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He was fearless, obstinateand a born alphawhonever let the
niceties ofprotocol get in the way ofgetting the job done.
It is to those qualitiesthat hundreds of peoplewhove been lost
or introuble in the North Shoremountains over the last 25years
probably owe theirlives.
This week the NorthShore is mourningTimJones, the longtime
leaderof North Shore Rescue,who died suddenly whilereturning from
the teamsMount Seymour cabin onSunday.
Jones, 57, had been ata social event at the cabinand was walking
back to theparking lot with daughterTaylor and another member
of North Shore Rescuewhen he reportedly said,Hang on a minute
andcollapsed.
Those at the scenestarted CPR immediatelyand paramedics,
reghtersand members of NorthShore Rescue raced to thescene. Jones
was rushed toLions Gate Hospital butdoctors were unable to
savehim.
City of NorthVancouverFire Chief Dan Pistilliwas one of the many
rstresponders who knew Joneswho raced to the hospitalSunday
night.
Pistilli said fellow NorthShore Rescue teammatesand Jones
colleagues fromthe B.C.Ambulance Servicewere in shock at the
news.
It was tough to seethem, he said. It really hit
Tributes pour in for Tim JonesNorth Shore Rescue teamleader
remembered as a hero
See Jones page 3
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harbour. PMV begantheir investigation Mondaymorning but no
obviouswater-based source turnedup throughout the day.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014 -North Shore News - A3
home who it was.Jones was remembered
as a community hero thisweek.
He was tenacious. Hehad a really strong will, saidDoug Pope,
spokesman forNorth Shore Rescue. Ithelped in a rescue
situation.WhenTim was in controlit made it easier to do
ourjobs.
Those who workedclosely with Jones recalledhis
larger-than-lifepersonality.
What droveTim wassaving lives. He didnt letanything else get in
hisway, said JeffYarnold, whoworked with Jones at NorthShore Rescue
for most ofthe past decade.
Jones worked a regularjob as an advanced lifesupport paramedic,
butcould usually be countedon to drop everything whensomeone was
lost or introuble and lead a team ofexperienced backcountryrescuers
into oftentreacherous terrain.
During one of his rstrescue operations, Jones waslowered from a
helicopterinto a ravine on MountSeymour to rescue a hikerwhod
fallen and injuredhimself.Years later, he spokeabout the mixture of
fearand adrenaline he felt whenthe helicopter was caught ina fog
bank.When the rescuewas nished, he was hooked.
John Blown workedwith Jones on NorthShore Rescue for 11
years,about half of that timeon the technical long-linehelicopter
rescue team.
Jones and another teammember were the rst onesin when snowshoer
ChrisMorley fell 200 feet down asteep ice slope aboveThetaLake on
Mount Seymour inJanuary 2007. Jones leapedout of the helicopter
asdarkness fell.
Blown and his advanceteam made it through withsupplies the next
day justas the rest of the rescue wascalled off due to
treacherousconditions.
The men ended upspending two nights in asnow cave with the
injuredand hypothermic Morleywhile a storm howledaround them. We
couldhear the avalanches comingdown around us, saidBlown.
Both Blown andYarnoldwere with Jones again when
the North Shore Rescueteam pulled off the high-risk rescue of
snowshoerSebastian Boucher onCypress in December 2012.
Everyone was prettyexhausted and we werestarting to lose hope,
saidBlown. Then they got wordthat tracks had been spottedfrom the
helicopter.
At the time, Jones was athis daughters bedside in thehospital.
Blown called himand said, We need youhere.
He ran down to thepolice station inVancouverand said he needed
to getto the North Shore for arescue. Ofcers gave Jonesan escort to
the airportwhere the helicopter teampicked him up, droppinghim off
in challengingconditions.
They were dropped offand Youre instantly upto your neck in snow,
saidBlown.
They set up ropes andbegan to rappel into thedark, eventually
ndingBoucher near the bottom ofa 300-foot waterfall.
When the militarychopper arrived to airliftthe men to safety,
Jones wasthe last guy out.
Peter Murray of TalonHelicopters worked closelywith Jones on
rescues for thepast two decades.
Jones was instrumental ingetting long-line helicopterrescues
approved by
Transport Canada, he said.He realized how much
the helicopter helped withtheir work.
Jones did not take nofor an answer, said Murray.He didnt care
aboutbureaucracy.
Hed say, This is whatwere doing and youregoing to approve
it.This hasto be done or someonesgoing to die.
Jones would usuallyassemble the team rst andget authorization
later, saidYarnold.
If he followed the bookthere would be a lot ofpeople who wouldnt
behere today.
Jones was known forbeing sometimes tough onteam members, calling
them
out in a dressing down hecalled the shred.
The shred happenedif you did something stupidor unsafe, said
Blown.He made sure we wereoperating at the highest levelat all
times.
As a triple Apersonality, Jones wentto 90 to 95 per cent of
thecalls, which was just insane,said Blown.
It wasnt uncommon forJones to work a night shiftas a paramedic,
then go on arescue call.
For Jones, helping peoplewas almost like a drug,said Murray. It
was allencompassing. . . . In a fullplatoon barrage way. Not ina
MotherTeresa way.
He was very passionate
about what he was doing.Being rescued by Jones
wasnt always a comfortableexperience either, saidYarnold, who
was withJones when the teamrescued a snowshoer whohad fallen about
100 feetoff Hollyburn Peak oneyear. Partway through, thesnowshoer
started callingJones Dr. Evil, saidYarnold.
Frequently once anofcial search was called off,the team would
continueunofcial searches astraining exercises.
Jones spent much ofhis Christmas vacationsearching forTom
Billings,the missing British touristwho disappeared on
anill-advised trek to CrownMountain.
This week, Billingsparents expressed on socialmedia their shock
andsadness at Jones death,calling Jones a tower ofstrength and
selesslycourageous.
Jones worked with NorthShore Rescue for more than25 years,
participating inmore than 1,600 rescuesand becoming the face ofthe
organization.
In 2011 he was awardedthe Order of B.C. andin 2012 he was given
anhonourary doctorate byCapilano University.
On Monday B.C.Premier Christy Clarkissued a statement saying,Tim
represented the NorthShore and B.C. at ourabsolute best. He
dedicatedthe best part of his life tohelping people in the
worstmoment of theirs TimsNorth Shore Rescue teamoften meant the
differencebetween life and death.
City of NorthVancouverMayor Darrell Mussatto, a
friend of Jones and fellowparamedic, said Jones deathis a huge
loss for the NorthShore.
Tim was an amazingguy. Huge. He did atremendous amount ofwork in
the community asa volunteer, said Mussatto.Were still in shock.
Jones was Mussattosinstructor when he joinedthe B.C.Ambulance
Service30 years ago and the tworemained friends.
Finding someoneto take on all of Jonesresponsibilities with
NorthShore Rescue will be atremendous challenge,Mussatto said.
Pope said Mondaythe team is up to it. Thebest way to
honourTimwill be to ensure the teamcontinues to serve the
NorthShore in a way that wouldmakeTim proud.
Curtis Jones,Tims son,described his father asthe best father any
son ordaughter could ask for.
Murray, who frequentlyspoke with Jones severaltimes a day, said
Jones couldoften predict when themountains would beckonand calls
would come in.
The last thingTimsaid to me on Sunday wasIve got a feeling. . .
saidMurray.
A celebration of lifeis planned for noonon Saturday, Jan. 25
atCentennialTheatre inNorthVancouver. Detailsare at
northshorerescue.com.
A legacy fundraiser forNorth Shore Rescue hasalso been set up in
Joneshonour at fundrazr.com.
Jones is survived by hiswife Lindsay and two
adultchildren,Taylor and Curtis,his mother Mary, sisterSusan and
brother Owen.
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Crews checked withthe local marina, yachtclub, business owners
andresidents and looked into thepossibility that an
illegallyanchored vessel had sunkbut no one noticed anythingout of
the ordinary.
Everything appeared tobe normal. Its a strange one,to be honest.
Our boat crewbelieved it was probablysomething that came
fromland.Theres some outowthere and a creek on thesouth side of the
cove.Something may have beenput in the creek, Bergh said.But we
couldnt nd thesource. . . . so at this time, itsbeen determined,
whetherits diesel or gasoline or somesort of mixed chemical,
itsunrecoverable so theresnothing we could do interms of cleanup.
It willjust naturally get dissipatedaway with the tides and
thecurrents, Bergh said.
District environmentaltechnicians scoured the areaabove the high
water marklooking for a possible spill,
including at a residentialconstruction site, butalso havent had
any luckconrming the source.
They did the wholeshorelines (Monday) andall the storm sewers
and allthe creek beds and couldntnd any indication thatthere had
been any kindof a spill so now theyrelooking upland to see iftheres
something comingdown from higher up,said MairiWelman,
districtspokeswoman.
OnTuesday afternoon,the diluted sheen centredaround two spots
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A6 - North Shore News - Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Dear Editor:I attended the town
hall meeting onTuesday,Jan. 14 for the proposedredevelopment of
161East Keith Road,NorthVancouver.
I have several concernsabout the new proposedbuilding at 161
East KeithRd.The size of the land istoo small for a building of
17storeys. The developer hasrequested to buy and donateback a
portion of city-ownedland to the north of theproperty line in order
tomeet density requirements.Without this purchase andtransfer, the
size of thebuilding would not comply,as the land would be toosmall
to accommodate abuilding of this size.Thatsays it all.
This building would be68.5 feet from the building
to the west, almost 15 percent less than the required80 ft.This
could set adangerous precedent forfuture development in theCity of
NorthVancouver.Furthermore, this buildingwill lie on the
propertyline to the east, and will belooking directly over into
theliving and bedrooms of theoccupants to the east.
This new building willhave 107 undergroundparking stalls for the
98suites proposed; someof these spots have beenallocated as guest
parking.Existing parking aroundthis area is scarce.Visitors
tosurrounding buildings oftenhave to park several blocksaway
now.This will onlyexacerbate the problem.
Additional vehicles inthis area will add to thetrafc congestion.
East
Keith Road is an artery tothe Second Narrows Bridge.During rush
hour, trafccan be backed up past St.Andrews travelling east.
St.Georges will often back upat the four-way stop.Thisparticular
area of NorthVancouver makes transitand bikes impractical
forseveral reasons. Our transitsystem has not kept up withthe rapid
growth of the city.Buses are always crowded.The hills make it
difcultfor bicycles and walking,
and families with children totransport could not use
theseoptions. Residences to theeast of this development
aretownhouses and houses withfamilies.
The tenants living in thebuilding located directly tothe west
will lose the easternview. Residents of the upperside of East Keith
and thelower side of East Eighth tothe east will lose a portion
oftheir views to the west.Katherine FraserNorthVancouver
MountainmanThe North Shore has lost a giant,almost as big as its
mountains.Tim Jones, the stalwart,outspoken team leader of North
ShoreRescue died suddenly while on MountSeymour Sunday.For the
people of the North Shore,
the search and rescue community, thehundreds of people he was
instrumentalin saving and the thousands more whoseek adventure in
the backcountry, thisloss cannot be understated.While we all mourn
for such a pillar
of selessness, Jones teammates have aneven heavier burden to
carry. Findingsomeone to ll his crampons is astaggering task.Jones
was as much a leader off the
mountain as he was on the mountainand he leaves behind some
unnishedbusiness that we should not forget about.He was
spearheading a campaign to
secure legacy funding for NSR to give theteam time to focus on
training and savinglives, not asking for donations.He made waves
last summer when
he asked that the province step up andprovide an up-to-date
communicationsnetwork for search and rescue, on-callpay for the
busiest volunteers and standbyhelicopter service. And most
recentlyhe took up the cause of adding somecameras to busy North
Shore trailheadsto get rescuers on the right track withinhours, not
days.For years, Jones had been warning us
that the existing search and rescue basedon volunteers ready to
drop professionalor family commitments at a momentsnotice is not
sustainable. Now wereabout to nd out.Thank you,Tim.There are
hundreds
of families left whole because of youractions.
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Amalgamationreferendum neededDear Editor:
Can you imagine thepeople west of BurrardStreet, south of
Broadwayand east of Main not beingable to vote on what isproposed
to be built ordemolished or where bikelanes should be in
thedowntown core of the cityof Vancouver? I dont thinkyou can and I
believe itwould never happen.
Then why is thishappening in NorthVancouver?
If you live on the otherside of the city limits youhave no voice
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If you agree, ask yourmayor for a referendumon the District and
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trafcpatterns in place to handleit seems to be out ofcontrol.Bruce
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Manufacturing consent inNorthVanParticipation is essentialto the
core meaning ofdemocracy and goodgovernance as it
improvesinformation ow,accountability and dueprocess, and gives a
voice tothose most directly affected bypublic policy.
Koryakov and Sisk
In Part 2 of their Guidefor [Russias] SouthCaucasus, authorsIgor
Koryakov andTimothy D. Sisk discussparticipatory
democracy,including the process ofreferendums and
citizeninitiatives.
Three of their keyissues for the use ofreferendums to
settlecommunity public policyquestions are relevantto us: the
phrasing of thequestion, the intensity of(community) opinion onthe
issue and educatingthe public on theimportance of the issue.
Against that backdrop,lets take a look at twolocal initiatives
to seehow they measure up:The upcoming regionalreferendum
onTransLinkfunding and the City ofNorthVancouver counter-petition
on the proposedLower Lonsdale Business
Improvement Area(LoLo BIA).
TransLink:Incredibly, this saga
has been underway sincebefore Oct. 18, 2000 whenthenTransLink
CEOKen Dobell presentedhis 10-page report,Strategic
TransportationPlan Funding Options:Recommendations, totheTransLink
board ofdirectors.
(dnv.org/upload/documents/council_reports/205216b.pdf)
Based on the resultsof the public consultationand formal survey,
Dobellrecommended the boardgive preliminary approvalto the vehicle
levy optionbased on vehicle weight.He also recommendedhis report be
referred tothe regions next Council
of Councils meeting forconsideration.
Unfortunately forDobell, communityopinion about bothTransLink
and the vehiclelevy was already so intensemany people had
spoiledtheir survey returns byinserting their own politeor impolite
versions ofthe None of the Aboveoption that had beenomitted
fromTransLinkssuggested fundingmechanisms.
As a result, some of thecouncillors at the Nov.4, 2000 C of C
meetinggrilled him non-stop aboutthe so-called results ofthe
survey, until he nallyadmitted that the approvalpercentages had
beenbased only on the non-spoiled returns.
We will never know the
ratio of spoiled to non-spoiled returns becausethe spoiled
ballots werediscarded.
Fast forward to 2014 if you can fast forward14 years of
TransLinkincarnations, studies andreports and were facingyet
another multimillion-dollar funding referendumin ignorance of
thequestions to be asked.
Even worse, we are stillin the dark about the realstate of our
transportationinfrastructure and nancesand still have a
provincialgovernment that dictatesTransLink decisionsthrough an
expensiveconglomeration of boards,committees and councils,many of
whom have nodirect experience withtransportation issues
andplanning.
When are we going tomuster the moxie to put astop to it all?
Lower LonsdaleBusiness ImprovementArea proposal:
The story began quietlyenough. After hearing onlya few rumbles
of concern,by majority vote City ofNorthVancouver councilcommitted
the proposalto the counter-petition
process.In this instance, the
phrasing of the questionwould have been simpleenough. Do you
support aLoLo BIA?Yes or no?
It was only whencitizens like Kerry Morrisand others decided
tomake certain all businessowners knew the cost
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implications if a majorityof them voted for a BIA,that the
intensity of localopinion was ignited.
Ignited because, asCBC Power & Politicscolumnist Ellen
Rosemanput it on March 27,2012, Negative optionbilling makes
peoplefurious. Using this tactic,companies add newcharges without
yourconsent and assume youaccept them unless youdecline.
Unfortunately forBritish Columbians, it isnot just corporations
thatuse the ruse; the CampbellLiberals enshrined it inB.C.s 2003
CommunityCharter.
The Local GovernmentAct previously required afull referendum
before amunicipality could commitits constituents to anagreement
that extendedbeyond a period of veyears and above a certaindollar
amount. Charterprovisions now allow amunicipality to activatethe
counter-petitionprocess and, effectively,
say: this is what we plan todo unless enough of yousee our
advertisements inthe local paper and tell usnot to do it.
As Lower Lonsdaleevents transpired, theproponents sent an
emailto the city just before theJan. 13 meeting of councilasking to
have the proposalwithdrawn at this time.
Perhaps they sensedthe intensity of localopposition and
decidedto keep their powder
dry until after the 2014municipal elections.
Whether or not aLower Lonsdale BIAwould be worthwhile forall
concerned, the lettersuggests the proponentshave no plans to
disappear.
In her reply to mypre-event inquiry aboutthe Jan. 19
DensicationWars! forum hosted bytheVancouver groupCity HallWatch,
Coun.Pam Bookham wrote,Citizens initiatives arein response to the
failureof municipalities toprovide meaningful publicengagement
opportunities.In my opinion, currentpractices in the City
ofNorthVan tend heavilytoward manufacturingconsent.
The denition ofparticipatory democracysays it is a processthat
emphasizes thebroad participationof constituents in thedirection
and operation ofpolitical systems.
The writings ofKoryakov and Sisk seemto bolster that concept,
sowe have work to do.
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Lead-foot drivers inWestVancouver roaredinto the NewYear
withtheir pedals to the metal,cruising to six vehicleimpoundments
forexcessive speed in therst two weeks of January.
Speeders wasted notime putting their rubber tothe road. Ofcers
clockeda 22-year-old NorthVancouver driver going 141kilometres an
hour in a 90km/h zone along Highway1 atWestmount at 11:30p.m., Jan.
1. His 2014Kia Forte sedan becamethe rst vehicle of theyear
impounded for sevendays. He was also ned forexcessive speed.
The next day, Jan. 2, a25-year-oldWestVancouverman earned the
dubioushonour of the fastest ride
nabbed by police as he blewthrough the same 90 km/hzone on the
highway at175 km/h in a 2014 BMWconvertible more than80 km/h above
the speedlimit. His sports car wasimpounded for seven daysand he
got a $368 ne.
Two days later, around11 p.m. on Jan. 4, onedriver appeared to
takehis life in his hands as hezoomed through both an 80km/h zone
and a 90 km/hzone on the highway nearNelson Creek at 130 km/hwhen
there was black iceon the road and freezingconditions. His
1997Honda was impounded andthe 27-year-old Coquitlamdriver was
handed a ticket.
Another driver, a 21-yearVancouver man, wasnabbed in the same
spotJan. 6 going 140 km/h inan 80 km/h zone. His Fordpickup was
impounded and
he was handed a ticket.Two more drivers soon
parted with their rides.A 19-year-old Lions Bay
man was clocked at 151km/h in a 90 km/h zonenear the Cypress
Road exitin a Mitsubishi Lancer Jan.12.
In the early hours ofJan. 13 another driver this time a
39-year-oldVancouver man wascaught going 139 km/h in a90 km/h zone
between theCypress andWestmountexits on Highway 1. His2010 Honda
Civic was alsoimpounded.
Despite the racing startto the year, Const. JeffPalmer,
spokesman for theWestVancouver Police,said the number of
driversnabbed for excessive speedis actually markedly downfrom last
year, when police
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WVtakes closer look at fire services
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WestVancouver receivesoutstanding service fromits re department,
but
the efciency of thatservice was questioned ata council meeting
Jan. 13.
With 40 fewerreghters, the City ofNorthVancouver Fire
Department conductedtwice as many inspectionsand attended to 600
morere incidents in 2012.
The citys budget is $9million.TheWestVancouverFire Department
budget is$13.2 million.
The main differencebetween North andWestVancouver is
geography,
according to Fire Chief JimCook. They operate onerehall and they
can reachall of the areas within theirboundaries in a
reasonableresponse time.The DistrictofWestVancouver . . .is quite
elongated andresponse times are muchlonger, he said.
WestVancouver Fire
Department responded to93 per cent of res in 10minutes or less
in 2012.
The City of NorthVancouver has 10reghters on duty at anytime,
according to Cook.WestVancouver has fourre halls and at least
18reghters on duty at alltimes.
Coun.Michael Lewiswas not convincedgeography alone couldexplain
the difference.
I default back towhats in front of me andit doesnt paint the
mostglorious picture, Lewissaid. I always hear thedifference
betweenWest andNorthVancouver is one ofgeography.Well, HorseshoeBay
toTaylorWay strikes meas being almost the samedistance asTaylorWay
toDeep Cove.
WestVancouver doesnthave the commercialcomponent the city
anddistrict contend with, Lewissaid.
Were not worried aboutgrain terminals exploding inWestVancouver,
he said.
Both Lewis and Coun.Craig Cameron askedfor more
comprehensivestatistics.
I know you provideexcellent service, I justneed you to provide
memore data so that Imcomfortable that Im gettingreally efcient
service,Lewis said.
In a 2013 survey, 98per cent ofWestVancouverrespondents said
they weretotally satised with servicefrom the re department.
The re departmentshould provide someevidence that the
1,729inspections they conducted
in 2012 are having aneffect on reducing the totalnumber of res
inWestVancouver, according toCameron.
How do we measurewhether its working?Cameron asked. Thesemetrics
that youve providedare nice but to me theydont clarify much.
Coun. Nora Gambiolisuggested cutting coststhrough
volunteerism.
Our police departmentis effectively saving about aquarter of a
million dollarsa year by having residentsin our community actas
volunteers, she said,mentioning victim services.
Council voted to add12 full-time reghters tothe department
between1998 and 2009. Sincethen, council has cut onereghter,
reducing thetotal to 95.
The re departmentsbudget has increased byapproximately
$623,000between 2010 and 2012.
Overtime payouts havedipped substantially sincethe district
shelled outnearly $600,000 in 2007.The district paid $209,000in
overtime costs in 2012.
The departmentsthermal imaging programhas opened up doorwaysand
pathways with residents,according to assistant rechief Martin
Ernst.
While looking for heatlosses in the home, otherissues are often
attended to,according to Ernst.
The inevitablequestions come up when there inspector is standing
inthe home after the thermalproject is done: Hey, whatabout my
smoke alarms?he said.
Council questions budget andstafng levels in annual review
impounded 32 vehicles overthe same time period.
WestVancouver Policeimpounded a total of283 vehicles in 2013
andhanded out 1,615 speedingtickets.
Yes, we will enforce forexcessive speed, he said.
Palmer said given thevast number of vehiclestravelling
throughWestVancouver includingbetween 10,000 and 15,000vehicle
trips on the highwaynear Horseshoe Bay eachday and roughly
60,000vehicles going over theLions Gate Bridge daily very few
drivers areactually breaking the rules.
Palmer said he doesntthink more people speedinWestVancouver
thananywhere else.
It seems like theresrarely a shortage no matterwhere youre
driving ofpeople who arent terriblyconcerned about what itsays on
the sign, he said.
Drivers can be ticketedfor excessive speeding,which carries a ne
ofbetween $368 and $483and have their vehicleimpounded for seven
days,if they are caught going 40km/h over the posted
speedlimit.
Drivers are alsoresponsible for paying theimpound fees over
thatperiod.
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Suspect chargedin propeller
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There must be some badmojo that comes fromstealing Al Capones
stuff.
For the second time inthree years, police havearrested a suspect
theysay stole a 120-kilogrambrass propeller that oncebelonged to
the gangsterfrom a Horseshoe Baybusiness owner.
The prop, once used ona rum runner for sneakingbooze into
prohibition-eraAmerica, disappeared inthe night on Nov. 21
lastyear.
Several days later,after media coverage ofthe artifacts
theft,WestVancouver police received acall reporting a similar
itemshowing up in a Squamishscrap metal yard.
Using evidencegathered from thescrap yard, which is
now required to getgovernment identicationfrom anyone wanting
tore-sell metal, police zeroedin on 41-year-old JasonMichael Fox of
Squamishand sought a warrant forhis arrest.
Vancouver policepicked the suspect up justoutside the
DowntownEastside and arrested himon Jan. 10.
Fox is now facingone charge of possessionof stolen property
andone charge of breach ofrecognizance.
The propeller was laststolen in August 2011before turning up in
aNorthVancouver scrapyard. Police arrested a55-year-old man of
noxed address and secureda conviction on possessionof stolen
property.
Police say thetwo suspects are notconnected.
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A12 - North Shore News - Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Ukiyoe Spectacular, a joint exhibition between theWestVancouver
Museum and BurnabysNikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre,
had its North Shore opening Jan. 9.The exhibitionof Japanese
woodblock prints from the 1800s was co-curated byWestVancouver
Museums KirikoWatanabe and ukiyo-e scholar Shinichi Inagaki.The
show will remain on display inWestVancouveruntil March 22 and in
Burnaby until March 23. In conjunction, a series of talks about
ukiyo-e andJapanese culture is being scheduled, including a
Japanese woodcut printmaking demonstration byShinsuke Minegishi,
print media arts instructor at Emily Carr University of Art and
Design, Saturday,Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. at theWestVancouver Museum. For
a complete list of talks and programs,
visitwestvancouvermuseum.ca.
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HOME YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to HOME & GARDEN
PRACTICALGEEKColumnistBarry Link
offers tips to reducedigital noise.page 14
DIGDEEPWriter
Todd Majorseparates myth fromreality to make
the most out of theJanuary gardening
season.page 16
Time is now to get organized
Now that the holidaysare behind us, it may bea good time to
nallyclean out that pantryor clothes drawer youhave been putting
off formonths.
You may want toorganize the garage orperhaps take toll of
areasof the home that requiredeep cleaning.
Organizing doesntalways have to pertain tothe home. For
example,when we travel its niceto have things properlyarranged and
set out in amanner that makes it easyfor us to nd items whilewe are
away.
Here are a few tipsand tricks that may helpyou around the home
andwhen you travel.
Button holderThis is a great idea. A
friend of mine suggestedthis trick to me when Ionly wanted to
take afew pairs of earrings on aholiday.
Its a great way to keepa set of earrings togetheron your next
trip.
Next time you purchasea clothing garment thatcomes with the
extrabutton attached, be sureto keep it in a box for thisidea.
Simply fasten yourpierced earrings throughthe buttonholes and
placein your travel jewelry box.
This is also great foryour jewelry holder athome.
Another great tip fortravelling with your jewelryis to use hard
eyeglasscases.These are great for
storing and packing yourbracelets, earrings andnecklaces.
Insulated lunch bagsI love it when you
can repurpose things. Ifyou have a stack of kidsinsulated lunch
bags inyour pantry then you canuse them for toiletry kits.This is a
great idea forthose messy items liketoothpaste, hair gels
andshampoos that tend to leakover your other toiletryitems in your
kit. Separatethe leak-prone items intothe lunch bag and you
areset.
Ribbon holderRibbons are probably
the most annoying thingsto try to keep organized.One of the best
ways Ihave seen to store thesespools is to use theinexpensive,
plastic storagecontainers you can nd indollar stores. Look for
theones with the holes in thesides.
Place your ribbonspools inside the plasticcontainer and pull
theloose end through theholes.The box will keep
the ribbons all in orderand you are able to pullwhatever amount
ofribbon you require withease.
Ice cube traysUse ice cube trays
as organizers in yourofce.They are fantasticfor paper clips,
staples,thumbtacks and othersmall items. Not only willthey keep all
these itemsseparate, they will make iteasy to reach for what
you
need at any time.
Barb Lunter is a freelancewriter with a passion forhome decor,
entertaining andoral design. Contact Barbat [email protected] or
followher on her blog at lunter.ca.
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A14 - North Shore News - Wednesday, January 22, 2014
The Digital Agesdesigners, most ofwhom are white, male,highly
paid StarWarsenthusiasts who live inthe San Francisco area,have two
rules about life:one, you are not allowedto be bored; and two,
youmust be notied abouteverything.
Rule No. 1 deserves aserious discussion about
the loss of reection in ourculture, and thankfully,that dialogue
is underway in other forums. RuleNo. 2, the subject of thiscolumn,
deserves a kick inthe ass.
This is the time ofthe ubiquitous reminder,and its cool. Id
misshalf my meetings eachweek without remindersfrom Google Calendar
or
Exchange, and I wouldntget out of my ofce chairas much for walks
every
day without my Fitbitreminding of the steps Ineed to reach my
dailyquota. But as our devicesand online services gathermore
information aboutour lives, weve crossedover from helpful
reminderto annoying, if not creepyintrusion.
Our lives are crowdedwith digital noise.
Thats why for me,2014 is about reducingthat noise in three
keyareas: my smartphone,
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because it goes with meeverywhere; Facebook,because its
replacedthe public square; andAmazon, because its habitof following
you whereveryou go on the web withtargeted advertising is amodel
for invasiveness.
When I rst gota smartphone, I wasenthralled. It would beepand
whistle at every eventgoing and I was never outof the loop.
New email camein? Beep! NewTwitterfollower?Weet! Text,
voicemail, calendar invitation,breaking news from theCBC?Wheep,
bloop, ding,whoosh! That was fun, forabout a week.
Thats when I realizedan event-emittingsmartphone is
liketravelling in the car with athree-year-old identifyingevery
person, object andevent along the route.Look, its a man! Look,its a
box! Look, its a manwith a box!
Ive since cut downon the event reminderson my current
phonesdramatically, and thatincludes visual alertsand banners in
additionto sounds. My personalphone, an HTC 8XrunningWindows
Phone,makes noises for incomingcalls, texts and calendarentries and
thats it.The
rest I dont need to knowabout until I decide Imready to check
individualapps or services.
Ive done the same formy work iPhone. If I wantto nd out about
messagesor events on Facebook,Twitter or news apps,Windows Phones
tilesdisplay silent, unobtrusivenotications, and eventhese can be
turned offat will.The iPhone hasiOS7s more efcientnotication window
shade,which if you congure itproperly can be blissfullyquiet and
restrained. Ionly see what I want tosee when I want to see it,not
because my phone isscreaming and doing alight show.
Keeping your phonequiet requires diggingdeep into the
settingsand turning things off.Notication settings arenot always
easy to nd,since smartphones are notdesigned to be passive.
The pasty dudes in theSan Francisco area makingthese things
stayed up lateinto the night nding justthe right light sabre
soundfor your incoming emailand theyll be damned ifits rendered
mute.
Youll also need to bevigilant when installingnew apps, because
they,too, are designed bydefault to bug you withreminders.
In iOS7, head to the
Notication Center, whereyou can decide how and ifyour phones
services andapps will remind you ofevents.
You can choose visualbanners at the top ofthe screen, alerts on
thecentral part of the screen,or sounds. Depending onyour desire
for quiet, youcan turn most of these off.
From there, head inthe settings menu toSounds and turn off
asmany sounds as you canfor events you dont needto know about at
the verysecond they occur.
Turning off theincoming email soundalone is key to a
happierday.
In Android, noticationsettings are found mainlyunder Device,
Apps,where you can opt out ofnotications for each app.
Annoyingly, you cantturn anything off withoutreceiving a do you
reallywant to do this and beignorant? nag message.
Thanks, LukeSkywalker wannabe.
Next column: parttwo, in which we workto silence Facebook
andAmazon.
Barry Link is editor oftheVancouver Couriernewspaper and a
geekenthusiast. Email him [email protected] orfollow him
onTwitter @trueblinkit.
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snowshoe tour around FirstLake on Mount
Seymour,NorthVancouverThursday,Jan. 23, 6-9 p.m. andSunday, Jan.
26, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Learn about local
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supply.Theimportance of protected
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Parking Lot and Washroom StudyThe District is exploring
opportunities for future improvements to both theparking area and
the washroom facilities in Lighthouse Park and would likeyour input
at this preliminary planning stage.
COME TO AN OPEN HOUSEWednesday, January 29 from 6:308:30
p.m.Seaview Room, Gleneagles Community Centre
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including some ofthe challenges with the site. You are requested to
provide input on objectivesand design preferences via a feedback
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The input you provide at this open house will inform the draft
design, whichwill be presented for public review and input at a
subsequent open house.
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Join us forBusiness after 5 - A Conversation with the Mayor
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Mayor Michael Smith will join us for an informal
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A16 - North Shore News - Wednesday, January 22, 2014
January on theWestCoast may not be theeasiest month to workin
the garden but theresplenty to do if you knowwhat to do.
I suppose for manypeople it may be difcultto separate
gardeningmyth from gardeningfact when it comes togardening in
January. Justthe sheer volume of books,magazines, web-bloggersand
salesmen maraudingas gardeners can make itdifcult to dene whatsfact
and whats myth.Tohelp everyone get the mostout of their
gardeningtime, heres my Januarygardening list of usefultasks and
useless tasks.
Lets start with uselessgardening tasks for January or gardening
myths as Icall them. By far one of themost enduring and
uselessgardening tasks for Januaryhas to be spraying fruittrees
with dormant oil,lime sulphur or Bordeauxmix.
Aside from the fact thatthose substances are highlypoisonous and
mobile inthe environment, dormant
spraying in our rainyclimate is quite useless.The rainfall we
receive issimply too prolic to allowthose chemicals to stickand do
their supposedwork.
As well, fruit treediseases are widespread sore-infection is
likely. Also,the disease is often locatedwithin the tissue so
surfaceapplications do little tosolve the problem. If yourfruit
tree is diseased, eitherlive with the disease byimproving the trees
healthto mitigate the symptoms,or replace the tree with
adisease-resistant variety.
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RENOVATEMySpaceA D V E R T I S E M E N T
Replacing windows has become one of the most popularrenovation
projects homeowners undertake to improve energyefciency and
increase their homes value.
If youre shopping for newwindows and doors for your homeand have
already received a couple of quotes, you may beasking yourself why
are the quotes thousands of dollarsdifferent in price?
There can be many reasons for the discrepancy, but it
usuallycomes down to quality level of product, and the quality
ofinstallation.
One of the greatest cost variables of window replacement isthe
installation procedure. Be sure your quote is for windowsand
installation, and if possible, ask that the product andlabour
amounts be separated on the quote. This can give youvaluable
insight into the quality level of both the product, andthe
installation when comparing quotes.
There are three very different installation methods forreplacing
your existing windows. For homeowners,
understanding the differences can saveyou time, money and a lot
of
headaches.
Flush ange/stucco ange installation, for example, is aprocess
where replacement windows simply cover the oldwindow frame and
siding. Its a low labour installation, butcan be vulnerable to
water ingress.
Flush Flange installation makes it difcult to ensure a goodseal
and we have yet to work with an envelope engineer whowould endorse
this type of installation, says Darrell Akuneof Northshore Windows.
For this reason we choose not toperform this type of installation
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Many older North Shore homes have push-out casements orvertical
sliding windows. For this type of home an insertinstallation is an
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The most effective method of replacing your windowsand creating
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HOME
Useful tasks include pruning, bed renovationTurning your
compost now to speedup decomposition iscommonly suggested asa
January garden task.However, who has thetime, or the will, to go
outand turn over the compoststuffed into one of thoselittle
rodent-resistant bins?Not me.The easy way toaerate your compost is
toget a steel bar and pokeholes into the compost.Space the holes
10centimetres (four inches)
apart and make sure topush the bar all the wayto the bottom of
thecompost. Bar aeration iseasy, simple and effective.As for those
fancy compostaerators, nice idea but toomuch work.
There are many usefulgarden tasks that can becompleted in
Januaryand for me, centre onpruning, construction, bedrenovation,
planting andseeding.
Winter pruning is donefor a specic purpose: toinvigorate
plants.When
you prune in winter, theresulting growth responseinvigorates the
plant,which develops newgrowth according to wherethe cuts are
made.
Winter pruning is usefulon woody vines to developstructure, on
deciduousshrubs to thin out oldgrowth and develop newgrowth, and on
coniferousor broadleaved treesto raise crowns or thinout growth for
greaterlight penetration to theplantings below. Not allplants
respond well to
winter pruning, includingJapanese maples, dogwoodtrees and
several otherthin-barked hardwoodtrees that are susceptibleto
disease infestationwhen pruned during ourwet winters.Those
treesalso respond to winterpruning by
re-growinguncharacteristicallystraight and vigorousshoots that
negativelyaffect presentation.
Building gardens duringwinter is useful in severalways. Firstly,
there isdisruption in the garden
when building anythingand it is more effectivefor overall garden
usageto build in the low seasonand enjoy in the highseason.
Secondly, landscapeconstruction contractorsoften offer rates
that aremore competitive thanduring the peak seasons ofspring and
summer.
Bed renovation is anold school technique thatis sparingly
practised inour part of the world.Bed renovation is usefulin winter
and involveslifting out and dividingovergrown perennials orshrubs,
enriching the soilwith organic matter andreplanting an improvedand
more balanced layout.
There is little needto worry about coldtemperature damageduring
winter on hardytrees, shrubs andperennials that are themainstay of
mostWestCoast residential gardens.If the temperature dropsbelow
zero, simply coverthe plants root ball andwait for the
inevitablewarm-up that happens on
the coast and continuerenovating.
When it comes toordering seed to grow athome, January is a
goodmonth to get your seedorders placed to assureyou get the
varieties youwant before supply runsout.
Remember when youreceive your seed orderto place it directly in
thefridge for storage, not thefreezer where it can befreezer
burned.
Fridge storage of seedspreserves viability andimproves
germinationrates. Seeds stored in acupboard or the garageoften
become dried out orexposed to moisture whichleads to rot.
There is one other veryuseful gardening task forJanuary and that
is to taketime to enjoy the simpleand sublime beauty in thegarden
you have created.
Todd Major is a journeymanhorticulturist, gardendesigner and
builder, teacherand organic advocate.For advice contact him
[email protected].
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UNCOVERYOURCREEKS on Monday, Feb.
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CHILDRENS SALETABLE RENTALSTables are available torent for the
upcomingannual sale on Feb. 15 ofnew and gently used babyand
childrens items at
Highlands preschool, 3255Edgemont Blvd., NorthVancouver.Tables
start at$20 and can be reserved
athighlandspreschool.ca/school-sales/
DRAFTOCPANDDENSITY BONUSPOLICY Brief publicpresentations
followedby question and answer
sessions will take place Jan.22, 2-3 p.m.; Jan. 23, 7-8p.m. and
Jan. 30, 4-5 p.m. atNorthVancouver City Hall,141West 14th St.
604-990-4240 cnv.org
EASE INTO E-BOOKSLearn the basics aboutlibrary
e-booksWednesday,Jan. 22, 2-3 p.m. atParkgate library, 3675
Banff
Court, NorthVancouver.Registration required. Learnthe
differences betweenvarious le formats, whichdevices will work with
thelibrarys collection andhow to nd, checkout anddownload content.
604-929-3727 nvdpl.ca
PUBLICINFORMATION
MEETING Learn moreabout the newWilliamGrifn Community
CentreWednesday, Jan. 22, 7p.m. at NorthVancouverDistrict Hall,
355WestQueens Rd.View the draftbuilding design, oorplans, parking
redesignand discuss the proposalwith district staff and
thearchitects. dnv.org
THEULTIMATETRAVELLERREMOTE ISLANDWORLDS A series oftravel talks
accompaniedby photographs with worldtraveller Peter
LangerWednesdays, 7 p.m. at theFerry Building Gallery, 1414Argyle
Ave.,WestVancouver.Schedule: Impressionsof Bali and Komodo,Jan. 22;
Impressions ofSulawesi and Papua, Jan.29; Impressions of EastTimor,
Feb. 5; Impressionsof the Philippines, Feb. 12;Impressions of
Madagascar,Feb. 19 and Impressions ofSri Lanka, Feb. 26. Fee:
$15per session. 604-925-7270ferrybuildinggallery.com
INFORMATIONEVENING An illustratedpresentation for anupcoming
NewYork Cityart tour in June led byarchitectural
historianChristopher Pearson andvisual arts co-ordinator ofthe
Ferry Building GalleryRuth PayneThursday, Jan.23, 7 p.m. at the
FerryBuilding Gallery, 1414Argyle Ave.,WestVancouver.RSVP.
604-925-7290ferrybuildinggallery.com
INTRODUCTIONTOINSTAGRAM Learnthe basics of InstagramThursday,
Jan. 23 atParkgate library, 3675 BanffCourt, NorthVancouver.Learn
how to downloadthe free app, take and postpictures, search for
andfollow others and how tomake your prole private.Registration
required. 604-929-3727 nvdpl.ca
TRANSITIONINGTHROUGHDIVORCEA free workshop for womenThursday,
Jan. 23, 6:30-8:30p.m. at Capilano library,3045 Highland Blvd.,
NorthVancouver. [email protected]
CEDARWEAVINGWORKSHOP Explorethe spiritual and culturalimportance
of cedar inKwakwakwwakw/Haidaculture Saturdays, Jan.25-Feb. 15,
9:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. at MaplewoodHouse, 399 Seymour RiverPl.,
NorthVancouver.Participants will learn how toprocess, prepare and
weavebark. $180 materialsincluded.
[email protected]
GALA INTHE COVEThe Deep Cove Divasbike riding team will hosta
fundraising gala for theRide to Conquer CancerSaturday, Jan. 25, 7
p.m.at Mount Seymour UnitedChurch, 1200 Parkgate
Ave.,NorthVancouver.The eventwill include music, comedy,magic,
silent auction and cash
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