers aren’t the onlyones promising to sculptyour nocturnal adventures.A British psychologistcalled Richard Wisemanhas developed seductivesoundscapes for Apple’smobile operating systemiOS in an app called Dream:ON. Its 20 scenarios includeSpace Shuttle, Wild Westand A Trip to Tokyo. (Japanagain. Hmm.)
Downloading this appis, suspiciously, free. I smella quick and easy route tomass thought control, butthen, I’m not a joiner. SaysCassandra Daily, “the hopeis that this unique dreamdatabase will ultimatelyprovide valuable researchfor helping sufferers ofdepression.” I know thatwhen I’m depressed, it’s
my most fervent desire tofind myself roping steersand shooting cowboys — orvice versa — whenever I’mnot singing “Don’t StopBelievin’” over slabs of raweel in a Tokyo karaoke bar.
But this isn’t even thesum total of the mindmanipulation on offer.Simply visit the iTunesstore to find an app calledSigmund that was designedby Harvard PhD studentDaniel Nadler. During asleep study for the Mind/Brain/Behaviour InterfacultyInitiative (no alarm bellsthere), Nadler found that hecould direct 40 per cent ofthe dreams of participants bystaging readings during theirREM cycles.
You can do it yourselfusing Sigmund, whichprovides you with 1,000keywords from which tocreate your own “dreamstory” that will be read aloudto you while you’re dormant.
“If the app proves a hit,‘event dreaming’ couldbecome the next hot form ofentertainment,” gushes therelentlessly upbeat CassandraDaily.
In the interest of leavingpretty much nothing tochance, another applicationdevoted to “life-tracking”promises to turn your
most tedious real-timeactivities into “beautifulvisualizations” by means ofhappiness trackers. Whenyou’re in a good mood, youcan register it through yourhandheld device on Happstrso an icon can pinpoint thelocations of you and yourfellow chirpy nutbars on aninteractive map.
You’ll be alerted as otherusers check in so you cancharge up to happy-go-lucky strangers and busttheir bliss by blathering atthem about your awesomerhododendrons or C+ inmath, or whatever has gotyou smiling this time. Or,as Cassandra Daily puts it,you can share your “exultantmoments.” Remember whenpeople used to share theirexultant moments with their
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DNV debuts draft of a 20-year parks planJeremy [email protected]
THE District of North Vancouver unveiled a20-year draft parks plan at an April 17 councilworkshop, although one councillor expressed fearthat the plan will never be more than a plan.
“Over the last 20 years we’ve seen a lot of studies comeforward,” said Coun. Alan Nixon. “And then nothing tangible,or not a lot tangible, comes forward.”
“We all embrace the concept of parks . . . but when it comesright down to it, it’s been given the short shrift, financially,”he said.
The plan calls for an expansion of Belle Isle Park, anew neighbourhood park north of Maplewood school, arevitalization of Maplewood Farm, and two new artificial turffields to be located somewhere on the North Shore.
While Coun. Lisa Muri approved of the plan, she said the
district needed to take a different approach to managing itsparks.
“Are we looking after what we have now?” she asked. “Andwe’re not really.”
Her point was echoed by Coun. Mike Little.“We have a lot of old, derelict pocket parks that haven’t seen
a shovel in 25, 30 years,” Little said.Implementing the draft plan is projected to cost as much as
$30 million over the next 20 years.The plan calls on the district to pay for 30 per cent of costs,
with the remaining funds coming from grants, developers andother levels of government.
New parks could also be more evenly distributed across thedistrict than what the plan calls for, according to Muri.
“There are no areas to go north of Mount Seymour Parkwayfor little kids,” she said. “The people that live here now will betaking the impacts of these developments,” Muri said, referringto the anticipated growth at Lynn Valley Centre, Lower LynnCentre, Lower Capilano Centre, and Maplewood Centre.
The district should also find a way to allow residents to storecanoes and kayaks near the waterfront, according to Muri.
Her comments about the burden of development wereechoed by Nixon.
While a few councillors acknowledged the difficulty in
finding government grants to assist the parks program, Littlesaid the district should be persistent.
“I don’t want us to let up on the pressure for the grants,”he said.
The plan should focus more on parks and less on trails,according to Coun. Roger Bassam.
“I’ve always had a nagging suspicion we had more trailsthan we need,” he said.
The district needs to do a better job of finishing park projects,according to Bassam, who discussed Inter-River Park.
“It could be a hugely successful venue for the community.We haven’t finished it,” he said.
The same problem has been evident with the delay ininstalling bathrooms at William Griffin Park, according toBassam.
Bassam asked city staff to investigate garbage managementin parks.
The responsibility of keeping parks clean should fall onresidents, according to Coun. Doug MacKay-Dunn.
“It’s got to be their park, not our park,” he said.Although the area is currently taken up by housing, the plan
calls for a new park just south of 27th Street close to LynnValley Shopping Centre.
“I’m still not entirely convinced we need a park there,” saidCoun. Robin Hicks.
The district should also make sure to consult neighboursbefore making any changes to Bells Isle Park, according toHicks.
“It’s almost regarded as their front yards,” he said. “I’m justconcerned if the residents down there take a look at that they’llbe jumping all over the place.”
It could cost as much as $30Mto implement over next 20 years
partners, parents and friends? Well, I do.Lord. It’s got to be exhausting regulating and keeping tabs
on everything from your hourly mood swings to your nightlydreams. I thought the 1970s was the “Me” decade — themasses’ obsession with self then was peanuts compared to this.
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childcare worker at a group home in Vancouver. Aprobation officer working with one of the youthsat the home also had clients attending the newPASS program, and introduced Henderson to theschool. After completing a diploma in learningdisabilities and behaviour disorders, Hendersonjoined the school as an English teacher around1976. The school had just relocated from NorthStar Annex to the current site on ShavingtonStreet. At the age of 22, Henderson was teachingstudents 17 and 18 years old.
Students with behavioural issues, many ofwhom had dropped out of school, formedmuch of the initial student body. However, theprogram started to attract a younger populationwhen it became more well-known amongschool counsellors and other administratorswho were interested in the unique environmentand individualized program for students still inschool who were slipping through the cracks ofmainstream programs. The student populationat KLASS would come to include those whoweren’t getting their needs met or who neededmore intervention; students who were withdrawn,depressed, or anxious; or those whose homesituations were so dysfunctional they couldn’tcope with school.
Henderson says the spectrum of studentsstretched to include those who weren’t successfulin school due to issues basically unrelated tobehaviour but manifest in poor attendance andlack of engagement.
“In the beginning schools were reluctant togive up their students,” says Rae Shidlo, a formercounsellor and teacher at KLASS for nine years.Now retired, Shidlo says initially the school dealt
School changedfrom its early days
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with students mostly throughtheir probation officers, butas the program took root andbegan to appeal to youngerstudents, there was a waiting listto get in. Parents regularly metwith Shidlo to find out about
the school and if it would be agood fit for their child beforeenrolling. Some expressedconcern about KLASS’sreputation for having “gangstersand druggies.” Shidlo wouldreply to their enquiries: “Surethey’re there, but they’re also atthe regular school.”
Shidlo came to love her timeat KLASS. “It was wonderful. Imean, I couldn’t wait to get upin the morning,” she says, butadmits she had some doubts inthe beginning.
“I’d heard things too and Ithought, goodness am I readyfor this? And I thought no, I’m
going to do it. This sounds like agood challenge. And you knowwhat? I never regretted a day,”she says. “I loved every bloodyminute. It was challenging butit was so rewarding.”
Having previously taught atBalmoral and Carson Grahamsecondaries, Shidlo arrived
at KLASS to a student bodynot quite ready to let her in.Shidlo, who says she smilesand laughs a lot, realized thestudents thought her pleasantdemeanour was phony. “Afterthey realized that was just thereal me, it was OK,” she recalls.“They were just absolutely
delightful to work with becausethey were like sponges, theywere soaking it up because theywere accepted. Not tolerated,accepted.”
The philosophy behindthe alternate learning programat KLASS was to provide thestudents with a chance tosucceed.
“Generally the kids felt likethey were failures at school,”explains Shidlo. “Our attemptwas to change that attitude,because if you feel like you are asuccess, or not a failure at least,well you’re going to go on todo great things.”
Rather than focusing onnegative behaviour, the schoolendeavoured to highlightpositive behaviour and hardwork, and provide differentpathwaysthroughthetraditionalhigh school curriculum. Aflexible schedule at KLASSallowed students a longertimeline to complete courses ifrequired, and curriculum wassometimes adapted or modifieddepending on a student’sneeds.
“We teach in many, manydifferent ways,” explainsHenderson.
Those ways may include acombined auditory, written andguided practice approach ratherthan a standard stand-and-deliver approach, which mightnot be effective for a studentwith auditory processingchallenges, for example. It’s avaried and unique approachto educational challenges thatmay seem beyond the scopeof a teacher’s regular jobdescription, but Hendersonsays she likes the part of the jobthat helps her make a differencein individual lives.
“It’s sort of like a calling,”she says. “It’s the kind of schoolthat a lot of staff just stay for areally long time.”
In recent years, KLASSmaintained a regular enrolmentof about 130 students whoworked in classes of about 12,with one teacher and at leastone aide per class.
Shidlo says the majority ofstudents at KLASS did wellin her time at the school, but,like any high school, somedidn’t. For some students, itdidn’t matter how much theschool did for them, therewere a lot of other factorsinvolved. Those other factorsmay have included alcohol ordrug addiction combined withnegative community or friendassociations, or dysfunctionalhome environments.
In general, the goal ofthe KLASS program was toprepare students to returnto a mainstream high schoolprogram, usually after Grade 10.A small group graduated Grade12 at KLASS, and some entereda work-experience program.
“A lot of these kids havegone on to university; theyhave jobs, they are responsiblecitizens,” says Shidlo, whoremains in contact with manyformer staff and students fromthe school. “The connectionsyou made, last,” she says.
“I think part of the successthat happened for the KeithLynn kids was that they were intheir own building, it was their
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STUDENTS Sabrina Lalonde (left), 15, Liz Laboucan, 16, Shiraya Hamm, 17, and Aleisha Burke, 17, gather infront of a wall of artwork produced by Keith Lynn Alternative Secondary School students. The classmates arespending their final semester together as the school is set to close at the end of the current school year.
own spot. If they had disruptive behaviours it didn’t bother anybodyelse. It was part of the program, so then they weren’t ostracized ortold to be quiet because they were upsetting another classroom,”she says. “The school was their home, and I can’t see another placeoffering all of that.”
Henderson says there was indication that there would be changesin alternate education on the North Shore about three years agowhen the school district experienced a reduction in funds. Publicforums and gatherings were held to discuss the budget cuts. It wasthe beginning of a process that later included meetings with theschool district and members of the various alternate programs andtheir PAC groups to discuss possible consolidation, cohabitation ormaintenance of stand-alone programs. In the end, it was decidedto consolidate the North Shore’s alternate secondary programsin order to reduce costs associated with administering separateprograms.
Although Henderson would describe the current mood ofthe KLASS staff as “sad” about the change, the focus now is onthe students. Rather than adding to their stress and making the
transition more difficult, Henderson says they are holding steadfastto the school philosophy to try to view any kind of crisis or difficultyas an opportunity to learn.
“I think this is just one more hurdle that we need to view asan opportunity to help kids believe in themselves and that they’regoing to be successful and that they can do it,” she says.
It’s a message current KLASS student Sarah Lacroix, 17, appearsto have taken to heart.
“Keith Lynn has helped in many ways to prepare me for my nextstep. It has brought me from a place where I thought I couldn’t doanything, to now where I know I can accomplish anything I put mymind to. Today I am prepared to go back to mainstream school,and to continue on with my life with a brighter outlook on thingscoming my way.”
The end of the school term in June will mark the end of an era forKLASS students and staff, and Schidlo has a final parting messagefor those students who are moving on and for those who are stillstruggling: “Don’t give up. Every inch of you is worth gold.”
The KLASS student celebration is scheduled for Sunday, June 24, 11a.m.-1 p.m. For more information contact [email protected].
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Representatives of Soroptimist International of North and West Vancouver held their annual awardsceremony at Cheers Restaurant April 17. Signature Soroptimist awards recognizing North Shore womenwere given out and guest speaker Margaret Harman, program director of North Shore Crisis ServicesSociety, discussed Sage Transition House and the society’s work to promote secure environments forwomen and children. The Soroptimists continually welcome new members, visit www.soroptimistnvwv.orgfor more information.
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Please direct requests for event coverage to: [email protected]. For more Bright Lights photos go to: www.nsnews.com/galleries.
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Caregivers can learnmore about the
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Erin [email protected]
THE Millerd family knows a thing or two about pulling together.
The close-knit North Shore clan faced the ultimate test last year when daughter,Ali, 23, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the bone marrowand the blood that, without treatment, progresses quickly.
The devastating news rocked the family — parents Mary and Don, and Ali’ssisters Jenn, Lisa and Margot. Each family member rallied in their own way — from
cancelling a wedding to donating stem cells — to ensure their youngest member gotwell.
“I am very proud of all the gifts our daughters have that have become soabundantly visible: generosity, gratitude and love,” says Mary.
After a tough year of extensive hospitalizations and ongoing treatment, theMillerds are happy to report that Ali’s leukemia is now considered to be in remission.Realizing how lucky they are, the family has once again come together, but this timeto support others facing a similar diagnosis, as well as in honour of those who’ve
Family matters
NEWS photo Kevin Hill
THE Millerd family, Don (left), Jenn, Mary, Lisa, Margot and Ali (front), plan to walk the BMO Vancouver Half Marathon Sunday, May 6 toraise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada through Team in Training.
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FAMILY RALLIES TO SUPPORT YOUNGEST MEMBER’S BATTLE WITH LEUKEMIA
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■ Heart and Soul of Caregiv-ing — The Challenges andJoys: North Shore Communi-ty Resources Society’s FamilyCaregiver Support will hold afree interactive workshop andcelebration for caregivers andhealth care providers, Satur-day, May 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. atSeymour Golf and CountryClub, 3723 Mount SeymourParkway, North Vancouver.Registration: 604-982-3313.
Erin [email protected]
WENDY Lustbaderconsiders caregivers tobe the most importantmembers of our society.
“They hold things togetherfor ill and disabled people andthey are deserving of honour,respect and as much help as pos-sible,” she says.
The Seattle, Wash.-basedsocial worker is an expert in thefield of caregiving and agingwith 30 years of experience. A
lecturer in the school of socialwork at the University of Wash-ington, she’s written a numberof books, including Counting onKindness: The Dilemmas of De-pendency and Taking Care of Ag-ing Family Members, and is con-tinually called upon throughoutNorth America to give presen-tations. “This is a tremendouslyimportant segment of societywho tend to just keep soldieringon without getting any help andit threatens their heath and well-being,” she says.
Lustbader will share herunique perspective in a free, in-teractive workshop presented byNorth Shore Community Re-sources Society’s Family Care-giver Support, timed with B.C.Family Caregiver Week, Satur-day, May 5 at the Seymour Golfand Country Club in NorthVancouver. Entitled Heart andSoul of Caregiving: The Chal-lenges and Joys, both caregiversand health care providers are en-couraged to attend.
“It’s a chance not only to getinformation about how to takecare of oneself and make lifebetter for the giver and receiverof care, but it’s also a chance tomeet with other people whoare in the same situation,” saysLustbader.
It’s amazing how helpful itcan be to talk to someone whoshares the experience of care-giving. “I always say, ‘No oneunderstands like a fellow care-giver,’” says Lustbader.
Caregivers can at times feelisolated, from their friendshipcommunity even, if members
lack caregiving experience. “Butthe minute you get into thepresence of someone who hasbeen a caregiver or is a caregiver,there’s instant understandingand rapport,” she says.
Lustbader hopes the work-shop does some positive workat both disseminating usefulinformation, as well as creatinga community of understandingamongst participants.
Caregivers of all walks of lifeand situations are encouraged toattend. “To take care of yourselfis to take care of the person whodepends on you,” says Lustbad-er. “Similarly to neglect oneself isto really undermine exactly whatyou’re hoping to do, which is tosupport someone. Self-care forthe caregiver and a decent lifefor the person who depends onthat person are intimately relat-ed. That’s what this conferenceis focused on: How can you in-crease your sense of well-beingand renew yourself so that youhave the strength and capacityto keep supporting this personwho needs you.”
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The Game of Life: Common-wealth Games Canada will hosta five-/10-kilometre run/walkthrough Stanley Park (begin-ning at Lumberman’s Arch)Sunday, April 29 at 8 a.m. Fee:$50/$40/$25. Registration:www.runningroom.com. Allproceeds go towards Interna-tional Development throughSport Programs in Common-wealth countries. Info: www.commonwealthgames.ca/ids.
North Shore Scotiabank MSWalk: A two-km short routeand a five-km long route willlead walkers on a scenic tourof the North Shore’s water-
front, starting and finishing inAmbleside Park, West Vancou-ver, Sunday, April 29. Check-in time will be 8 a.m. and thewalk will start at 10 a.m. Backat the finish area there will besnacks, refreshments, music andfamily-friendly activities. Wheel-chairs, scooters and strollerswelcome. Info: www.mssociety.ca/mswalk.
West Vancouver Lawn Bowl-ing Club Opening Day: Com-munity members of all ages areencouraged to try lawn bowl-ing and consider becoming amember, Sunday, April 29 at1 p.m. at the club, located at650-20th St., West Vancouver.Refreshments offered, as wellas games and prizes. Free. Info:
www.westvanlbc.ca.
A Nine-Step Creation Process— Making Positive State-ments: Learn about importantaffirmative life tools Wednesday,May 2, 7 p.m. at John Braith-waite Community Centre, 145West First St., North Vancou-ver. Presented by the CanadianMental Health Association.Admission by donation. Info:604-987-6959 or www.north-westvancouver.cmha.bc.ca.
The Art of Healthy Living —The Art of Healthy Relation-ships: Learn the dynamics ofhealthy relationships Thursday,May 3, 7-9 p.m. at the FerryBuilding Gallery, 1414 ArgyleAve., West Vancouver. Fee: $13.
Registration: 604-925-7266.
Better Breathers: An educa-tion and support group for in-dividuals with chronic lung dis-eases, and their family membersand friends. The group meetsthe first Friday of each month,1-3 p.m. at the West VancouverCommunity Centre, 2121 Ma-rine Dr. At the May 4 meetingthere will be a presentation onhealth recovery through tai chiwith an introductory session.Free. Info and registration:Rosemary, 604-904-6200, ext.4150 or [email protected].— compiled by Debbie Caldwell
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Erin [email protected]
ON May 2, two University of Western Ontariostudents will have written their final exam andwill begin a journey home to their native WestVancouver for summer break.
While hopping a plane is the obvious means of returningto the North Shore, the intrepid first-year business studentsWilly Konantz and Taylor Scholz (longtime best friends andCollingwood School grads) have something else in mind.
Inspired by Willy’s father Don’s March 2011 diagnosis withprostate cancer, the duo have created Gear West: Our Ride ForMen, a fund- and awareness-raising initiative seeing them hopaboard bicycles and travel an average of 160 kilometres per day,six days a week (totaling more than 4,600 kilometres) for about amonth, from their university town to their North Shore home.
Through their efforts, they hope to raise $50,000 for theVancouver Prostate Centre, which is focused on improvinglongevity and quality of life for prostate cancer patients. Thecancer facility operates a patient clinic and conducts research.
Willy is pleased with the opportunity to do something forDon, 49.
“When he got diagnosed with prostate cancer, there wasnothing that I could really do,” says Willy, 19. “I’m not a doctor,I don’t have any capabilities except for comforting him and raisinghis spirits. So when Taylor and I thought of this it was kind ofthe best thing because I could actually do something for him andmake him proud. This is the best way to raise his spirits I believe,so it means a lot to me. . . . He says he’s very, very proud.”
Willy and Taylor came up with the idea while biking to a partyin West Vancouver near the end of their Grade 12 year. Don’srecent diagnosis was weighing heavily on their minds and theywere discussing fellow Collingwood grad, Riley Senft, a friend ofWilly and his family’s, who ran across Canada in 2011 as part of afundraiser entitled Step Into Action. Senft raised more than halfa million dollars for the Vancouver Prostate Centre.
“I said to Willy, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if we did something likethat for a cause?” says Taylor, 19.
They initially thought they’d put together a small ridesomewhere in B.C.
“Then it just started growing,” says Taylor. “We got a lotof support and a lot of followers and we started realizing it wasgoing to be a pretty big event.”
Like Willy, Taylor is happy to be able to do something inDon’s honour as he’s known the Konantz family for as long ashe can remember.
“They’re obviously going through a tough time,” he says.“It was really hard for all of them, but they’re an amazing family,they’ve (dealt) with it so well. Don’s such an inspirational guy,
he was always so happy and just being so honest with how he wasfeeling and what he was going through. It’s really tough to see aman that healthy, that young, go through something so tough.”
While the pair are accomplished athletes — both playedfor Collingwood’s provincial championship rugby team, Willycompeted in ski racing and Taylor is an avid basketball and soccerplayer — they have little road biking experience. To prepare,they’ve been undergoing training, both on the road and spinningin the gym, and are feeling pretty confident about how they’llfare.
Their friends Mikhail Zalesky, a fellow Collingwood grad, andYongku Jung, who graduated from Sentinel secondary, will travel
behind them in a support car.On May 2, Willy’s parents — Don, who’s continuing to
undergo treatment for his cancer, and mom Catherine — will jointhem for the first leg of their cycle, from London to Toronto.
West Coast residents are encouraged to join the Gear Westriders for the final leg of their journey, from Abbotsford toDundarave in West Vancouver, an approximately 70-km stint,June 6.
For more information on Gear West: Our Ride For Men, tomake a donation or join the final leg, visit ourrideformen.com.For more information on the Vancouver Prostate Centre, visitwww.prostatecentre.com.
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AFTER best friends Willy Konantz (left) and Taylor Scholz write their final exam at the University of WesternOntario, they plan to cycle home to the North Shore as part of Gear West: Our Ride For Men. Inspired by Willy’sfather’s recent prostate cancer diagnosis, they hope to raise $50,000 for the Vancouver Prostate Centre.
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Erin [email protected]
WHEN it comes to inspiring NorthShore youth to take action, one localteen is unstoppable.
For the last three years, Julia Tikhonova, aGrade 11 student at Collingwood School, hasrallied her peers to unite and raise funds andawareness for one cause after another.
This year, she’s focused on families and is pre-senting Kilometres for Kids, a five-kilometre fam-ily walk starting at the Ambleside Youth Centrein West Vancouver on Saturday, May 5, from 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Funds raised from the event willsupport the dermatology and otolaryngology di-visions of the B.C. Children’s Hospital Founda-tion.
The main aim of the walk is to bring familiestogether. “The family bond is really important tome,” says Tikhonova, 16. “It’s really nice to seefamilies come together in the community to raisefunds for these really important issues for thenext generation.”
The walk, which will be followed by a barbe-cue, is being held during B.C. Youth Week.
In 2011, Tikhonova organized a similarevent, entitled the Be Real Walk, in support ofNorth Vancouver’s Be Real Eating Disorders
Clinic, which offers community-based assess-ment and ongoing treatment for youth with dis-ordered eating and eating disorders. The eventraised more than $4,000. In 2010, Tikhonovaorganized a 10-km fundraising run in her formerhome community, Port Coquitlam, entitled theFathers’ Run. Held in honour of her grandfatherwho succumbed to prostate cancer, the eventraised more than $3,000 for the Prostate CancerFoundation B.C.
“I think that we have a lot of opportunities,especially youth, we have so many opportunitiesto do amazing things, and it’s important to giveback,” says Tikhonova. “I feel like I become abetter person as I do it, I mature and I becomestronger and more confident. . . . And people en-joy it too, which is great. It’s very rewarding.”
Tikhonova is grateful for the strong level ofsupport she receives for her efforts, from sponsorsto local youth, and of course her own family.
“They’re just always there, they’re fantastic,”she says.
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JULIA Tikhonova, a Grade 11 Collingwood School student, invites North Shorefamilies to Kilometres for Kids, a fundraising walk, Saturday, May 5.
“I think that we have a lot ofopportunities, especially youth,we have so many opportunitiesto do amazing things, and it’s
important to give back.”— Julia Tikhonova
Youth activist
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succumbed to a blood cancer.Along with a few extended
family members and friends, allsix Millerds have committed towalking next weekend’s BMOVancouver Half Marathon,Sunday, May 6, in hopesof raising $30,000 for theLeukemia and Lymphoma
Society of Canada throughits fundraising and supportivetraining program, Team inTraining.
“We were surprised bycancer,” says Mary, 57, a WestVancouver resident. “Ali wasthe last member in our familywe would think of gettingsick.”
“It was shocking and it took
a long time to absorb the realityof living with a loved one witha life threatening illness,” sheadds.
Ali received her diagnosisin May 2011. Feeling fatigued,often finding herself out ofbreath and suffering numerousbruises, she went to the doctorand was immediately sent for ablood test.
“I went one morning andby that night they had calledme in for a blood transfusion,”she says, adding she was thentransferred from Lions GateHospital to Vancouver GeneralHospital, where she remainedfor the following two and a halfmonths.
Ali underwent a few roundsof chemotherapy and then astem cell transplant in August2011.
“We were lucky that she hada sibling match,” says Lisa, 26,who was her donor.
“It was really great to be ableto make a physical contributionto (Ali’s) healing,” she adds.
While Ali is currently onmedication to treat graft versushost disease, which can followa stem cell transplant anddevelops when the donor’simmune cells mistakenly attackthe patient’s normal cells, hercancer has been in remissionsince December 2011.
Ali’s life is slowly returningto normal. Having just finishedher second year at CapilanoUniversity when she receivedher diagnosis, she had beenplanning to go to the Universityof British Columbia that fall,which she was forced to put onhold for a year. She’s currentlytaking an online class and willhead to UBC this September.She hopes to complete abachelor’s degree in psychology
and one day work with childrenas an educator.
Ali has decided to take anadvocacy role and has appliedto work at the Canadian CancerSociety’s Camp Goodtimes thissummer, and will serve as anHonoured Teammate for futureTeam in Training participants.She is also planning to walk inthe North Shore Relay For LifeJune 9.
“Ali’s attitude was amazing;her courage, strength and lovecarried her through and helpedto carry us through,” saysMary.
The rest of the Millerds arealso interested in giving back.While they’re grateful that Aliis in recovery, they know there’sstill a long way to go in termsof available treatment options,says Jenn, 31, who was forcedto cancel her wedding last yearas Ali was in the hospital andwouldn’t have been able toattend.
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While the Millerds havealways been a close family, theirexperiences over the last yearhave brought them even closer.
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PENSIONS are back inthe news.
Last year there was adebate around what to dowith the Canada PensionPlan.
This year the focus is onOld Age Security (OAS).
Currently the OAS pensionis available starting at age65. The Guaranteed IncomeSupplement (GIS), paid toabout one-third of seniors,begins at 65. The Allowanceis paid from ages 60-64.
What’s got thegovernment rattled? In a
word: demographics. Withan aging population and adwindling workforce, existingpension promises becomeever more expensive and,according to government,not sustainable.
After months of playingcoy about their intentionsthe Conservative governmenttook action.
Starting in 2023,Canadians who are 54 andyounger will have to wait twomore years before becomingeligible to collect OAS andthe GIS.
The news came as nosurprise, except for thefact that the GIS is to beincluded in the new eligibilityrequirement. After all, weare talking about the poorestseniors here.
The original threshold toreceive OAS was age 70, butit was lowered in incrementsin the late-1960s to 65.
A national surveyconducted by Ipsos Reidin February found three-quarters of Canadiansopposing raising the agefor OAS eligibility. The
government defends thedecision noting that amongthe G8 countries, the UnitedStates, the United Kingdom,Italy, Germany, France andothers have already madeupward changes to theirretirement age. And, theypoint out that not a cent willbe cut from pensioners orthose who are approachingretirement. Good news forthose on the right side ofthe cutoff — those 55 andolder — as well as thosewho can benefit from thenewly announced automaticenrollment feature anddeferral bonus for OAS.
The automatic enrollmentfeature and an enhancedbenefit for those who wait totake their payments are both
new features for OAS. Badnews for those on the wrongside of the cutoff — personsaged 54 and younger — whostand to lose two years ofOAS payments — whichon average works out to be$25,000 for a single person,double that for a couple.
Who is likely to sufferthe most? The poorest ofthe poor, namely seniorwomen living alone, withoutother retirement or pensionincome.
Let’s cut to the chasehere. Are our future pensioncommitments a threat toour public finances? Theshort answer is no. Currentlythe cost of the OAS, theGIS and the Allowanceprograms are equal to 2.36per cent of GDP in termsof expenditures. That figurerises to 3.14 per cent of GDPin 2030 and falls back to2.33 per cent of GDP (whichis even lower than it is today)by 2060.
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So, was the change inthe age for OAS eligibilityreally necessary? Yes andno. The government mayhave reasons for making thechange to the OAS but itdoesn’t have anything to dowith the sustainability of thepension system. Reining inOAS payments means thatthe government now has alittle more room to deal withsome other fiscal challenges.
Making sure thatour social programs aresustainable is good publicpolicy. Balancing the budgeton the backs of some of ourpoorest seniors is not.
It’s unconscionable andthis government should beashamed of themselves.
Tom Carney is the executivedirector of the LionsviewSeniors’ Planning Society.Ideas for future columns arewelcome. Contact him at 604-985-3852 or send an email [email protected].
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The main challenge ofmatching wines with Asianplates, she says, comescourtesy of the “rovingchopstick,” which means(because we’re tastingany number of differentingredients, or small tastessuch as pot stickers) thatany bite we take most likelydoesn’t repeat the one wetook before it.
There’s not space hereto do full justice to her fullthesis, that spans contrastingChinese regional styles, aswell as Korean, Japanese,Thai Singaporean and Indianflavours. But here are a fewpointers that can help youwhen pairing wines not onlywith Asian cuisine but food ingeneral:
The more versatile thechoice, the better. When thewine can go with 60 or 70per cent of the meal, it’s quitelikely the perfect pairing.“And you can’t go wrong with
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In food pairing, as always,acidity is key. It cuts throughspices as well as fat, and bringsa textural element. And notonly in white wines. Lookto higher acid reds, such asGerman Pinot Noir, to be aneasier match than many typicalstyles of New World reds.
Where possible, seek outaged wines which have had achance to “mellow,” wherethe sharpness of the flavourshas softened. (Too bad it’s sohard to buy aged wines in thismarket, she notes.) SchlossReinharthausen Pinot Noir
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Be cautious ofoverpowering flavours, oradding too much sweetness,when matching aromatics(such as Gewurz) to spicyplates.
Our Bao Bei foray yieldedno shortage of good tastesand worthy matches (KrugerRumpf Pinot Blanc with coldtofu — who knew?), as well asa couple of brilliant remindersas to how some late harvestRieslings can absolutely singwith spices such as Sichuanpeppercorn: Fritz HaagRiesling Auslese (Braunberger
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Similarly at Ho Chi Minh City, Captain Carl Smith stick-handled the Quest up the
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It was 18 years since my first visit, when there were few cars and the way to getaround was on a cyclo-rickshaw. Today the city is a bedlam of motorbikes and cars, butI did find a cyclo and enjoyed a memorable, peaceful experience through backstreetsto the central market, where a few dollars buys enough cottons to broker into a tidysum at a Vancouver music gig.
American passengers roamed the streets looking for the rooftop from which the lastrefugees were lifted off by helicopter as Saigon fell. I went to the War Museum whichhas a guillotine left behind by the French.
More than a few passengers had local food at riverside restaurants festooned withfairy lights, some went to the beautifully restored Rex, while one couple checked intothe Sofitel for the night.
Then Halong Bay, from where passengers went by bus to Hanoi. It was a four-hourdrive, but made more than bearable by a banquet and overnight at a posh hotel withRolls-Royces in the driveway.
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Azamara has an interesting niche in that it has ships you canconsider small (680 passengers) in an era of mega ships, but whilelittle has come to mean costing a lot, cruising on Azamara’s twovessels is relatively affordable.
Cabins are comfortable, many have balconies, and there are someattractive public rooms such as a spacious library. The Mosaic coffeebar is a sociable spot,and what’s more the coffee,and cookies, arefree. Even better, there is no charge for wine at lunch and dinner.
A flourish of the wallet is required, however, for two of the fourrestaurants on board, but $25 per person is not bad. As someonesaid, if they were free you’d never be able to get in.
Afterwards, entertainment breaks out all over the ship, from songand dance acts in the theatre to a London guitar man called Trevor,whose polished “Mustang Sally” in the snazzy Observation loungeleaves the thought that compared to home these days, a cruise ship isjust about the only place you can find live music, and dance, withoutventuring into a combat zone.
Finally, a dawn entry into Hong Kong’s fabulous harbor, alwaysa thrill no matter how many times I do it. And taking a leaf out ofAzamara’s book, we would not be rushing away, not as Asia’s mostexciting city was in the throes of giving a rousing welcome to theyear of the dragon.
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VIETNAMESE women welcoming the Azamara Quest in Ho Chi Minh City.
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JOE and Ruby Saito explore the ruins at Coba, Mexico.
NI and Tony Burrows catch up with the North Shore News inEast Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.
CONNOR, Mark and Dylan Ritchie and LisaMingo take in the scenery at Lake Taupo, NewZealand.
DOREEN Unger checks out the penguin colony on the FalklandIslands.
MATTHEW and Megan Dunn get some sunshine inYarrawonga, Victoria, Australia.
KELLY, Lindsey and Ryan Barker, Luca and ChloePrimerano and Bremen, Brock and Bexley Meyerhang out in Maui.
JIM, Deion, Brett and Pam Drakos visit Stonehengein Wiltshire, England.
NOLAN Chastko, Shreyas Rai and EmilyChastko enjoy a family holiday on the beach inPuerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
DAYNE Jackson and Halle Huston vacation onLittle Corn Island off the coast of Nicaragua.
FIREFIGHTERS Without Borders Canada teammembers Norm MacLeod, Derek Dickson, BrianMetzak and Michael Emri visit an orphanage whileon a training deployment in Asuncion, Paraguay.
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Dogs have improved the livesof human beings immensely,whether as service dogs for thosevisually impaired, doing policework, sniffing out cancer or as thepersonal companion that offers ahead for a weary human hand torest at the end of a long day.
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In Martin Kihn’s book Bad Dog:A Love Story, Martin tells of howhis Bernese Mountain Hola savedhis life by dragging him out of bedto get to his AA meetings, statingthat, “Her intuitiveness is trulyamazing.”
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SMILING faces might bemandatory in the world ofcompetitive cheerleading, but it’snot all fun and giggles for troopsperforming their pressure-packedroutines in front of judges withchampionships on the line.
The Icons, an elite all-female teamfrom North Vancouver’s Absolute Cheerand Tumbling, will have their game faceson this weekend as they vie for points andprestige at The Cheerleading Worlds inOrlando, Fla. The 24-member team hasjust two minutes and 30 seconds to showthe world that they belong on the sport’sbiggest stage.
“It takes a certain kind of person reallyto do this. . . . The stakes are quite high,”
said Absolute owner and team head coachSonja Lucia Bocs on Tuesday, two daysbefore the team departed for Orlando.“You have two minutes and 30 seconds toprove yourself. . . . We’re not like socceror baseball where you can just throw insomebody else and bench somebody. Itliterally relies on every single person toexecute. It’s very fun, a lot of pressure.”
The Icons are competing in the all-female, international Level 6 division, theonly team from British Columbia in thatcategory. Yesterday, after North ShoreNews deadline, they faced off against five
other teams from Canada hoping to earnone of three berths in today’s internationalchampionship.
Regardless of how the scores go thisweekend, the Icons have put a lot ofwork into their routine since they beganpractising it last September.
“It’s pretty cool — these kids train likethree, four, five times a week just for twominutes and 30 seconds,” said Bocs.
The team includes all-star cheerleaders,aged 16-25, from across the LowerMainland, including two from the NorthShore. West Vancouver’s Brooke Senton,a 16-year-old West Van secondary student,is the youngest member of the team whileNorth Vancouver’s Nicole Jenni was addedas a very last-minute replacement.
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THE Icons, a team from North Vancouver’s Absolute Cheer and Tumbling, show off their high-flying routine at aregional competition. This weekend they’re competing in the Cheerleading Worlds in Orlando, Fla.
Cheerleadingteam takes onthe world
Plavsicheadedback toOlympicGamesAndy [email protected]
WEST Vancouver’sZac Plavsic booked histicket to the LondonOlympics earlier thismonth, finishing asthe top Canadian atthe World WindsurfingChampionships inCadiz, Spain.
Plavsic finished 16th overallat the World Championshipto earn his second trip tothe Olympic Games. In2008 Plavsic finished 23rdin windsurfing at the BeijingOlympics.
This year’s worldchampionships were a blusteryaffair with high winds wreakinghavoc on the schedule and theracers. With winds whippingup to 50 knots, the final twodays of races were cancelled,replaced by speed trial sessions.Plavsic raced the speed trialson a borrowed board afterwinds and high speeds rippedup his sail.
“I am happy with qualifyingbut not happy with my resultsat the world championships,”said Plavsic in an email tothe North Shore News.“This will add to my fuel as Ipush forward in the comingmonths.”
Plavsic started strongly inthe event, finishing fourthin race No. 1, but could notbreak the top-10 the rest ofthe way. In race No. 9 Plavsictook a hard fall and finished in35th spot. Though he placed16th overall, his ranking forthe Games bumps up to 12thbecause each country is onlyallowed to send one racer tothe Olympics.See Season page 35
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CHRIS Spencer, staring centre for the Chicago Bears, pushes a weighted sleighacross some unforgiving asphalt as part of a workout with the team at NorthVancouver’s Level 10 Fitness. Spencer made a special trip to the North Shore toget into top shape before the NFL season begins.
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West Van’s Reinhart brotherscoming on strong to finish seasonsAndy [email protected]
WEST Vancouver’s Sam Reinharthelped Canada’s national under-18men’s hockey team score bronze at theIIHF U18 World Championships heldApril 12-22 in Brno, Czech Republic.
Reinhart scored a first-period goal in thebronze medal match against Finland in a gamethat Canada went on to win 5-4 in overtime.Calgary’s Hunter Shinkaruk did most of thedamage for the Canadians in the third-placeshowdown, scoring a hat trick, including thegame-winner two minutes and five seconds intothe overtime period.
The bronze medal ended a three-yearmedal drought for Canada at the U18 worldchampionships. The United States completedan unbeaten run through the tournamentwith a convincing 7-0 win over Sweden in thechampionship final to claim their fourth straightgold medal.
Reinhart ended the tournament with twogoals and three assists in seven games. The 16-year-old finished fourth in rookie scoring in theWestern Hockey League for the 2011-12 season,notching 28 goals and 35 assists for 62 points in
67 games for the Kootenay Ice.In other Reinhart-related news, Sam’s older
brother Griffin Reinhart leads a trio of NorthShore players into the top-30 for North Americanskaters in NHL Central Scouting’s final rankingsheading into the 2012 NHL draft.
Griffin, a defenceman for the WHL’sEdmonton Oil Kings, was ranked 10th on thelist, released last week in advance of the draftwhich will be held June 22-23 in Pittsburgh.
NorthVancouver’sColtonSissonsalsocrackedthe top-15, coming in ranked 14th amongstNorth American skaters. The Kelowna Rocketscentre is the highest-rated WHL forward on thelist. North Vancouver’s Dalton Thrower roundsout the top-ranked trio. The Saskatoon Bladesdefenceman comes in at No. 26 on the list.
Rounding out the Reinhart report, oldestbrother Max Reinhart made his pro debut withthe Abbotsford Heat April 15 and scored a pair ofgoals in a 5-4 win over the Toronto Marlies. Max,a 2010 draft pick of the Calgary Flames, joinedthe Heat after finishing off his final junior seasonwith the Kootenay Ice. Max has since appeared inone Calder Cup playoff game, helping the Heatto a 3-0 sweep of the Milwaukee Admirals intheir first-round series.
The three Reinhart brothers are the sons offormer NHL defenceman Paul Reinhart.
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Season comes down to just one short routineBocs said of Jenni, an Argyle secondary grad.“She learned the whole thing in two days.”
The Icons competed in the same competitionlast year and finished last outof the Canadian teams. Thereare many new faces this year— only seven are returningmembers — and expectationsare higher this time around,said Bocs.
“They actually have achance to do quite well thisyear — within the last calendarseason they’ve improved abouttenfold,” she said, adding thatthey’ll still be hard pressed tomake it to today’s internationalfinal. “They would need to hita near perfect routine just tobe able to qualify for (Sunday).It’s a huge learning experiencefor them. For a gym that’s onlybeen around for four years, it’sa huge accomplishment for
them to receive this honour to represent theircountry.”
The team’s success defies the sport’s relativelow profile in British Columbia, said Bocs.
“It’s kind of cool that such a small little
community like the North Shore is able torepresent our country on a world stage,” shesaid. “A lot of people don’t know that we evenexist. Cheerleading starts on the North Shore atfour years old and can go all the way up to 25 or
30 even.”For more information on the club visit www.
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From page 33
CARSON Graham’sgirls team finishedsecond at the 2012B.C. Rugby highschool provincialsevens championshipheld April 13-14 atthe University ofBritish Columbia’sThunderbird Stadium.
The Eagles opened playon Day 1 with three straightvictories, topping RobertBateman14-10,Mt.Boucherie22-12 and Elgin Park 33-5 tofinish first place in their pool.
On Day 2 Carson Grahamscored a 24-0 quarterfinal winover Walnut Grove followedby a tough 15-12 semifinalvictory over Cowichan to booka spot in the championshipfinal.
The Eagles’ run endedthere, however, as AbbotsfordCollegiate steamrolled to thetitle, knocking off Carson 37-0 in the final. Cup final MVPLauren Arthur recorded threetries for Abbotsford, whooutscored their opponent’s218-5 in the tournament.
The rugby sevenschampionship expanded to 15teams this season after onlyfive competed in last year’stournament. The sport hasbeen added to the Olympicprogram for 2016.
Carson Graham’s rugbygirls have now turned theirattention to the regular 15-a-side game with provincialchampionships in that sportscheduled for May 24-26 atWest Vancouver’s KlahaniePark.
— Andy Prest
Carsongirls 2ndat rugbysevensprovincials
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SENTINEL’S Laura Gannon fires a shot with Carson Graham’s Danielle Owen inclose pursuit in senior girls AAA soccer action April 16. Gannon scored a pair ofgoals for the Spartans as they blanked the Eagles 4-0. Sentinel is now in third placein the North Shore league, one point behind Argyle and five behind Handsworth.
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BADGER - Geraldine JuliaSept. 27, 1926 - April 19, 2012Born in Toronto and raised inWinnipeg, Gerry was agraduate of Gordon Bell HighSchool. She married husband,Brian in 1949 and raised threec h i l d r e n R i c k , S t e v e n(Jeanette) and Jill (Robin).Gerry was one of the originalworking moms in the early 60’sbalancing home, work andfamily. She worked at theWinnipeg Free Press untilmoving to Vancouver in 1973where she worked for NationalTrust well into retirement. Infact it was joked that someonewas going to have to tell herthat she must retire. However,in that she never would tell herage, she carried on workingright into her 70’s saying“Retire, why would I retire?”Gerry was a true lady with agreat sense of style who lovedfashion, looking good andhaving a closet full of shoes.S h e a d o r e d h e rgranddaughters, Rachel ,Melissa, Meagan and Carolineand became affectionatelyknown as ‘Gammie’ to thewhole family. Gammie madeevery family occasion specialand fun and will be deeplymissed by her family, friendsand all who knew her.A memorial service will be heldat Boal Chapel, Lillooet Road,North Vancouver on MondayApril 30 at 10 am. In lieu offlowers the family requestsdonations be made to CanuckPlace.
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DIRASSAR - RosamondKatherine Susan (Brown)October 29, 1925 – April 19, 2012Susan passed away peacefullywith family by her side after ane x t e n d e d s t r u g g l e w i t hA l z h e i m e r ’ s . S h e w a spredeceased by husband Leon,parents Edward and RosamondAnketell-Jones, brother Michael,and former husband/ friend IvanBrown. She will be dearly missedby her children; David (Fe),Michael (Mandi), Christine(Pe t e r ) , De r e k ( L e s l i e ) ,grandchildren; Leslie (Conor),Andrea (Kyle), Malcolm, Jenny,Wes, Amelia, Chelsea, Devon,Nathan, Lucas, Dexter and greatgrandchildren; Lochlann, Ryder,Emily and Sage. Susan was bornin Duncan, B.C., and attendedQueen Margaret’s School whereshe discovered her athletic skills;excelling in field hockey. Shortlyafter graduating from U of T as aphysiotherapist she married Ivan,moved to Vancouver and thensettled on the North Shore wherethey raised their 4 children. Theirhappiest memories came fromtheir summer holidays on ThetisIsland. In 1982 Susan marriedLeon Dirassar and shared manyhappy years together travelling toexotic places and enjoying theGulf Islands. Susan was an avidcompetitive tennis player and amember of the West VancouverTennis Club until she was 75.When not playing tennis, Susanvolunteered as a Green CoatAmbassador at YVR. Susan andLeo resided in West Vancouverand spent weekends andsummers on Mudge Island, whichbecame their permanent home in2002. She loved the outdoors,gardening and had an amazingeye for photography, eventuallycreating beautiful photo cards forevery special occasion. Susanspent many hours sharing herlove of the island life with herfamily and many friends; beachcombing, touring the islands andwatching sunsets. Her greatestpleasure came from her children,g randch i l d ren and g rea tgrandchildren. Susan was alwaysa gracious lady and a wonderfulhostess with an infectious laughwho loved having conversationswith everyone who crossed herpath. A Celebration of Life will beheld Saturday May 5th 2012 at1pm at St. Stephen’s Church 85522nd Street West Vancouver. Areception and tea will follow at thechurch.
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DUFAUT - RobertAug. 2, 1925 - April 21, 2012Dad passed peacefully after acourageous battle with cancer.He was predeceased by hisBrother Louis and Sisters JeanneDe La Fontaine and MarthaMedlicott. He is survived by hisWife Adina and his Son Rene,and many nieces and nephews,relatives and good friends. Hewas born in Winnipeg MB andworked as a businessman, laterretiring to the West coast,enjoying life. He was a member ofBlue Lodges, Scottish Rite andthe Shrine - Khartum and Gizeh.He loved Sports, was an avidhunter and Fisherman, was agreat provider. He will be missedby all. Thanks to Dr. Bolt, Dr.Finland, and the Doctors of LionsGate Hospital for believing in theSanctity of life. God bless thenurses of I.C.U. and Dr.Edmunds, Dr. Rob Scott for theirg rea t unders tand ing andguidance. Donations may bemade to the Lions GateFoundation at 231 E. 15th, NorthVancouver, BC, V7L 2L7 inmemory of Robert Dufaut, or thecharity of your Choice. FuneralService will be held at St.A n t h o n y ’ s P a r i s h , 2 3 4 7Inglewood Ave, West Vancouver,May 1, 2012 at 11 am. To signbook of condolence, please clickon mckenziefuneralservice.com
HENNECKER -Melville (Mel)Born in North Vancouver on May8, 1921, Mel passed awaypeacefully on April 8, 2012, at age90. He will be sadly missed by hisfamily & friends. A memorialservice will be held on May 5th2:00 pm at Boal Chapel, 1505Lillooet Road, North Vancouver.In lieu of flowers, please makedonations to the North ShoreRescue Team Society, or thecharity of your choice.
PORRITT, Winifred LouiseJan 22, 1925 - Apr 19, 2012
Winifred Louise Porritt (Pritchard)passed away peacefullyThursday evening April 19th, inSequim Washington. April 21stwas the 64th anniversary of hermarriage, Don and Freddie hadmany years of happy retirementin Bellingham, in Arizona,travelling the world and golfing.Freddie is lovingly rememberedby Don and their daughters LeeJohnston in Victoria and Tracey(Rick Scurfield) in NorthVancouver, and her nieceMyfanwy (David Jones) andfamily in Leicester, England.Three grandchildren, TeresaScurfield (Gary Kelly), DevonJohnston, Mike Scurfield andtwo great grandchildren, Jordanand Amanda Kelly; Don’s sisterWendy Wiggins, niece Lenore,nephew Paul and their families.Freddie is most remembered asa dedicated nurse includingvolunteering in PlannedParenthood and geriatric care,an excellent golfer, life-longsewing fan and a truly goodfriend. Memorial tea inVancouver will held in the nearfuture.
Stewart, James B. (Jim)
After a great struggle toovercome the infectionsand complications of heartsurgeries, Jim passed awayin St. Paul’s Hospital onApril 23, 2012 at the age of72. Left to miss Jim greatlyare Sandra, his wife of 47years, sons Ryan (Alisha)and Rod and his cherishedgranddaughter Jamie Marie.
Jim retired in 2004 after 37years with Bic Inc. He lovedall sports, travel, readingand walking. His sense ofhumour will be his greatestlegacy.
In lieu of flowers, memorialdonations can be made to theB.C. Cancer Foundation. Noservice by request. A familygathering will be held soon.
Always walk beside us Jim.
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Darlene passed away peacefullyon Sunday, April 22, 2012 in NorthShore Hospice after a courageous 3-year battle with liver cancer. She waspredeceased by her parents, motherHelen Jacobi (nee Van Dyck) and fatherMichael Jacobi. Darlene is survivedby her beloved family: brother Gary(Lynda), niece Nadine (Mike), nephewBrent (Theresa), great niece Julia, greatnephews Cohen, Levi, and Kaleb, cousinJoyce (Duke) Dukeshire, and AuntElisabeth Dyck. She would also wish to
acknowledge special friends: Dolly Majer, Boni Jacobi, Sandrine Contant,and Arvilla Read and family.
Although born in Flin Flon Manitoba – winter at minus 35 degrees! – shewas raised in North Vancouver, where her father helped build the “VictoryShips” during WW2. Darlene was an active Christian, who, through theSalvation Army and the United Church of Canada, strived to make people’slives more just and equitable, particularly for women and children. Shewas an educator teaching in the public schools of North Vancouver, andlater, she took on various leadership positions relevant to education. Atireless political activist, she made a positive contribution by workingwith others to develop policies on many issues, including: child care,homelessness, and “Child Labour Standards and Enforcement.” Darlenecontributed her considerable intelligence, energy, and compassion tohelping make Canadian society a generous place for all, including thosenew to Canada and in need of a helping hand. She often spoke about thegratitude her mother felt to Canada. As a child, her mother and her DutchMennonite family were brought to Canada as refugees from Russia afterthe revolution.
Special thanks to Dr. Haaf and Dr. Smiljanic, the Lions Gate Hospital ChemoTeam, and to the North Shore Hospice for their excellent care.
A memorial service will be held at Highlands United Church, NorthVancouver, on Wednesday, May 2, at 1:30 pm, Rev. Cheryl Black officiating.Reception to follow.
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1 BR, 2 BR + den, view, availNow. 1 yr lease, 125 West 19th,no pets, coin wd, 778-554-0537
1 BR $950 incl heat/hw prkg, hwflrs, Lonsdale & 21, quiet bldg, np,avail Apr 1, 604-990-4088
1 BR $980. large, bright, hard-wood, ns, np, near seabus, quietbldg. call 604-618-8338
1 BR bright large, Lynn Valley,heat, hw incld, hardwood flrs,$975 np, ns Immed 604-980-9219
1 BR VIEW f/p, d/w, secure u/gprkg, Lease. 2nd/Lonsdale, ns/np, $1100. May 1st 604-669-3950
1 BR, W. 20th & Lonsdale, heat,hw & prkg, no pet, ns, May 1 refsreq’d 604-960-0452
1 BR’s starting@ $900, May 1,Heat incl’d, quiet, gated prkg. n/p,view, walk to seabus. 1 year lease163 West 5th. 604-980-7501
1Br, large, May 15th, $900Total reno’d Heat incl. quiet.drapes. gated or free prkg,no pets1 yr lease. 310 E. 2 604-780-5646
1 BR, large, $940.nr Hospital & Safeway, no pets,prkg, heat incl. 1 yr lease 150 E.
11th. 604-987-4922
2 Br, $1050, Avail May 1.Total reno’d Heat incl. quiet.drapes. gated or free prkg,no pets1 yr lease. 310 E. 2 604-780-5646
2 BR, $1075, avail May 1, centralLonsdale, heat/hot water incl’d,no pets, 604-986-6418
2 BR, large $1175, June 1.Parklike Setting, Outdoor Pool,Playground. drapes, heat & prkg.incld. 1 yr lease. no pets 1228Emery Pl. 604- 987- 4922
2 BR, large, bright, $1200, availJune 1, hw flrs, heat, howater,storage, N/P, 215 E 12th604-971-2456
2 BR, south Lonsdale, 2 bath,12th flr, east facing, water view,cement balcny, f/p, modern kit-chen, h/wood flr, l/room, 2 prkg,concierge, fitness, media rm avail$ 2 2 0 0 i n c l . M a y 1 s t604-813-7198 email:[email protected]
225 W. 3rd St, 604-908-73681 BR, 1 bath, parking, sharedlaundry, lease, no pets. $1250.
2BR+DEN, LUXURIOUS new 2lvl penthouse, 180°view ocean/mtn/city,ns np $2400, July 1st.Credit check req 604-992-8664
6505 Apartments &Condos6505
6505-11 North VanApt. Rentals6505-11
365 EAST 2nd Street: 2 BDRM-h/w, d/w & balcony, bright cornerunit in quiet building $1095 inclheat & h/w avail June 1st604-726-4884
GREAT LOCATION!145West Keith Road.1 BR $1100 & Studio $925
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LYNN VALLEY updated 3BR, hwflrs, large grd flr patio $1450.604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net
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604-988-3828www.mountainvillage.ca
Newly Reno’d 1 BR $955/mo,incls heat, hw, cbl, ns np, June 1,min 1 year lease, 604-987-8807
NORTH VAN, near all amens,large 1 br apt., Mtn view, $780incls heat & h/w, suits 1 quietadult, ns np May 1. 604-294-4502
STUDIO, avail June 1. Move-inallowance. Quiet, clean building.Rent start $900/mo. Incls heat/hotwater. NS/NP. 1 yr lease. Cable/parking extra. 604-985-4272
6505-12 West VanApt. Rentals6505-12
WESTWIND APTS - 2025Bellevue Ave, W Van, 2 BR Reno’dmtn view & 2 br ocean viewCat OKSenior discount. 604-913-0734
BAYVIEWAPTS1550 Duchess Ave,W. Van.
Studio & 1 Br availMove-in Bonus Fitness rmout door pool, nr shops, transit& Seawall. 1 yr lease, N/pets.Heat, hw incl’d. Member ofCrime Free Multi-Housing
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Luxury Over The Seawall!Bach, 1 BR pool rec. rm, pet ok2190 Bellevue Ave 604-926-6287
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1 BR $1125 & $1075, Newkitchen/bath, dw, ns cat ok, lowerLonsdale, Avail April 15 and May1, 604-988-1939
1 BR, $1070, strata, n/s, n/p,heat, h/w, cbl, prkg, North View,Immed, 1 yr lease, 604-801-5880
BLUERIDGEAPTS(Family complex )
2 BR, Avail May 1, new reno’s,new cabinets, laminate & tiles,newer appls, prkg, storage, incl
heat & hw, playground(Mt Seymour Prkwy).
604-924-3628www.blueridgeapartments.com
BLUERIDGEAPTS(Family complex )
2 BR, Avail May 1, new reno’s,new cabinets, laminate & tiles,newer appls, prkg, storage, incl
heat & hw, playground(Mt Seymour Prkwy).
604-924-3628www.blueridgeapartments.com
LYNN VALLEY UPDATED 1 BR,hardwood flrs, May 1. $1006.604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net
PARKRIDGE TERRACE110 E. Keith Rd.
Great location, park likesetting, sauna, indoor pool,
parking available.★Bachelor $895Mtn view★Studio $945Ocean viewNo pets, 604-988-7379www.glassmanpm.com
1 BR, 2109 Bellevue. faces East,hardwood, hw & heat incl’d, Apr 2.np, ns, $1060, 604-986-1294
1 BDRMRecently reno’d 800sf,
available in quiet waterfrontbuilding, exceptional oceanview, No pets, non-smoking.2180 Argyle Ave.WestVanc. 604-913-1849 forviewing appointment
1 BR, partial water view, centralAmbleside, small concrete bldg,bright, balcony, top corner, $1150ns, np, avail now 604-612-4427
AMBLESIDE TOWER1 BR avail. Excellent views,rents incl. heat & h/w. Tenniscourts, indoor pool, saunas,exercise & games rooms onpremises. Walk to beach &shops. No Pets.
1552 Esquimalt.604-922-8443
6505 Apartments &Condos6505
6505-11 North VanApt. Rentals6505-11
326 WEST 1st St. 1 br $800& up.Nr seabus, secure prkg, no pets.Avail NOW. 604-983-6916
THE EDWARDIAN1330 Clyde Ave. 1 Bdrm Avail.May 1st. 1390.00 View, No Pets,N/S, Util. not incl. For appt.
604-926-3741
WHITEHALL APT’S 1640Esquimalt BR $975 604-990-2971weekends 778-238-4798.
1 BDRM & bath, $875 inc utils,shar’d ldry, ns, np, suit 1, Queens-bury Keith, May 1 604-986-8443
1 BR + small den, main, greatpatio, bright, ful ly reno’dthroughout, new furnished/equipped, inlc’d wd, hydro &cable, priv. entry, np E. 4th, $1200604-644-8590 or 604-990-0981
A SHORT STAY North Shore &Kitsilano 1 & 2 br + p/house. Renos,
families, execs. 604-987-2691www.vancouvershortstay.com
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6540 Houses - Rent6540180° VIEW home Upper Delbrook4 BR, 3 bath, ns, pet neg, totallyupdated $3500 Now 604-551-7685
4 BR, 2 bath, upper Lonsdale, hwflrs, view, sundeck & more.$2500/mo, Now, 604-715-2536
DEEPCOVE, 3 BR 2 ba, f/p, h/wflrs, updated, fam room, $2600604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net
HORSESHOE BAY, lovely 3bdrm lane house, unfurn, 2 bath,garage, $2500, 604-913-7772
Horseshore Bay, Seaview, 3BR,2.5 bath, rec room, $2500/mo,avail Now, ns/np 604-922-2332
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W Van, Dundarave, walk toshops, seawall, new carpets/paint, 3 bdrm, den, bsmt, (or 4bdrms) $3600/m, no pets, Details@ Call 604-319-7674
6505-12 West VanApt. Rentals6505-12
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6590 Rooms65901 BR, furn, own bath, UpperLonsdale, 1 blk to bus, $600 inclTV, internet, phone, w/d, accessto kitchen, suits 1, 604-987-2839
6595 SharedAccommodation6595
6595-45 NorthVancouver6595-45
1 BR, central, Upper Lonsdale,prefer woman, shrd kitchen/ldry,$575 incl, ns. Now 604-985-5168
1 BR IN spacious home for n/sfemale. Furn or unfurn, internet,w/d, $495 incl. 604-329-7449
6602 Suites/PartialHouses6602
1 BDRM in Edgemont, patio entr,reno’d. heated flrs, w/d, $940 inclutils, N/P, N/S, 604-929-5557
1 BR + den bsmt, BRAND NEWfamily room, w/d, d/w, patio, alrm,hydro & cable, ns np, CentralLonsdale $1350. 604-985-6607
1 BR & den, g/l fully furnished ste,bright charming space, own w/d,Riverside area, $1350 incl utils,cable & wifi. N/S, small pet ok.Avail May 1, Call 604-360-0517
1 BR garden suite, W. Van, LowerB.P. $825 incl.utils n/s n/p, Avail-able May1/June1 604-922-7345
1 BR spacious bsmt ste, North-lands area, N Van, insuite laun-dry, cat ok $900. 604-644-9621
1 STUDIO garden lvl priv patio,bright, $950, heritage home, 6appl, ns np, now 604-603-5528
2 BR, bright, above grd, fp, wd,patio, new reno. Close to bus, 2ndNarrows, Cap U, ns, sm pets ok$1175. 778-999-4397
2 BR bsmt ste, Calverhall, d/w,w/d, gas fp, ns np, incl utils $1150604-971-3348
2 BR bsmt suite, Tempe Heights,new floors, freshly painted, 5appls, gas f/p, ns np, NOW,$1300 + utils 604-340-8178
2 BR + den, 1 bath, 1000sf,shared laundry, prkg. Nr shops &all major routes, 1 yr lease reqdNP, NS, $1200 + 40% utils. 209 E5th St, May 1st. 604-780-9334
2 BR, Edgemont, 1200sf, private,w/d, d/w, ns, cat ok, $1500 All incl,Suit 2 adults Now 604-725-5832
2 BR garden level, quiet, wd, ns,np, $1100 + utils, incls cbl/net,May 1 or 16, call 604-980-5152
2 BR, newly reno’d cntrlLonsdale, $1500 incl utils/net/cbl,May 1st, NP, 604 715-2466
2 BR spacious nr Seymour Rvrnew stove/dw/patio prkg, ns catok $1280 May1st, 604-913-3109
3 BR, 2 bath, upper Delbrook, sepentry, ns, sm pet ok $2150 + 50%utils. May 1. 778-968-4221
A STUDIO suite, in quiet upperLonsdale home, garden level, 5appls, gas fp, May 1, Reno’d, ns,np, $760 incl utils, 604-988-6818
2 BR ste, Lynn Valley, suit 2, newcarpets, w/d, nr amens, ns/np,$1175+ utils, 604-987-5800
DEEP COVE cottage 600 sf, privyrd & entry, suit 1 quiet ns, $900incl hydro, no wd, 604-929-4513
EDGEMONT 1br+den, radiantflrs, wd, Net, satellite, ns np,$1250 incls May 1 604-985-7267
6602 Suites/PartialHouses6602
2 BDRM / 2 BATH UPPERLONSDALE Bright 1/2house, updated, incl. gasfireplace, insuite laundry,private garden patio. NoPets. 1100 SF. June 1.$1,850 all incl. 604-986-9298
1BDRM/1BTH Suite. OneBedroom Ground Floor Suite inquiet Blueridge home. Rentincludes all utilities exceptphone. Shared laundry. Nonsmoking, no pets. Available May1st. $800 Monthly.
Call: (604) 929-1443
6615 Wanted To Rent6615Looking for unfurn 3BR, 2baths,main flr or ground lvl, with garden,ns/np, Aug or Sept, pref longterm.Prof couple w/5 yr old daughter,reliable/clean.We treat yourhouse as our own, 604-971-2717
6605 Townhouses -Rent6605
2 BR/3BR avail. Move-in allow-ance. 5 appls., 1 bath, variablelease term. NP/NS. Rent starts at$1450/mo. Call, 604-986-0511
Seymour/DeepCove 3 BR upr lvlExecutive ste, fabulous kitchen,totally reno’d, 2ba, lg deck, hwflrs, heat tiles, NS/NP, $2500inclsutils, May 15, 604 377-4082
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6008 Condos/Townhouses6008
6008-06 Chilliwack6008-061 BDRM Condo in Chwk, 780sf,55+ bldg, $88,000. (furnished)604-219-8485 or 604-583-2510
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6008-22 NorthVancouver6008-22
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6008-22 NorthVancouver6008-22
SPACIOUS 2 bed/2 Bath 925 sq.ft. $429,000.Grt open plan, gasf/p. Open Sat May 5th 2 - 4pmC10-332 Lonsdale Ave. Troy Re/Max Select Prpty 604-737-8865
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6015 For Sale byOwner6015
THOMCREEKRanch - House forSale By Owner. In Chilliwack’spremier retirement complex. 2090sq ft finished plus 294 unfinishedready to model. In the top row withsuperb, unspoilable views of theCity, mountains and way beyond.Excellent Clubhouse. Friendlyneighbours $440,000 negotiable.No HST. 604-824-1892
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Aries March 21 - April 19: Chase money. Buy,sell, seek a pay raise or overtime and cultivatenew clients. You might feel possessive about yourloved one. Communications and travel, paperwork,errands and casual friendships flow well now toAugust – but if you experience a noticeable delayin any of these, walk away. Travel, Internet, coffeetalks, etc. can spark an attraction that might growinto a partnership. But remain skeptical aboutpeople you meet in these ways until September.Sunday/Monday are romantic. Tackle choresmidweek. Relationships – and intimacy – face youThursday-Saturday.Taurus April 20-May 20: Your energy, charisma,courage, clout and effectiveness soar for the nextthree weeks, Taurus – start important ventures, seeand be seen, ask favours, demonstrate your talents.Your earnings (your whole money picture) look greatto August – so do your sensual involvements. But atrap might also exist in both areas until September:DON’T try to get something for nothing, don’t yieldto temptations, and if you meet inexplicable delays(even small ones) get out, fast. Spend Sunday athome. Romance, creativity and “happy risk” drawyou Monday eve to Wednesday eve. Say yes!Gemini May 21-June 20: Continue to rest; avoidthe crowd. Your energy is low, though your charismais unusually potent. You could attract someone whois too energetic, or demanding/needy for you – thisapplies right into Aug, 30, so be patient, love withoutbias, and know the cosmos will pick the right time. (Ifa love affair is dumped in your lap before September,at least give it a good try. But if you have to chase it,let that tiny spark of resentment guide you to walkaway.) Avoid arguments at home. Sunday’s busy,happy. Settle into home or rest midweek. Thursday/Friday spark romantic notions.
Cancer June 21-July 22: Your popularity, optimismand luck rise nicely through May. There remains asilent, solitary or private attraction or situation to mullover – it could be an old friend, a lover whom you don’twant revealed to everyone, or simply a nice streak of“home sweet home.” This private zone needs carefulhandling through August – don’t yield to temptation,nor commit yourself irrevocably. Career or prestigediscussions continue well. Shop Sunday a.m., notMonday. Travel, talk Tuesday/Wednesday. Be home,or hold a garden party, Thursday/Friday. This nighttriggers sweet attraction.Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Your energy and charismasoar briefly Sunday/Monday. Send a letter, missive,email Sunday a.m. to someone you love (even afavorite nephew, niece). Chase money, buy/sellTuesday (best) and Wednesday. Errands, trips, talkand paperwork fill Thursday/Friday (careful Thursdaymorn). Retreat to a comfy chair, kitchen or garden,Friday night, Saturday. A good, easy week, withperhaps one ethical or cultural dilemma at its end.But all week, be ambitious, propose to higher-ups,display your talents, especially Tuesday. Throughmid-2013, your popularity will rise – better afterAugust.Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: Mysteries, detective work,health diagnosis, sex, intimacy, investments, debt,lifestyle decisions – these weigh on you, as the needto act, to step boldly, is undeniable. This pressurelasts to early July. This week and the next two, you’rewise enough, and see the big picture enough, tomake a good decision: where to live, to whom to beloyal, what major change to make in your life, etc.Read, listen to information: it contains valuable clues.Rest, remain in the background Sunday/Monday. Yourenergy, charisma shoot upward midweek – startsomething! Money, Thursday/Friday.
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Like Virgo, you facemysteries, detective work, health diagnoses, intimacy,financial and lifestyle decisions. These zones arelucky, especially up to May 13, so dive in rather thanplay for safety. (But remain honest, ethical.) Sunday/Monday feature wish fulfillment, social joys. Lie low,rest midweek. You can make a great investmentTuesday. Your energy and charisma rise Thursday/Friday: act to establish your position in power play,intimate or financial situations. Chase money, buy/sellFriday night, Saturday. Legal or international watershold joys and traps – be long-sighted!Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Relationships faceyou, carrying huge bags of potential: lucky moneyopportunities, beneficial relocation, negotiations,public dealings – especially as we approach May 13.You’ll need diplomacy, eagerness and desire to join.Where relationships veer into commitment, funding,intimacy – there you have good luck mingled withdifficult karma, so step carefully. (Yes, it soundscontradictory.) Be ambitious Sunday (best) andMonday. Midweek, wishes come true, your popularityrises. But retreat, rest and contemplate Thursday/Friday. Your energy, charisma surge Friday night,Saturday.Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Work piles up– plunge into it. Protect your health, eat and dresssensibly. Relationships continue to sparkle – now toAugust, people treat you with grace and affection.If you want to approach someone but are afraid,approach now; even if you’re rejected, you’ll walkaway smiling. A wise, gentle mood flows over youSunday/Monday. Career, prestige and relations withauthority arise midweek. Bosses are temperamentalnow to July, so be diplomatic, grin and bear it. You’llbe more creative in your career. Friends and sunshinebless you Thursday/Friday. Retreat Saturday.
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Romance, creativesurges, joys from children, beauty, pleasure, vacation,self-expression, speculation and rewarding risks– these fill your days. They might build to a luckysituation or love around mid-May, but it will have abig responsibility attached. Until July, stray idealisticor “principled” thoughts might urge you to end aromance – I wouldn’t. Much talk at home mightprefigure a summer struggle: talk about the pressuresand “accidents” you fear might loom. Mysteries ariseSunday. Sweet wisdom midweek. Ambition Thursday/Friday. Friday night begins an exciting weekend.Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: The weeks aheademphasize home, children, security, retirement,foundations, nature and nutrition. These build to asuperb opportunity (peaking about May 13) – forexample, you could buy real estate (and be forever gladyou did) or start a family healing, create a child, etc.You’llfeel sluggish, so take frequent naps. Your investigativetalents rise to the surface, now to July – so might yoursexual desires, so be good, moral, especially Tuesday/Wednesday. Sunday/Monday highlight relationships(maybe love, Sunday morn, noon). Seek wisdom,learning, travel afar, Thursday/Friday.Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: The main accent lies ontravel, communications, errands, details, paperwork,and casual friends. These swell large, might provideyou with a pathway to career or business success.(E.g., an idea or email you send the boss might wakehim/her to your talents. Or you meet a VIP whilerunning your errands.) Partners and others abandontheir winter/spring indecision, and leap up to respondto you (especially midweek) – whether favourably ornot, depends. Your home life is sweet, affectionate,until August.Tackle chores Sunday/Monday.Mysteries,finances, sexy urges arise late week.
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10 ACRESOFOKANAGANVIEWPROPERTY FORSALE
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6050 Out Of TownProperty6050
Fabulous Summer HomeTerrific Retirement HomeCountry Bed &Breakfast
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6082 Warehouse6082WHISTLER (Function Junction)1150 sq ft., bathroom, bay door,
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Other homes also available.1-800-779-4966;1-250-802-3650;
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6065 RecreationProperty6065
3/4 ACRE lot on Fraser River, 8km outside Lillooet on highway12. Beautiful view with 90 ft. ofriver frontage. Drilled well. Buildyour dream home or cottage. 3.5hrs from Vancouver. $89,000.Mark Rawson, Re/Max Sea toSky R.E. Lillooet. 250-256-1898.
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1995 FERRARI F355 GTB.Meticulously cared for. Canadiancar. Recent full engine outservice, new clutch and releasebearing, Tubi exhaust, Hyperflowcats, wheel spacers. Drives andlooks perfect! A must see!$54,900. Call 778-834-6069
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2010-2011 Mazda 3 SedanAuto, a/c, pwr windows& locks, CD, magsFrom $12,999
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2011 Mazda 24 dr hatch, auto, a/c, 22,300kms,pwr windows & locks, CD, C6827
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2011 Nissan SentraAuto, pwr group,
a/c, CD$13,999
2010 Smart Passion23,000kms, C7521
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2009 Mitsubishi Galant54,500kms, warranty til 2019, C6249
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2011 Nissan MaximaLeather, sunroof, C7446
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2008 - 2010 GM & Ford3/4 Ton Cargo Vans
From $16,999
2010 Hyundai ElantraTouring WagonAuto, a/c, pwr windows
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2009 Honda Civic DX-GAuto, a/c, pwr windows & locks, CD,
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2011 Ford Flex LtdAWD, loaded, leather, tu-tone,
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2010-2011 Hyundai SantaFe AWD 2.4L
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2010-2011 Ford EscapeLTD AWD
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2010-2011 Mazda SportAuto, a/c, pwr windows
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2008 - 2010 Dodge Ram 3500SLT Quad Cab 4x4From $29,999
2010 Suzuki SX4Auto, pwr windows & locks, a/c,
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2010 Ford Fusion SEL AWD &Sport AWD
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2011 Hyundai Sonata GL & GLS4cyl, auto, well equippedFrom $16,999
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2008 Mazda3 GTLeather, sunroof, sedan. GreatPrice! # MU1390 $14,500
2004 Mitsubishi Endevour4x4, Japanese import. SuperDeal! # M8422A $10,000
2009 VW Golf4 door, blue, low km. Raremanual! # MU1358A $13,500
2007 Mini Cooper STurbo, panorama roof, leather,fun to drive! # M7867A $17,500
2006 Honda RidgelineRare, black, 4x4, 4 door, 110,000miles, X US. # MU1430A $15,000
2007 Toyota Camry4 cyl, automatic, A/C, power package,reliable. # M8278A $12,500
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2010 Infiniti G37X“AllWheel Drive”Automatic, navi, alloys,
fully appointed, ST#12173A$36,988
2010 JeepWrangler UnlimitedSahara,27,000kms,pwrgroup,
auto,12168A$28,988
2007 Jeep Compass4X4, power group, 30,250kms,
beige, alloys, ST#5715$13,988
2011 Chrysler Town & CountryPower doors, BCAA inspected, power liftgate,
3.6 litre Pentastar V6, ST#P5703$31,988
2007 Hyundai Santa Fe AWDAuto, leather, 65,000kms, all wheel drive,
sunroof,ST#12004B$17,988
2009 Toyota Venza AWD2SA mags, sunroof,45,000kms, P517A$26,988
1600 MARINE DR., N.V.604.980.8501CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE Northshore
2011 Dodge Charger SXTLowkms,sunroof,alloys,Bluetooth,V6,
2 tochoose from$23,988
2012 Fiat 500 SportLowkms,sunroof,auto,alloys,Bluetooth,
2 tochoose from$20,988
AUTOMOTIVE9160 Sports &
Imports9160
2007 Audi A4 2.0T Quattroonly 11,000k $26,8502006 BMW X3 3.0only 46,200k $25,8502005 BMW 325ci Coupeonly 88,000k $17,8502003 BMW X5 3.0only 93,800k $18,8502001 BMW X5 3.0only 147,000k $12,8502006 Lexus LS430only 68,700k $26,8502006Mercedes Benz C2804Maticonly 69,500k $17,8502005Mercedes Benz E320only 61,600k $21,8502003Mercedes Benz CLK500 only 57,500k $21,850
2004Mercedes Benz C240only 65,200k $14,8502003Mercedes Benz C240only 49,800k $12,8502001Mercedes Benz E3204Matic only 45,600k $13,8502003MitsubishiOutlander XLE AWDonly 83,000k $11,8502004 VWBeetle Convertible5spd only 43,300k $16,8502001 VW Cabrio 5spdonly 46,800k $9,850
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9110 Collectibles &Classics9110
1966 CHEV PU V8 – 4 spd.collector plates, interior like new.$6,500 604-796-2866
1968 THUNDERBIRD 429 quadrajet, 2 dr cpe, reblt mtr, new brakes&lines & paint, $9,500 604-376-8363
1969 FORD Falcon Futura 302auto, fully restored, immac paint &body, numerous high perform-ance options. $13,500. Photos atwww.photobucket.com/69falcon
Call 604-307-0201
1978 M.G.B. racing green, allorig, antique plates, exc cond,$12,000, priv sale 604-922-3536
1987 ROLLS Royce S. SpiritBeautiful cond. 96k, all records,local Carter car, 24yrs one owner.$26,500 obo 604-644-6061.
1990 BENTLEY Mulsane 4 DrSedan, leather upholstery. LikeNew. ONLY 42,000 kms, $25,000obo. Lgly. Ralph 778-988-2055
1999 BENTLEY Arnage Stunningsapphire on cream interior. Quick4.4L twin turbo. Non smoker, Noaccidents. Mint. Looks new!$54,900. Call 604-889-2525
1981 LINCOLN Town car,signature series, stock, collectorplates, $5000 obo 604-792-6367
9125 Domestic91252003 CHEVY Cavalier. Only59,600 kms!! 2 door, 5spd, 2.2Lecotech engine; runs perfect! Hasremote start and CD player. Veryclean car - inside & out. Excellenton gas and very reliable! Aircaredwith no accidents. Asking $5300obo. 604-999-4098
1995 FORD Mustang convertible,new top, Aircared, V6, auto, goodcond $3200. 604-984-7574
9125 Domestic9125
2008 CADILLACEscalade EXT$39,888. (604) 626-4548
www.bypassautosales.ca #30576
9129 Luxury Cars9129
1982 EXCALIBUR PhaetonTotally done! The best in NorthAmerica. $69,000. 604-240-9098
1730 Burrard Street, Vancouver | 604-733-1820www.mclmotorcars.com
We also have an extensive stock of new Range Rover Sport & Evoque models.
2009BMWX3AWD, 31,358kms, Premium pkg, silver
$35,295
2009 Land Rover LR2HSE4x4, blue, 19” alloys, 3.2L
$31,995
2009 BMWX5AWD, 2,288kms, blue, loaded
$66,295
2008 Ranger Rover Sport4x4, black, supercharged
$52,295
9150 Services &Repairs9150
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9155 Sport Utilities/4x4’s/Trucks9155
1990 GMC Suburban. 4 WD,underdrive, blue, well kept. NewBluetooth. $6,000. 604-584-0324
2000 FORD Explorer 4x4, fullyloaded, 150K, exc cond, white, aircared. $3,750. 604-218-8499
2001 INFINITY QX4, 4 dr,222,000 km, fully loaded, exccond $8,900 Call 604-846-6648
9155 Sport Utilities/4x4’s/Trucks9155
2002 SANTA FE, 128K kms, 4cyl, 5 spd, air, pw, exc cond$5300 obo 604-710-8053
2009 DODGE p/u 150 hemi SLT,loaded, matching canopy, rhinolined, show room cond. 8,000 orgkm ’s, $25,000. 1-604-613-37271-604-796-9060
1991 Ford F-250 Auto.149,000kms. Exell. Cond. $2,500Call: (604) 272-4898
2006 Mercedes-Benz ML5004Matic, 149,500 kms. Excellent,loaded, Nav, DVD. $19,995
(604) 290-3975
9160 Sports &Imports9160
1992 SAAB 9000, 4 cyl, auto,loaded, runs great, affordableluxry, $2400, obo, 604-984-4490
1995 MAZDA 626, 4 dr, 209K,good cond, a/cared to 2013,$1375 obo, 778-387-9034 (Rich)
2006 LINCOLN LS, 1 owner26,000K, garage kept, immac,loaded, dark wine colour ext, blkleather int, $18,500 + HST. Call604 584-4704 or 778 228-2721
1997 PORSCHE 911 C2S Widebody. Silver on black. Last of theair cooled, hand built 911’s.Tiptronic. Mint cond. Many extras!117K km. $36,999. 604-630-2500
2005 ASTONMartin DB9. 'JamesBond style car!' Silver metallic.23,000 km. 6.0, V12, 450 hp. Newtires. 1 owner. You deserve thebest! $87,980. 604-781-7614.
9130 Motorcycles/Dirt Bikes9130
2010 KAWASAKI Vulcan 900custom, 5200km, mint, extras,wrty. $7000, 604 556-8862
2007 BMW 525I, black, loaded,leather, sunroof, very clean,122K, $24,900. 604-999-4097
2008 BMW 335 i Coupe 19,500kms, sport pckg, 19" bmw rims$34,900 (778) 772-4359
2007 BMW 335 coupe62km 1 ownr, mint cond,leather, auto, sunroof,Sports Package & Prem
Package $32,900. 604-616-7727 [email protected]
2002 Toyota SequoiaAutomatic 305,000 kms 1 owner,top condition, all records, newMichelins. $13,900 email:[email protected]
9160 Sports &Imports9160
2007 Honda Accord SdnAuto, 69,400kms, V6, sunroof,great condition, no accidents
$16,990. (604) 603-4015
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A1 Italian Cement Repairs rockwalls patios, sidewalks, drainage.30+yrs exp. Exc Ref’s 604-992-9010
CARPENTER/CABINETMAKERRenos, repairs, finishing, built-incabinets, Martin: (604) 908-7844
8055 Cleaning8055
With everything life throws atyou, who has time to clean?Call Merry Maids.
It’s one less thing to worry about.
604-980-6100www.merrymaids.ca
ACE DRYWALL. Avail immed.Board, tape, spraytex, repairs. 16yr exp. No job too small. Mike604-808-2432, 604-985-4321
AFFORDABLE, Reliable, QualityGuaranteed. Boarding, Taping,Spraytex. Dave 604-984-7476
PATCHING, TEXTURE / smoothceilings, plaster walls. Small jobs.25 years exp. Call 604-671-9901
8080 Electrical8080#18405 ELECTRICIAN
Best rates, local, Reliable, 24-7free est. All job sizes 100%satisfaction. Adam 604-765-8439
A LICENSED electrician #19807semi-retired, small jobs only.604-689-1747 pgr 604-686-2319
ALL YOUR electrical & renoneeds. Lic’d electrician #37940.Bonded & insured 604-842-5276
ALPELECTRIC #89724Low price, small job ok. Free estsSatisfaction guar 604-765-3329
LONSDALEELECTRIC lic#1756Panel changes & renos
604-988-7232, 604-842-0687
9160 Sports &Imports9160
1994 PONTIAC Trans Am GT redwith grey int., well maint., ladydriven $4800. Serious inquiresonly. Ph 604-997-2583
1995 SUBARU Legacy wagongood run cond 242,000 k, s/roof,$2600. 604-985-8495 eves pls.
1997 JAGUAR XK8 cpe, black,blk lther int, 84,000 ks, full load, allrecords, DB7 rims, sport pckg$14,900 obo. 778-889-6557
2003 MAZDA Protege 5, 5 spd,140K km, new water pump, timingbelt & front wheel bearings,sunroof, pwr windows, locks,cruise, nice cond. $7,700.778-227-2010
2005 AUDI S4. Quattro (AWD).102,000 km. Blk leather. Incl 2 setof wheels & tires. 6 speed. Powereverything! Exc cond. $19,500.Call/text Rick @ 778-847-2975.
2006 HYUNDAI TIBURON SE.103K km. Leather, mint, sunroof,a/c, CD, alarm. 2.0 L, 4 cyl. Noaccid. $10,900. 604-839-6253
2007 PT CRUISER. Hot deal!Auto, low kms, very clean. Creamexterior, grey interior. A/C. Magwheels. Spoiler. Aircared. Rearwiper. $6,795 obo. 778-242-2018
2007 TOYOTA Camry SE V6(Base) 122,900 kms, Silver w/blkinterior, well maintained, A/Cared$10,995 Call 604-925-0133 oremail: [email protected]
2007 TOYOTA Yaris, 4 doorhatchback, 78K, automatic. Wellmaintained, reliable and excellenton gas. Brand new tires, A/C,power locks and windows.$10,500. Call 778-239-7112
2008 HONDA Civic, 4 dr, silver,auto, 60,000kms, excl cond, fullyloaded, $11,500. 604 518-3166
2011 HYUNDAI ACCENT GL4 dr, loaded. 25,500 km. $11,795.Exc cond. 1-604-793-5520 (5961)
2011 MINI Classic, manual, 1owner, only 6k, red, showroomcond. $17,900. 604-925-4429
9173 Vans91731988 CHEV 20 work van, 3/4 ton,Aircared, original owner, goodrunning order $2750 obo604-986-2430 [email protected]
2002 MAZDA MPV SF, 150k,leather, 1 owner, good cond,$4200obo. Call 604-922-0757
2002 WINDSTAR (Ford) 137 kms,good cond., $4300. 604-845-4766after 4pm or all day wkends
CHEVY UPLANDER 2005. V-6,auto, 7 pass., grey, A/C, powerlocks & windows, cruise, tilt, 93Kkm. Runs very well. $6,400.604-241-2530 or 604-375-2570
9515 Boats95152005 HUNTER 33 Sailboat,$95,900. Moored @ PointRoberts. Call Greg 778-686-5299
1974 ERICSON 29, sailing sloop,diesel engine, fully equipped,North Van moorage, taxes incl,$19,900. Call 250-819-9650
9522 RV’s/Trailers9522
1990 FORD 24’ Class C GlendaleRoyal Classic m/h, $8500. 88,000 orgkms, well maint., Ph Art 604-858-5909
1995 FLEETWOOD Class A 28’fully equipped, comfortable, reliablevery gd cond 118,000km, $10,300or may swap for smaller RV orvehicle similar value. 604-846-8125
1995 SEA Breeze 31 (Class A)Fully equipped, exc. cond., towc a r a v a i l $ 2 2 , 5 0 0 o b o604-746-5898'
1996 ITASCA Class A M/H 28ft,new awning, exc cond. 100,000kms. $16,000 obo. 604-574-3141
1997 WILDERNESS 22ft, goodcond, sleeps 5, fridge/freezer.$5,500 obo. Tony 604-464-1072
2000 FORD Travelaire MtrhomeSuperduty, 25ft, 125,000kms, exccond, $16,000obo. 604-531-2109
2002 GMC Adventurer. Greatcamping with snowbirdoption! 106,000 kms Excellent20’ motorhome. Sleeps 4, withoven, microwave, fridge & newstereo system. Low km, littleused. $20,000. (604) 833-4537
ROAD RANGER5TH WHEEL 24 FT.Rear bath, queen bed,new tires. New cond.
$11,950.Call: (604) 325-7871 or
email: [email protected]
AUTOMOTIVE HOME SERVICES
*STRUCTURAL CHANGES*,framing, finishing, repairs. Profes-sional & precise, 778-233-0559
Stephen’s JanitorialServices
Commerical/ResidentialNorth &West VanContract Prices Avail★ 30 Years Experience★
604-250-1178
8080 Electrical8080DNEELECTRIC Lic #89267
ALL Your Electrical Needs.Panel Upgrading. ReasonableFree Estimate 604-999-2332
YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 ser-vice call. Insured. Lic # 89402.Fast same day service guar’d. Welove small jobs! 604-568-1899
8087 Excavating8087# 1 BACKHOE,EXCAVATOR&
BOBCATonemini, drainage,
landscaping, stump / rock /cement / oil tank removal.Water / sewer line, 24 hoursCall 341-4446 or 254-6865
604.649.1213 CEL 604.984.2313Res/comm, Excavating, Bobcat,Trucking, Water Lines, SewerLines, Drainage, Landscaping.Hrly/Contract. Free Estimates.
A PLUS TAPING & DRYWALLHigh quality, reasonable rates.Free estimates. 604-715-0400
8075 Drywall8075
8073 Drainage8073
Fast response Drainage SpecialistsDRAINAGE
Call for Free estimate
$20/HR. QualityHouse cleaning.604-983-3477
www.qualityhc.com
CLEANINGBY JENNIFER13 yrs exp. 604-537-4749
CLEANING SERVICE. Reasrates, specializing in homes. Guarwork. Refs avail. 604-715-4706
IZVOR -Office Cleaning &Maintenance. North Shore Co.Eves & weekends 778-231-0970
8060 Concrete8060
8030 Carpentry8030
CONCRETE FORMING,concrete work & framing. 20 yrsexp. Call John 604-562-1122
EXP’D CEMENT Finisher. I canform, place & finish any concretejob. Peter 604-988-8856 anytime
NEW & REPAIRS. Concrete,Masonry, Rock, Brick, Tile, Stairs,Walls, Slab + more 604-619-2447
ALLGONEEXCAVATINGFree est, great rates & service
604-990-GONE (4663)www.allgonedisposal.ca
8090 Fencing/Gates8090DECKS & FENCES, gates, frontsteps etc. John 778-998-5591tarasoffconstruction.com
Hofstetter ContractingCedar Fencing, Retaining Wall,Install or Repair, Swiss Craftman-ship, ERWIN 778-835-5015
NORTHSHORE FENCESQuality work by professionalsRepairs and constructionCall 604-230-3559
8100 Fireplaces8100PROGAS - North Shore
Gas fireplaces. Repair & safetyinspection. 604-925-1341
www.progas.ca
8105 Flooring/Refinishing8105
Hardwood FloorRefinishingRepairs & Staining
InstallationFree Estimates
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8125 Gutters8125
NO HST!til APRIL 30
• Gutter Installation,Cleaning & Repairs
• Roofing & Roof Repairs• Moss Control,
Removal & Prevention25 year WarranteedLeaf & Needle GuardWCB – Fully Insured
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AT YOUR HOME GUTTERS
NORTH SHORE
Continuous GuttersLeaf Protection Systems
Fascia CoversSoffits & Siding
New Construction & RenovationsFully Insured/WCB
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8130 Handyperson8130LABOURER
- Home & Garden- Rain or Shine- Indoor/Outdoor- Clean up, removal, etc.
North ShoreOdd Job ServicesMichael 778-868-5079
LABOURER- Home & Garden- Rain or Shine- Indoor/Outdoor- Clean up, removal, etc.
North ShoreOdd Job ServicesMichael 778-868-5079
“The Grass is Greener”“The Grass is Greener”
• New Lawn Installs• Replace Old Lawn• Lawn Drainage• Landscaping
• Paving~ Any size job ~
Nick 929-7732www.EnglishLawns.com
8155 Landscaping8155
Garden ServicesCertified Horticulturists
Design • Planting •MaintenanceFall Clean-ups. Call Scott.
www.KatsuraLandscaping.ca604-518-5661
★CNN★ WEEDING, new sod &repair, soil, mulch. Free Est. Allgarden work! Nick 778-840-6573
HANDYMAN - Multi Services.North Shore Co. Services availeves & weekends 778-231-0970
A-1 JOB by Arms & Minds RenosCarpentry cabinets, doors, finishing,flooring, deck, fence, drywall, paint,plumbing, electrical.Mark 604-761-7745
HANDYMAN SERVICE - Fixthose nagging problems inside &out. Call Mike - 604-925-6381
HONEST, DEPENDABLE, manyskills. Free estimates, contactWally 778-995-7193
Renovations & Repair lam/woodflooring/tiling, finishing carpentry,drywall, paint, counter tops. Qltywork, Free est. 778-893-7277
8135 Hauling8135DD HAUL & DELIVERY Servicedelivered with pride. Loads from$30 each. David 604-512-7471
8140 Heating8140PROGAS - North Shore
Furnaces, boilers, gas fitting, heatpumps. Service & installation.604-925-1341 www.progas.ca
8150 Kitchens/Baths8150Plywood KitchenCabinets&Refacing, Counter Tops• In business 50 years
604-879-9191Superior Cove Tops
&Cabinets#3 - 8652 Joffre Ave, Burnaby
BATHROOMS & much more. 40yrs on the North Shore. Workingwithin your budget. 778-387-3626
8155 Landscaping8155
Full Coverage SystemsAll Types Of RepairsBackflow TestingSpring Start UpsBasket ZonesRain Sensors
Call Chris604.500.3344
Email:[email protected]
NORTHSHOREGUTTERS
★Sales & installationof 5’’ continuous gutter
★Minor repairs★Cleaning
604-988-5294established 1963
NORTHSHOREGUTTERS
★Sales & installationof 5’’ continuous gutter
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8125 Gutters8125
604-876-4604Installed • Cleaned • Repaired
GREATCANADIAN LAWNSNew lawns & repairs, lawnmtce,landscaping, lighting, patios604-924-LAWN (5296)
Greenworx Redevelopment Inc.Hedges, Pavers, Ponds & Walls,Returfing, Demos, Drainage,Jackhammering. Old Pools Filledin, irrigation. 604.782.4322
NEWLEAF IRRIGATION10%OFF
604-719-1819
Lawn Maintenance,General Clean-Up,Power Raking,
Moss Control, Aerating.Trim, Top, Prune.All types of lawn &garden applications.
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Call Sukh:604-726-9152604-984-1988
8160 Lawn & Garden8160
Mowing•HedgeTrimming•InstallationMaintenance•DesignResidential•Strata
A.All AreaGardening Service
604-926-1526604-726-9153
Specialty in Moss Control • AerationLiming and Lawn Maint. • Pruning
Topping • General Cleaning
Allwest Garden ServiceLawnmaint, cleanups,
moss control, aerating, trim,top, prune. All types of lawnand garden apps. Free est.604-716-8479 or604-984-1988
NEWLEAFIRRIGATION
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• Spring Clean-Up• Pruning,weeding etc.• Design & advice• Professional & experienced• ReferencesAvailable
604-984-4433 Contact Cari
SERAFINAGarden Services
2012 Special Aeration, mosscontrol and lawn maintenance,$95 604-726-9153 & 604-926-1526
All your garden needs.LIONSGATE Landscaping Ltd.
604-788-9687
ENGL ISH LANDSCAPERgardener, 30 yrs exp, completegarden maint. Les 604-209-8853
ENGLISH LAWNS: We install andreplace. Drainage and Landscaping.Any size job. Nick 604-929-7732
FRANCOIS ALLARDENT.Gardenmaintenance.
Please call 778-877-8796
GREAT LOOKING LandscapesFull service landscape & gardenmaint. Call Dave: 604-764-7220
GREEN PROPERTY MAINTENANCEHedge trimming, tree pruning, yardmaintenance, removal, Mike 983-3586
JIM’SMOWING604-310-JIMS (5467)www.jimsmowing.ca
TOP SOIL, sand, gravel, etc.Pick-up or Delivery. HeadwaterManagement, 175 Harbour Ave,North Van 604-985-6667
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Framing, foundations, androofing based on 20 yearsof exp. Free est. & refs.Affordable and reliable.
Call: 604-947-2805
HoekstraConstruction
HOME SERVICES
HOME SERVICES8175 Masonry8175MASTER STONEMASON, Local,Experienced, fireplaces, facing,walls, stairs. Ivan 604-649-2271
8180 Home Services8180Labourer Available rain or shineNorth Shore Odd Job ServicesMichael 778-868-5079
8185 Moving &Storage8185
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1 to 3 Men1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 TonFrom $45
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MOVING & STORAGE
BROTHERS MOVING & DeliveryLocal & Long Distance 604-720-0931Best rates. brothersmovingservice.com
NAHANEE MOVING.COM Fam-ily Owned. Evening moves avail-able. Bonded, Insured. NonSmoking, Free Est. 604-782-3973
8193 Oil Tank Removal8193ALLGONEOIL TANKREMOVALFree est, great rates & service
604-990-GONE (4663)www.allgonedisposal.ca
TANKTECHCertified Oil Tank Removal& Remediation Specialists.
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8195 Painting/Wallpaper8195
Benjamin Moore Paint
604-922-9777
$$495495.00.00
APRIL3 ROOMSPECIAL
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TODD R. BIRCH – Master Painter
INTERVAN PAINTINGPainting Contractor
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• Re-paint Interior / ExteriorWe Provide the High-End Quality!WCB Insured • Free Estimates
Call Henry778-288-4560
PROFILECUSTOMPAINTING
Interior/Exterior ResidentialCommercial, power washing,fully insured, free estimates.Reasonable Price, QualityWorkmanship Guaranteed,Handyperson for small jobs.
Leo 778-829-4414
PROFILECUSTOMPAINTING
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Leo 778-829-4414
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A LADY Painter,meticulous, prof& color consult, 20 yrs on NorthShore. exc refs. 604-961-3451
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Excellent Pro Painting Service20 yrs exp, refs, warranty. Reas,res/commRichard 604-618-0205
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MASTER BRUSHES PAINTINGSpring Special 15% off. Int 20%off Ext. Top quality paint & work.604-377-5423, 778-545-0098
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ALLENASPHALT concrete, brick,drains, foundations, walls, mem-branes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187
8220 Plumbing8220#1 BARGAIN rate on plumbing &drainage. No job too small.Ken604-987-2890 cell 604-328-7439
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Honest & reliable 604-980-0993
SAVE ON PLUMBING LicensedPlumber/Gas fitter, $65/HR. Sameday service. 604-987-7473 Samy
8225 Power Washing8225
AGUARANTEEDLOWESTPRICE
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Call for free estimate778-554-7550778-554-7550
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CLEARVIEW MAINTENANCE SERVICE15 yrs of Service on the North Shore!
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• Gutters Cleaned• Power Washing• Roof Restoration• Skylights• Awnings Cleaned
Free Estimates & Quality Service
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604-773-4549 - Driveways, walk-ways, etc. Get rid of that moss &mess around your home or work.
8240 Renovations &Home Improvement8240
604-313-8050
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Re-Roofing & RepairsSpecialists
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Crown Roofing & DrainageResidental Div. Roofing installa-tions & repairs. 1-877-602-7346
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HOEKSTRA CONSTRUCTIONFraming, foundations, roofing.Affordable and reliable.Please call 604-947-2805
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ACKER’S RUBBISHREMOVALQuick. 7 days. Fast & reliable.
Spencer 604-924-1511
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ROD’S RUBBISHREMOVALPrompt, reliable, reasonable. 7days/week. Rod 604-985-7193
8309 Tiling8309PROFESSIONALInstallations & repairs
❏ CERAMIC TILE❏ MARBLE❏ GRANITE❏ SLATE
John 604.916.230520 yrs exp
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8310 Top Soil8310
TOP SOIL, SAND,GRAVEL, etc.
Pick-up or Delivery175 Harbour Ave.North Vancouver
604-985-6667
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8315 Tree Services8315★AAA★ TREE SERVICE. Tree &stump removal, pruning/trimming.Ins & cert. arborist 604-987-8500
8335 Window Cleaning8335NORTHSHOREHOMESERVICES LTD•WindowCleaning• PowerWashing• Gutter Cleaning
604-988-5294Serving the North Shore
since 1963
WEST COAST Home ServicesWindow & gutter cleaning, powerwashing. Guaranteed lowestprice WCB insured 604-984-4147
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A44 - North Shore News - Sunday, April 29, 2012
828 Automall Dr, North Vancouver604.929.6736 www.northshoreacura.com
*Lease offer is available through Acura Financial Services Inc. on approved credit. 2013 RDX 6-speed automatic (model TB4H3DJN) leased at 3.5% APR for 36 months. Monthly payment is $398 (includes $1,945 freight & PDI), with $7,150 down payment. First monthlypayment and $0 security deposit due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $21,478. Option to purchase at lease end for $24,594 plus taxes. 72,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.15/km for excess kilometres. Taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra.Retailer may lease for less. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Lease offer is only valid for BC residents at BC Acura retailers until April 30, 2012. See your BC Acura retailer for full details.
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$37,988
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$38,988
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$25,488
2006 ACURA TSXPREMIUMLeather, sunroof, pwr group,remote entry
$17,495
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