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TRAFFIC TIE-UP District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services attends a single-car accident on Lynn Valley Road nearWilliam AvenueThursday at 2 p.m. that left the vehicle lodged on the centremedian and destroyed an ornamental cherry tree. The crash was one of a number that snarledafternoon rush hour, including an accident midspan on the Ironworkers that brought highway andMarine Drive traffic to a standstill. PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD

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The province is moving ahead with a study into thefeasibility of building a bridge or highway to theSunshine Coast.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructureannounced this week it will pay civil engineers R.F. Binnie &Associates $250,000 to report back on whether a highwaylink around Jervis Inlet or direct bridge connections along

the coast are technically possible, and what the costs andbenefits of each option would be compared with existing ferryservices.

A fixed link to the Sunshine Coast would be a boon to tour-ism and investment on the coast, according to TransportationMinister Todd Stone.

But tourism and trade in Powell River and Sechelt couldmean headaches for communities on this side of Howe Sound.West Vancouver’s acting mayor Craig Cameron said the obvi-ous concern of a new highway leading into his community istraffic.

“They query whether there would be a lot more trafficbecause there’s already a substantial amount of ferry traffic.Would that many more people move to the Sunshine Coast

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Minister of Education MikeBernier says the provincewill push to make sureFirst Nations studentsgraduate high school witha dogwood diploma.

Bernier made theannouncement Friday onSquamish Nation lands inNorth Vancouver, after beinggreeting by a traditional wel-coming song.

Bernier said in the pastdecade, too many aboriginalkids have been receiving ever-green certificates – certificatesof completion that don’t countas high school graduation –instead of regular diplomas.

Evergreen certificateswere originally introduced 10years ago in B.C. as a way forspecial needs students – suchas those with profound autism– to be recognized with theirpeers for completing school.

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Inside Capilano University’s Natand Flora Bosa Centre for Film andAnimation, students are buzzing. Partlyfrom caffeine, partly from their level ofactivity. Much like in the careers they’redestined for, students in the dozendegree, diploma and certificate programsrequire long days and nights on set, inthe editing suite or at a mixing board.

At the high end, four years of tuition in themotion picture arts degree program can reachalmost $60,000 but you won’t hear a peep ofcomplaint from alumni. Some of the programsboast a near-100 per cent employment rateamong graduates and those who leave beforegraduating tend to do so because they’vealready started careers in their field.

The centre thoroughly impressed AndrewWilkinson, the province’s minister of advancededucation for the last 13 months, during arecent tour.

“This is the first time I’ve been in this Bosafacility and it is remarkable,” he said. “It’s got

state-of-the-art equipment. It’s an almost-newbuilding. It’s full of energy and vitality and stu-dents who really feel like they’re getting a greatexperience,” he said.

It’s a shining example of what the school iscapable of and it’s something Cap’s leadershipis eager to build on. But it’s only part of thestory.

Conflict theoryCapilano has struggled with being the sec-

ond-lowest funded of B.C.’s 25 post-secondaryschools. Budget shortfalls followed by painfulcuts have become routine.

In 2013, administrators found themselvesshort $1.3 million. After much controversy, theuniversity’s board of governors balanced thebudget by cutting a swath of programs thatincluded computer science, commerce, studioarts and textile arts as well as arts and sciencetransfer courses. That prompted studentprotests and a lawsuit from the faculty who suc-cessfully argued in court the cuts were illegalbecause they hadn’t been made with adequateconsultation required by the University Act.

The faculty later called on university presidentKris Bulcroft to resign, as did retired facultymembers who accused the school of losing itsvision and original mandate to serve the NorthShore. The year 2015 saw a faculty strike atexam time that turned into a de facto powerstruggle over layoffs and by extension, whichprograms the school would offer. That wasfollowed by a staff strike. Then the universitywas found to have violated an art instructor’sacademic freedom after staff seized and cutapart an effigy of Bulcroft that was made toprotest program cuts.

It was a period many at the school wereglad to put behind them. Things went relativelyquiet. Administration hoped that 2016’s budgetwould not only be balanced but possibly evenin surplus. Then, last week, notice went outto the campus community that there was yetanother shortfall, this time about $1.5 million.

History 101There’s been no shortage of finger-pointing

over the years, but all roads seem to leadback to 2008 when Capilano College became

Capilano University.Planning for the transition had been in the

works for months but at the last minute, theprovince reneged on $6.3 million in transitionalfunding and $6 million in annual base funding,leaving Cap’s leadership with a take-it-or-leave-it offer. In order to stay competitive with othernew special-purpose teaching universities suchas Kwantlen Polytechnic University, VancouverIsland University and University of the FraserValley, they took it. Gordon Campbell visited fora confetti ceremony and the school got on withits newmandate, still the second lowest fundedpost-secondary school in B.C., as it had beensince the early 1980s. Only Langara College getsless on a per-student operating grant basis fromthe province.

“When Capilano College converted toCapilano University, one of the terms of thearrangement was that the cost profile wouldremain the same,” Wilkinson said, during arecent sit-down with the North Shore News.

That fact wasn’t made public until 2014when it came up in a report released under

North Vancouver-SeymourMLA Jane Thornthwaite and Advanced EducationMinister AndrewWilkinson get a tour of a sound stage at Capilano University’s Bosa Centre for Film and Animation fromthe centre’s directorMurray Stiller. The school’s film programs are considered blockbusters but Capilano still struggles with being the second-lowest funded school in B.C. PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD

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freedom of information legisla-tion at the request of formerCapilano president Greg Lee.

Factoring in inflation,negotiated wage increasesand a two per cent cap ontuition increases, it’s left Capstumbling from one budgetshortfall into the next.

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In 2016, CapilanoUniversity will receive $6,575per full-time equivalent stu-dent space from the province(that number remains thesame even if the universityis below capacity – at themoment only 79 per centof the funded positions areactually filled by students).Kwantlen’s grant, by contrast,was closer to $6,976. The pro-vincial average is a little lessthan $10,000.

Cap’s poor-cousin plightis something that’s landedon the desks of successiveNDP advanced educationcritics, including David Eby.Eby had a strange ally inWest Vancouver-CapilanoLiberal MLA Ralph Sultan,both of whomwent to bat forCapilano, repeatedly askingthe ministry for the formulaused to set per-student operat-ing grants but neither weresuccessful. Eventually, Sultangave up and concluded therewas no formula. He continuedto lobby within his own cau-cus for more funding for Cap.

Wilkinson confirmed thereis indeed no formula.

“We don’t use formulasbecause communities vary.If you try to set up a weldingprogram in Fort St. John forthe same price it would be inKelowna, that would not workbecause the cost base for eachlocale is different,” he said

Speaking to Capilano’sbasement-level funding,Wilkinson said, because of itsprogram offerings, Capilanois less expensive to runcompared to colleges and uni-versities with more technicalprogramming like engineeringor aircraft mechanics.

“When programs aremore academic like Capilanoor Langara, the cost base ismuch lower and so we adjusttheir budget accordingly,” hesaid.

As for how Cap should dealwith its chronic need to cut in

order to meet its provinciallymandated balanced budget,that’s nothing the ministrymanages, Wilkinson said,nor is what courses a schoolshould offer.

“Each institution decideswhat it will offer. We don’tdictate to institutions what theacademic content is becausethat’s what they have boardsof governors for. What wedo do is fund the institutionsto the appropriate levels sothey can deliver the programsthey deem to be fit. Giventhe exigencies of budgetseverywhere in the world, uni-versities and colleges adjustthemselves to their financial

means. Capilano has done apretty good job of managingwithin its means and we’requite pleased actually with itsfinancial performance.”

North Vancouver-SeymourMLA Jane Thornthwaite saidshe too is proud of the wayCapilano perseveres.

“Cap is doing really well.They are one of the stars, Ithink, with regard to provin-cial universities because theyconsistently meet budget con-straints,” she said. “And yes,they do have to struggle, butthey not only get the regularadvanced education fundingbut they also get one-time top-ups for specific programs.”

That’s something

Thornthwaite credited to lob-bying from the North Shore’sMLAs.

And Cap’s results alsospeak for themselves, shesaid.

“What we’ve been toldand what post-secondaryinstitutions have been told isto refine the programs thatthey’re doing so the kids whograduate are job-ready. Caphas been doing that,” she said.

Current NDP advancededucation critic KathyCorrigan has taken up the jobof trying to push the govern-ment to fund Cap to a pointit won’t have to budget byhatchet.

“When you’re starting inan unfavourable position,like Capilano, and then youhad stagnant or decreasedbudgets, that translates intoprogram cuts and that’swhat’s happened,” she said.“They’re making decisionsabout program cuts that don’thave to do necessarily withwhether or not that programis useful, whether it is agood program, whether thegraduates are needed. They’remaking the decisions on thebasis of getting rid of high-costprograms.”

Increasingly, Corrigan saidshe is receiving complaints

Programs aim to graduatestudents that are ‘job ready’

Students and facultymake theirway aroundCapilanoUniversity’s campus. PHOTOMIKEWAKEFIELD

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about schools getting aroundthe two per cent maximumtuition hike by either addingadditional fees technicallynot considered tuition, or byshutting down and restarting aprogramwith a new name.

Cap doesn’t have such afee scheme, according to RickGale, Cap’s vice-presidentacademic, and there is athreshold of necessary changeto a program that must be metbefore new tuition rates canbe applied.

“We’re constantly in a pro-cess of retooling our programsto make them in alignmentwith the industries. When aprogram gets re-costed, it’sonly because those changeshave reached the 51 per centlevel,” Gale said.

In either case, Corrigansaid the responsibility restswith the government that putthem in an untenable positionin the first place.

“These are all workaroundsthat I don’t particularly blamethe institutions for doingbecause the bottom line is,the provincial government isbadly underfunding the post-secondary system and I do notunderstand that. Educationis the best way for us to havea successful, prosperouseconomy,” she said.

Urbaneconomics

Beyond the core fundingissue, students have beencrying out for some helpon the housing front, saidZach Renwick, president ofCapilano Students’ Union.

The lack of studentresidences on campus and thechoking market rates for rentwithin commuting distanceact as a deterrent for would-bestudents, Renwick said.

“I’m sure manymore stu-dents would come to Cap butthere’s just nowhere around,preferably for them to liveby campus,” he said. “We’vedone a lot of research onhousing insecurity and the lowvacancy rates.”

The addition of residence,which would require capitalfunding from the province,would also help change thefeel and identity of the cam-pus, making it more appealing,Renwick added.

“The campus is kind ofdead after classes end and asa student union, we’re alwaystrying to build student life. Ifwe had residences, it wouldhelp with that,” he said.

But, that too isn’t in thecards, Wilkinson said, mainlybecause Cap sits in an urbanarea where there is plenty ofmarket housing.

“They might prefer to havehousing on campus but it’s anissue of affordability. Can weafford to put up housing forthem if they are in a positionwhere they are already com-muting?” he said.

“We would love to providemore housing on campuses ifsuddenly we had another $1

billion per year in our budget.That of course depends on thestate of the economy and thestate of revenue coming intogovernment,” he said.

If money for dorms wereto come available, schoolsin northern B.C. could be atthe front of the line “becausethere’s nowhere else to live,”Wilkinson said.

Businessbasics

This year’s shortfall ismostly thanks to a 10 per centdrop in student enrolmentand spike in costs for soft-ware, hardware and servicesthat have been negotiated inUS dollars.

Though there was someconcern that last year’s labourdisputes would dissuade stu-dents from enrolling, Bulcroftsaid it’s more a question ofdemographics.

“If you look at what yousee happening throughout theLower Mainland, in terms ofthe K-12 system, the demo-graphics suggest there’s adecline in the school-agepopulation in the LowerMainland,” Bulcroft said. “Capis not alone, by the way,” sheadded, noting schools aroundthe region have had a similardrop in domestic admissions.

Declining enrolment isbeing felt mostly in the artsand sciences at Cap. Thattoo is part of the trend in theLower Mainland’s schools,Gale said.

It’s too soon to say howstaff, faculty and the boardwill come up with $1.5 mil-lion in savings by the endof March. All options are

on the table but faculty andadministrators have both saidoperating budgets no longerhave any fat to cut.

Cutting expenses is onlypart of the strategy to get outof perpetual budget shortfalls.The school is looking to boostits revenue, Bulcroft said.

“Lets face it. If governmentdecides to adjust operatinggrants, you would hear a greatcheer go up from the campuscommunity, probably fromour community in general. Irealize the government hasrestrictions and commitmentsand maybe reasons why thatisn’t going to happen immedi-ately. We’re not sitting aroundwaiting for government toadjust our operating grant,”she said.

Specifically, the goal isto woo back students byincreasing space in its mostsuccessful programs, Galesaid, like the ones in the BosaCentre.

“We really are appeal-ing to what the provinceis seeing as the importantfuture for students comingout of post-secondary. It’sthe creative industries, it’stourism, it’s business, it’slegal studies. These are theprograms that continue to beoversubscribed and these arethe programs we’re going tocontinue to grow,” he said.

Capilano is also marketingitself to compete with otheruniversities for internationalstudents, who pay muchhigher tuition than domesticstudents.

And there should be noreason for friction when itcomes to schools activelycourting more internationalstudents, Wilkinson said.

“There’s a misperceptionthat international studentsdisplace domestic students.That is wrong. It is incorrect.What international studentsdo is pay for spaces that werecreated for them and thesurplus income they generateactually subsidizes the localorigin students,” he said.

The province has a goalof increasing the number ofinternational students by20 per cent, up to 140,000students.

Cap is also trying to retainmore students, getting awayfrom its reputation as a placefor students to attend for acouple years before transfer-ring to degree programs at alarger school.

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Despite the recent roughyears and no promise ofmore funding in the future,Bulcroft andWilkinson bothexpress confidence the schoolremains well positioned andthat its graduates face a brightfuture.

“One of my greatestprivileges as president here atCap has been the ability andopportunity to get to knowthe business community,industry, CEOs, people in thenon-profits as well – and everyconversation always leadsme to conclude that Cap ison the right track. Becausewe’re really paying attentionto what, I believe, employersneed,” said Bulcroft, who isretiring in July.

“I think the North Shoreshould be very proud of thisuniversity.”

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many times of day whenit’s just impossible to getthrough that intersection.

The idea also isn’t goingover well with the HorseshoeBay Business Association.

“Of course, for us, itwould make a significantimpact if they were to takethe Langdale ferry off thisroute and drive people wher-ever it is they’re heading,”said association presidentHolly Kemp. “Is that reallywhere we should be spend-ing our infrastructure

dollars? Because it will behorrendously expensive.”

Kemp says she predictsthe study will show a fixedlink is technically feasible buttoo expensive to carry out.

“It’s billions and billionsand billions of dollars tomake that happen,” she said.

That potential for cross-Howe Sound strife is notlost on Jordan Sturdy, WestVancouver-Sea to Sky MLA.

“Gathering the data,assessing the practicalityof options and the orders

of magnitude of costswill all contribute to aninformed discussion of thelong-term plan for connect-ing the upper and lowerSunshine Coast to the LowerMainland,” Sturdy said ina release. “This issue hasbeen a hot topic as long asI can remember and I lookforward to meeting with thecommunities to hear theirperspectives.”

A final report from thefeasibility study is due in thefall.

pointed to a disproportionateuse of evergreen certificatesfor aboriginal students.

“Howmany of themweretruly for special needs? Howmany of themwere justbecause they didn’t get theextra push they needed to geta dogwood?” said Bernier.

According to ministry sta-tistics, about four per cent ofaboriginal Grade 12 studentsreceive evergreen certificatescompared to about one percent of non-aboriginal Grade12 students.

That’s resulted in both alower graduation rate amongFirst Nations students and

aboriginal students fac-ing limitations in pursuingpost-secondary trainingand education, said TyroneMcNeil, president of the FirstNations Education SteeringCommittee.

Graduation rates foraboriginal students in theprovince are about 63 percent compared to 84 per centfor the school population asa whole. Graduation rates inNorth Vancouver are similar,with 59 per cent of FirstNations students graduatingcompared to 83 per cent ofstudents overall.

Bernier said he’s heardtoo many stories of FirstNations students being

encouraged to take easiersubjects and being toldthey’ll still get an evergreencertificate. Often familieshaven’t understood thatmeans their child won’t for-mally graduate high school,he said.

Bernier said from now on,evergreen certificates willonly be available to studentswith recognized specialneeds and individual educa-tion plans.

McNeil called the use ofevergreen certificates part ofa “systemic bias against FirstNations. It was a really easyout for high schools to takeour kids out of the academicstream and put them in the

alternate stream,” he said.He called this practice

“racism of low expectations.”“We have to accept that

outcomes for our kids aren’twhere any of us want themto be,” said McNeil. “Let’s gettogether and do somethingabout it.”

About 11 per cent of thepublic school population isaboriginal.

John Lewis, NorthVancouver schools super-intendent, Christie Sacré,chair of the North VancouverBoard of Education andBrad Baker, district admin-istrator of aboriginaleducation, all attendedFriday’s announcement.

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Questions the study will addressinclude whether such a thing is techni-cally possible and what the costs andbenefits would be.

To save a significant chunk of change,not to mention a lot of teeth grinding,we’re prepared to skip lengthy study andanswer those questions now, for free.

Here we go: yes, it’s technically pos-sible. Since we can send satellites toorbit distant planets, this shouldn’t besurprising. All it takes is money.

That’s where the second questioncomes in. Bridges and roads are noto-riously expensive. To build such aconnection, the money involved wouldbe in the billions. And the toll to use itwould be so high as to soon make those

drivers long for a comparatively cheapferry ride.

It’s curious to consider that there’snothing more pressing the provincecould find to drop $250K on.

But this study has never been aboutreality. It’s all about perception.

You’d almost think we were in thebeginning stages of the lead-up to a pro-vincial election.

To find out how this study is likelygoing to end, look no further than theequally inspired $200,000 study of abridge to Gabriola Island, which aftertwo years concluded that it would betechnically possible but economicallystupid – costing somewhere between$258 and $520 million.

We anticipate a similar dazzlingglimpse of the obvious resulting fromthe Sunshine Coast bridge study.

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This, however, is not atall the methodology Amazonused to shoot us in the facewith Cupid’s arrow. So whydid they declare us masters ofromance?

Amazon based their rank-ings on howmany “romantic”products were purchased in

each city. And by “romantic”products they did not meanlog cabins or double kayaks.They meant “romance novelsand relationships books,romantic comedies, romantictunes and sexual wellnessproducts.”

Relationships books?Nothing gets a man’s bloodracing like the sight of Dr. Phil.

Picture a locker room afteran intense beer league hockeygame.Player 1: “Good gameout there, Frank. How arethings going with your newgirlfriend?”Player 2: “Pretty good,Dennis. We spent all weekenddownloading romantic tunesoff of the Internet together. Inever realized that there wereso many different types of

saxophone. Then we watcheda Patrick Dempseymoviemarathon. I think I’m in love!”Player 1: “Great, great. If you’llexcuse me for a second I’mgoing to use this skate bladeto kill myself.”

In my life I have knownonly one person who lovedto read romance novels: mygrandmother. She was a lovelylady, but if anyone daredspeak about her in a “roman-tic” sense I’d slap them in theface with a Harlequin.

The only thing on theAmazon survey that anyself-respecting fellow couldpossibly construe as agateway to true passionand romance is the vaguelydefined “sexual wellness prod-ucts.” I googled the term onmy work computer and, after a

chat with HR to convince themnot to fire me, had a quick lookat what constituted a “sexualwellness product.”

There were a few playfultoys on there (I bet if youlooked hard enough youcould find something called a“double kayak”), but the truthis the top sellers all appearedto be male enhancement prod-ucts. Be still my beating heart.Seriously, heart, slow down… are we sure these pills aresafe?!

The final kick in the groincame from Amazon’s revela-tion of No. 1 on the romancelist, the one city that exceededus in sexiness: Victoria, B.C.

Right. The only placemore romantic than NorthVancouver has residents withan average age of approxi-mately Wilford Brimley.

Hat tip to Victoria TimesColonist columnist (say that10 times fast) Jack Knox fordigging into the most recentcensus data to discover that55 per cent of all singles inVictoria are women. This city– the retirement capital of thecountry, where women so far

outnumber men that any manwho can eat cheese fonduewithout blinding himself withone of those long pointy forksis considered a catch – is theNo. 1 most romantic city onthis list? An old saying comesto mind: “it’s lonely at thetop.”

I say we get ourselves offthis Amazon list as soon aspossible.

Maybe if we stoppedsitting in front of the TV somuch and started helping outaround the house a bit, ourpartners wouldn’t have to buysomany books about fixingrelationships.

Maybe if we finally gotaround to fixing the leak inour own sex dungeons, ourpartners wouldn’t have togo looking for thrills in FiftyShades of Grey.

Maybe if we plannedmorecandlelight dinners… ahheck, that all sounds like a lotof work.

Fine Amazon. Do yourworst. Call us all romantics.

I’ll be out in the garage,looking for my skates.

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Kudos to council forstand on school landsDear Editor:

Re: Old vs. New School,Jan. 20 Viewpoint

Your editorial opens withthe assertion that membersof district council, by turningdown the rezoning applica-tion for the Braemar landparcel, had forced the optionof rebuilding a seismicallyunsound school upon theboard of education and hadshirked their responsibility inthe process. You later contra-dict yourself by stating thata new Argyle will still get itsrebuild but likely with fewer ofthe public amenities that makea school truly part of the com-munity. Let’s be clear, a brandnew and enhanced Argyle canbe built without the sale of theBraemar land parcel. In addi-tion to the $37.8 million thatthe province will contribute,an amount equal to the cost ofa seismic upgrade, the boardalso has $11.38 million from

the sale of the Monterey andKeith Lynn sites for a total of$49.2 million. The cost of thebasic new school for Argyleis $45.7 million, leaving theboard a surplus of $3.5 millionto cover the cost of buildingone of the two facilities onthe wish list of the “preferredoption” now. The other, ifessential, could be built at alater andmore economicallyopportune time. On the wishlist: a 1,000-square-metremulti-purpose/performing artsarea and a 766 sq. m class-room/recreation space.

Rather than shirking theirresponsibilities and forget-ting what they signed up for,as your editorial asserts,members of district councildid precisely what they wereelected to do. Cognizant of thefact that a new and enhancedArgyle would be built withoutthe board continuing its firesale on irreplaceable public

land; cognizant of the fact thata significant andmeaningfulinvestment in students wasalready being made; and cog-nizant of the fact that a publichearing would only confirmthe existence of two dia-metrically opposed groups ofcitizens, the councillors madean informed but difficult deci-sion based on principle and inthe interest of the communityas a whole.

Mark Twain once advisedto invest in land “because theyaren’t making it anymore.”Holding public land for thebenefit of the next genera-tions will ultimately be ofmuch greater benefit to thecommunity as a whole thanexchanging it in the presentfor depreciating buildings.Council members should beapplauded for taking a difficultbut principled position.James GillNorth Vancouver

LETTERS TOTHE EDITORmust include your name, full address andtelephone number. Send your letters via e-mail to: editor@nsnews.com. The North Shore News reserves the right to edit any and/or allletters based on length, clarity, legality and content. The News alsoreserves the right to publish any and/or all letters electronically.MAILBOX

Dear Editor:So it appears that the

long-awaited Argyle replace-ment isn’t going to happenafter all, despite new condoconstruction at Seylynn, LynnValley etc., which will addeven more students to thecatchment area.

Our provincial

government makes it nextto impossible for the schoolboard to raise money unlessit sells off current schoolproperties.

That is short-sightedalmost beyond belief. Howmany tens of millions ofdollars has the provincialgovernment taken from North

Vancouver taxpayers overthe past few years with theproperty transfer tax?

It’s time to put some ofour money back into ourcommunity and build a newArgyle school. The silencefrom our MLA is deafening.Ray McLennanNorth Vancouver

Support public education

Province should fund rebuild

Dear Editor:Re: ‘Two-tier’ System

Undermines Education, Jan.31 Mailbox.

I am writing in support ofthe recent Mailbox submis-sion decrying our province’srelative decline in financialsupport for public educa-tion. The author put forth aclear statement defendingthe importance of publiceducation in supportingan equitable, viable and

democratic society. Ofparticular merit, the authoradvanced the need for ahigh-quality system so wecan be competitive in thefuture, especially as we moveto a sustainable “electroneconomy.”

The article also shone aspotlight on contemporaryneo-liberal strategies andvalues of degrading publicservices by “slowly boilingthe frog” through cutbacks,

resulting in a decrease insociety’s value for publicinstitutions. These trendshave been well funded andresourced by neo-liberalelites since the 1980s.

We will be well served tosupport our public institu-tions, such as education,health care, libraries, parks,etc. that contribute to thegood of all citizens.Bill BarrieWest Vancouver

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QUOTES OF THE WEEK:I just wanted to feel him on my chest and just hear that cry.”

—NorthVancouver resident SarahManvell recalling thebirthof her sonHunter, a “rainbowbaby”bornafter anearlier pregnancyendedwith a stillbirth (fromaJan. 31 news story).

It’s hard for me to rationalize why people are doing it.”

—NorthShoreRescue team leaderMikeDanks, dumfoundedas towhyskiers and snowboardersgooutof bounds (fromaFeb. 3news story).

...sewage is not sexy and sewage is not one of those ones politicianslove to cut ribbons on because it’s not a real big vote-getter.”

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This journey eventually landed Schwandt in a 10-day silent vipassanameditation retreat in Merritt.

“There’s no eye contact, you don’t read anything, you don’t have ajournal. It’s just really about you going inside and understanding your-self. It was amazing. You run the gamut of emotions that’s for sure, butyou realize it’s all within you. You do really create your own destiny. Soall the chaos, I created, and also I could create all the peace. It was reallyinformative,” she says.

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She chose to attend asecond retreat of this natureand during that round cameup with a life-changing idea.On day two, she made useof a piece of fabric that shehappened to have with her,wrapping it snugly around herback and over her knees. Thewrap provided instant reliefand comfort, and her physicalpain was gone.

After the retreat, Schwandtsearched high and low for anofficial yoga andmeditationprop of this kind but came upempty-handed. With that, hernew career focus emerged andshe started researching andworking towards creating herown product and in November2014, she launched the LotusWrap through her own com-pany, Earth to Ethers.

The kundalini andrestorative yoga instructoris excited to be showcasingher products as one of 250exhibitors at next weekend’sTheWellness Show, being heldFeb. 12-14 at the VancouverConvention Centre. Describedas theWest Coast’s largesttrade show devoted to helpingcommunity members live amore balanced, holistic andhealthy life, the event hasbeen produced by NorthVancouver-based New RaveProductions for the last 24years. This year’s theme isHealthy Families and theshow is featuring a numberof related stage workshopsand hands-on fun for familymembers of all ages.

This marks Schwandt’sWellness Show debut andshe’s looking forward to intro-ducing those in attendance tothe LotusWrap, a yoga andmeditation support acces-sory, intended to help users,“surrender, and relax and godeeper.”

“They cocoon the body,basically,” she says.

Schwandt’s favourite andmost common reaction fromfirst-time users is, “‘I love,love, love it,’” she says.

Another typical reaction ismore auditory in nature.

“When I put them onpeople, I wait for this ‘ahh.’ It’snot really a statement that youget, it’s a sound that comesout. They go, ‘oh,’ or ‘ah.’ Youknow you’ve hit the sweetspot. It’s just comforting, it’scaring and it’s that supportthat we can offer ourselves,”she says.

Individuals with injurieshave also expressed havingfound using LotusWrapshelpful in yoga therapy, aidingtheir body in gently regainingrange of motion.

LotusWraps are manu-factured in Vancouver fromnatural and organic fabrics,and their packaging is madefrom recycled and com-postable materials. They’reavailable via the Earth toEthers website, as well as atDeep Cove’s Maa Yoga.

At next weekend’s TheWellness Show, Schwandt isset to take the Fitness DemoStage at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday,Feb. 13, and at 2:15 p.m. onSunday, Feb. 14. Both onstageand at her booth, Schwandtwill be joined by fellowexhibitor Cheryl Uphill, a yoga

therapist, teacher and ownerof Uphill All theWay Yoga.

“She can speak on howit’s working for the body, par-ticularly with your anatomy .. . and what it’s doing for youbeneficially there, whereas Ispeak into how it feels,” saysSchwandt.

To further introduce

community members tothe LotusWrap, the duo ispresenting two upcomingworkshops, BeginWithin: Yinand RestorativeWorkshopfeaturing the LotusWrap, Feb.28 at North Vancouver’s TheYoga Root, andMarch 13 atBurnaby’s Art Space. Cost:$35, visit earthtoethers.com.

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TED Talks takes to thestage in Vancouver in acouple of weeks.

And this time there’s aninteresting twist that involveswine and specifically winesof Chile. Chile’s ideal naturalenvironment has helped itbecome a world leader insustainable viticulture, and it’sthis idea that forms the basisfor the collaboration with TEDTalks.

Ten wineries and their prin-cipals will be in attendance fora variety of tastings surround-ing the conference, which allsounds like a sweet deal forWines of Chile (a promotionalbody representing 90 wineriesin Chile). But there’s an inter-esting twist here.

Barely even a couple ofdecades ago, Chile was stillfighting to be taken seriouslyin the world of wine. Sure, thecountry had a well-earnedreputation for making prettydecent cheap wine. But itwasn’t particularly enviable oran ideal pathway to becom-ing known for more serious,quality-driven winemaking.

Most of Chile practisedviticulture driven by its bulkwine production until a fewwinemakers initiated a drive

for organic and sustainableviticulture. This at a timewhen organic grape farmingelsewhere in the world wasstill very much in its infancy.

Fast forward 20 years andit’s impressive to see howquickly Chile has progressed,with the likes of Emiliana’sAlvaro Espinoza setting thepace. Today Emiliana is fullycertified organic, and itscompany-owned organic andbiodynamic farms, plus some1,096 hectares of vineyardsin diverse regions, have verymuch helped to shape the newsustainable face of Chile.

Chile (which is the fifthlargest wine producer on theplanet) has announced itsintention of becoming the

world’s leading producer ofsustainable wines by 2025.It’s a lofty goal. But judging bythe experience of the last fewyears, it’s one that the countryis well equipped to achieve.

During the various tastingsand seminars behind thescenes, the Chileans will beasking delegates to considerhow sustainability, if trulypractised on a global scale,could positively impact planetEarth.

With measures such asswitching to lightweightbottles and eliminatingpesticides, it’s been interest-ing to watch Chile’s progressover the years, especially theway in which they’ve shapedtheir Viniculture SustainabilityCode, with more than 50 percent of Wines of Chile’s mem-ber wineries certified. Thatputs themwell on the way totheir goal of 100 per cent by2025.

While many countries(though not Canada) haveimplemented such programs,what sets Chile’s apart is anapproach that addressesthe entire spectrum of winegrowing, from land use, howpractices affect labour andneighbouring communities,

positive economic impact andso on. The program dividesinto three colour-codedcomplementary areas: green(vineyards), red (wineriesand bottling plants) andorange (social). Wines of Chilesays it’s a long-term visionbased on a combination ofenvironmental principles,social equality, and economicviability applicable to alltypes of vinicultural compa-nies, irrelevant of the scaleof production. Who knows?Maybe we’ll even get aroundto it here, one day.

My pick of the week:Errazuriz Max ReservaSauvignon Blanc 2014

From a cool climate sitejust seven kiolometres fromthe Pacific Ocean comes thiswell-balanced SauvignonBlanc with a personality all ofits own, with bright acidity,persistent but not overt citrus,grapefruit and a touch ofminerality (90 points, $16.49).Try it with oysters or nettlerisotto.

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SNOWSHOE GRINDMOUNTAIN RUN Anopportunity for snowshoersof all abilities and fitnesslevels to take to the trailsSunday. Feb. 7, 10 a.m. atGrouse Mountain. There willbe five- and one-kilometreroute options. Participantsmust be at the tram at 9:45

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HELPING YOU HELPYOURSELF GROUPFamilyServices of the NorthShore offers a free group

session for men whowish toeliminate abusive behaviourin relationships Mondays,Feb. 8-April 11, 5:30-8 p.m. Toregister: 604-988-5281 x226.

CAREGIVER TAX CREDITSLearn how to take advantageof all the deductions andcredits available to caregiversof an adult person Tuesday,

Feb. 9, 5:30-7 p.m., at NorthShore Caregiver Support,Room 203, CapilanoMall.Presented by a certifiedgeneral accountant. Free.604-982-3320karyn.davies@nscr.bc.ca

LENTEN LUNCH AND TALKAll are welcome to Lenten TalksThursdays, Feb. 11 to March17 at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall,2347 Inglewood Ave., West

Vancouver. Six consecutivespeakers will discuss palliativecare and donations of $5will support the North ShoreCentre for Palliative Supportand the Euthanasia PreventionCoalition. Join in at noon andenjoy homemade soup and abun. 604-926-6881

ADVANCE CARE PLANNINGSue Hughson from Dying withDignity Canada will discuss

how people can preparetheir advance care plans andprovide an opportunity totalk about safe and positiveways of planning for illnessor debilitation Friday, Feb. 12,2-3:30 p.m. at West VancouverMemorial Library, 1950Marine Dr. 604-925-7400westvanlibrary.ca

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WHITE CANE WEEK Amy Amantea, Diane Schwitzer and Rosamund van Leeuwen,along with guide-dog-in-training Pinto and seasoned pro Rory, invite community membersto join them in celebrating the Canadian Council of the Blind’s White Cane Week by stoppinginto an open house at Park Royal South (on the second floor near the Osaka Supermarket)Friday, Feb. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The open house is intended to educate the publicabout vision loss and showcase resources, services and available products. Guests with visionloss can arrange for a sighted guide from the Park Royal bus stop by calling ahead at 604-763-2695. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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John Schleimer has beenfeatured so frequentlyin the newspaper that hedeserves a section all hisown.

When the Sportsman’sBarber Shop closed in 1998,there’s John in the NorthShore News with his partner,Hans Lattke, who’s holdinga news photograph of theshop’s opening day in 1963.Here’s one of John with thepuck from the VancouverCanucks’ inaugural game in1970, a gift from referee, friendand loyal customer, LloydGilmour – just one of the hun-dreds of heads John trimmedover the years. On Valentine’sDay (year unknown), an anni-versary photograph of Johnand his wife Herma holdingtheir wedding photograph waspublished in the North ShoreNews.

Born in 1928 in Yugoslavia,now Slovenia, John was first inhis family to break away fromthe family farm, apprenticingas a barber at 13. Conscriptedinto the Hitler Youth and theGerman Army a year later, “theTitos,” (Yugoslav Resistanceunder the command ofMarshal Tito), made him aprisoner of war when theyliberated the area in 1945.

In the chaos of post-war

Europe, it was a miracle thatJohn and his family werereunited. With the farm thathad been the family’s homefor hundreds of years goneforever, they made a new lifein Graz, Austria. One evening,after a long day scraping a liv-ing cutting hair, John offered ayoung woman a ride home onhis bicycle. Another miraclewas set in motion on that bikeride, a romance that lasted 60years.

Jump ahead five years to1951. “I wanted to go some-where else to make my life,to America,” John recalls.Time passed as letters wentback and forth from Austriato family in New York City, butultimately a former soldierin theWehrmacht, howeverunwilling, was not welcome in

the United States. Where else?There was an uncle in Canada.More letters, dispatched fromVancouver to New York toGraz. The news was good andnot so good. Canada wouldaccept John and there was aberth on a ship sailing fromBremerhaven – in one week.

One week gave John andHerma Schafer time to marry,on Feb. 14, 1951, and for thebride to provide her newhusband with the fare.

After 11 days on theAtlantic and five more on thetrain from Halifax, withoutknowing a word of English,John arrived in Vancouver. “Itgot colder every day: 40 belowinWinnipeg, even colder inCalgary, and the country, therewas no end to it. I wonderedwhat had I got myself into?Onemorning I woke up and Iwas in B.C. It was so green andso beautiful, I fell in love with

the place.”Within a year, John had

earned enough cutting brushfor BC Hydro to acquire hisbarber’s certificate and tobring Herma and his brother,Henry, to join him in NorthVancouver. They enjoyedB.C.’s outdoors to the full,hiking, hunting and fishingall over the province. Mostmornings would find John fish-ing Lynn Creek for steelheadbefore a day of cutting hair.John wielded the clippers onsome notable heads – SenatorRay Perrault, Mayor JackLoucks, Coun. Ernie Crist– andmany a lively discus-sion (politics, sports, fishing)heated up the Sportsman’sBarber Shop over the years.

John gives back to the com-munity and to the provincethat helped him build a newlife for himself and his family.He served on the provincial

Sport Fishing Advisory Boardfor 30 years. He is a life mem-ber of Ducks Unlimited, pastpresident of the B.C. WildlifeFederation, Lower Mainlandregion, and of the North ShoreFish and Game club.

These days, John raisesfunds to combat prostatecancer, bowls with the NorthVancouver Lawn Bowling Cluband walks several kilometresevery day with Charlie, thefamily dog, when he isn’t fish-ing the Vedder or Squamishrivers.

Albums of photographsand shelves of trophiesare a testament to John’sfishing prowess. He may bemost proud of the 18-poundsteelhead he landed at LittleQualicum River in 1961. Thenext year Herma caught hersteelhead, 19 pounds. Of hisbeloved valentine who passedaway in 2011, John said, “Shenever let me forget it.”

Laura Anderson works with andfor seniors on the North Shore.seniorsconnect@shaw.ca

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LOSE THE BOOZE Stephanie Burggraaf has her last drink prior to challenging herself toabstain from alcohol for themonth of February as part of the B.C. Cancer Foundation’s Lose theBooze fundraising campaign in support of cancer research. losethebooze.ca PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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Indoor canine playtime isvery limited in my house.

I’ve learned from many,many years of experience thatto maintain order, minimizedestruction and preserve thepeace, rough housing doesnot happen within the fourwalls of my home.

Just ask anyone whocomes to visit and attemptsto wrestle and play tug-of-warwith my dogs. They get a timeout! The visitors that is, notmy dogs.

The reason for this isbecause my home is a placeof tranquility. Once inside,it’s all about the cuddles andrestfulness. I choose to spendmy indoor canine time inquiet socialization and con-templation. It’s really quiteZen actually.

As I said, years of experi-ence have taught me thatindoor play sessions may bea great way to avoid walkingin inclement weather condi-tions, but it can potentiallylead to unwanted behavioursfrom your canine companion.

At one time in my 25years of working with dogs, Iused to play a scenting gameinside the home. I wouldhide treats around the houseand teach my dogs to go and

find them. It was an awe-some mental and physicallystimulating exercise. Thenone day I came home to findthe carpet dug up around aheating vent as one of thedogs located residual odourcoming from an area wherea treat used to be. Now thisgame is played outside in theyard or on our hikes wherethe threat of destruction isinconsequential.

I still enjoy a game of tugof war with my dogs. WhenI initiate the game and endit on my terms we all havea good bit of fun – outside.Zumi, my shepherd, getshighly stimulated duringtug-of-war to the point ofobsession and when playedinside that obsession

becomes obnoxious as shecontinuously demands I playwith her. When the game onlyhappens outside, there is nomore obnoxious demandingbehaviour. She gets to playone of her favourite gamesand I still get my quiet time.

A while ago I went to doa consultation regarding twoadult dogs that were urinat-ing in the house. Upon arrivalI was greeted by two veryexcited 80-pound dogs whoclearly had little leadership.When I came into the homethe owner opened the frontand back doors to allow thedogs access to the yard.

“The doors are open allday, they can go out any timethey want,” she said. But assoon as the doors were open,the dogs proceeded to engagein a game of chase. Theyraced through the house, out

the back door, through theyard then in the front door.They ran this race track chas-ing each other while I stood,gobsmacked, watching it all.After about 10 minutes thedogs stopped, went over tothe leather couch and liftedtheir legs to urinate. Theythen started the game all overagain.

“See!” the ownerexclaimed.

“What do you expect?You haven’t given themany boundaries to respectthe inside of your home!This game has to stop!” Iresponded

“How am I supposed toexercise them?” she asked

Solitary games like brainteaser puzzles where dogshave to figure out howto get a treat out of a toyare designed to challenge

them mentally and are aperfect way to exercise adog mentally. Chasing eachother around the house intoexhaustion is not. It onlyteaches a dog to disrespectyour space and ignoreboundaries.

From time to time I hidemy dogs’ favourite plushsqueaky toys around thehouse. Sometimes they locatethem on their own, bringingrenewed interest to the toy.Other times I will ask my dogRaider where his piggy is,for example. He will trot offon his own in search of histoy. When he finds it he thenplays peacefully with it onhis own, squeezing it just tolisten to the honking noise itmakes. This is a good indoorgame.

Obedience exercises arenot just for training classes.

They can be fun indoorgames when combinedtogether, such as with puppypush-ups. A dog sits, then isasked to lie down, then returnto a sit, then lie down again.This is a good interactiveindoor game that burns offenergy and instills restraintand calmness.

If you are going to playindoor games with yourdog, consider the long-termconsequences or benefits ofthe game you choose. Will itencourage positive peace-ful behaviour or unwanteddestructive behaviour?Choose carefully.

Joan Klucha has beenworking with dogs for morethan 15 years in obedience,tracking and behaviouralrehabilitation. Contact her atk9kinship@gmail.com.

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Playing indoorsneedn’tbedestructive

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What’s Going On

FAMILY DAY NorthVancouver City Library willbe closed on Sunday, Feb. 7,but will be open on Monday,Feb. 8 from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. andthroughout the day there willbe special programming forthe whole family at 120 West14th St. nvcl.ca

FAMILY DAYFrozenDisneyprincesses will stop byLonsdale QuayMonday, Feb.8, 10:45 a.m. at 123 CarrieCates Court, North Vancouver.For a detailed schedule visitlonsdalequay.com.

AMBLESIDE WATERFRONTPLAN — THE VISION Achance to see the overallvision and ask questions aboutthe current planWednesday,Feb. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at KayMeek Centre, 1700MathersAve, West Vancouver. 604-921-3459westvancouver.ca/amblesidewaterfront

NEW BOARD DIRECTORSINFORMATION SESSION TheWest Vancouver CommunityFoundation invites allresidents to consider servingon the board of directorsbeginning in May andmoreinformation can be obtainedat ameetingWednesday, Feb.10, 7-8 p.m. at West VancouverUnited Church, 2062Esquimalt Ave. 604-925-8153westvanfoundation.com

CANADIAN FEDERATIONOF UNIVERSITY WOMEN— NORTH VANCOUVERFebruary’s featured speakerwill be Robert Butler, the authorof an upcoming film on the

Braemar elementary teacher SuzanneBrumec and her Grade 5 class areholding their annual Valentine’s AnimalRescue Fundraiser on Friday, Feb. 12from 9 a.m. to noon at the school.

There will be a garage sale, craft sale andcake raffle with all proceeds going towards theVancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Associationand the Squamish Neighbourhood Animal

Partnership and Protection Society.Students and families who wish to donate

old toys, stuffies, games, children’s books,puzzles, electronic games, craft items, smallcars, building toys or other items are askedto drop them off at Room 215 no later thanWednesday, Feb. 10.

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MakingCentsLori Pinkowski

Stick toastrategybut remain flexibleAnother year in thebooks!

The S&P 500 and TSXComposite fell 0.7 per centand 11.1 per cent, respec-tively in 2015. There’s anold saying that investing instocks is like walking up anever-ending staircase witha yo-yo, but 2015 was morelike running on a treadmill forinvestors in the U.S. market– a lot of energy spent, butno ground gained. For all theups and downs, the S&P 500went essentially nowherefrom where it started theyear. Unfortunately, the TSXComposite fared much worseas oil and the rest of the com-modity complex weakenedfurther.

Indeed, it was a tough yearfor most money managers onboth sides of the border, butit was also a have and have-not type of market. Sectorselection was paramount assome sectors did well, whileothers plummeted.

The energy and materi-als sectors had one of theirtoughest years yet in Canada,down 25.7 per cent and22.8 per cent, respectively. Ihave generally been bear-ish on the materials spacefor several years now andstepped away from energystocks in 2014. By avoid-ing these two sectors, youwould have saved a greatdeal of pain that, unfortu-nately, many Canadians arestill experiencing. 2015 wasa prime example of how it’soften more important whatyou don’t own (hopefully thatwas energy and materials lastyear) than what you do.

There are a few explana-tions for why the marketwas less than stellar last

year. Canada was all aboutcommodities continuing theirslide. Resources have a muchheavier weighting in the TSXComposite than the S&P 500and a much bigger impact onthe Canadian economy. That’swhy Canada went into atechnical recession in the firsthalf of the year and why theBank of Canada cut interestrates – twice!

The U.S. economy con-tinued its pace of moderategrowth, but did face pressurefrom a slowdown in emerg-ing markets. This is a directresult of commodity weak-ness. Consumer spending wassolid throughout the year inthe U.S., but the strong dollarhurt exports and overseascorporate earnings.

Corporate earnings areultimately what drive stocksin the long run and at thisstage in the cycle, earningsgrowth is what moves stockshigher.

S&P 500 earnings weresaddled by a surging U.S.dollar and a collapse inthe energy and materialssectors. So it’s not at allsurprising that flat earningsled to a flat market, but keepin mind these two factors are

transitory. The U.S. dollarcan’t rise against all curren-cies forever and earningsin the energy sector areexpected to rebound at somepoint.

With 2015 behind us, let’slook to 2016. In the spirit ofavoiding grand predictions,I’ll refrain frommaking themhere. But, I do generally seecorporate earnings growthbouncing back, the U.S. econ-omy continuing to improveand the Fed maintaining itsaccommodative stance.

If I’m anywhere near themark on that, 2016 shouldbe a good one for investors.If that outlook changes forbetter or worse, it’s importantthat investors adhere to anactive investment strategy asmarkets change and adjusttheir exposure to equities ifmarkets remain volatile.

Lori Pinkowski is a seniorportfolio manager and seniorvice-president, Private ClientGroup, at Raymond James Ltd.,a member of the CanadianInvestor Protection Fund.This is for informationalpurposes only and does notnecessarily reflect the opinionsof Raymond James. Pastperformance is not necessarilyindicative of future perfor-mance. Lori can answer anyquestions at 604-915-LORIor lori.pinkowski@raymond-james.ca. You can also listen toher every Monday morning onCKNW at 8:40 a.m.

Salish Sea, at the club’s meetingThursday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m. at theRoyal Canadian Legion, 123West 15th St., North Vancouver.Butler will share his discoveriesabout Salish Sea wildlife andculture. Guests welcome. 604-980-1274 cfuwnvwv.vcn.bc.carobbutler.ca

DIGITAL MEDIA YOUTHEXPOThe Digital mediaAcademy presents their 4thannual Digital Media YouthExpo, Saturday, Feb. 13, noon-3p.m. at Argyle Secondaryschool, 1131 Frederick Rd., NorthVancouver. This interactiveyouth event offers a varietyof presentations, demos,post-secondary schoolbooths, experts in the field

of digital media, animation,film, photography and soundrecording. Free and open to thepublic. dmacademy.ca

CREATIVE ESCAPES Bringyour knitting project, colouringbook, creative writing or otherartistic project and join inon the last Thursday of eachmonth for informal eveningsof imagination and socializing.The next Creative Escape datesare Feb. 25 andMarch 31, 6-8p.m. CityScape Community ArtSpace, 335 Lonsdale Ave. NorthVancouver. Free admission.

Compiled by Debbie Caldwell

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The Seycove Seyhawkscompleted their rise tothe top of the North Shoresenior girls basketballworld this week, grabbingthe Premier League titlefor the first time in teamhistory.

Seycove, a small AA-sizedschool, went undefeatedagainst the best ballers onthe North Shore, toppingtheir regular season run offwith a 65-42 win over AAApowerhouse Handsworth onWednesday. The win gave theSeyhawks an 8-0 record inPremier League play, outscor-ing their opponents by 299points in the process.

“It feels good,” headcoach Darcy Grant said aboutclaiming the Premier Leaguebanner. “Handsworth is avery strong team. For us Ithink the ability to matchup against a good AAA teamis always a good test for us,especially right before theplayoffs. It’s exciting. It’s asmall little victory that needsto be celebrated, but I thinkalso at the same time for ourgirls and our coaching staff,our goals and expectationsare on a provincial champion-ship. We’re enjoying it butat the same time we knowthere’s an incredible amountof work left to be done to getto those goals that we’ve setout for ourselves.”

The Seyhawks will nowturn their attention to hostingthe North Shore AA play-offs where they will take onCollingwood Tuesday night asthe second part of a semifinaldoubleheader that will openwith St. Thomas Aquinas tak-ing on Windsor. The winnersof those two matchups willplay for the North Shore AAtitle Thursday starting at 7:30p.m. at Seycove.

Given their resultsthroughout the season,including an appearance inthe championship final of the

prestigious Top 10 Shootoutheld last month at Centennial,the Seyhawks will be heavyfavourites in the North ShoreAA playoffs. The team, how-ever, will be taking nothingfor granted, said Grant.

“Our focus is going to bethe same as it has been allyear,” he said. “It’s really notgoing to depend on who weplay. Our coaching staff stillfeels that we’re far from play-ing our best basketball. Ourfocus is on trying to improveour offence and our defence,to limit mistakes and not turnover the ball and shoot bet-ter. Our focus is really on usand how well we can play.”

The Seyhawks are led bypotent twin tower attack offorwards Claudia Hart andSage Stobbart. Team captainHart, who has committedto playing at Simon FraserUniversity next season, isthe only Grade 12 starter onthe young Seyhawks squad

and the team’s inspirationalleader.

“She’s somebody thatcarries with her a certainswagger and a certainconfidence,” said Grant.“She never gets too high,she never gets too low. She’svery even keel, she’s verycomposed.”

Stobbart, meanwhile,stands six-foot-two and has adeft touch around the hoopthat makes her a very toughplayer to defend.

“She runs the floor incred-ibly well, she has great touchand great finesse close tothe hoop, when she boxesout she’s able to reboundjust about anything,” saidGrant. “Her foul shooting hasimproved incredibly. She’sslowly starting to step into aleadership role, not so muchvocally but more as in a leadby example on the court.

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Seycove’s Sage Stobbart makes a pass during a recent North Shore senior girls Premier League matchup. The six-foot-two Grade 11 forward has been tagged asa prospect by Canada Basketball, attending several age-group identification camps. Visit nsnews.com for a photo gallery. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN

See Handsworth page 21Seycove captain Claudia Hart powers her way to the hoop during a Premier League win overCarson GrahamMonday. Seycove hosts the North Shore AA playoffs this week.

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Seycove’s Lindsey Bott challenges a shot from Handsworth’sOana Lapuste in Premier League action. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

HandsworthhostingAAAplayoffsShe’s maturing, and she’sstarting to come into her ownin a real basketball sense.”

The Grade 11 player hasearned interest from CanadaBasketball, attending severalnational team age-groupidentification camps. Thathas helped her game but hasalso made her a target on thecourt, said Grant, adding thatStobbart has responded wellto the challenge.

“For her, because she wasalways taller than everybodyelse, basketball was kindof easy for her,” he said. “Itwasn’t until this year andlast year when she’s beingchallenged more and we’replaying some of the top com-petition in the province andteams are beginning to scouther and kind of understandher game and to strategizeagainst her that she now hasto be a little more dominant.And she’s learning that, she’sfiguring that out. And as she’sgaining more experienceshe’s just evolving into thatplayer that she can be andshe’s going to become.”

Co-captain Kayla Krugrounds out Seycove’s leader-ship group.

“Kayla is somebody whohas put in an incredibleamount of work in terms ofher skill and ability,” saidGrant. “She’s somebodywhose outside shot has reallyprogressed and improved agreat deal. And as she kindof finds her way through thesenior league for the firsttime, she’s slowly gaining

experience and understand-ing the game and becomingmore comfortable with it.She’s really starting to comeinto her own.”

The Seyhawks have theirsights set firmly on theAA provincial champion-ships running March 2-5 atthe Langley Events Centre.Seycove finished sixth at lastyear’s championships andwill be looking for more thistime around.

“Last year with the teamwe had, we played well,” saidGrant. “I think we playedkind of above our ownexpectations. I think this yearour expectations are evenhigher.”

The Seyhawks are cur-rently fourth in the provincialAA rankings and they’ll belooking to move up intothe medals at the big show.Seycove has played a coupleof close games against theteams ranked ahead of themthis year.

“We’re still a young team,”said Grant. “We lack a lot ofexperience, experience we’retrying to gain by playingreally top competition.”

With four starters slatedto return next season aswell, Grant is hoping that theSeyhawks will continue torise for at least another year.

“Claudia will be some-body who is very difficult toreplace, but we have a verystrong core of young women,”he said. “We’re hoping thatthis year we’ll be very suc-cessful and the same nextyear as well.”

It’s all new territory for

the small Deep Cove schoolthat was never known as abasketball hotbed beforetheir surge over the pastcouple of years.

“It takes a bit of time,but it’s going,” Grant saidof Seycove’s emergence onthe hardwood that has seenthe Seyhawks vault pasttraditional powerhouses likeHandsworth and Argyle. “Thisis just a continuation of a cul-ture change. Success is kindof breeding success. We’rehappy over here, we’re happywith how things are going.(But) it’s never perfect.”

! ! !The senior girls AAA playoffswill also run this week hostedby the Handsworth Royals.A semifinal doubleheaderwill take place Tuesdaywith Sentinal taking onHandsworth at 6 p.m. fol-lowed by Argyle facing offagainst Carson Graham. Thewinners of those two match-ups will meet in the NorthShore AAA final Thursdaystarting at 7:30 p.m. atHandsworth.

BODWELL CHECK Takeshi Iso of the BodwellBruins tracks down Seth Putnam-Rae of the Windsor Dukesduring a North Shore senior boys AAAmatchup Jan. 27.Bodwell scored a 66-56 home win to solidify their spot atopthe league standings with a perfect 5-0 record so far. Visitnsnews.com to see more photos. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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