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Geotechnical engineers say themassiverock slide into the Seymour River onSunday occurred naturally.

But it could be some time before weknow the full impact of the slide on the localecology and trails that ank the river.

Sometime around 5:30 a.m. Sunday,upwards of 50,000 cubic metres or 500dump truck loads of rock gave way andlanded in the river about one kilometre northof the top of Riverside Drive.

This was actually a signicant portion ofthe canyon wall that was sheered as it camedown.These were very large rocks thesize of houses, said Bill Morrell,MetroVancouver spokesman.

The boulders created something of anatural dam, causing water to form a newpond above the slide area but,Morrell said,water is still owing through.

One of the bigger rocks slumped a bit

overnight which in fact increased the size ofthe channel so waters actually owing betterpast what was a partial blockage, he said.That said, its raining like hell so theresall sorts of water coming down from thewatershed.

Geotechnical engineers say the slide wasyears in the making as small fractures in therock grew with pressure from seeping water.

At some point, the crack is largeenough and the weight is enough that theslide lets go into the canyon, said MikeMayers,MetroVancouvers superintendentenvironmental management. Its beenevolving over a long period of time. . . . Notweeks but years and years and years.

The good news is the worst of thedamage in the canyon appears to be over, headded.

Theyve assessed where the slide camefrom and determined they dont see anyother fractures in that area, he said.

The consultants are now focused ondetermining how stable the boulders in theriver are and whether theyre likely to bedislodged by high river ows.The NorthShore is expected to be under a heavyrainfall warning untilThursday.

MetroVancouver has closed access tovirtually all of the trailheads that lead towardthe Seymour River while it swells with extra

Engineers monitoringTwin Bridges site wherehouse-sized boulderstumbled into river

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APemberton Heights house re Sundayhas left at least six dogs dead and twoseniors out of their home.

District of NorthVancouver Fire andRescue Services and NorthVancouver CityFire Department both responded to thehome on the 1000-block ofWest Keith Roadaround 10:30 a.m. By that point, the homewas already engulfed and a plume of smoke

was visible from across the North Shore.City crews were down by the

(Northshore) AutoMall doing somepractising and they could actually see thesmoke when they were leaving, said JimBonneville, assistant chief with the districtsre department. They went part way intothe home in the basement to extinguishwhat they could but it was very, very heavilyinvolved with lots of reload as its called

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ANorthVancouvermanwho cyber-stalked severalyoung women he hadpreviously stalked whenthey were teenagers willspend vemoremonthsin jail after pleading guiltyto a charge of criminalharassment.

Judge Joanne Challengerhanded the sentence toStephen Christopher Hoy,54, in NorthVancouverprovincial court Dec. 4.Theve-month sentence is ontop of nine months Hoy hasalready spent in jail.

Crown counsel JasonKrupa described how Hoybegan sending bizarre anddisturbing messages toseveral young women overFacebook between July 28and Dec. 13, 2013.

In one message, Hoytold one of the women hewas going to show up asa man that knocks on yourfront doorstep and bites yourbottom lip off before you cansay a word.

Hoy told another girl ina message he wanted to liftyou around to see how heavyyou are and go for a drive with the windows rolleddown.

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seriously hate you.He also sent one of the

women a message directingher to his Facebook pagewhere he had posted a col-lage of recent photos of herand her friends.

Krupa said the messageswere all sent to youngwomen in their early 20swho Hoy had previouslystalked ve years ago inNorthVancouver when theywere teenaged girls.

At that time, starting in2007,Hoy had followed theteens activities on Facebook,sent them disturbing emailsand knocked on the doorof one girl when she washome alone.Hoys victims

also reported other strangeinteractions.

Hoy was eventuallyconvicted of criminalharassment in that case andsentenced to ve months injail.

Krupa said none of theyoung women had heardfromHoy in years until thestrange behaviour started upagain last year. He said allof the women who receivedHoys recent messageswere afraid and deeplydisturbed to be contactedby him.

Its happened before andits happened again, oneof them wrote in a victimimpact statement. Other

victims said they were afraidto be on public transit, fearedopening their email and hadturned down night shifts atwork, said Krupa.

He noted Hoy has ahistory of mental healthproblems including paranoiabut has not been diagnosedas delusional and is nottaking medication.

Hoys lawyer MichaelSmith said his clientacknowledges his behaviourwas inappropriate.

In handing down hersentence, Challenger saidshe was not surprised Hoysvictims were fearful.Whenoffenders act in bizarre andinexplicable ways it often

causes greater fear thanwhen they act in ways thatcan be understood, she said.

In addition to the jailterm,Hoy must serve threeyears probation.During thattime he must not contactany of his victims and mustnot be alone with anyoneunder 18, except for hisown daughter. He was alsoordered to stay away frompublic parks, pools andrec centres where childrenunder 18 are likely to bepresent, attend the forensicpsychiatric outpatient clinicand take reasonable stepsto ensure his mental healthdoesnt pose a danger tohimself or others.

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Residents throughoutLower Lonsdale have beenhit with the train whistleblues, according to Ausman.The committee foundthat loud, jarring trainwhistling at uncontrolledlevel crossings causinghealth problems when sleepis disturbed was residentsgreatest complaint, he said.

The short-short-long-short whistles at the Forbescrossing carried a greatdistance and were sometimeswrongly attributed to thetrain at the Chestereldcrossing, according to citystaff.

Train whistling is largelyunnecessary, given theelimination of three at-gradecrossings as a result of theLow Level Road project.

The whistling will bereplaced by the installationof ashing lights, bellsand crossing arms.Trainoperators can still blowthe whistle if theres animminent safety risk.However, extra fencinghas been erected to detertrespassers.

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ing to Coun. Rod Clark,who recalled discussing theissue along with formercouncillor John Braithwaite during his days with theWaterfront Industrial NoiseControl Committee. Follow-ing the passage of the bylaw,Clark askedMayor DarrellMussatto to call Braithwaiteand let him know whattheyd done.Mussatto as-sured Clark he would.

A city staff report foundunanimous support forthe ban among the 12residents who respondedto the request for publicinput, with a generalcommunity sentiment thatthe prohibition was longoverdue.

Speaking about the issuein 2013, Lower Lonsdaleresident Per Christensendiscussed the annoyance oflate-night whistles. Its beengoing on for a lot of yearsand the complaints havebeen ongoing . . . nothinghas changed there, he said.

City staff is designingsimilar improvements for thecrossing at Bewicke Avenue.Work is tentatively slated tobegin next summer.

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the world has known for a decade.Thereport records pain, humiliation anddeath that ultimately resulted in no usefulintelligence, but transformed the CIA intoa frightening para-military organizationwhere its relationship to politicaloverseers became one of dont ask, donttell. Especially dont tell.The descriptions of waterboarding,

death by hypothermia and other horricpractices are hard reading, even insummary. Its difcult not to be remindedof practices of the Nazis. Its hard toimagine any way such torture wouldntbe considered a war crime. But so too

is what the report lays bare about theinstitutionalized acceptance, coverup andjustication for those actions.The CIA routinely lied to those who

questioned its actions and deliberatelyinsulated the organization from thosewith the power to stop them. OnTuesday,President Barrack Obama describedthe CIAs use of torture as a troublingprogram inconsistent with Americasvalues. He acknowledged that thepractices have done signicant damageto the reputation of the U.S. on the worldstage.That the report has been made public is

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Dear Editor:There have been quite

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I can understand why

pedestrians get hit.They wear dark

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An$8-billion question loomsover the provinceAboriginal title confers onthe group that holds it theexclusive right to decide howthe land is used and the right tobenet from those uses, subjectto one carve-out the usesmust be consistent withtheenjoyment of the land by futuregenerations.

Supreme Court ofCanada, June 26, 2014

Shortly after the SupremeCourt of Canada found infavour of theTsilhqotinFirst Nations claim toAboriginal title overCrown land within itsterritory, the FraserInstitute called it a gamechanger and well it mightbe.

The decision sets aprecedent for any CanadianFirst Nation that can proveregular and exclusive useof its claimed territorybefore the assertion ofBritish Sovereignty in 1846.

As an aside and purelyto satisfy my curiosity, itwould be interesting toknow whether the issue ofa statute of limitations wassettled during the courtsdeliberations.Whatever theanswer, I predict there will

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Indeed, as News reporterJeremy Shepherd noted onNov. 23, the supreme courtdeclaration of Aboriginaltitle for theTsilhqotin hasalready cooledMinistry ofForests inclination to awardcontroversial logging rightson Gambier Island. Loggingcannot happen now withoutrst consulting the SquamishNation.

For now, though, the $8billion question looming overthe province is this:Whateffect might the supremecourt decision have in thePeace RiverValley where

Treaty 8 and twoAlbertaFirst Nations have alreadyled suit against the Site Cproposal?

WestVancouver Coun.Craig Cameron, a lawyerwho specializes in aboriginalissues, said, Other FirstNations still have many legal,evidentiary and practicalchallenges ahead of themto prove their claims to titlein court, especially in caseswhere two or more bandshave overlapping claims to aterritory.

From anotherperspective, what valuemight the Supreme Courtplace on the title to farmlandthat has been held in feesimple for almost 100 yearsby Renee Ardill and earliergenerations of her family?

Ardill and her farmingneighbours Ken andArleneBoon are members of thePeaceValley LandownersAssociation that has leda B.C. Supreme Courtpetition to quash the Oct. 14environmental assessmentcerticate that wouldallow BCHydro to ood13,000 hectares of farmland nearly 4,000 hectares ofwhich is in the Agricultural

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The PVLA and FirstNations have an unexpectedally in their opposition tothe project an ally whomay wake up everyonein the province as to theconsequences of the damproject.

Saying BCHydro has notmade a sound business casefor Site C, the Associationof Major Power Customersof B.C. strongly opposes theproject. Executive DirectorRichard Stout formerlya chief regulatory ofcerwith BCHydro said theassociation has absolutelyno condence that (Site C)is the least-cost plan.

This suggests that,if/when the intensive poweruse by AMPCBCmembersresults in signicant increasesin cost of production, thosecosts would be passed on toresidential and commercialconsumers who are alreadybeing hit with higher ratesfor the electricity they usein their homes and smallbusinesses.

Now lets continuethe discussion about thepotential for geothermal

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The day before thatcolumn was published,the Canadian GeothermalEnergy Associationreleased its 58-page report:Geothermal Energy:Therenewable and cost-effective

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Some gardeningexperiences are commonto anyone who grows agarden.

In a recent batch ofemails from the readersof Dig Deep, I noticed aprevalent problem in thegarden.

Top among recent emailquestions was how to dealwith chafer grubs in lawns.It seems chafer grubs inaffected lawns are makingtasty snacks for crows,raccoons, skunks, seagullsand other critters that tearup the lawn to eat the grubs.Chafer grubs will graduallymove throughout theLower Mainland whereverlawns are grown it isan inevitability. But, asone reader told me, Ihave removed lots of lawnand turned it into bedsor walkways but I am notwilling to get rid of the rest,at least not yet.This is acommon sentiment of manyDig Deep readers.

So what is the best way

to manage the problem ofchafer attack in the lawn?The best advice I can offeris resistance or reduction.Infestations seem to occurmore often in grass thatis closely cut.The heightof the grass may affect theability of the adult chaferbeetle to reach or not reachthe lawn surface to layeggs. Recent experiencesuggests that longer, fullergrass is better able towithstand chafer beetle egglaying and

therefore infestation.It is important to know

that chemical fertilizationkeeps the lawn continuallyjuvenile and growing softtissue.Those conditionsare favourable for chaferinfestation because softgrass is easier to access andtastier to eat.

Some chafer resistancesuccess has beendemonstrated on lawnsgrown without the useof chemical fertilizer orherbicide. Organicallygrown lawns contain higherconcentrations of benecialsoil organisms that mayeat the developing chafergrub.And lawns grownwith manure or compostgenerally grow harder tissuethat is more robust and lesssusceptible to environmentalstress or insect attack.

Many readers askedabout using nematodes forchafer control. Chemicalcompanies have long been

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feeding us the ideology totreat the symptom (chafergrubs) with a product. Oras I like to call it, Spraylong and prot.Thereal solution is to treatthe problem of too muchgrass region-wide withmuch of it being grownunnecessarily lush andsoft. Spray nematodes ifyou want, follow the labeland keep it up to see if theproblem goes away. Butnematode application andlife cycle timing is criticaland only occurs in late Julyor August.

Lawns that contain adiverse range of plants arealso better at resisting chaferattack.To start with, grow adiverse lawn with more thanone grass species. Diversitydoes mean growing otherplants besides grass. But itdoes not mean we should allplant dandelions and cloverin our lawns, as beautifulas that would be. Instead, adiverse lawn should containsome smaller, less aggressiveplants such as ajuga reptans,low-height clovers or somepurple speedwell or othercompatible plants.

In short, the overlymanicured, mono-culturedand short-cropped lawn ismore likely to be infestedversus a longer, moreecologically diverse andorganically grown lawn.

When it comes toremoval of chafer-affectedlawns, you can replant anew lawn, replant with someother landscape elementor consider articial turf.Planting groundcoversto replace affected lawnsis a good solution.Thereare many groundcovers tochoose from and they areparticularly well-suited toboulevard and roadsideareas.Theres always theoption of replacing grasswith walkways, patios,planting beds or otherfeatures.

Ultimately, if you musthave a lawn and chafersare a problem in your areathen articial turf is the onlylong-term solution. I knowthere are people who areupset that I am supposedlyorganically minded andhere I am recommendingsome plasticized version of agarden. I prefer alternativesto lawn but people wantoptions.The modern

articial lawn made only forresidential use, not for sportuse, will last a long time, islow-maintenance and hasa moderate environmentalimpact.

WouldTodd installarticial turf in his yard?No, I would not. But Ihave installed it for someresidential clients. I havealmost no grass in my yardexcept a patch 10 feetsquare for my wife.Theresmore clover, ajuga reptans,forget-me-nots and othersmall plants growing in thelawn than there is grass.

We are back where westarted: resist the chafer orreplace its food source. Andwhile the recent snowfallhas quieted the attack ofcrows and critters searchingfor chafer grubs in the lawn,the peace is only temporary.

Hopefully the snow hasalso claried the landscape,leaving impressions ofbeauty in the garden anddecisions about the future ofthe lawn.

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How to rein in thewish listDoes it seem that everytime you turn around yourchildren are asking formore and bigger gifts?

The wish list just seemsto explode until you are in ablind panic trying to gureout how to get your littledarlings everything theywant for Christmas.

You shouldnt besurprised. Christmas toyadvertising starts to rev upafter Halloween so yourchildren are being constantlyexposed to the latest,greatest, must-have toys andgames.

While there are anumber of things you cando to reduce your childrensacquisitive nature, thesimplest (but for many,mostdifcult) way to handle theproblem is to learn to usejust one little word. No.Hedoesnt need all that stuff.

Her life wont be ruined ifshe doesnt always have thelatest, newest and greatestthing. In fact, her life ismore likely to be ruined inthe long run if she does geteverything she wants exactlywhen she wants it.

If we teach our childrento sometimes go without, we

are doing them a favour.This will not make you

at all popular, but parentingis not a popularity contest.Its your job to sometimessay no and live with that, butnot give in to your unhappychild.

Help him learn how toset priorities. If he could onlyhave one of the many thingson his list, what would it be?Why? Ask why so you canwork with him to gure outif hes being bamboozledby advertising or if itssomething he would reallyuse and like.

Speaking of advertising,teach your kids to besavvy viewers.Watch toycommercials with them and

make a game out of tryingto determine how they madethat toy look so good? Dothey think its really thatbig? Does it need batteriesand how can kids afford topay for them? Once kids areseven or eight they love thegame of guring out whatthe advertising is doing tomake things look so good.You can even take them tothe toy store to look at thetoy and see how the realityis sometimes quite differentfrom the ad.

Involve your children ingift purchases.They shoulduse some of their ownmoney to buy gifts for theirparents and siblings.Whenthey only receive and nevergive, they miss half the joyof the gift exchange.Whenmy children were young,each year we all headed offone Saturday morning inDecember (hint: downtownis pretty quiet until noon,even in December). I tookone child and John tookthe other.Then we tradedso each child could buy fortheir parents and keep it asecret.There was one rule:the child got to choose thegift. So we got some strange

and unusual offerings but wejoyously received them fromour kids who were so proudof their purchases.We trulymodelled, its the thoughtthat counts.

Getting involved in somelevel of charitable giving isalso helpful. Have your kidsbuy a toy for a needy kid andtake it to the food bank ora toy drive. Or, if they havelots of toys that have barelybeen played with, havethem donate that. Let themchoose some foods to donateto Christmas hampers.

The point is you donthave to be a slave to theadvertising.You choose howmuch your children will haveand you choose how theywill receive it.Thats part ofyour job as a parent.

Its fun to buy,make andprovide great playthings forour kids.And you will enjoyit all the more when youare not resentful about theoutrageous costs and insteadexcited about the positivechoices you (and Santa) havemade.

Kathy Lynn is a professionalspeaker and author.To readmore,visit parentingtoday.ca.

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What I am not, isa good baker. Owingperhaps to a hopelessincapacity to understandthe fundamentals ofchemistry (how couldsomething called a molebe a reasonable unit ofmeasurement?), the preciseratios that can make orbreak the success of bakedgoods remain both amystery to me and a sourceof no little shame.

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With that point rmlyestablished, I can now safelytell you that Gretchenspolvorones are the secondbest.The dense andcrumbly, sugar-dustedrounds of pecan-ladendough are uncontestablydelicious and are onoffer through the holidayseason at the bright andairy, infectiously happynew bakery nestled on thecorner of Copping Streetin NorthVancouver, rightacross the train tracks atthe bottom of BewickeAvenue and a stones throwfrom Black Kettle BrewingCompany.

Gretchens Hereand Now has a numberof seasonal specialtiescurrently available as wellas an ambitious roster ofregular features, includingthe thick-as-a-brick PretendItsYour Birthday chocolatecake, an indulgent andsatisfying creation that isworth a try on the basis ofits name alone. Made withbuttermilk and coffee, free-run eggs, butter, whippingcream and mountainsof chocolate, the cake isa resolution-promptingaffront to moderation andtemperance.

You must get up at fourin the morning to get allthis stuff made, suggesteda fellow patron sitting atthe edge of one of only twotables in the bakery onerecent Saturday morning.

Yes, most days, repliedthe eponymous chief baker,Gretchen, with a knowingsmile.

Indeed, surveying thevariety of elegant woodendisplays of freshly bakedtreats throughout the shop,it is clear that a tirelessdiscipline is at work here.

On my recent visit toGretchens with my son, ittook considerable disciplineto refrain from buying oneof everything.We focusedmainly on holiday fare,but succumbed to thetemptations of a number ofother goodies.

A bag of crisp andaromatic ginger snaps wasa universal hit with myfamily, the spicy gingerburst of each bite temperedonly slightly by the deepand heady sweetness ofmolasses. I have been told,not being a morning teadrinker myself, that thesecookies are especiallyenjoyable a day or two afterpurchase dipped into ahot, milky cup of EnglishBreakfast.

For my taste, thepenultimate treat was anapple galette (also available

as a full pie), a four-inches-across round of rich andaky pastry packed withtart, barely sweetenedwinter apples.

Also outstanding wasa rm and heavy RoadTrip Bar, a soft and chewyhomemade oatmeal barpacked with peanut butterand chocolate; I wouldhappily forfeit any futureconsumption of trail mixfor an endless stash of thesequick-boost-of-energy bars.

TheTropic of Capricorncake, made of almonds,coconut, orange zest andrice our, was wonderfullyrewarding for a gluten-free confection. Itsunusual coarse textureand perfumed citrus notesreminded me of some of thebest sweet creations of theMiddle East.

A slice of lemonand poppy seedpoundcake made a greataccompaniment to morningcoffee, the dense andbuttery cake brightened bybracing lemon notes and

the savoury bitterness ofthe seeds. On our way outof the bakery,The Boy andI split an OMG, an aptlynamed, small sandwich-like goody comprised oftwo miniature cookiesof oatmeal, raisins andchocolate pressed againsteither side of a creamychocolate lling.

Gretchens Here andNow bakery lists all of theingredients of its creationson little placards next to thedisplayed goods.The bakeryshows a commitment toorganic, non-GMO, andethically produced localingredients.

It is located at 700 Cop-ping St., NorthVancouver.hereandnowbaking.com

Chris Dagenais servedas a manager for severalrestaurants downtown andon the North Shore.Aself-described wine fanatic,he earned his sommelierdiploma in 2001.Contact:[email protected].

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