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TheWestVancouver PoliceDepartment is looking intoan incident in which oneof their ofcers allegedly

drove into an oncomingtrafc lane to stop a grouplongboarders comingdownhill.

A group of longboarderscaptured the incidenton Finch Hill Road on

Wednesday afternoon witha helmet-mounted camera.The video has racked upmore than 350,000 viewssince it was posted Sundaynight.

The video depicts a groupof riders heading down thehill, which is illegal inWestVancouver, when a ofcerin an unmarked police SUVturns his lights on, pulls

into the centre of the roadand slams on the brakes. Inthe video, the riders swerveoff the road to avoid thevehicle and tumble into thesurrounding bus stop andyards.

The video then cuts tothe ofcer and longboardersconfronting each other.

You swerved in front ofour lane and made all these

guys crash, one of the riderssays.

But the ofcer cuts himoff. Our lane? Its illegalto ride a longboard here.Im sick and tired of dealingwith you guys. Do youunderstand? he retorts.

The two continue toargue before the video endswith the longboarder saying:You should be doing better

things with your time insteadof running kids off the roadwith your vehicle.

In the videos description,YouTube user DannyCarlson describes theincident in his own words:

AWestVancouver policeofcer in an unmarked SUVabruptly swerves in front

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Some parents andteens inWestVancouverare questioning why alongtime youth outreachworker who developed agood rapport with at-riskboys was let go from themunicipalitys AmblesideYouth Centre recentlywith only a few daysnotice.

TennysonWong workedas part of the youth outreachteam at the centre for thepast ve years.

As an outreach worker,Wong said he spent a lot oftime establishing rapportwith many of the at-riskboys in the community anddeveloped programs likeGig Nights to connectwith teens.Many meetingswith families of troubledboys took place discreetlyafter hours.

Wong said he lovedhis work and always hadoutstanding reviews.Wongsaid he worked on renewableone-year contracts for veyears and was led to believehe would be hired whenthe option of a permanentposition came available.

Instead, at the end ofFebruary,Wong said he wasabruptly told his positionwould be ending in two daysbecause the district hadhired another person for thepermanent youth worker job.

Essentially theyred me, he said. It allhappened really quickly.

Besides being angryabout losing his job,Wongsaid hes also concernedabout the at-risk kidshe spent so much timedeveloping a bond with.

None of them got anywarning their youth workeris gone, he said.Wongadded the outreach teamhas now been left with only

one part-time male workerto help troubled boys. Wedont have enough maleworkers as it is, he said.

Jim Gatzke, head ofWestVancouvers alternateschool program, said he wassurprised to learnWong hadbeen let go from the centre.Wong would often take kidson outings like ski trips orto an evening football gameas a way of getting to knowthem, he said. He was greatwith kids.

OneWestVancouvermother who asked thather name not be used toprotect her childrens privacy said parents whose teenshave used the centre are alsoquestioning whyWong waslet go.

Why would you get ridof somebody whos madeall these connections withthese youth?These are reallycomplex kids. . ., she said.To form a relationship withthemit takes a lot of trustand a lot of respect.

She said parents sheknows are all bafed bythe decision.

The mother added shefeels youth programs dontalways get the backing theyshould in a communitydemographically dominatedby an older population.

Wong also wonders ifthe municipality has thesame appetite it once did foroutreach programs. I dontknow if they want to take onthe responsibility, he said.

Much of the work he didwas hidden from the public,he said, and families feel asocial stigma that serves tokeep their problems private.

Theres a hugeperception that people (inWestVancouver) dont haveproblems like kids that haveoppositional deant disorder,kids who run away or whogo and deal drugs, he said.But he added thats not thecase. Im working withinthat hidden community, hesaid. What the hells going

to happen with these kidsnow?

Preston Carter, a youngadult who was supported byWong when he was bulliedat school, said hes also beensad to seeWong go.

He rst metWong whenhe was in Grade 10, he said.Me and him clicked rightaway.Wong encouragedhim to pursue his musicaltalents, and helped get him ajob, said Carter.

Hes helped my familythrough situations over theyears, he said including aperiod of time when Carterwas living in the youth safehouse. Every day he keptme positive, he said. Hesthe only person I condedin.

Carter addedWong wasalso the only youth workerhed met who was a visibleminority making it easierfor kids who were minoritiesthemselves to talk to him.

I do miss him, he said.Jeff McDonald,

spokesman for the District ofWestVancouver, said therewas little the municipalitywould say about the decisionnot to hireWong after veyears on the job.

Thats not somethingwed comment on, he said.The only thing I wouldsay is were condent thehiring process was fair andreasonable.

McDonald added thedistrict is comfortable withthe resources it dedicatesto youth programs.McDonald said in 2012,the district spent about$540,000 on youth servicesand earned about $74,000in revenue back, fornet expenses of roughly$466,000.That gureincludes support for youthprograms at the AmblesideYouth Centre, GleneaglesCommunity Centreand theWestVancouverCommunity Centre aswell as theYouth OutreachProgram.

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Riderswere ticketedof a group of longboardersto enforce a $35 bylawviolation. Luckily, everyonemanaged to avoid thereckless manoeuvre, and thisfootage doesnt have to beused in court. Skate safe, andavoid the cops! he wrote.

WestVancouverpolice put out a pressrelease Monday morningacknowledging the incident

and the social media frenzy ithas resulted in.

Though none of theriders in the video have comeforward to complain directlyto police, the departmenthas been looking into theincident since before thevideo was posted, accordingto Const. Jeff Palmer,WVPDspokesman.

Regardless of that, wewould be undertaking areview of (whether) the

actions (were) compliantwith policies andprocedures, he said.

Ofcers responded tothe area only after someonecalled in to complain aboutthe longboarders.The ridersdid get ticketed, Palmersaid.

Whatever the resultof the reviews is, well benotifying the public, Palmeradded. Its an issue ofpublic concern.

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The City of NorthVancouvers historicPacic Great Easternrailway building has,ironically, left thestation.

The city contracteda rm to lift the 1913-station from its home atthe foot of Lonsdale andmove the historic structureto a temporary location ona vacant city-owned lot at449 Alder St.

The foot of Lonsdaleis about to be torn upfor structural work to thesubsurface.The area ispegged to be the site of anew Presentation HouseGallery, a public plaza andan upgraded Spirit Trail.

Exactly what happensnext with the building,which used to be wherePGE Railway passengerswould purchase ticketsand wait for their train,will be up to council.

There will be a coupleof options for council,said Barb Pierce, the citysdirector of special projects.

One is to keep it onthe site, not in the exactsame location becausethat location is going tobe right in the middleof the pathway for theSpirit Trail, . . . or ndinganother location within thecity for it to be used.

Council will begin itsdebate on the future of thefoot of Lonsdale, includingthe century-old stationsfate, in May, according toPierce.

In the last few yearsit was used as storagefor the NorthVancouverMuseum of Archives andas a launching point forhistorical walking tours ofthe shipyards. It also spentsome years in Mahon Parkas a satellite location forthe museum.

A study byColliers Internationalcommissioned by thecity suggested the PGEstation could be convertedinto an ice cream shop, acoffee joint or a bicyclerental business as part of aredeveloped waterfront.

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For the two dissenters,the issues were poor access,a loss of land that could becommercial or industrialand the projects isolationfrom the rest of the city andits services.

The only ways into thearea are via Fell Avenue andBewicke Avenue, which ishome to an at-grade railcrossing.TransLink has noplans to run transit to thearea and so the developerhas promised to run aprivate shuttle linking theneighbourhood with theSeaBus terminal.

It ies in the face ofevery planning principle

that has guided where weput density.That is in LowerLonsdale, Central Lonsdaleand along the Marine Drivecorridor because of thatclose connection betweenwhere people live and howthey move about, Bookhamsaid, adding that the privateshuttle plan is no solutionat all.

I nd it hard to call ita neighbourhood becauseit is so far removed.Thereis no connection with otherresidential parts of the city.Theres no connectionto any services.Theresno connection to anycommercial area and Idoubt very much the kind ofcommercial that will come

in with the mixed use will bemore than a place where youcan maybe buy a quart ofmilk and a newspaper.

However, Coun.Guy Heywood chose tochampion the proposalat the late hour.Withthe project having beenbefore council for both anofcial community planammendment and rezoning,it had, despite its challenges,had more vetting by thecity than most projectsthat come forward, he said.And the commercial spaceat the site coupled withthe housing will make it acommunity where residentscan live and work in thesame place, which is the best

council could hope for headded.

Its never going to beclassic industrial. It wasnever industrial before. Itwill never qualify as a truckterminal site because its notclose to a highway, he said.Theres no way its going tobe destination-commercial.Its going to have to generateits own activity through theefforts of development thatwill have to promote a live-work style of development.

Heywood added hewas condent the area willeventually be served bytransit.

Council must still passone nal reading of thebylaw.

said Peter Miller, societypresident.

Without spoiling theactual building, all thosethings could happen withthe existing windowsand doors and roof. Itwould be quite charming,actually, sitting outsidein the sunshine with acoffee, Miller said.

Buildings lose their

heritage impact whentheyre moved to anew location with noconnection to theiroriginal purpose, Millersaid.

It is a heritage artifact,which reminds people ofthe fact the railway wasimportant and the bottomof Lonsdale was theintersection between theferries and the railway, hesaid.

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So why did the B.C.Liberal governmentset up its recyclingstewardship programand Multi Material B.C.outside the jurisdictionof the ofce of theauditor general and theprovinces FinancialAdministration Act?

Back in the 80s and90s, the game of choicefor a dishonest federal orprovincial government wasto set up a government-funded program with broadmotherhood objectives,then ow massive amountsof taxpayer dollars to oneor more key advertisingagencies that weresupposed to produce thenecessary information,marketing materials and adcampaigns.

But the real game

was corruption involvingmisdirection and misuse oftaxpayer dollars.

In the case of the federalgovernments sponsorshipprogram in Quebec, thefederal auditor generalgured it out with the helpof Ernst &Young and awhistleblower.

The AG reportedon the appalling andunacceptable situation,then called in the RCMP.The AG reported in 2004that as much as $100million out of $250 millionin contracts was awarded toLiberal-friendly ad agencieswith little or no work done.

There was a lot offallout.

The presidents of theBusiness DevelopmentBank,Via Rail andCanada Post were allcanned.The ensuingGomery Commissionreported that rms werewinning contracts based

on donations to federalLiberals with little or nowork being done.

According to a recentCBC report, the RCMPsaid Jacques Corriveau, alongtime federal Liberalorganizer and ad agentreceiving sponsorshipmonies, alleged he couldexert inuence overthe federal governmentto obtain contracts inexchange for millions ofdollars of kickbacks forhimself and others.

The sponsorshipprogram ran between 1996and 2004.

The GomeryCommission cost taxpayers$14 million dollars. Untoldamounts of additionaltaxpayer dollars went intothe ensuing court cases.

The investigation intothe activities of JacquesCorriveau continued until2013. Finally, JacquesCorriveaus trial date has

been set for next month,May 2014.

You think somethinglike this couldnt happen inBritish Columbia?

Well it already did.In 1983, British

Columbias auditor generalErma Morrison uncoveredinappropriate paymentsand missing expenditurecontrols in the MinistryofTourism in BritishColumbia.

McKim Advertisinghad been appointed theagency of record for theMinistry ofTourism. Allad monies of the ministrywere funneled through thatagency.

Ultimately, Morrisonreported in a SpecialReport to the LegislativeAssembly that weaknessesin internal control andpoorly documentedpayments to McKimAdvertising were sonumerous as to suggest

dishonesty on the partof the ministry.Thecommercial crime sectionwas called in. DennisCocke, MLA for NewWestminster, brought thematter to the LegislativeAssembly citing secretbank accounts, doublebilling and a million-dollarcost overrun.The deputyMinister of Tourism tookthe fall.

Once again it was theprovinces auditor generalwho saved the day back in1984.Thats long enoughago that people dontremember. But I do, Imight have been on theteam of external auditorshired by the Ministry ofTourism to assist with themop up after the auditorgeneral and the commercialcrime squad nished theirinvestigations.

Now back to my originalquestion:Why did the B.C.Liberal government set

up MMBC outside thejurisdiction of the ofceof the auditor general andthe provinces nancialadministration act?

Why is the ever-shrinking list of targetedcompanies being forcedto pay fees in the millionsof dollars directly to anorganization taking theform of a not for protsociety instead of payingtaxes into the provincesConsolidated RevenueFund?

Why did the B.C.Liberal government seteverything up this way?

I have more questions.Why did MMBC lea notice of intentionto borrow $1.5 millionfrom the Ontario-basedCanadian StewardshipService Alliance exactly oneweek after the last election?Why arent the audited

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Election changes deserve closer lookWe want the transitionto the new rules to be assmooth as possible for localelections participants andthose considering runningfor local government, so theyunderstand their campaignnance responsibilities andobligations

- news releasedated Sept. 9, 2013

Last Septembers newsrelease by Community,Sport and CulturalDevelopmentMinisterCoralee Oakesmadenomention of the othercritical change she had upher sleeve.

British Columbians hadto wait until Feb. 25 tolearn about the provincesplan to move from three-year to four-year terms formunicipal councils andschool districts effectiveas of this years Novemberelections.

Remember how PremierChristy Clark said therewouldnt be a fall sittingof the legislature becausegovernment could get morework done out of our sightand behind closed doors?

No, she did not put itquite that way but she mightwell have done so.

The opening salvo fromIntegrityBC noted thata politically disillusionedpublic has a right to havetheir say on such changes.

To have this done in thedark of night with a stroke ofthe pen stripped them of thatright, said executive directorDermodTravis.

Whats new,Dermod?Its known as the HSTsyndrome. Symptoms areobfuscations or outright

denials, followed by suddenannouncements when itstoo late for the public toconsider the implications,let alone mobilize theiropposition.Campaign nancingEven if you limit your

Googling on campaignnancing to the LowerMainland, youd be wise tohave an anti-nauseant at theready.

From $169,000 toVisionVancouver in the 2005municipal elections, to awhopping $960,000 to theNPA party in 2011, to thepeanuts-by-comparisondeveloper and uniondonations here on theNorth Shore does any ofthis largesse come withoutexpectations of a quid proquo somewhere down theline?

That very question mayhave been on the mindsof NorthVancouver CityCouns. Heywood andClark last Nov. 4 when theysubmitted a non-bindingmotion that urged allcandidates for election tocouncil to abstain fromaccepting donations fromdevelopers with projects orpotential projects before

council, or from labourunions that represent Cityemployees.

Will Oakes LocalElections CampaignFinancing Act (Bill 20)recognize the full intent ofthat motion which onlypassed four to three?

Hard to say but Im notholding my breath.Thatsbecause Suzanne Anton,who sat onVancouver Citycouncil until 2011, now sitsas the Liberals up-front andseen-everywhere attorneygeneral inVictoria.

NorthVancouver motionsand future provincialplans for campaign limitsnotwithstanding, developersandVancouvers GregorRobertson are not allowingthe green to grow undertheir feet.

As you may already know,

Vancouver developer BobRennie otherwise knownas the condo king whohas been helpingVancouvercouncil out of its OlympicVillage embarrassment recently threw a $25,000a plate luncheon fundraiserforVisionVancouver.

Yup; this is wheretaxpayers who barely earnthat much in a year get toupchuck their KD-macaroni.

In an article he wroteforThe Georgia Straight,Vancouver urbanist NedJacobs quoted a guidelinefor community planning:form should not follownance.Then he went onto warn, When this axiomis discarded, the result issubstandard urban designand loss of livability frequently with deleterioussocial and

nancial consequences.Although Jacobs did not

appear to be zeroing in oncampaign nancing per se,a healthy dose of watchfulcaution would not go amiss.Four-year terms on

councilOur backs are against the

wall on this one. Bearing inmind what youve just read,do you believe the motive forfour-year terms is to allowlocal governments moretime to consult, plan andachieve community goalsor to help manage electioncosts as they claim in theFeb. 25 news release? Or doyou think there might be afew ulterior motives at play?

If we have no option butto put up and shut up thisNovember then I want tosee two things: term limitsand a massive turnout at the

polling booths.How many terms? No

more than two.I used to worry

that, if term limits wereimplemented, we would riskhaving to throw out the goodwith the bad.

Now, it seems thatwithout those limits, if votersunwittingly land themselveswith developer go-alongsor Rob Ford wannabes,they are powerless to takecorrective action not forthe three years they haveendured to date but for anendless rotation of four.

Six months away from theelection campaign, it wouldbe worthwhile for us all todo a lot more digging of tobolster our decision-makingwhen time comes to evaluatethe candidates on offer.

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nancial statements ofMMBC from inceptionavailable for scrutiny?How is MMBC going torepay the other moniesit intended to borrowfrom various industryassociations in Ontario?

The answer toeverything is hiding in plainsight, in aYouTube videoby MC Hammer UCantTouchThis. Whata great video, I watched itagain last weekend. I canjust imagine the provincialLiberals jumping aroundto the beat, U CantTouchThis, U CantTouchThis,referring to the oversightresponsibilities of thecurrent auditor general, thelegislature, and thereforeyou and I.

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And under the MMBCarrangements, no one hasthe authority to prevent ordetect nancial misdealingson behalf of the payingcompanies, the taxpayers,or you and I the voters. Notthe federal auditor general,not the provincial auditorgeneral, not anyone.

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People with disabilitieson the North Shore arending jobs,makingfriends and playing sportsthrough a community-based program that offersone-on-one support.

ConnecTra is a not-for-prot organization that wasincorporated in 1999 byformerVancouver mayorSam Sullivan, and is part ofthe Sam Sullivan DisabilityFoundation.

The organization andits Connecting Project isfocused on connectingpeople with disabilitiesto their communities andhelping them access jobs,sports and social events.

One such client from theNorth Shore is Bayan Azizi.The 24-year-old had a braintumour as a child. He nowuses a wheelchair and has atracheostomy tube to helphim breathe.

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fromToronto throughConnecTra andWorkBC.With a preliminary editalready done, the bookcould be published this year.

When asked about howthe program has affected herson, Nika Azizi spoke aboutthe challenges people withdisabilities face in termsof condence and feelingdisconnected from society.

It has given him(Bayan) further hope andcondence. Despite thechallenges and obstacles,there is hope and there istangible hope, something ishappening and its going togo further and further andgive him a chance to be partof the community, part ofthe workforce, learning andteaching, sharing his storyand making that connectionwith society, she said.

One of the things withpeople with disabilities,is there is a possibility ofbecoming isolated, andthere are lots of negativeimpacts of isolation, sheadded. So having theopportunity to be out andworking in the community,

it offers growth.Another client is Simon

Kok, a 37-year-old who hascerebral palsy.After Kokhad spent years trying tond a job, ConnecTra andWorkBC worked togetherto secure a job for him asan usher with CapilanoUniversitys BlueshoreFinancialTheatre, workingalongside his aide,AdrianMarks.

Marks noted how excitedKok was about the job. Itwent great.We got thereearly to make sure everythingwas good to go and therewas no confusion oranything, but the whole time(Kok) was just so excitedand enthusiastic abouthelping out, said Marks,adding he just wanted towork the entire time.

A lot of us try to avoidwork, get out of it, butthis was his opportunityto contribute and he wasjust so enthusiastic, Ithink it was actually kindof contagious, the othervolunteers and staff reallygot a kick out of how happyand enthusiastic he was.

Louisa Bridgman, theco-ordinator for ConnecTra

North andWestVancouver,said that it is the one-on-one relationship that helpsclients achieve their goals.

We arm (clients) with asupport team that can helpadvocate for what they wantand what they need, thatswhyWorkBC is taking theinitiative to look at thesepeople as viable employablepeople, said Bridgman.

Of the 26 clients thatBridgman personallyaids, 11 are registeredfor work withWorkBCand nine of those 11 arecurrently employed.Todate, 18 individuals haveobtained work through theConnecting Project.

For some reason,society seems to think thatpeople in wheelchairs arenot capable of anything,said Bridgman, who hascerebral palsy. Thisprogram changes peopleslives, said Bridgman,noting there is no otherprogram like this out there,giving people one-on-onesupport, and thats whatmakes all the difference.

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Members of the North Shore Chorus held their annual fundraising and silent auction event at theDeep Cove ShawTheatre on the night of April 3.The sold-out festivities featured a performance of theDeep Cove Stage Societys production of comedy EatYour Heart Out (on until April 19).The North ShoreChorus formed in 1976 and boasts 60 members who rehearse and perform locally. Led by musical directorTerry Pitt-Brooke, the chorus will present their annual spring concert, Love and Fate, Saturday April 26 at7:30 p.m. at Capilano Universitys BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts. nschorus.com

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The recent SochiWinterOlympic Games sawremarkable onlineavailability of eventcoverage in Canada by theCBC.

The Mother Corp.provided not only its livebroadcasts online but alsoraw feeds of multiple eventsand on demand coverageof taped competitions, allthrough apps available onjust about every computingplatform out there:Windows and Mac PCs,Android phones and tablets,iPhones and iPads, andevenWindows Phone andBlackberry devices.

The apps had aws,but the CBCs effortwas unprecedented andgenerated record onlineviewership. It was a greatexample of what unfetteredonline access to networkbroadcast content can belike.

Too bad it lasted onlya few weeks. Post-Sochi,Canadian online viewershave been booted off the

content podium and areback to the inconsistent,and aggravating, approachby ourTV networks todistribute their showsonline.

All the major Canadiannetworks have apps onsome or most of the deviceplatforms out there. Andmost of these apps work forsome people some of thetime if they have patienceand a dash of sadomachism.Dont expect a Netix-likeexperience with any ofthem.

Lets look at Canadasfour major English-languagebroadcasters and the appsthey provide.

CBC:Apps available on:

Windows 8, iOS,Android.Video available

through: the CBC website.Good:You can watch

Heartland on your Surfaceat Starbucks.TheWindows8 and iOS apps seem toinclude all CBCTV shows,including The National, with

back catalogues of previousseasons and cancelledshows.Video quality isgood.Bad:The apps are

buggy. User reviews on allthe platform app storescomplain about stoppagesin play and ads interruptingshows at the wrongtime.The ads are mindnumbingly repetitive andloud and cant be skipped.Users on the iOS App Storeare hammering the app forrecently breaking Airplay,which allows users to streamvideo to an AppleTV.Thesimilar PlayTo featurestreaming video fromWindows 8 to Xbox hasnever worked Ive tried.

Offerings across

platforms are inconsistent.The CBCsTV presenceon Android is limited toits Hockey Night in Canadaapp, which is also found oniOS and with fewer featuresonWindows.

iOS is the only platformwith a dedicated CBCkidsTV app. Only Appleusers love their children,according to the CBC.

Local news shows areabsent.

Global:Apps available on:

Windows 8, iOS andAndroid.Videos available

through: the Globalwebsite.Good:You can watch

Elementary on your iPad inthe bathroom. Local newsbroadcasts available, albeitin truncated form and hoursafter theyve aired. Livebroadcast stream available(but see below).Bad: Episodes are

available for only sevendays after they appear onTV. Only cable subscriberswho log in to the appwith customer credentialshave access to archivedepisodes. Live streams

are similarly restricted tocable customers. Userson app stores complain ofcrashes and login problems.Features like Airplay on iOSand PlayTo onWindows 8are disabled by the app.Theads are loud and ludicrouslytone deaf to the contentthey punctuate and cant beskipped.

CTV:Apps available on: iOS,

Android.Videos available

through: the CTV website.Good:You can watch

The Big BangTheory inbed. Live broadcast streamavailable (but see below).Bad: Episodes are

available for only sevendays after they air onTV.Only cable subscriberswho log in to the appwith customer credentialshave access to previousepisodes. Live streamsare similarly restricted tocable customers. Userson app stores complain ofcrashes and login problems,including apparently lockingout non-Bell customers(Bell owns CTV). Featureslike Airplay on iOS may ormay not work, according to

user reviews.The ads areloud, repetitive and dumband cant be skipped.

CityTV:Apps available on: iOS,

Android.Videos available

through: the CityTVwebsite.Good:You can watch

The Mindy Project curledup in bed. Live broadcaststream available of morningand evening news shows,such as they are.Bad: Episodes are

available for only a limitedperiod of time. Airplay oniOS disabled by app. Userscomplain about the app onapp stores. My test on theAndroid app with the How IMetYour Mother nale gaveme smooth video but thesame dumb, loud ads playedrepeatedly and could not beskipped. It then crashed halfway through the episode.DidTed nally marryRobin? Ill never know.

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Every lawn has its day,to borrow a phrase, andthe lawns of the NorthShore are in for a rudeawakening with the arrivalof the European chafer.

First found in NewWestminster in 2001 andlater inVancouver, Burnaby,Coquitlam, Richmond andDelta, the European chaferis becoming a strong pestof lawns. In eastern NorthAmerica, Chafer larvae areserious pests that feed oncorn, potatoes, strawberries,conifers and nursery plants,as well as lawn, but here ontheWest Coast, the chaferhas found that dinner isserved on the thousandsof hectares of lush greenlawns across the LowerMainland.The reports ofchafer damage near 13th andKeith are only the start.Allinsects move and they moveto where food is plentifuland there are plenty of lawnsaround.

Before we panic, a fewfacts to consider. Firstly,insects respond to theenvironment and eat what iseasily digestible according totheir life cycle.

Secondly all infestationsare cyclical, meaning therewill be high and lows ofinfestation according tobreeding rates and foodavailability and not all

lawns will be eaten.Thirdly,chafers cannot be effectivelycontrolled with insecticides.

The European chafer(Rhizotrogus majalis) is asmall tan or pale brownbeetle no longer than aCanadian dime. Chaferbeetles y to nd matingpartners in late May or earlyJune and each mated femalelays 30-50 eggs in lawn grass.The eggs hatch in July anddig into the lawn to feed onroots, causing brown anddead patches.

The cool moistconditions of fall enablechafer grubs to feed andour mild coastal wintersallow feeding in the lawnuntil spring when the grubspupate into the adult beetlethat ies off to mate.Thefew mild freezes we get hereare not severe enough to killmany of the grubs, whichburrow deeper into the turfduring freezing temperaturesbut return to the surfaceto feed when the weatherwarms.

Control of the Europeanchafer in lawns on theWest

Coast is still in its infancyas the industry scramblesto deal with its appearance.The primary damageof dead roots and dyingpatches of lawn are notthe real problem for lawnsinfested with chafer.The realproblem is the secondarypests that come to dine, thecrows, starlings, skunks and

raccoons that dig up theturf to eat the chafer grubs.Ironically, raccoons andcrows are actually eatinggrubs and lowering chaferpopulations, but the controlis hardly worth the rewardafter a lawn is ripped toshreds.

There are controlsfor European chafer but

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Longer grass blades restrictaccess to the lawns surface,preventing the beetle fromlaying eggs. Longer grassalso prevents weed growth.Lawn grass should be grownsix to eight centimetres ortwo-and-a-half to three

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The favoured, butperhaps not the bestmethod, for chafer controlis application of parasiticnematodes.The problemwith this method is timing.The nematodes will onlykill the grubs during a shortwindow of opportunity in

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New grandparents aretold they need to learn tobite their tongue when theysee their child parentingin a way different to whatthey would do.And its truebecause you have raisedyour children and now itstheir turn.

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STARTWITHART Anannual exhibition of artfor children by establishedVancouver artists until April27 at Seymour Art Gallery,4360 Gallant Ave., NorthVancouver.The art canonly be bought by thoseunder 16 and is priced verymoderately. 604-924-1378seymourartgallery.com

REDCEDAR BOOKCLUB Children in gradesfour to seven are invited tojoin twice a month to discussthe nominated ction andnon-ction titles and thenvote for their favourite in thespringThursdays until May1, 3:45-4:30 p.m. at Parkgatelibrary, 3675 Banff Court,NorthVancouver. Registrationrequired. 604-929-3727 x8166nvdpl.ca/children

REDCEDAR BOOKCLUB Children in gradesfour to seven are invited tojoin twice a month to discussthe nominated ction andnon-ction titles and then votefor their favourite in the springThursdays, until May 1, 3:45-4:30

North Shore News April 16 2014

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