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The Lonsdale waterfront is embarking on a new era — one that could include a grand ferris

wheel and a skating rink five times the size of Robson Square.

Renowned tourism marketing master Roger Brooks delivered a high-octane presentation — his $25-million vision for the Lonsdale waterfront — Tuesday night that made city council’s head spin, and caused at least one councillor to remark: “Wow, can you start this tomorrow?”

In September, Brooks put together a brand development team that includes representation from the city, stakeholder businesses and the Lower Lonsdale com-munity at large.

From those meetings emerged the name “The Shipyards” to be used as a blanket brand for the waterfront area. The number one goal of the brand devel-opment team, reveals Brooks, is to “slow the leakage.”

“That is, if you have people that live in the City of North Vancouver, heaven forbid they ever spend any money on the other side of the SeaBus...”

Another priority is developing Lower Lonsdale as a vibrant dining and arts

and culture destination for tourists and locals alike. That involves helping exist-ing businesses become more successful while integrating new ones to comple-ment them — all in a strategic way.

“You know what, you will never go to a successful mall and find an architect’s office, a Salvation Army, a hodgepodge mix — they orchestrate the business mix,” said Brooks. “So there needs to be some of that in Lower Lonsdale where property owners work together on who they recruit.”

Ensuring businesses stay open late was a central theme in his presentation. Brooks said he always tells merchants they are better off opening at 11 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m. — than opening at 9 in the morning.

Shipyard Plaza, soon-to-be formally known as Lot 5, will be the showcase piece in the waterfront puzzle, accord-ing to Brooks. Proposed highlights for the integral “central gathering space” include a 15,000-square-foot skating rink in a slightly lowered amphitheatre area that can be converted to concert space and a water park in the summer. The total retail and dining space, which could include a microbrewery, would be 81,500 square feet.

The plaza would be cloaked by a tensile structure illuminated by LED lights, and intended to be seen across the water in Vancouver.

Outside of The Shipyards, Brooks is recommending a self-funding, rub-ber-wheel trolley system that would run up and down Lonsdale every

15 minutes. He also talked about the importance of creating a physi-cal gateway to Lower Lonsdale in the from of an arch at Third Street and Lonsdale Avenue, to “give that sense of arrival.”

Perhaps the biggest wow factor of the evening came when Brooks floated the North Van Great Wheel idea for the pier. He suggested a 175-foot-tall sphere with 42 fully-enclosed cabins, similar to a fer-ris wheel already in place on the Seattle waterfront that generated $11 million in ridership fees in its first year.

“We have a private developer who would like to build this, we do not think the city should develop this,” said Brooks.

He concluded his presentation by tell-ing council to not be afraid of the price tag. “This does not mean all $25 million has to be on the council’s backs,” said Brooks, who suggested council explore, among other funding options, corporate sponsorship and public-private partnerships.

Brooks, who has already had 1,000 people weigh in on the waterfront vision through a public meeting and online survey, is imploring council to adopt the plan, which would be phased in over a decade, as a whole.

“And so I am begging you to just say: Staff, make it happen,” said Brooks. “The second you go back out there and say public what do you think, what should we change… you are never going to get anywhere.”

Following Brook’s presentation, coun-cil had a chance to chime in. Coun. Rod Clarke broached the Business

Improvement Area subject. “…and so how integral to us going ahead is the BIA?” questioned Clarke.

Brooks said it’s important those behind the BIA proposal have a plan in place beforehand. “It’s really tough to form a BIA when they don’t know what you are going to do with their money,” said Brooks.

In terms of the trolley proposal, Coun. Don Bell wanted assurances that it would not step on the toes of TransLink’s bus operation in the area, and the system would be accessible for people with disabili-ties.

Coun. Pam Bookham questioned plans to move the fabled Flamborough Head to Waterfront Park. Earlier in the evening Brooks touched on the subject, saying the stern would be too out of scale for Lot 5.

“And I would think that if we move that stern one more time it has to go into a permanent display location. It cannot go on a temporary cradle,” said Bookham.

From the outset, Brooks told the packed council chambers that these were draft designs and there would be more iterations to come before the final “action plan” is delivered to council in approxi-mately four weeks.

“We want you to be not just North Vancouver’s favourite gathering place — we want you to be Canada’s favourite gather-ing place. And you can do it,” said Brooks.

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Tell Us What You Think! Draft Official Community Plan Available For Review After many months of community engagement, the City's draft Official Community Plan and draft Density Bonus Policy are ready for public input and discussion. The OCP seeks to respond to changing trends and challenges from housing to employment to climate change. We encourage everyone to learn more about the OCP and join the conversation. Find more information at www.cnv.org/CityShaping Finance Committee Meeting 2014-2023 FINANCIAL PLAN Monday, February 24 at 7pm, City Hall Council Chamber, 141 West 14th StreetThe community is invited to attend and participate in the consideration of the City’s 2014-2023 Financial Plan. Budget presentations will include an update on the 2014 Operating Programs Plan and proposed tax rates. The 2014-2023 Financial Plan package will be available on February 21 after 4pm at City Hall, and at www.cnv.org

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MICHAELA GARSTIN S t A f f R E p o R t E R

The question of a combined North Shore police force came up again after West Vancouver’s police chief

retired this week amid accusations of a toxic work environment at the depart-ment.

Currently North Van is part of the RCMP and West Van runs its own force. But, according to some, the departments could run more efficiently if they were combined.

While he hasn’t made up his mind, West Van Mayor Michael Smith says amalgamation could be an option if there were financial and other advantages for the district.

“I personally think there is merit in investigating sharing services… I would like to see that happen,” said Smith at a press conference about police chief Peter Lepine’s retirement.

Lepine’s announcement came a day after media reports of an employee sur-vey with complaints of alleged sexual harassment, racism, bullying and back-lash against whistler-blowers.

Both Lepine and Mayor Smith, who is also chairman of the police board, said his retirement has nothing to do with the scathing allegations.

After 35 years as a police officer, Lepine said he has long planned to leave when his contract ends this September. He also said that he did not know about any of the harassment allegations and, if he did, action would have been immediately taken to correct the situation.

But with the negative results of the employee survey completed in 2013, the topic of combining forces has again come to the forefront.

The three North Shore municipalities hired consultancy firm Perivale + Taylor in 2009 to review policing services. A combined North Shore police force was identified as an option the municipalities could take.

According to the report, there would be benefit in consolidating detention facili-ties, crime analysis and “24-7 uniform deployment.”

Then there is the possible financial benefit of combining forces. Last year in West Van, $13.7 million was allocated for police services for roughly 43,000 people, while North Van’s budget was $15.7 mil-lion for 84,000 people.

Protection of property is a main reason for the higher cost, according to the West Van police department.

Still, according to survey completed last year, 32 per cent of residents of West Van say they are “somewhat satisfied” with the service they receive from the force, while 61 per cent say they are “very satisfied.”

In his last seven months on the job, police chief Lepine says he would support West Van’s mayor and council whether or not they want to combine police forces with North Van.

“…The issue of a regional or an inte-grated police department is a council decision because they pay for policing. They pay for how much or how little policing they want,” he told The Outlook.

“Wherever council wanted to go with that discussion, I was prepared to get them there, I would lead the way.”

At his previous job in Halifax, Nova Scotia he saw the amalgamation of police departments and believes he could use this experience if council needed it.

“I didn’t take the position that we need-ed to be the only police service in West Vancouver. My job for as long as we are the only police service, is to do the best job possible.”

Allegations against senior management Lepine says the announcement of his

retirement came at an unfortunate time when allegations of harassment within the police force came to light.

“When a police board goes to secure a new police chief that process takes any-where from six to nine months. I have been having discussions with the board around the succession planning for the department...”

Lepine said he sent his letter of retire-ment to the board last week before the employee survey was reported by the media.

“The announcement needed to happen now. It’s not like I could have waited until March or April, anytime sooner we were in the Christmas season,” he told The Outlook, adding that if he knew about any harassment allegations within the force immediate action would have been taken.

The employee survey, obtained by The Province, says there is “a moderate-to-strong dissatisfaction and possibly seri-ous disengagement because of some perceived behaviours of senior manage-ment...”

The District of West Vancouver received the survey in December and Smith said steps are being taken to address the alle-gations.

“.... We’ve asked our management team to come forward with an action plan to address the fact that the results are less than satisfactory,” said Smith at a press conference, adding there are no allega-tions against Lepine.

He said the police department will see personnel changes and a shift in the “cul-ture of the department.”

“We will not tolerate inappropriate behaviour by anybody that’s trusted with a supervisory role in the District of West Vancouver,” he added.

Lepine will end his service in September when his contract is up. The search for a new police chief will begin immediately.

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When crime novelist Eric Brown called his wife to tell her he’d been shortlisted for an Edgar, she was genuinely excited for him. But, he admits, “I don’t think she really understood how

big the Edgars are — most Canadians don’t.”For the uninitiated, the Edgars, named after horror-meister Edgar

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Presented at a black-tie gala at the Grand Hyatt in New York atop Grand Central Station, the Edgars are considered the most prestigious awards in the genre.

Past winners include best-selling authors Dennis Lehane, James Lee Burke, James Patterson and Raymond Chandler.

Heavyweight wordsmiths Ian Rankin and Stephen King are among this year’s nominees.

Brown, who lived in North Van until recently, discovered his book Almost Criminal had been nominat-ed for the award after reading a friend’s Facebook post.

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Port Metro Vancouver, together with the District of North Vancouver and the District of West Vancouver, is seeking applications for two positions for community representatives on the North Shore Waterfront Liaison Committee.

The North Shore Waterfront Liaison Committee (NSWLC) brings together North Shore municipal, First Nations, industry, Port Metro Vancouver, and community interests to discuss developments, identify concerns, provide suggestions, and facilitate two-way communication among respective constituencies about port transportation and operational issues on the North Shore.

Applicants must be District of North Vancouver or District of West Vancouver residents and possess: relevant technical or social experience and/or expertise; knowledge of port industrial operations and related issues on the North Shore; community, business or other affiliations; and communications tools, experience, knowledge and/or expertise.

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Jane (name has been changed) was told by the po-lice of� cer assigned to the case that there would be a lot of paperwork, and that she probably wouldn’t hear back about a court date for half a year.

“Just the whole process of going through the court system — it’s an intimidating thing,” says Jane. “It doesn’t leave a lot of opportunity for closure.”

She spent a week lying in bed, vacillating with her feelings and labouring under the burden of social responsibility.

In the end, Jane decided to take an alternate route on the path to justice — and, eventually, found a sense of peace that often eludes victims of crime.

****Jane put her trust in the provincially renowned

North Shore Restorative Justice Society— a pre-charge, court diversion program where offenders and victims collectively decide on how to mend the emo-tional and material damage.

In Jane’s case, and just like other � les involving criminal offences that arrive at the NSRJS’s doorstep, it was the discretion of the police of� cer to decide whether or not the offender � t the criteria for the program.

Both parties, the victim and the perpetrator, have to agree to take part in the process, with the offender also showing remorse from the outset.

Equally as important to the outcome, the two versions of the incident need to line up — and the process has to be victim centred.

“When you look at the formal criminal justice sys-tem, everyone naturally tends to focus on the offender because it’s about who did it, proving they did it and what punishment do they deserve,” says NSRJS executive director Teresa Canning. “The victim is really more, in my eyes, used as a witness to prove something happened.”

In the often exhausting court process, adds Can-ning, the victim’s voice can become lost.

At the same time, she is sensitive to the fact that restorative justice is not for every victim of crime.

“It depends on the person’s values, how they were brought up, their past experiences — also, the type of crime, of course,” says Canning, who holds a de-gree in criminology.

Along the restorative justice route a meeting is arranged between the victim and the offender, who, in some cases, haven’t come face-to-face since the incident. A lot of the times, the victim and the offend-er know each other.

“We get a lot of fraud with youth and family, youth and grandparents, youth and parents,” explains Can-ning. “You do have a lot of crimes where people are connected. That’s one of the key reasons that people chose restorative justice, because they want to heal a relationship.”

The non-pro� t NSRJS operates out of an “in-kind,” shoebox-sized space in the city, which means the face-to-face meetings are held off-site in a private room at one of the local recreation centres.

Two volunteer facilitators, with backgrounds that range from sociologists to lawyers to youth workers, guide the session. Meanwhile, support people for both parties are also present.

Jane’s parents and a friend were seated next to her when she faced her attacker for the � rst time. Her mom told The Outlook she was impressed by how

structured and methodically planned out the meeting was.

“We later realized that we were requested to arrive 20 minutes earlier than the offender and her parents so that we would have time to settle ourselves and try to relax a bit,” said Jane’s mom.

A circle of comfortable chairs with everyone’s name on them had been set up — but no table. This is inten-tional. Everything is laid out in the open.

“I was nervous. It’s a lot of emotions coming togeth-er,” says Jane.

At � rst she felt awkward sitting there with the offender and her parents. At the same time, Jane also wanted her to feel comfortable.

Each of them was given an opportunity to tell their story — uninterrupted from start to � nish.

During one intense moment in the four-hour-long meeting, Jane showed the offender a picture of her badly bruised face.

“She looked at it, and was like, ‘Wow,’” said Jane, who sensed her teenage peer was contrite.

She also learned the offender had been dealing with some family problems on the night of the incident.

“I got to see her perspective,” says Jane. They mutually decided what the atonement would

be: Twenty hours of community service. When it was all said and done, the two young wom-

en hugged, and agreed that if they saw each other again the matter would not be mentioned.

“It was really amazing — you felt this release,” said Jane of the restorative justice experience.

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Another NSRJS case reveals the emotional collater-al damage a crime can leave in its wake.

A local loss prevention of� cer, who, for privacy reasons will remain anonymous, spoke to The Outlook about how apprehending a shoplifting suspect left a negative impact on him. The loss prevention of� cer was left with two options after the older man had been caught stealing several times: Press charges or take part in the restorative justice program.

By sitting down with the man, he was able to help him understand where he was coming from.

“I just wanted him to know it was nothing personal, I was just doing my job,” said the loss prevention of� -cer, who today remains in contact with the older man.

Those in the � eld say restorative justice helps re-store harmony to a community after a crime has been committed.

One of Canning’s favourite stories happened many years ago when an activity called “fence bowling” was

popular among teenagers. Essentially, young men, who are often intoxicated, bodycheck a fence and see how many panels they can knock down.

“In this case they decided to do it on the street where they lived and, of course, got caught,” says Can-ning. “There was a huge amount of upset. The parents were ashamed because it was their neighbour’s fence.”

In the restorative justice group meeting, it was decided the boys would rebuild the fence.

“But 16-year-old boys don’t really know how to build a fence that would stay standing,” says Canning.

So the male homeowner, who was the vandalism victim, and the boys and their fathers worked side-by-side to mend the fence. The boys also paid for all the materials.

“It allowed the boys to feel good and the parents to breathe a sigh of relief,” says Canning. “And everyone was so happy that they ended up having a barbecue lunch together when it was done.”

Another area in the NSRJS’s repertoire of services is settling garden-variety neighbourhood disputes: dogs barking, trees encroaching on property lines, etc.

“The neighborhood disputes, in all honesty, take way more time because there is so much history. People have lived together for long, there is so much backstory. They are a lot trickier than any criminal � le we work on,” laughs Canning.

The NSRJS also hosts community dialogues that are relevant to all sectors of the population.

On the one-year anniversary of the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver, the NSRJS put on a session where 30

people, ranging in age from 8 to 80, came to talk about the riot’s lingering after-effects.

“There were a lot of seniors that were terri� ed of youth,” says Canning. “We had so many that lived on Lonsdale say that they would not leave their homes after dark because they were worried about youth.”

Lindy Pfeil is the NSRJS’s coordinator of school programs, which launched last fall after a pattern was noticed: Many of the � les the NSRJS was receiv-ing had turned criminal after originating in the school yards.

“A lot of � les that come in, it seems like there is a disconnect between the youths and their community,” says Pfeil.

The focus of program is to create a sense of belong-ing through student sharing circles and work with the school community to build a holistic approach to preventing con� ict.

Pfeil, who has a background in education and psy-chology, says it’s important the students learn more about each other in a way that’s not perpetuating the bully or the class clown.

On Pink Shirt Day, also known as anti-bullying day, the NSRJS will host a youth dialogue at Mountain-side Secondary at 6 p.m.

The Feb. 26 event will focus on conversations around “Identity” as it relates to bullying.

“Usually when people are bullied — whether youth or adult — it’s about how they look, what they sound like, the colour of their skin, so many things like that,” said NSRJS program manager and event organizer Christianne Paras. “So what we are hoping is that it’s going to be a conversation about who you are, and it’s going to be based on empowerment, inclusion and acceptance.”

****Arson, assault and mischief were the three most common offences,

among a total of 84 � les referred to the NSRJS last year from the North Vancouver RCMP, the West Vancouver Police Department, social services agencies and community members.

Those cases touched on issues of mental health, drug addiction, an-ger issues and family history.

Canning reports an increase in the seriousness of � les the NSRJS receives. This isn’t necessarily to say that serious crime on the North Shore is on the rise, but rather that the 17-year-old local restorative justice program has gained credibility in the policing community.

“We used to see cases of kids caught stealing a candy bar. We haven’t seen those lately,” says Canning.

The NSRJS team works with police of� cers to educate them on the program, and encourages them to take their own informal measures when they come across a relatively innocuous crime.

As WVPD spokesman Const. Jeff Palmer explains, depending on the circumstances, restorative justice is “another tool in the belt” that police of� cers can consider as a viable alternative to pressing charges.

“Restorative justice offers a resolution much more quickly than the court system,” says Palmer.

The NSRJS notes that close to 70 per cent of its � les involve young offenders. Under Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice Act, it’s stated that serious interventions such as incarceration should be reserved for more serious crimes.

“If you have apprehended, in particular, a young person it compels considerations of extrajudicial measures,” says Palmer.

Those could include informal warnings, Crown cautions, police re-ferrals to community programs or agencies and referrals to pre-charge screening programs.

North Van RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong spoke about the pluses of the restorative justice program.

“They are extremely valued when it comes to assisting police and resolving issues that are better handled outside the traditional justice system,” says De Jong. “Often with young offenders it is a wake-up call to the justice system.”

In terms of police discretion in each individual case, the of� cer will determine, in consultation with the young offender’s guardian, if poor judgment was exercised or if the crime was a one-off and therefore meets the criteria for an extrajudicial measure such as restorative justice.

As for whether or not that young person is likely to reoffend, said De Jong: “Generally, we are hopeful that they have learned from their mistakes.”

The realization that the offender is accountable to the victim can of-ten instill a change of behaviour, he added. Historically, the police have always had discretion in how investigations move forward. According to De Jong, of� cers have been employing restorative justice measures for low-level offences, mainly property mischief, long before it was labeled as such. “We knew at the time that it would just tie up the justice system. That’s not a good use of taxpayers’ dollars.”

****One of the biggest misconceptions around restorative justice, says

Dr. Brenda Morrison, an expert in the � eld, is that it’s soft on crime or a slap on the wrist.

The glass beads from Jane’s Buddha necklace shattered on the pavement while she was being thrown to the ground and kicked in the head and side.

She sustained a concussion, black eye and signi� cant facial swelling in the blind-side attack that was triggered by a visual of Jane talking to the aggressor’s boyfriend.

“It was a scary, scary experience. I was on the ground, and it was a lot of kicking,” recalls Jane, who, along with the offender, was a teenager at the time of the incident.

The evidence plainly in front of her every time she looked in the mirror or painfully chewed her food, Jane, described by her mom as a paci� st, was more tortured by the thought of press-ing charges.

“There was a lot of pressure from people, from my family, who said: ‘She needs to get what’s coming to her.’”

continued, PAGE 10

“You do have a lot of crimes where people are connected. That’s one of the

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(Counterclockwise from right) RCMP Cpl. Richard De Jong talks with the restorative Justice Team

including program manager Christianne Paras, volunteer Kaylie maughan and school

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While working at the Australian National University she co-conducted a randomized controlled trial that found the rate of reoffence for youth committing minor and serious assaults diminished by 25 per cent through the use of restorative justice.

A May 2013 report from the Correctional Service of Canada, involving a preliminary examination of the impact of restorative justice opportunities, revealed the fol-lowing conclusion: “Although the rates of reoffending are too low to detect a reliable difference, the trend suggests that after one year of release, offenders involved in face to face victim-offender mediation had fewer returns to custody with an offence than a matched comparison group…”

Even those responsible for more serious felonies, including murder, can use restor-ative justice as an effective tool during the rehabilitation process.

“If you can commit such a serious crime and you haven’t made amends, you carry that for the rest of your life,” says Morrison.

She points to the case of Squamish resi-dent Katy Hutchison, whose husband died after being assaulted by two young men in 1997. Ryan Aldridge, who later pleaded guilty to assault in the case and received a conditional discharge, insisted on meet-ing Hutchison on the evening of his arrest, after seeing her break down in a police videotape.

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The roots of restorative justice can be traced back to aboriginal healing tradi-tions.

“Only when we came up with this idea of a state-based model of justice did we become more punitive as a whole,” says Morrison.

Ultimately, adds Morrison, it’s about striking a balance between restoration and restitution. Canada is considered a pio-neer when it comes to modern-day restor-ative justice practices. According to the SFU Centre for Restorative Justice, in the 1970s, Canada became the first nation in the world to offer a victim/offender recon-ciliation program, which was initiated by the Mennonite community in Kitchener, Ont.

Since then many communities across Canada and the United States have start-ed community-based, volunteer-driven restorative justice programs.

Closer to home, Jane can confidently say the restorative justice process has helped heal her emotional wounds.

“If you want closure, it’s a great way to work through it,” she says. “It helped me let go of the anger.”

As for any suggestion that her offender got off easy, Jane offers her own perspective.

“That’s something hard, to have someone look you in the eye, and admit what they have done and give you an heartfelt apol-ogy. I really felt that,” she says.

“Things go from bad to worse for him.”

While this may be his first novel, Brown’s been making a living with words for years as a copywriter and communications specialist.

A few years ago he was lunching with a client who told him about a soccer mom who was clipping buds at a grow-op to support her family. And while that isn’t the premise of his book, it illustrated the pervasiveness of bud in B.C. culture and the shift-ing attitudes toward weed.

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Almost Criminal was appropriately released on April 20, which coincided with “4/20,” an annual event where

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With only one title on bookstore shelves, E.R. Brown isn’t planning on quitting his daytime job anytime soon but he already has another book that’s nearly finished.

And so far, the reviews for his first have been gushing.

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Still, Brown knows that he’s in tough in the paperback category of the Edgars, up against Stephen King and some other strong nominees from big U.S. publishing houses.

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For more about Almost Criminal, visit erbrown.com

On Feb. 26 at 7 p.m., Brown will be reading from his new book at the Welsh Hall West at the West Van Memorial Library.

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Tsleil-Waututh Nation heredi-tary Chief Ernie George sol-emnly recalls a time when life was simpler.

Before there was TV. And when plant-ing a stick in the ground and batting it with another stick could satiate him on an idle summer afternoon.

Diving into the Burrard Inlet every morning before breakfast and the daily chores was routine.

“So our entertainment was the water, it was the beach,” says George. “And we had to catch our own lunch.”

That entailed digging for clams or fish-ing. A common saying amongst the Tsleil-Waututh was: “When the tide went out, the table was set.”

But now industrialization has encroached upon the area and polluted the waters east of Maplewood Flats. Crab fishing is the only sustainable food resource left for “The People of the Inlet.”

There have been other environmental changes as well. George estimates that he has lost 35 feet off the west side of his oceanfront property, as the water creeps closer and closer.

“High tide in my day was 12 to 13 feet. We are getting to 16 foot 7 (inches) now. That’s a lot of water,” says George.

The elder was speaking to a group of mainly Tsleil-Waututh members and a handful of Deep Cove residents gathered at the Burrard Band’s community centre on Feb. 10 for a roundtable discussion on the implications of Kinder Morgan’s pipe-line expansion proposal.

Melina Laboucan-Massimo, member of the Lubicon Cree First Nation in Alberta, was on hand to offer the Tsleil-Waututh a cautionary tale. In 2011, her village, which is located 30 kilometres outside of Peace River, was hit by one of the biggest oil spills in Alberta’s history.

Close to 28,000 barrels of crude oil con-taminated more than three hectares of

beaver ponds and marshland. “I’m not here to scare people. And

I’m not trying to give people doom and gloom,” says Laboucan-Massimo, whose main message was to encourage the Tsleil-Waututh, whose territory is at the terminus of the Trans Mountain pipeline, to not give up their fight.

Fellow environmentalist Ben West shared some of the research that he has done on the oil sands industry.

The Tar Sands Campaign Director with ForestEthics Advocacy says, with the pipeline expansion, the smallest tanker to ply these waters would be 150 metres long, with the largest stretching out 300 metres. To put it in perspective, West says the larger tanker is one-and-a-half times the height of the Shangri-La Hotel in Vancouver, the tallest building in the city.

The twinning of Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain pipeline would increase oil traffic in the Burrard Inlet from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels of diluted bitumen a day.

“The biggest problem we’ve got is people don’t think there’s an alternative,” says West, who added one viable alternative is encouraging the government to invest in renewable energy sources.

He concluded his presentation by encour-aging non-natives to “stand shoulder-to-shoulder with First Nations in this fight.”

“It really is at the grassroots that proj-ects like this are stopped,” says West.

The Tsleil-Waututh have added their name to the long list of governments and environmental and citizens’ groups that have applied for intervenor status in National Energy Board’s review of the pipeline expansion proposal.

Carleen Thomas, Tsleil-Waututh’s project manager of intergovernmental relations, said, to this point, they have refused any kind of dialogue with Kinder Morgan because the NEB doesn’t fulfill the obligation of the federal government.

“We have constitutionally-protected rights that Kinder Morgan doesn’t have the power to work on with us as a First

Nations,” Thomas told The Outlook last week. “They are saying, basical-ly, that we do have to follow the pro-cess, so that’s why we made the deci-sion to apply for intervenor status.”

The Tsleil-Waututh has implored Minister of Natural Resources Joe

Oliver to create a process where the First Nations can consult directly with the fed-eral government on matters relating to the pipeline project.

In December, when Kinder Morgan filed its expansion application with the NEB, the company pledged to continue working with all stakeholder groups.

“For the past 18 months we have engaged extensively with landowners, Aboriginal groups, communities and stakeholders along the entire proposed expansion route, and marine communi-ties, and have carefully considered the input received during this period of study and dialogue,” said Ian Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Canada, in a press release. “Our engagement efforts will continue beyond this filing leading up to the NEB hearing as we consider further input that is critical to our plan-ning on this project.”

The Tsleil-Waututh have found a kin-dred spirit in NO Pipeline Expansion (NOPE) — a North Shore citizens’ group vehemently opposed to Kinder Morgan’s plans. Sitting by the water at Cates Park last summer, NOPE founder and Deep Cove resident Janice Edmonds says she was “scared stiff” as she envisioned an oil spill in the inlet. With the intervenor status deadline closing in, Edmonds was surprised to learn there was no non-par-tisan North Shore group denouncing the pipeline expansion.

Since forming in November, NOPE has amassed 400 members. Back at Cates Park last week, Edmonds and three others from the group’s Deep Cove con-tingent, stare down a tanker across the water.

“He’s venting his smoke stack, that’s adding to the pollution,” exclaims June Wells.

The longtime Deep Cove residents have also become well-versed in tanker classifications. They say the smaller, by relative comparison, Panamax and

Aframax vessel varieties are monolithic blights in the narrow channel.

Chloe Hartley chimes in, saying the tanker routinely parked at the foot of Dollar Road is too close for comfort.

“It’s just right there, you could throw a baseball at it,” she describes.

In 2005, 22 tankers a year moored in the area. Should the Kinder Morgan pipeline be approved that number would reportedly jump to 408.

NOPE is mostly concerned about expo-sure to benzene, a carbon-based solvent used in the oil and gas industry, in the event of a spill.

“In terms of benzene, it is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon and a component of crude oil transported in the pipeline and the gasoline people use everyday in their cars and for fuelling buses and fer-ries,” explained Greg Toth, senior director, Trans Mountain Expansion project, in an email to The Outlook.

In their application to the NEB, Kinder Morgan has presented research it con-ducted on the potential environmental effects of a pipeline or tanker spill.

“What it says, in part, is that the light-er components of crude, which include benzene, will evaporate within the first 48 hours of a spill - mostly within the first 12 hours,” said Toth.

Kinder Morgan’s emergency response plans include provisions for air quality monitoring and a safety plan that Toth says is designed to protect the public.

“First and foremost, our goal is to pre-vent spills and we have a full range of programs to maximize the safety of the pipeline,” said Toth.

For NOPE, talk of the potential for an oil spill has spurred them to apply for intervenor status to try and stop the pipeline expansion.

“I don’t think there has ever been a project that, if approved, will have such an impact on our community. How can we not participate to the full extent?” says Panorama Drive resident Gil Rosenfeld.


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You know, I just can’t pass by that wall of cheese in the store without taking advantage of its breadth. Fortunately, the first couple of wines mentioned in this week’s column, the La Chablisienne 2011 1er Cru Fourchaume or Casa Lapostolle 2011 ‘Casa’ Chardonnay, are tailor-made for enjoying with cheese. Moonstruck Organic Cheese’s Tomme d’Or is a raw cow’s milk cheese that has some nutty notes and a slightly buttery texture; fantastic with the creamy, custardy aspects of the Chablis. The Alexis de Portneuf Caprano, a rich goat milk cheese, has a depth of citrus flavor and none of the bitterness some may associate with goat cheese. With our Chilean Chardonnay, it’s as if you’re adding a tropical fruit compote, giving things a nice contrast.

Coldstream Hills 2011 Pinot Noir, with its abundant berry fruit, truffle and mushroom characteristics and cheery quaffability will lap up something like President’s Choice Easy Cook Porchetta with ease. The salty, juiciness of the pork along with the spice will be perfectly balanced out.

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Casa Lapostolle 2011 ‘Casa’ Chardonnay | Casablanca, Chile | $25-ish | Private Wine StoresThe breezy, coastal region is as dreamy as it sounds, notable for bright and well-structured Chardonnays, Sauvignon Blancs, Rosés and Pinot Noirs. When you’re close to the ocean, you’re probably eating a lot of fish, and this Chardonnay will certainly treat fish well.

Coldstream Hills 2011 Pinot Noir | Yarra Valley, Australia | $35-ish | Private Wine StoresThe cool-climate Yarra Valley in Victoria is turning a lot of heads for good reason lately. Breezes flowing up from Antarctica over the Great Southern Ocean moderate temperatures well, providing lovely acidity in the area’s wines. This splendid Pinot has oodles of truffles on the nose, as perfumed cher-ries and raspberries swarm the palate. Fresh, clean and lovely.

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Costes du Chateau Féret-Lambert 2010 | Bordeaux, France | $23-ish | Private Wine StoresTextbook ‘Right Bank’ Bordeaux. Merlot-dominated, a subtler texture from the finer clay soils, plus round, dark berry fruit and a strip of black licorice with a good grip of tannin.


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Las Vegas, Nevada – Took the all-new BMW 4 Series Cabriolet on one of those leisurely and slow drives typical of a Sunday through Nevada’s stunningly beau-tiful Valley of Fire National Park.Problem was that it was a Tuesday and the only other car on the road seemed to be the somewhat inappro-priately named pace car ahead that kept our speed to a fraction below the posted 30 mph speed limit (which is 48.280 km/h to be precise). Apparently, the overzealous state troopers, you know the guys with the mirrored sunglasses, had warned the Bavarian hosts that they would hold them responsi-ble for any outrageous road behaviour, hence the so-called pace cars ahead of each group of pearl white 435i cabriolets.This topless edition joins its coupe sibling in the new 4 series classification which is really a new name for 3 Se-ries two-door models. Just like the 2 Series, coupes are actually two-door 1 Series models. Oh, never mind.Anyway, this is a tourer for those with the cash rather than the sports-minded — $67,400 for the test car — so perhaps the afternoon stroll was more appropriate than a blast on the nearby freeway. (A base 428i ver-sion starts at $56,600, and comes with a 2.0-litre, 241 hp, turbocharged four-cylin-der engine.)If you are looking for feedback through the steering, you are not going to get much but there is no argument that it offers a smooth ride and cornering is effortless at 32 mph – devils aren’t we?Once out of the park, the Smokey bears joined the press pack as impromptu pace cars! One ahead of us pulled off at a donut shop as we hit the highway. Here was our chance to open up. A bit. The 300-hp turbo inline-six swiftly moved through eight-speed auto tranny to 100 klicks in a smidgen under six seconds then I chickened out. (Six-speed manual transmissions will be available in Canada, which should increase sportiness in performance.)Rumours circulated at the evening dinner that a member of the Russian press corps had secured a $1,000 fine on that same stretch of road at about the time my co-driver and I had taken turns to punch the pedal and play briefly with steering-wheel mounted paddle gear changers.Oh, and that’s when he

were able to test the true effectiveness of the rear air diffuser (thumbs up) though when it is in place it rules out back-seat passengers

(thumbs down). And the rush of cooler desert air prompted us to flick the switch on the neck warm-ers, ah yes, a mark of true luxury.Truth is this car is more about looks. How it looks and how you look in it.And it looks absolutely fabulous, darling, now that

you ask. Can’t speak for myself.It is simply elegant in profile but a scowling front gives it beastly pretensions. The power hard top rises smoothly from its hiding place in the trunk in 20 sec-onds. We were told it could even be raised in speeds up to 18 km/h. Why would you want to?When that top is in place it truly looks like a coupe. Cool but even cooler when you lower the windows and see it as a pillar-less coupe! When the top is up it offers 370 litres of trunk space (222 litres when topless), which makes it the roomiest in its segment. BMW says it will comfortably stash two sets of golf clubs, if you are that way afflicted.Classy leather interior, with ergonomically correct front seats. Can’t say the same about the back seats but then who wants to share the open top experience with anybody other than one’s beloved?

Controls handy though the rotary control was a bit too close to the front seat passenger for my liking.No fuel consumptions estimates are available yet. There will be an X Drive version later this year.

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WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACTWhereas;

Farid Vandehzadis indebted to

Mitchell’s Towing Ltd.for storage on a

1998 Chrysler Intrepidwith VIN:

2C3HH46RXWH209943

A lien is claimed under the Act. There is presently an amount due and owing of $5,403.81 plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale. Notice is hereby given that on the 14th

day of March, 2014 or thereafter, the said vehicle will be sold. The Vehicle is currently stored at Elite Bailiff Services, 20473 Logan Ave, Langley, BC V3A 4L8. The Vehicle was placed in storage on July 16th, 2013.

For more info. call Elite Bailiff Services at 604-539-9900

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WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACTWhereas;

Steven Thomas Royeris indebted to

Mitchell’s Towing Ltd.for storage on a

1998 Chevrolet Metrowith VIN:

2C1MR2262W6726380

A lien is claimed under the Act. There is presently an amount due and owing of $6,481.70 plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale. Notice is hereby given that on the 14th

day of March, 2014 or thereafter, the said vehicle will be sold. The Vehicle is currently stored at Elite Bailiff Services, 20473 Logan Ave, Langley, BC V3A 4L8. The Vehicle was placed in storage on August 31st, 2013.

For more info. call Elite Bailiff Services at 604-539-9900


This is not an offering for sale. Any such offering can only be made by way of disclosure. Prices do not include tax and are subject to change without notice. Renderings are artist’s interpretation only. E. & O.E.

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